Serbia vs Sweden: Methane emissions

Serbia
6.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Sweden
7.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Serbia rank
117th
Sweden rank
115th

Methane emissions over time

  • Serbia
  • Sweden
2.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M15.0M185019372024

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 7.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 6.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Serbia, a difference of 1.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Serbia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Sweden ahead.

Serbia ranks 117th and Sweden ranks 115th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Serbia averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade Serbia Sweden Difference Ahead
1850s 2.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 332,848 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1860s 2.43 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.83 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 398,801 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1870s 2.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 411,872 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1880s 2.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 318,490 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1890s 3.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 176,749 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1900s 3.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 108,520 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1910s 4.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 88,665 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Serbia
1920s 4.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 618,171 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Serbia
1930s 5.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.22 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Serbia
1940s 6.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.71 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 901,370 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Serbia
1950s 8.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 9.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1960s 9.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 11.94 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1970s 12.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 12.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 450,900 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Serbia
1980s 13.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 12.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Serbia
1990s 11.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 11.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 357,243 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
2000s 8.50 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 10.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.87 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
2010s 7.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 938,207 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
2020s 7.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.94 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 816,720 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, Serbia or Sweden?
Sweden, at 7.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 6.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Serbia as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between Serbia and Sweden?
1.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Serbia and Sweden?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Serbia and Sweden rank globally for methane emissions?
Serbia ranks 117th and Sweden ranks 115th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Methane emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Serbia vs Sweden: Methane emissions. Statizoid, drawing on Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/methane-emissions/serbia/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/methane-emissions/serbia/sweden/">Serbia vs Sweden: Methane emissions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.