Slovakia vs Syria: Methane emissions

Slovakia
5.80 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Syria
6.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Slovakia rank
123rd
Syria rank
120th

Methane emissions over time

  • Slovakia
  • Syria
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M185019372024

How they compare

Syria currently reports 6.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 5.80 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Slovakia, a difference of 330,950 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Slovakia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Slovakia ahead.

Slovakia ranks 123rd and Syria ranks 120th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Slovakia averaged higher in 13 and Syria in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Slovakia Syria Difference Ahead
1850s 2.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 815,777 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1860s 2.22 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 903,339 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1870s 2.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 936,056 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1880s 2.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 897,079 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1890s 2.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 918,202 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1900s 2.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1910s 2.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.39 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1920s 2.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 935,195 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.66 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1930s 2.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 899,858 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.83 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1940s 3.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1950s 5.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.94 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1960s 8.84 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.95 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.89 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1970s 10.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 10.33 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7,342 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Slovakia
1980s 9.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 15.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.71 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
1990s 7.85 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 32.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 24.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
2000s 6.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 22.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 15.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
2010s 5.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 11.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
2020s 5.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 693,770 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, Slovakia or Syria?
Syria, at 6.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 5.80 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Slovakia as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between Slovakia and Syria?
330,950 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Slovakia and Syria?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Slovakia and Syria rank globally for methane emissions?
Slovakia ranks 123rd and Syria ranks 120th 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.

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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.