Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea: Per capita methane emissions

Afghanistan
0.3897 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.3613 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
179th
Papua New Guinea rank
181st

Per capita methane emissions over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Papua New Guinea
0.511.52185019372024

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.3897 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.3613 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0284 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 179th and Papua New Guinea ranks 181st of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 11 and Papua New Guinea in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1850s 0.963 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6232 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3398 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1860s 0.9728 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7181 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2547 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1870s 0.9905 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.8137 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1768 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1880s 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.938 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0823 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1890s 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0013 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
1900s 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0635 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
1910s 0.7419 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7093 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
1920s 0.6632 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
1930s 0.9752 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3297 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
1940s 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7154 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3473 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1950s 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4139 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6042 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1960s 0.9495 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3506 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5989 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1970s 0.7555 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3753 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3802 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1980s 0.6873 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3661 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3212 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1990s 0.5178 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5426 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0249 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.4582 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5162 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.4592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3717 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0875 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
2020s 0.3914 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3742 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0173 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher per capita methane emissions, Afghanistan or Papua New Guinea?
Afghanistan, at 0.3897 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.3613 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea?
0.0284 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
Afghanistan ranks 179th and Papua New Guinea ranks 181st of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita 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
Per capita methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

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