Argentina vs Congo: Per capita methane emissions

Argentina

2.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Congo

2.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Argentina rank

27th

Congo rank

29th

Per capita methane emissions over time

Argentina
Congo

How they compare

Argentina currently reports 2.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Congo, a difference of 0.1083 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

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

Argentina ranks 27th and Congo ranks 29th of 199 countries.

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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: 07 August 2026

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