Australia vs Botswana: Per capita methane emissions

Australia
5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Botswana
4.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Australia rank
9th
Botswana rank
11th

Per capita methane emissions over time

  • Australia
  • Botswana
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 4.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Botswana, a difference of 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Botswana's.

Across all 175 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 9th and Botswana ranks 11th 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

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