Australia vs Gabon: Per capita methane emissions
Australia
5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Gabon
5.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Australia rank
9th
Gabon rank
8th
Per capita methane emissions over time
- Australia
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 5.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Australia, a difference of 0.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 9th and Gabon ranks 8th of 199 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 13 and Gabon in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 6.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.113 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1860s | 6.86 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1870s | 7.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1087 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1880s | 7.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.107 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1890s | 7.96 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1114 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1900s | 8.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1267 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1910s | 8.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1565 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1920s | 8.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1889 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1930s | 8.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2083 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1940s | 9.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2664 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 9.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1950s | 10.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 9.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1960s | 10.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1970s | 11.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 13.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Gabon |
| 1980s | 9.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5606 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Gabon |
| 1990s | 8.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 15.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Gabon |
| 2000s | 8.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 12.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Gabon |
| 2010s | 6.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0812 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 2020s | 5.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.303 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita methane emissions, Australia or Gabon?
- Gabon, at 5.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Australia and Gabon?
- 0.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Gabon?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Gabon rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
- Australia ranks 9th and Gabon ranks 8th 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
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.