Azerbaijan vs Ecuador: Per capita methane emissions

Azerbaijan
1.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Ecuador
1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Azerbaijan rank
62nd
Ecuador rank
65th

Per capita methane emissions over time

  • Azerbaijan
  • Ecuador
0.511.52185019372024

How they compare

Azerbaijan currently reports 1.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Ecuador, a difference of 0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Ecuador ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 62nd and Ecuador ranks 65th of 199 countries.

Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Azerbaijan Ecuador Difference Ahead
1850s 0.5545 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.496 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1860s 0.5218 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5149 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1870s 0.5085 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5037 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1880s 0.499 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5095 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1890s 0.495 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.9956 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5006 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1900s 0.4868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5153 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1910s 0.489 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5157 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1920s 0.5145 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5048 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1930s 0.5919 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5233 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1940s 0.714 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4455 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1950s 0.9163 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2116 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1960s 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0728 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1970s 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3185 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1980s 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.531 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
1990s 0.8411 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.9554 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
2000s 1.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5079 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
2010s 1.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2371 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador
2020s 1.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0376 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher per capita methane emissions, Azerbaijan or Ecuador?
Azerbaijan, at 1.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Ecuador as of 2024.
What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Azerbaijan and Ecuador?
0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Azerbaijan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Ecuador?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Azerbaijan and Ecuador rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
Azerbaijan ranks 62nd and Ecuador ranks 65th 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.