Bhutan vs Equatorial Guinea: Per capita methane emissions

Bhutan
1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
1.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Bhutan rank
52nd
Equatorial Guinea rank
50th

Per capita methane emissions over time

  • Bhutan
  • Equatorial Guinea
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 1.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Bhutan, a difference of 0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 52nd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 50th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 14 and Equatorial Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1850s 1.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.525 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.8141 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1860s 1.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4696 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1870s 1.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4192 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1880s 2.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3721 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1890s 2.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3501 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1900s 2.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3636 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1910s 2.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3881 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1920s 2.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3783 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1930s 2.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3612 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1940s 3.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3162 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1950s 3.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2799 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1960s 1.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2439 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1970s 1.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3096 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1980s 1.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3694 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bhutan
1990s 1.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 5.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.7 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Equatorial Guinea
2000s 1.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 8.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Equatorial Guinea
2010s 1.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 5.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Equatorial Guinea
2020s 1.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5527 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher per capita methane emissions, Bhutan or Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea, at 1.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Bhutan as of 2024.
What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Bhutan and Equatorial Guinea?
0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Equatorial Guinea?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Bhutan and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
Bhutan ranks 52nd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 50th 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.