Burundi vs Papua New Guinea: Per capita methane emissions

Burundi
0.3349
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.3613
in 2024
Burundi rank
181st
Papua New Guinea rank
178th

Per capita methane emissions over time

  • Burundi
  • Papua New Guinea
0.511.52185019372024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.3613 against 0.3349 in Burundi, a difference of 0.0264.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.

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

Burundi ranks 181st and Papua New Guinea ranks 178th of 196 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 15.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burundi Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1850s 0.2739 0.6232 0.3492 Papua New Guinea
1860s 0.2686 0.7181 0.4495 Papua New Guinea
1870s 0.2637 0.8137 0.55 Papua New Guinea
1880s 0.2575 0.938 0.6806 Papua New Guinea
1890s 0.2655 1.06 0.7933 Papua New Guinea
1900s 0.296 1.11 0.8184 Papua New Guinea
1910s 0.3528 1.45 1.1 Papua New Guinea
1920s 0.4121 1.76 1.35 Papua New Guinea
1930s 0.4503 1.3 0.8546 Papua New Guinea
1940s 0.4645 0.7154 0.2509 Papua New Guinea
1950s 0.427 0.4139 0.0131 Burundi
1960s 0.4006 0.3506 0.05 Burundi
1970s 0.427 0.3753 0.0517 Burundi
1980s 0.326 0.3661 0.0401 Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.3986 0.5426 0.1441 Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.3226 0.5162 0.1935 Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.3324 0.3717 0.0393 Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.3253 0.3742 0.0488 Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher per capita methane emissions, Burundi or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.3613 against 0.3349 in Burundi as of 2024.
What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Burundi and Papua New Guinea?
0.0264, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Papua New Guinea?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
Burundi ranks 181st and Papua New Guinea ranks 178th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
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
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed