Burundi vs Rwanda: Per capita methane emissions

Burundi

0.3349 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Rwanda

0.3331 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Burundi rank

184th

Rwanda rank

185th

Per capita methane emissions over time

Burundi
Rwanda

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 0.3349 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.3331 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0018 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

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

Burundi ranks 184th and Rwanda ranks 185th 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: 07 August 2026

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