Chad vs Paraguay: Per capita methane emissions
Chad
3.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Paraguay
3.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Chad rank
13th
Paraguay rank
14th
Per capita methane emissions over time
- Chad
- Paraguay
How they compare
Chad currently reports 3.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 3.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Paraguay, 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 Paraguay ahead.
Chad ranks 13th and Paraguay ranks 14th of 199 countries.
Paraguay has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1860s | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1870s | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1880s | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1890s | 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1900s | 1.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.93 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1910s | 1.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1920s | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1930s | 1.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1940s | 2.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1950s | 2.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1960s | 2.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1970s | 1.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.7 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 1.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 2.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 2.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6789 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 3.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8469 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 3.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1534 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita methane emissions, Chad or Paraguay?
- Chad, at 3.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 3.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Paraguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Chad and Paraguay?
- 0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Paraguay?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Paraguay rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
- Chad ranks 13th and Paraguay ranks 14th 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.