Congo vs Palau: Per capita methane emissions

Congo
2.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Palau
2.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Congo rank
29th
Palau rank
32nd

Per capita methane emissions over time

  • Congo
  • Palau
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 2.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Palau, a difference of 0.2724 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Palau's.

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

Congo ranks 29th and Palau ranks 32nd 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

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