Indonesia vs Laos: Per capita methane emissions
Indonesia
1.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Laos
1.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Indonesia rank
47th
Laos rank
45th
Per capita methane emissions over time
- Indonesia
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 1.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Indonesia, a difference of 0.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Laos ahead.
Indonesia ranks 47th and Laos ranks 45th of 199 countries.
Laos has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Indonesia | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.791 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8923 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1860s | 0.7993 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1870s | 0.8057 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1880s | 0.8234 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1890s | 0.8382 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9661 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1900s | 0.8504 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.86 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1910s | 0.846 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.49 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1920s | 0.8488 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1930s | 0.8982 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1940s | 0.8897 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1950s | 0.9185 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.969 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1960s | 0.8823 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8308 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1970s | 0.9072 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.29 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3851 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1980s | 0.8664 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4124 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 1990s | 0.9442 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2656 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 2000s | 0.9285 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2825 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 2010s | 1.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.36 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
| 2020s | 1.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0713 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita methane emissions, Indonesia or Laos?
- Laos, at 1.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Indonesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Indonesia and Laos?
- 0.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Laos?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Indonesia and Laos rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
- Indonesia ranks 47th and Laos ranks 45th 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.