Iran vs Namibia: Per capita methane emissions

Iran

1.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Namibia

2.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Iran rank

35th

Namibia rank

34th

Per capita methane emissions over time

Iran
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 2.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Iran, a difference of 0.1678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Namibia ahead.

Iran ranks 35th and Namibia ranks 34th 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.