Italy vs Tunisia: Per capita methane emissions
Italy
0.6868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Tunisia
0.6839 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Italy rank
144th
Tunisia rank
146th
Per capita methane emissions over time
- Italy
- Tunisia
How they compare
Italy currently reports 0.6868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.6839 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Tunisia, a difference of 0.0029 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 144th and Tunisia ranks 146th of 199 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.6647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4007 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2639 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1860s | 0.6498 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4012 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2486 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1870s | 0.6318 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4236 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2083 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1880s | 0.6237 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4419 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1818 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1890s | 0.6139 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.462 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1519 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1900s | 0.5999 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4724 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1910s | 0.5993 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4967 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1027 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1920s | 0.6012 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5561 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0451 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1930s | 0.5887 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5851 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0036 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1940s | 0.6835 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5961 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0874 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1950s | 0.8786 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7054 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1733 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1960s | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8432 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2289 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1970s | 1.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9326 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1837 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1980s | 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8777 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2192 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1990s | 1.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8041 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2393 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.9665 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8687 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0978 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 2010s | 0.7979 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7766 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0214 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.7172 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6874 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0299 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita methane emissions, Italy or Tunisia?
- Italy, at 0.6868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.6839 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Tunisia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Italy and Tunisia?
- 0.0029 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Tunisia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Tunisia rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
- Italy ranks 144th and Tunisia ranks 146th 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.