Italy vs Tuvalu: Per capita methane emissions
Italy
0.6868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Tuvalu
0.7257 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Italy rank
144th
Tuvalu rank
141st
Per capita methane emissions over time
- Italy
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 0.7257 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.6868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Italy, a difference of 0.0389 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Tuvalu's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 144th and Tuvalu ranks 141st of 199 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.6647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2282 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4365 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1860s | 0.6498 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2371 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4127 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1870s | 0.6318 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2545 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3774 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1880s | 0.6237 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2801 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3437 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1890s | 0.6139 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3069 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3071 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1900s | 0.5999 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.334 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.266 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1910s | 0.5993 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3521 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2473 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1920s | 0.6012 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3736 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2276 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1930s | 0.5887 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4097 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1791 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1940s | 0.6835 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4526 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2309 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1950s | 0.8786 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4811 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3976 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1960s | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5284 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5438 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1970s | 1.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5116 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6047 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1980s | 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5183 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5785 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1990s | 1.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6656 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3779 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.9665 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6515 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.315 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 2010s | 0.7979 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6212 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1767 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.7172 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6943 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0229 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 Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu, at 0.7257 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.6868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Italy and Tuvalu?
- 0.0389 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Tuvalu?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Tuvalu rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
- Italy ranks 144th and Tuvalu ranks 141st 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.