Panama vs Vietnam: Per capita methane emissions
Panama
0.9368 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Vietnam
0.9405 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Panama rank
108th
Vietnam rank
106th
Per capita methane emissions over time
- Panama
- Vietnam
How they compare
Vietnam currently reports 0.9405 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.9368 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Panama, a difference of 0.0037 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Panama ahead.
Panama ranks 108th and Vietnam ranks 106th of 199 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Vietnam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6752 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1860s | 1.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6872 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1870s | 1.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.568 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1880s | 1.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4151 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1890s | 1.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3233 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1900s | 1.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5362 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1910s | 1.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9569 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6494 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1920s | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4601 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1930s | 1.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4014 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1940s | 1.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4077 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1950s | 1.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4206 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1960s | 1.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4902 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1970s | 1.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9027 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6948 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1980s | 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8375 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5533 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 1990s | 1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8945 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2984 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 2000s | 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 2010s | 1.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0219 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
| 2020s | 0.9458 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9443 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0015 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita methane emissions, Panama or Vietnam?
- Vietnam, at 0.9405 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.9368 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Panama as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Panama and Vietnam?
- 0.0037 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Vietnam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Vietnam?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Panama and Vietnam rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
- Panama ranks 108th and Vietnam ranks 106th 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.