Afghanistan vs Congo: Share of global methane emissions

Afghanistan
0.2%
in 2024
Congo
0.2%
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
82nd
Congo rank
84th

Share of global methane emissions over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Congo
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Congo, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.2 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 82nd and Congo ranks 84th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of global methane emissions
Unit
%
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 35,175 data points, 1850–2024
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Measured as a percentage of the world's methane emissions.