Australia vs Ethiopia: Share of global methane emissions

Australia
1.4%
in 2024
Ethiopia
1.3%
in 2024
Australia rank
12th
Ethiopia rank
13th

Share of global methane emissions over time

  • Australia
  • Ethiopia
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 1.4% against 1.3% in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Australia ranks 12th and Ethiopia ranks 13th 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.