Ethiopia vs Iraq: Share of global methane emissions

Ethiopia
1.3%
in 2024
Iraq
1.6%
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
13th
Iraq rank
11th

Share of global methane emissions over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Iraq
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How they compare

Iraq currently reports 1.6% against 1.3% in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.2 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 13th and Iraq ranks 11th 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.