France vs Germany: Share of global methane emissions

France
0.7%
in 2024
Germany
0.6%
in 2024
France rank
27th
Germany rank
30th

Share of global methane emissions over time

  • France
  • Germany
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How they compare

France currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Germany, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

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

France ranks 27th and Germany ranks 30th 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.