Iran vs Iraq: Share of global methane emissions

Iran
1.8%
in 2024
Iraq
1.6%
in 2024
Iran rank
9th
Iraq rank
11th

Share of global methane emissions over time

  • Iran
  • Iraq
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How they compare

Iran currently reports 1.8% against 1.6% in Iraq, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 9th 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.