Japan vs Mali: Share of global methane emissions
Japan
0.3%
in 2024
Mali
0.3%
in 2024
Japan rank
55th
Mali rank
53rd
Share of global methane emissions over time
- Japan
- Mali
How they compare
Mali currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 55th and Mali ranks 53rd of 201 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 1860s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 1870s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Japan |
| 1880s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Japan |
| 1890s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 1900s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 1910s | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | Japan |
| 1920s | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.6% | Japan |
| 1930s | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | Japan |
| 1940s | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | Japan |
| 1950s | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.9% | Japan |
| 1960s | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% | Japan |
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.7% | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global methane emissions, Japan or Mali?
- Mali, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global methane emissions between Japan and Mali?
- 0.0%, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Mali?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Mali rank globally for share of global methane emissions?
- Japan ranks 55th and Mali ranks 53rd of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global methane emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's methane emissions.