Japan vs Niger: Share of global methane emissions

Japan
0.3%
in 2024
Niger
0.3%
in 2024
Japan rank
55th
Niger rank
52nd

Share of global methane emissions over time

  • Japan
  • Niger
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

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

Japan ranks 55th and Niger ranks 52nd 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.