Kenya vs Tanzania: Share of global methane emissions
Kenya
0.6%
in 2024
Tanzania
0.7%
in 2024
Kenya rank
31st
Tanzania rank
28th
Share of global methane emissions over time
- Kenya
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Kenya, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Tanzania ahead.
Kenya ranks 31st and Tanzania ranks 28th of 201 countries.
Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1860s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1870s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1880s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1890s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1910s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Tanzania |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global methane emissions, Kenya or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 0.7% against 0.6% in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global methane emissions between Kenya and Tanzania?
- 0.1%, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Tanzania?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Tanzania rank globally for share of global methane emissions?
- Kenya ranks 31st and Tanzania ranks 28th of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) β 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.