Per capita methane emissions in Cote d'Ivoire

Cote d'Ivoire: Per capita methane emissions was 0.4068 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.4068 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
178th
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.7298 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 1945
All-time low
0.2476 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 1860
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Cote d'Ivoire, 1850–2024

0.20.30.40.50.60.7185019372024

Source: Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

Analysis

Cote d'Ivoire recorded 0.4068 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person for per capita methane emissions in 2024.

That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Cote d'Ivoire peaked at 0.7298 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1945 and was at its lowest, 0.2476 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, in 1860.

That places Cote d'Ivoire 178th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.

Per capita methane emissions in Cote d'Ivoire, year by year

Annual values for Per capita methane emissions in Cote d'Ivoire, 1850 to 2024.
Year tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Change
1850 0.2634 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person —
1851 0.2625 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.3%
1852 0.2612 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.5%
1853 0.2594 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.7%
1854 0.2576 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.7%
1855 0.2559 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.7%
1856 0.2541 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.7%
1857 0.2524 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.7%
1858 0.2507 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.7%
1859 0.2491 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.6%
1860 0.2476 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.6%
1861 0.2487 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.5%
1862 0.2499 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.5%
1863 0.3737 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +49.6%
1864 0.3745 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.2%
1865 0.3753 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.2%
1866 0.376 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.2%
1867 0.3767 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.2%
1868 0.3774 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.2%
1869 0.378 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1870 0.3784 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1871 0.3791 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.2%
1872 0.3797 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1873 0.3801 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1874 0.3805 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1875 0.3809 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1876 0.3813 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1877 0.3816 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1878 0.3819 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1879 0.3823 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1880 0.3828 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1881 0.3838 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.3%
1882 0.3849 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.3%
1883 0.3861 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.3%
1884 0.3873 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.3%
1885 0.3885 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.3%
1886 0.3896 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.3%
1887 0.3907 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.3%
1888 0.3918 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.3%
1889 0.3926 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.2%
1890 0.3933 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.2%
1891 0.3942 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.2%
1892 0.3948 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.2%
1893 0.3953 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1894 0.3957 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1895 0.3961 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1896 0.3682 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -7.0%
1897 0.3438 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -6.6%
1898 0.3226 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -6.2%
1899 0.3043 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -5.7%
1900 0.2885 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -5.2%
1901 0.284 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.6%
1902 0.2798 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.5%
1903 0.276 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.4%
1904 0.2724 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.3%
1905 0.269 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.3%
1906 0.2657 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.2%
1907 0.2787 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +4.9%
1908 0.2933 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +5.2%
1909 0.3027 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +3.2%
1910 0.3126 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +3.3%
1911 0.3259 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +4.2%
1912 0.3361 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +3.1%
1913 0.3465 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +3.1%
1914 0.357 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +3.0%
1915 0.3664 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +2.6%
1916 0.3759 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +2.6%
1917 0.3856 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +2.6%
1918 0.3958 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +2.7%
1919 0.4054 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +2.4%
1920 0.4145 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +2.2%
1921 0.4151 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.1%
1922 0.4147 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.1%
1923 0.4143 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.1%
1924 0.4137 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.2%
1925 0.4127 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.2%
1926 0.4116 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.3%
1927 0.4448 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +8.1%
1928 0.4838 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +8.8%
1929 0.5297 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +9.5%
1930 0.5837 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +10.2%
1931 0.6484 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +11.1%
1932 0.6438 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.7%
1933 0.6462 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.4%
1934 0.6484 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.3%
1935 0.6477 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.1%
1936 0.6539 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.9%
1937 0.6756 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +3.3%
1938 0.6848 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.4%
1939 0.6927 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.2%
1940 0.6999 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.0%
1941 0.7085 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.2%
1942 0.7188 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.4%
1943 0.7282 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.3%
1944 0.7297 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.2%
1945 0.7298 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.0%
1946 0.6215 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -14.8%
1947 0.5881 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -5.4%
1948 0.6003 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +2.1%
1949 0.6101 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.6%
1950 0.6182 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.3%
1951 0.625 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.1%
1952 0.6321 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.1%
1953 0.6393 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.1%
1954 0.6465 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.1%
1955 0.6536 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.1%
1956 0.6608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.1%
1957 0.6681 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.1%
1958 0.6762 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.2%
1959 0.683 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.0%
1960 0.6893 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.9%
1961 0.6679 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -3.1%
1962 0.6739 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.9%
1963 0.6659 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.2%
1964 0.6652 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.1%
1965 0.6595 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.9%
1966 0.6543 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.8%
1967 0.6626 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.3%
1968 0.6603 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.4%
1969 0.6577 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.4%
1970 0.6825 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +3.8%
1971 0.655 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -4.0%
1972 0.6395 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -2.4%
1973 0.6441 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.7%
1974 0.5818 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -9.7%
1975 0.5939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +2.1%
1976 0.5958 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.3%
1977 0.6243 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +4.8%
1978 0.5885 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -5.7%
1979 0.5969 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.4%
1980 0.625 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +4.7%
1981 0.6128 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.9%
1982 0.6433 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +5.0%
1983 0.6981 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +8.5%
1984 0.7067 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.2%
1985 0.6833 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -3.3%
1986 0.6366 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -6.8%
1987 0.621 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -2.5%
1988 0.5764 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -7.2%
1989 0.5366 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -6.9%
1990 0.5441 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.4%
1991 0.5383 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.1%
1992 0.5279 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.9%
1993 0.5039 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -4.5%
1994 0.5243 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +4.0%
1995 0.5198 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.9%
1996 0.517 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.5%
1997 0.5101 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.3%
1998 0.4898 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -4.0%
1999 0.4748 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -3.1%
2000 0.4739 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.2%
2001 0.475 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +0.2%
2002 0.4925 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +3.7%
2003 0.482 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -2.1%
2004 0.4601 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -4.5%
2005 0.5037 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +9.5%
2006 0.4939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -2.0%
2007 0.4873 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.3%
2008 0.463 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -5.0%
2009 0.4427 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -4.4%
2010 0.4505 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.8%
2011 0.4835 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +7.3%
2012 0.4899 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.3%
2013 0.5035 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +2.8%
2014 0.4775 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -5.2%
2015 0.4743 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.7%
2016 0.5048 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +6.4%
2017 0.4668 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -7.5%
2018 0.4241 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -9.1%
2019 0.4301 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person +1.4%
2020 0.4281 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.5%
2021 0.4201 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.9%
2022 0.417 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -0.7%
2023 0.4113 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.4%
2024 0.4068 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person -1.1%

Cote d'Ivoire compared with similar countries

  • Cote d'Ivoire's 0.4068 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8299 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 49% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Cote d'Ivoire's 0.4068 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.8668 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 47% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Per capita methane emissions in Cote d'Ivoire changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1863 +49.6% 0.2499 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3737 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.2566 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2491 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2634 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1860s 0.3378 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2476 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.378 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1870s 0.3806 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3784 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3823 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1880s 0.3878 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3828 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3926 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1890s 0.3708 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3043 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3961 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1900s 0.281 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2657 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3027 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1910s 0.3607 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3126 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4054 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1920s 0.4355 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4116 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5297 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1930s 0.6525 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5837 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6927 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1940s 0.6735 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5881 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7298 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1950s 0.6503 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6182 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.683 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1960s 0.6657 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6543 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6893 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1970s 0.6202 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5818 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6825 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1980s 0.634 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5366 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7067 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1990s 0.515 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4748 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5441 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
2000s 0.4774 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4427 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5037 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
2010s 0.4705 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4241 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5048 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
2020s 0.4166 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4068 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4281 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 5

Countries ranked near Cote d'Ivoire

  1. 175 Gambia 0.4351 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
  2. 176 Egypt 0.4277 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
  3. 177 Grenada 0.4204 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
  4. 179 Afghanistan 0.3897 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
  5. 180 Malawi 0.3867 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
  6. 181 Papua New Guinea 0.3613 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Cote d'Ivoire?
Per capita methane emissions in Cote d'Ivoire was 0.4068 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
The highest recorded value was 0.7298 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1945.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2476 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1860.
How does Cote d'Ivoire rank for per capita methane emissions?
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 178th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Cote d'Ivoire?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cote d'Ivoire data come from?
The figures come from Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
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Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.