Per capita methane emissions in Togo
Togo: Per capita methane emissions was 0.7563 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7563 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
134th
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.7563 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
All-time low
0.3809 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 1900
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Per capita methane emissions in Togo, 1850–2024
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
In 2024, per capita methane emissions in Togo stood at 0.7563 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person. That is the highest value across all 175 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Togo peaked at 0.7563 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3809 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, in 1900.
Togo ranks 134th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.4362 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4314 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4405 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.428 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4248 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4304 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.415 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4062 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4235 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.3988 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3934 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4045 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.3871 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.382 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3922 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.3911 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3809 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4019 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.4338 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4048 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4622 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.4871 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4674 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.497 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.5158 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4991 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5533 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.6034 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5634 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6315 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.6636 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6597 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.669 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.6598 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6772 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.6133 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5822 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6579 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5702 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5475 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5888 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6157 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5731 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6882 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6523 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.625 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7104 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6671 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6364 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6895 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7378 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7221 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7563 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 131 South Korea 0.767 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 132 Tajikistan 0.7647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 133 Haiti 0.7588 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 135 Sweden 0.7472 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 136 Niue 0.7458 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 137 Uganda 0.7409 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
More climate change data for Togo
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.2% (2100)
- Population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Population, total 8.59 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.5% (2025)
- Urban population 3.81 million (2025)
- Urban population 44.4% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.3276 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 76.63 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.3276 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.3276 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita methane emissions in Togo?
- Per capita methane emissions in Togo was 0.7563 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7563 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3809 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1900.
- How does Togo rank for per capita methane emissions?
- Togo ranks 134th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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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About this data
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.