France vs Italy: Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy)

France
2.45 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Italy
2.28 Mt CO2e
in 2024
France rank
18th
Italy rank
20th

Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) over time

  • France
  • Italy
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How they compare

France currently reports 2.45 Mt CO2e against 2.28 Mt CO2e in Italy, a difference of 0.17 Mt CO2e.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was France ahead.

France ranks 18th and Italy ranks 20th of 197 countries.

France has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Italy Difference Ahead
1970s 4.79 Mt CO2e 0.4625 Mt CO2e 4.33 Mt CO2e France
1980s 3.79 Mt CO2e 0.4277 Mt CO2e 3.36 Mt CO2e France
1990s 3.36 Mt CO2e 0.5105 Mt CO2e 2.85 Mt CO2e France
2000s 2.68 Mt CO2e 1.61 Mt CO2e 1.08 Mt CO2e France
2010s 2.73 Mt CO2e 2.39 Mt CO2e 0.3439 Mt CO2e France
2020s 2.51 Mt CO2e 2.36 Mt CO2e 0.1497 Mt CO2e France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane (ch4) emissions from building (energy), France or Italy?
France, at 2.45 Mt CO2e against 2.28 Mt CO2e in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane (ch4) emissions from building (energy) between France and Italy?
0.17 Mt CO2e, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Italy?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do France and Italy rank globally for methane (ch4) emissions from building (energy)?
France ranks 18th and Italy ranks 20th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
Unit
Mt CO2e
Source
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,420 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).