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Methane emissions — Belize

Methane emissions in Belize in 2024 — 0.5 Mt. Ranked 33 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 568%.

2024 0.5 Mt +0.6% vs 2023
World rank 33of 199
Period maximum 0.5 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.07 Mt1855

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Belize, 1850–202400.20.40.6185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.08 Mt1853: 0.07 Mt1856: 0.07 Mt1859: 0.08 Mt1862: 0.08 Mt1865: 0.09 Mt1868: 0.09 Mt1871: 0.09 Mt1874: 0.09 Mt1877: 0.1 Mt1880: 0.1 Mt1883: 0.1 Mt1886: 0.1 Mt1889: 0.1 Mt1892: 0.11 Mt1895: 0.11 Mt1898: 0.12 Mt1901: 0.12 Mt1904: 0.12 Mt1907: 0.13 Mt1910: 0.13 Mt1913: 0.13 Mt1916: 0.13 Mt1919: 0.13 Mt1922: 0.13 Mt1925: 0.14 Mt1928: 0.14 Mt1931: 0.14 Mt1934: 0.15 Mt1937: 0.15 Mt1940: 0.15 Mt1943: 0.15 Mt1946: 0.15 Mt1949: 0.16 Mt1952: 0.16 Mt1955: 0.16 Mt1958: 0.15 Mt1961: 0.14 Mt1964: 0.15 Mt1967: 0.15 Mt1970: 0.15 Mt1973: 0.18 Mt1976: 0.19 Mt1979: 0.21 Mt1982: 0.21 Mt1985: 0.22 Mt1988: 0.23 Mt1991: 0.26 Mt1994: 0.27 Mt1997: 0.26 Mt2000: 0.28 Mt2003: 0.32 Mt2006: 0.39 Mt2009: 0.45 Mt2012: 0.46 Mt2015: 0.45 Mt2018: 0.47 Mt2021: 0.49 Mt2024: 0.5 Mt
Change over the period: +0.43 (+568%) Average annual rate: 1.1 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belize

Belize 0.5 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1,231.12 Mt
Central America computed 204.17 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,814.74 Mt
Methane emissions — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 0.5 +0 +0.6%
2023 0.5 +0.01 +1.01%
2022 0.49 +0 +0.82%
2021 0.49 +0.01 +1.66%
2020 0.48 −0 −0.82%
2019 0.49 +0.01 +2.97%
2018 0.47 +0 +1.07%
2017 0.47 +0.01 +1.53%
2016 0.46 +0.01 +1.32%
2015 0.45 +0.01 +2.72%
2014 0.44 −0.04 −7.93%
2013 0.48 +0.02 +5.27%
2012 0.46 −0.03 −6.57%
2011 0.49 +0.04 +8.22%
2010 0.45 +0 +0.22%
2009 0.45 +0.01 +3.22%
2008 0.44 +0.02 +4.07%
2007 0.42 +0.03 +8.57%
2006 0.39 +0.06 +18.83%
2005 0.32 +0.01 +3.18%
2004 0.31 −0.01 −2.18%
2003 0.32 +0.02 +5.25%
2002 0.31 +0.01 +2.69%
2001 0.3 +0.02 +5.32%
2000 0.28 −0 −1.05%
1999 0.29 +0.01 +5.17%
1998 0.27 +0.01 +4.63%
1997 0.26 +0.01 +4.86%
1996 0.25 +0 +1.23%
1995 0.24 −0.03 −9.63%
1994 0.27 +0.01 +1.89%
1993 0.27 −0.01 −4.68%
1992 0.28 +0.02 +9.02%
1991 0.26 −0 −1.16%
1990 0.26 +0.02 +9.79%
1989 0.24 +0.01 +3.07%
1988 0.23 +0 +1.79%
1987 0.22 +0 +1.36%
1986 0.22 +0 +1.38%
1985 0.22 +0 +0%
1984 0.22 +0.01 +2.35%
1983 0.21 −0 −0.47%
1982 0.21 +0.01 +3.88%
1981 0.21 +0 +0%
1980 0.21 +0 +0.49%
1979 0.21 +0 +2.5%
1978 0.2 +0 +1.01%
1977 0.2 +0 +2.06%
1976 0.19 +0 +1.04%
1975 0.19 +0 +2.13%
1974 0.19 +0.01 +5.62%
1973 0.18 +0 +2.3%
1972 0.17 +0 +2.96%
1971 0.17 +0.02 +10.46%
1970 0.15 −0.01 −6.13%
1969 0.16 +0.01 +5.16%
1968 0.16 +0 +1.97%
1967 0.15 +0 +0%
1966 0.15 +0 +1.33%
1965 0.15 +0 +2.74%
1964 0.15 +0.01 +3.55%
1963 0.14 +0 +0.71%
1962 0.14 −0 −2.1%
1961 0.14 −0 −2.05%
1960 0.15 −0 −2.67%
1959 0.15 −0 −2.6%
1958 0.15 −0 −1.91%
1957 0.16 −0 −1.88%
1956 0.16 −0 −1.23%
1955 0.16 −0 −0.61%
1954 0.16 −0 −0.61%
1953 0.16 +0 +0.61%
1952 0.16 +0 +1.88%
1951 0.16 +0 +2.56%
1950 0.16 +0 +0.65%
1949 0.16 +0 +0.65%
1948 0.15 +0 +0.65%
1947 0.15 +0 +0.66%
1946 0.15 +0 +1.33%
1945 0.15 −0 −0.66%
1944 0.15 +0 +0%
1943 0.15 −0 −1.31%
1942 0.15 +0 +0.66%
1941 0.15 +0 +0.66%
1940 0.15 +0 +0%
1939 0.15 +0 +1.34%
1938 0.15 +0 +0%
1937 0.15 +0 +0%
1936 0.15 +0 +0.68%
1935 0.15 +0 +0%
1934 0.15 +0 +0.68%
1933 0.15 +0 +0.68%
1932 0.15 +0 +1.39%
1931 0.14 +0 +1.41%
1930 0.14 +0 +1.43%
1929 0.14 +0 +0.72%
1928 0.14 +0 +1.46%
1927 0.14 +0 +0.74%
1926 0.14 +0 +0.74%
1925 0.14 +0 +0.75%
1924 0.13 +0 +0%
1923 0.13 +0 +0.75%
1922 0.13 +0 +1.53%
1921 0.13 +0 +0%
1920 0.13 +0 +0%
1919 0.13 +0 +0%
1918 0.13 +0 +0%
1917 0.13 −0 −0.76%
1916 0.13 +0 +0%
1915 0.13 +0 +0%
1914 0.13 +0 +0%
1913 0.13 +0 +0.76%
1912 0.13 +0 +0.77%
1911 0.13 +0 +0.78%
1910 0.13 +0 +0.78%
1909 0.13 +0 +0.79%
1908 0.13 +0 +0.79%
1907 0.13 +0 +0.8%
1906 0.13 +0 +0.81%
1905 0.12 +0 +0.81%
1904 0.12 +0 +0.82%
1903 0.12 +0 +0.83%
1902 0.12 +0 +0.83%
1901 0.12 +0 +0.84%
1900 0.12 −0 −0.83%
1899 0.12 +0 +0.84%
1898 0.12 +0 +1.71%
1897 0.12 +0 +0.86%
1896 0.12 +0 +1.75%
1895 0.11 +0 +0.88%
1894 0.11 +0 +1.8%
1893 0.11 +0 +0.91%
1892 0.11 +0 +1.85%
1891 0.11 +0 +0.93%
1890 0.11 +0 +2.88%
1889 0.1 +0 +0.97%
1888 0.1 +0 +0%
1887 0.1 +0 +0.98%
1886 0.1 +0 +0%
1885 0.1 +0 +0%
1884 0.1 +0 +0%
1883 0.1 +0 +2%
1882 0.1 +0 +2.04%
1881 0.1 +0 +1.03%
1880 0.1 +0 +1.04%
1879 0.1 +0 +0%
1878 0.1 +0 +1.05%
1877 0.1 +0 +0%
1876 0.1 +0 +1.06%
1875 0.09 +0 +1.08%
1874 0.09 +0 +1.09%
1873 0.09 +0 +1.1%
1872 0.09 +0 +1.11%
1871 0.09 +0 +1.12%
1870 0.09 +0 +0%
1869 0.09 +0 +0%
1868 0.09 +0 +1.14%
1867 0.09 +0 +1.15%
1866 0.09 +0 +0%
1865 0.09 +0 +1.16%
1864 0.09 +0 +2.38%
1863 0.08 +0 +2.44%
1862 0.08 +0 +1.23%
1861 0.08 +0 +2.53%
1860 0.08 +0 +1.28%
1859 0.08 +0 +2.63%
1858 0.08 +0 +2.7%
1857 0.07 +0 +1.37%
1856 0.07 +0 +2.82%
1855 0.07 −0 −1.39%
1854 0.07 +0 +0%
1853 0.07 +0 +0%
1852 0.07 −0 −1.37%
1851 0.07 −0 −2.67%
1850 0.08 — —

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BZ Belize 0.5 SV El Salvador 3.21 PA Panama 4.23 CR Costa Rica 5.54 HN Honduras 8.96 NI Nicaragua 11.55 GT Guatemala 18.39 MX Mexico 151.8
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About the indicator

Methane emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent using the 100-year global warming potential. Methane accounts for about a fifth of the warming observed, and its sources are entirely different from those of CO2: livestock, rice paddies, landfills, and leaks in gas and oil production. The key difference is the timescale — methane stays in the atmosphere for about twelve years, against centuries for CO2, so cutting its emissions gives a visible effect within a decade.

Important: The conversion into CO2 equivalent depends on the horizon chosen: over twenty years methane weighs about three times more than over a hundred. The standard hundred-year horizon is used here, as in reporting under the Paris Agreement.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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