Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Bhutan

Methane emissions in Bhutan in 2024 — 1.1 Mt. Ranked 42 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 158.9%.

2024 1.1 Mt −2.04% vs 2023
World rank 42of 199
Period maximum 1.21 Mt2019
Period minimum 0.43 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Bhutan, 1850–20240.40.60.811.21.4185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.43 Mt1853: 0.44 Mt1856: 0.45 Mt1859: 0.46 Mt1862: 0.47 Mt1865: 0.49 Mt1868: 0.5 Mt1871: 0.52 Mt1874: 0.54 Mt1877: 0.55 Mt1880: 0.57 Mt1883: 0.59 Mt1886: 0.61 Mt1889: 0.63 Mt1892: 0.65 Mt1895: 0.7 Mt1898: 0.76 Mt1901: 0.8 Mt1904: 0.78 Mt1907: 0.76 Mt1910: 0.74 Mt1913: 0.74 Mt1916: 0.74 Mt1919: 0.74 Mt1922: 0.72 Mt1925: 0.69 Mt1928: 0.66 Mt1931: 0.65 Mt1934: 0.64 Mt1937: 0.63 Mt1940: 0.63 Mt1943: 0.66 Mt1946: 0.66 Mt1949: 0.66 Mt1952: 0.62 Mt1955: 0.58 Mt1958: 0.55 Mt1961: 0.52 Mt1964: 0.49 Mt1967: 0.47 Mt1970: 0.48 Mt1973: 0.51 Mt1976: 0.54 Mt1979: 0.59 Mt1982: 0.64 Mt1985: 0.72 Mt1988: 0.73 Mt1991: 0.78 Mt1994: 0.77 Mt1997: 0.83 Mt2000: 0.85 Mt2003: 0.84 Mt2006: 0.99 Mt2009: 0.99 Mt2012: 1.01 Mt2015: 1.11 Mt2018: 1.21 Mt2021: 1.17 Mt2024: 1.1 Mt
Change over the period: +0.68 (+158.92%) Average annual rate: 0.55 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bhutan 1.1 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
South Asia computed 1,240.37 Mt
Southern Asia computed 1,411.37 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,489.63 Mt
Methane emissions — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 1.1 −0.02 −2.04%
2023 1.13 −0.02 −1.4%
2022 1.14 −0.03 −2.14%
2021 1.17 −0 −0.43%
2020 1.17 −0.04 −3.38%
2019 1.21 +0.01 +0.41%
2018 1.21 +0.03 +2.46%
2017 1.18 +0.03 +2.79%
2016 1.15 +0.04 +3.61%
2015 1.11 +0.01 +0.91%
2014 1.1 +0.02 +2.05%
2013 1.08 +0.06 +6.12%
2012 1.01 −0.01 −0.69%
2011 1.02 +0.02 +2%
2010 1 +0.02 +1.52%
2009 0.99 −0.04 −4.28%
2008 1.03 +0.03 +2.8%
2007 1 +0.01 +1.11%
2006 0.99 +0.07 +7.03%
2005 0.93 +0.08 +9.99%
2004 0.84 −0 −0.12%
2003 0.84 +0.01 +1.08%
2002 0.83 +0 +0.12%
2001 0.83 −0.02 −2.46%
2000 0.85 +0 +0.24%
1999 0.85 +0.02 +2.65%
1998 0.83 −0 −0.24%
1997 0.83 −0.01 −0.72%
1996 0.84 −0.02 −1.76%
1995 0.85 +0.09 +11.08%
1994 0.77 +0.01 +0.66%
1993 0.76 +0.01 +1.2%
1992 0.75 −0.03 −3.95%
1991 0.78 −0.1 −11.51%
1990 0.89 +0.15 +20.54%
1989 0.74 +0.01 +1.24%
1988 0.73 −0.03 −3.71%
1987 0.75 +0.02 +3.15%
1986 0.73 +0.01 +1.81%
1985 0.72 +0.03 +4.66%
1984 0.69 +0.02 +3.16%
1983 0.67 +0.02 +3.74%
1982 0.64 +0.02 +3.39%
1981 0.62 +0.01 +2.31%
1980 0.61 +0.02 +2.54%
1979 0.59 +0.02 +2.6%
1978 0.58 +0.02 +3.6%
1977 0.56 +0.01 +2.58%
1976 0.54 +0.02 +2.85%
1975 0.53 +0.01 +1.93%
1974 0.52 +0.01 +2.38%
1973 0.51 +0.01 +2.02%
1972 0.5 +0.01 +2.06%
1971 0.49 +0.01 +1.89%
1970 0.48 +0.02 +3.93%
1969 0.46 −0 −0.87%
1968 0.46 −0.01 −1.7%
1967 0.47 −0.01 −1.47%
1966 0.48 −0.01 −1.85%
1965 0.49 −0.01 −1.62%
1964 0.49 −0.01 −1.4%
1963 0.5 −0.01 −1.76%
1962 0.51 −0.01 −1.54%
1961 0.52 −0.01 −2.08%
1960 0.53 −0.01 −1.67%
1959 0.54 −0.01 −1.82%
1958 0.55 −0.01 −1.97%
1957 0.56 −0.01 −1.76%
1956 0.57 −0.01 −2.07%
1955 0.58 −0.01 −2.19%
1954 0.59 −0.01 −2.14%
1953 0.61 −0.01 −2.25%
1952 0.62 −0.02 −2.51%
1951 0.64 −0.02 −2.6%
1950 0.65 −0 −0.3%
1949 0.66 −0 −0.3%
1948 0.66 −0 −0.3%
1947 0.66 −0 −0.3%
1946 0.66 −0 −0.3%
1945 0.66 −0 −0.3%
1944 0.67 +0.01 +1.68%
1943 0.66 +0.01 +1.55%
1942 0.65 +0.01 +1.57%
1941 0.64 +0.01 +1.44%
1940 0.63 −0 −0.16%
1939 0.63 −0 −0.16%
1938 0.63 −0 −0.32%
1937 0.63 −0 −0.16%
1936 0.63 −0 −0.32%
1935 0.63 −0 −0.47%
1934 0.64 −0 −0.47%
1933 0.64 −0 −0.47%
1932 0.64 −0 −0.62%
1931 0.65 −0 −0.62%
1930 0.65 −0.01 −1.07%
1929 0.66 −0.01 −1.05%
1928 0.66 −0.01 −1.19%
1927 0.67 −0.01 −1.18%
1926 0.68 −0.01 −1.31%
1925 0.69 −0.01 −1.29%
1924 0.7 −0.01 −1.41%
1923 0.71 −0.01 −1.26%
1922 0.72 −0.01 −1.51%
1921 0.73 −0.01 −1.36%
1920 0.74 −0 −0.14%
1919 0.74 +0 +0%
1918 0.74 +0 +0%
1917 0.74 +0 +0%
1916 0.74 −0 −0.14%
1915 0.74 −0 −0.13%
1914 0.74 +0 +0%
1913 0.74 −0 −0.13%
1912 0.74 −0 −0.13%
1911 0.74 −0 −0.13%
1910 0.74 −0.01 −0.8%
1909 0.75 −0.01 −0.79%
1908 0.76 −0.01 −0.79%
1907 0.76 −0.01 −0.78%
1906 0.77 −0.01 −0.78%
1905 0.77 −0.01 −0.9%
1904 0.78 −0.01 −0.76%
1903 0.79 −0.01 −0.88%
1902 0.79 −0.01 −0.87%
1901 0.8 −0.01 −0.87%
1900 0.81 +0.03 +3.19%
1899 0.78 +0.02 +3.16%
1898 0.76 +0.02 +2.99%
1897 0.74 +0.02 +2.93%
1896 0.72 +0.02 +2.87%
1895 0.7 +0.02 +2.81%
1894 0.68 +0.02 +2.73%
1893 0.66 +0.01 +1.54%
1892 0.65 +0.01 +1.09%
1891 0.64 +0.01 +1.1%
1890 0.64 +0.01 +1.11%
1889 0.63 +0.01 +0.96%
1888 0.62 +0.01 +0.97%
1887 0.62 +0.01 +1.15%
1886 0.61 +0.01 +1%
1885 0.6 +0.01 +1.01%
1884 0.6 +0.01 +1.19%
1883 0.59 +0.01 +1.03%
1882 0.58 +0.01 +1.04%
1881 0.58 +0.01 +1.23%
1880 0.57 +0.01 +0.88%
1879 0.57 +0.01 +1.07%
1878 0.56 +0.01 +1.08%
1877 0.55 +0.01 +0.91%
1876 0.55 +0.01 +1.1%
1875 0.54 +0.01 +1.12%
1874 0.54 +0.01 +0.94%
1873 0.53 +0.01 +1.14%
1872 0.53 +0.01 +1.15%
1871 0.52 +0.01 +1.17%
1870 0.51 +0.01 +0.98%
1869 0.51 +0.01 +0.99%
1868 0.5 +0.01 +1%
1867 0.5 +0.01 +1.01%
1866 0.49 +0.01 +1.02%
1865 0.49 +0.01 +1.03%
1864 0.48 +0.01 +1.04%
1863 0.48 +0.01 +1.27%
1862 0.47 +0 +1.07%
1861 0.47 +0.01 +1.08%
1860 0.46 +0 +0.87%
1859 0.46 +0 +0.66%
1858 0.46 +0 +0.88%
1857 0.45 +0 +0.89%
1856 0.45 +0 +0.67%
1855 0.45 +0 +0.91%
1854 0.44 +0 +0.92%
1853 0.44 +0 +0.69%
1852 0.43 +0 +0.93%
1851 0.43 +0 +0.94%
1850 0.43

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.