Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Botswana

Methane emissions in Botswana in 2024 — 10.22 Mt. Ranked 100 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 5,011.5%.

2024 10.22 Mt +29.52% vs 2023
World rank 100of 199
Period maximum 14.12 Mt2011
Period minimum 0.2 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Botswana, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.2 Mt1853: 0.21 Mt1856: 0.22 Mt1859: 0.23 Mt1862: 0.24 Mt1865: 0.25 Mt1868: 0.26 Mt1871: 0.27 Mt1874: 0.28 Mt1877: 0.29 Mt1880: 0.3 Mt1883: 0.32 Mt1886: 0.33 Mt1889: 0.35 Mt1892: 0.36 Mt1895: 0.38 Mt1898: 0.4 Mt1901: 0.42 Mt1904: 0.44 Mt1907: 0.45 Mt1910: 0.47 Mt1913: 0.49 Mt1916: 0.52 Mt1919: 0.55 Mt1922: 0.58 Mt1925: 0.61 Mt1928: 0.65 Mt1931: 0.69 Mt1934: 0.75 Mt1937: 0.8 Mt1940: 0.84 Mt1943: 0.92 Mt1946: 0.98 Mt1949: 1.05 Mt1952: 1.12 Mt1955: 1.17 Mt1958: 1.22 Mt1961: 3.61 Mt1964: 3.62 Mt1967: 3.36 Mt1970: 5.34 Mt1973: 3.96 Mt1976: 4.44 Mt1979: 6.17 Mt1982: 5.49 Mt1985: 4.29 Mt1988: 4.27 Mt1991: 6.43 Mt1994: 6.35 Mt1997: 6.99 Mt2000: 6.4 Mt2003: 3.76 Mt2006: 5.87 Mt2009: 4.63 Mt2012: 6.84 Mt2015: 4.43 Mt2018: 4.49 Mt2021: 9.32 Mt2024: 10.22 Mt
Change over the period: +10.02 (+5,011.5%) Average annual rate: 2.29 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Botswana 10.22 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,219.5 Mt
Southern Africa computed 98.17 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,814.74 Mt
Methane emissions — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 10.22 +2.33 +29.52%
2023 7.89 +0.2 +2.61%
2022 7.69 −1.62 −17.42%
2021 9.32 +4.46 +91.94%
2020 4.85 +1.57 +47.64%
2019 3.29 −1.2 −26.79%
2018 4.49 −1.08 −19.36%
2017 5.57 +1.74 +45.61%
2016 3.82 −0.6 −13.58%
2015 4.43 −0.04 −0.98%
2014 4.47 −1.54 −25.58%
2013 6.01 −0.83 −12.17%
2012 6.84 −7.29 −51.59%
2011 14.12 +2.73 +23.93%
2010 11.4 +6.76 +145.9%
2009 4.63 −5.13 −52.53%
2008 9.76 +4.9 +100.62%
2007 4.87 −1 −17.06%
2006 5.87 +1.14 +24.2%
2005 4.72 +0.71 +17.81%
2004 4.01 +0.25 +6.73%
2003 3.76 −4.21 −52.85%
2002 7.97 +0.02 +0.23%
2001 7.95 +1.55 +24.26%
2000 6.4 −0.17 −2.62%
1999 6.57 −0 −0.06%
1998 6.57 −0.41 −5.92%
1997 6.99 −0.27 −3.71%
1996 7.26 +0.36 +5.17%
1995 6.9 +0.55 +8.59%
1994 6.35 +0.29 +4.7%
1993 6.07 −0.2 −3.19%
1992 6.27 −0.16 −2.46%
1991 6.43 −0.36 −5.25%
1990 6.78 +1.96 +40.67%
1989 4.82 +0.55 +12.9%
1988 4.27 −0.93 −17.91%
1987 5.2 +1.06 +25.46%
1986 4.15 −0.14 −3.33%
1985 4.29 −0.07 −1.54%
1984 4.36 −0.97 −18.24%
1983 5.33 −0.16 −2.9%
1982 5.49 +0.46 +9.08%
1981 5.03 −0.4 −7.37%
1980 5.43 −0.74 −12.01%
1979 6.17 +1.08 +21.28%
1978 5.09 −0.01 −0.24%
1977 5.1 +0.66 +14.78%
1976 4.44 −0.03 −0.74%
1975 4.48 +0.74 +19.64%
1974 3.74 −0.22 −5.6%
1973 3.96 +0.27 +7.31%
1972 3.69 +0.47 +14.47%
1971 3.23 −2.12 −39.61%
1970 5.34 +1.61 +43.27%
1969 3.73 +0.23 +6.51%
1968 3.5 +0.15 +4.32%
1967 3.36 +0.19 +5.83%
1966 3.17 −0.18 −5.45%
1965 3.36 −0.26 −7.27%
1964 3.62 −0.01 −0.3%
1963 3.63 −0.01 −0.25%
1962 3.64 +0.03 +0.78%
1961 3.61 +2.36 +188.11%
1960 1.25 +0.02 +1.38%
1959 1.24 +0.02 +1.39%
1958 1.22 +0.02 +1.33%
1957 1.2 +0.02 +1.26%
1956 1.19 +0.02 +1.37%
1955 1.17 +0.02 +1.47%
1954 1.16 +0.02 +1.58%
1953 1.14 +0.02 +1.7%
1952 1.12 +0.02 +2.01%
1951 1.1 +0.02 +2.24%
1950 1.07 +0.02 +2.29%
1949 1.05 +0.02 +2.34%
1948 1.02 +0.03 +2.5%
1947 1 +0.02 +2.46%
1946 0.98 +0.01 +1.14%
1945 0.96 +0.02 +2.34%
1944 0.94 +0.02 +2.73%
1943 0.92 +0.02 +2.69%
1942 0.89 +0.03 +2.88%
1941 0.87 +0.03 +2.97%
1940 0.84 +0.02 +1.93%
1939 0.83 +0.02 +1.97%
1938 0.81 +0.01 +1.76%
1937 0.8 +0.02 +1.92%
1936 0.78 +0.01 +1.82%
1935 0.77 +0.02 +2.81%
1934 0.75 +0.02 +2.89%
1933 0.73 +0.02 +2.83%
1932 0.71 +0.02 +2.77%
1931 0.69 +0.01 +1.63%
1930 0.68 +0.01 +1.96%
1929 0.66 +0.01 +1.84%
1928 0.65 +0.01 +1.88%
1927 0.64 +0.01 +2.08%
1926 0.63 +0.01 +1.95%
1925 0.61 +0.01 +2.16%
1924 0.6 +0.01 +2.21%
1923 0.59 +0.01 +2.26%
1922 0.58 +0.01 +2.31%
1921 0.56 +0.01 +1.44%
1920 0.55 +0.01 +1.65%
1919 0.55 +0.01 +1.49%
1918 0.54 +0.01 +1.7%
1917 0.53 +0.01 +1.54%
1916 0.52 +0.01 +1.56%
1915 0.51 +0.01 +1.79%
1914 0.5 +0.01 +1.82%
1913 0.49 +0.01 +1.65%
1912 0.49 +0.01 +1.89%
1911 0.48 +0.01 +1.27%
1910 0.47 +0.01 +1.29%
1909 0.47 +0.01 +1.31%
1908 0.46 +0.01 +1.32%
1907 0.45 +0.01 +1.34%
1906 0.45 +0.01 +1.36%
1905 0.44 +0.01 +1.38%
1904 0.44 +0.01 +1.4%
1903 0.43 +0.01 +1.42%
1902 0.42 +0.01 +1.2%
1901 0.42 +0.01 +1.46%
1900 0.41 +0.01 +1.73%
1899 0.41 +0.01 +1.5%
1898 0.4 +0.01 +1.53%
1897 0.39 +0.01 +1.55%
1896 0.39 +0.01 +1.31%
1895 0.38 +0.01 +1.6%
1894 0.38 +0.01 +1.62%
1893 0.37 +0.01 +1.65%
1892 0.36 +0.01 +1.68%
1891 0.36 +0.01 +1.7%
1890 0.35 +0.01 +1.44%
1889 0.35 +0 +1.46%
1888 0.34 +0.01 +1.48%
1887 0.34 +0.01 +1.51%
1886 0.33 +0.01 +1.53%
1885 0.33 +0.01 +1.55%
1884 0.32 +0 +1.26%
1883 0.32 +0.01 +1.6%
1882 0.31 +0.01 +1.62%
1881 0.31 +0.01 +1.65%
1880 0.3 +0 +1.34%
1879 0.3 +0 +1.36%
1878 0.3 +0 +1.37%
1877 0.29 +0 +1.39%
1876 0.29 +0 +1.41%
1875 0.28 +0 +1.43%
1874 0.28 +0 +1.45%
1873 0.28 +0 +1.48%
1872 0.27 +0 +1.5%
1871 0.27 +0 +1.52%
1870 0.26 +0 +1.54%
1869 0.26 +0 +1.17%
1868 0.26 +0 +1.59%
1867 0.25 +0 +1.2%
1866 0.25 +0 +1.22%
1865 0.25 +0 +1.65%
1864 0.24 +0 +1.26%
1863 0.24 +0 +1.7%
1862 0.24 +0 +1.29%
1861 0.23 +0 +1.31%
1860 0.23 +0 +1.33%
1859 0.23 +0 +1.35%
1858 0.22 +0 +1.36%
1857 0.22 +0 +1.38%
1856 0.22 +0 +1.4%
1855 0.21 +0 +0.94%
1854 0.21 +0 +1.44%
1853 0.21 +0 +1.46%
1852 0.21 +0 +1.48%
1851 0.2 +0 +1.5%
1850 0.2

Southern Africa, 2024

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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.