Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Brazil

Methane emissions in Brazil in 2024 — 579.99 Mt. Ranked 196 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 3,893.9%.

2024 579.99 Mt +2.43% vs 2023
World rank 196of 199
Period maximum 579.99 Mt2024
Period minimum 14.52 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Brazil, 1850–20240200400600185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 14.52 Mt1853: 15.19 Mt1856: 15.85 Mt1859: 16.52 Mt1862: 17.19 Mt1865: 17.87 Mt1868: 18.55 Mt1871: 19.22 Mt1874: 19.88 Mt1877: 20.55 Mt1880: 21.22 Mt1883: 22.74 Mt1886: 24.26 Mt1889: 25.79 Mt1892: 27.42 Mt1895: 29.1 Mt1898: 30.79 Mt1901: 32.84 Mt1904: 35.44 Mt1907: 38.08 Mt1910: 40.75 Mt1913: 45.52 Mt1916: 50.2 Mt1919: 54.99 Mt1922: 60.36 Mt1925: 66.05 Mt1928: 71.75 Mt1931: 75.86 Mt1934: 76.88 Mt1937: 77.81 Mt1940: 78.7 Mt1943: 85.58 Mt1946: 92.41 Mt1949: 99.18 Mt1952: 108.44 Mt1955: 118.7 Mt1958: 129.5 Mt1961: 144.22 Mt1964: 159.76 Mt1967: 174.09 Mt1970: 191.92 Mt1973: 213.1 Mt1976: 254.25 Mt1979: 274.43 Mt1982: 307.4 Mt1985: 327.05 Mt1988: 356.56 Mt1991: 373.66 Mt1994: 391.6 Mt1997: 396.15 Mt2000: 417.31 Mt2003: 471.54 Mt2006: 493.28 Mt2009: 486.86 Mt2012: 506.85 Mt2015: 521.17 Mt2018: 522.12 Mt2021: 545.36 Mt2024: 579.99 Mt
Change over the period: +565.47 (+3,893.87%) Average annual rate: 2.14 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Brazil 579.99 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1,231.12 Mt
South America computed 987.27 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,814.74 Mt
Methane emissions — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 579.99 +13.79 +2.43%
2023 566.2 −0.02 −0%
2022 566.22 +20.86 +3.82%
2021 545.36 +9.59 +1.79%
2020 535.77 +6.83 +1.29%
2019 528.95 +6.83 +1.31%
2018 522.12 −0.53 −0.1%
2017 522.65 −1.49 −0.28%
2016 524.13 +2.96 +0.57%
2015 521.17 +8.53 +1.66%
2014 512.64 +6.18 +1.22%
2013 506.46 −0.39 −0.08%
2012 506.85 +1.58 +0.31%
2011 505.27 −2.6 −0.51%
2010 507.87 +21.01 +4.32%
2009 486.86 −1.3 −0.27%
2008 488.16 −3.37 −0.68%
2007 491.52 −1.76 −0.36%
2006 493.28 −4.4 −0.88%
2005 497.69 +2.69 +0.54%
2004 494.99 +23.45 +4.97%
2003 471.54 +20.95 +4.65%
2002 450.59 +20.97 +4.88%
2001 429.62 +12.31 +2.95%
2000 417.31 +6.9 +1.68%
1999 410.41 +6.12 +1.51%
1998 404.29 +8.14 +2.05%
1997 396.15 +8.88 +2.29%
1996 387.28 −10.43 −2.62%
1995 397.71 +6.11 +1.56%
1994 391.6 +9.02 +2.36%
1993 382.58 +2.99 +0.79%
1992 379.59 +5.92 +1.59%
1991 373.66 +8.25 +2.26%
1990 365.41 −1.94 −0.53%
1989 367.35 +10.79 +3.03%
1988 356.56 +7.17 +2.05%
1987 349.39 +11.58 +3.43%
1986 337.81 +10.76 +3.29%
1985 327.05 +4.05 +1.25%
1984 323 +12.57 +4.05%
1983 310.43 +3.03 +0.98%
1982 307.4 +6.19 +2.05%
1981 301.22 +3.53 +1.19%
1980 297.68 +23.26 +8.47%
1979 274.43 +9.46 +3.57%
1978 264.97 +3.3 +1.26%
1977 261.67 +7.42 +2.92%
1976 254.25 +17.54 +7.41%
1975 236.71 +10.59 +4.69%
1974 226.11 +13.01 +6.11%
1973 213.1 +5.1 +2.45%
1972 208 +11.3 +5.74%
1971 196.7 +4.78 +2.49%
1970 191.92 +7.27 +3.94%
1969 184.65 +5.53 +3.09%
1968 179.12 +5.03 +2.89%
1967 174.09 +4.88 +2.88%
1966 169.22 +3.74 +2.26%
1965 165.48 +5.72 +3.58%
1964 159.76 +5.55 +3.6%
1963 154.21 +5.43 +3.65%
1962 148.78 +4.56 +3.16%
1961 144.22 +6.81 +4.96%
1960 137.41 +4.14 +3.11%
1959 133.27 +3.77 +2.91%
1958 129.5 +3.74 +2.97%
1957 125.76 +3.52 +2.88%
1956 122.24 +3.54 +2.98%
1955 118.7 +3.52 +3.06%
1954 115.18 +3.46 +3.1%
1953 111.71 +3.27 +3.02%
1952 108.44 +3.28 +3.12%
1951 105.16 +3.12 +3.06%
1950 102.04 +2.87 +2.89%
1949 99.18 +2.25 +2.33%
1948 96.93 +2.24 +2.37%
1947 94.68 +2.28 +2.46%
1946 92.41 +2.26 +2.51%
1945 90.14 +2.26 +2.57%
1944 87.88 +2.3 +2.69%
1943 85.58 +2.32 +2.78%
1942 83.27 +2.29 +2.83%
1941 80.98 +2.28 +2.9%
1940 78.7 +0.31 +0.39%
1939 78.39 +0.29 +0.37%
1938 78.1 +0.29 +0.37%
1937 77.81 +0.3 +0.39%
1936 77.51 +0.27 +0.35%
1935 77.24 +0.36 +0.47%
1934 76.88 +0.34 +0.44%
1933 76.54 +0.35 +0.45%
1932 76.2 +0.33 +0.44%
1931 75.86 +0.3 +0.4%
1930 75.56 +1.9 +2.57%
1929 73.67 +1.91 +2.67%
1928 71.75 +1.9 +2.72%
1927 69.85 +1.91 +2.81%
1926 67.94 +1.9 +2.87%
1925 66.05 +1.9 +2.96%
1924 64.15 +1.9 +3.05%
1923 62.26 +1.9 +3.14%
1922 60.36 +1.89 +3.24%
1921 58.47 +1.86 +3.29%
1920 56.6 +1.61 +2.93%
1919 54.99 +1.61 +3.02%
1918 53.38 +1.59 +3.08%
1917 51.79 +1.58 +3.16%
1916 50.2 +1.58 +3.25%
1915 48.62 +1.57 +3.33%
1914 47.06 +1.54 +3.38%
1913 45.52 +1.59 +3.62%
1912 43.93 +1.6 +3.78%
1911 42.33 +1.58 +3.88%
1910 40.75 +0.9 +2.25%
1909 39.85 +0.88 +2.27%
1908 38.97 +0.88 +2.32%
1907 38.08 +0.88 +2.37%
1906 37.2 +0.88 +2.43%
1905 36.32 +0.88 +2.47%
1904 35.44 +0.87 +2.52%
1903 34.57 +0.87 +2.57%
1902 33.71 +0.87 +2.66%
1901 32.84 +0.91 +2.85%
1900 31.93 +0.57 +1.8%
1899 31.36 +0.57 +1.84%
1898 30.79 +0.57 +1.87%
1897 30.23 +0.56 +1.9%
1896 29.67 +0.56 +1.94%
1895 29.1 +0.56 +1.97%
1894 28.54 +0.56 +2.01%
1893 27.98 +0.56 +2.05%
1892 27.42 +0.56 +2.09%
1891 26.86 +0.56 +2.13%
1890 26.3 +0.51 +1.98%
1889 25.79 +0.51 +2.01%
1888 25.28 +0.51 +2.05%
1887 24.77 +0.51 +2.1%
1886 24.26 +0.51 +2.13%
1885 23.75 +0.51 +2.18%
1884 23.25 +0.51 +2.23%
1883 22.74 +0.51 +2.28%
1882 22.23 +0.51 +2.32%
1881 21.73 +0.5 +2.38%
1880 21.22 +0.22 +1.07%
1879 21 +0.22 +1.08%
1878 20.78 +0.22 +1.09%
1877 20.55 +0.22 +1.1%
1876 20.33 +0.22 +1.11%
1875 20.11 +0.22 +1.12%
1874 19.88 +0.22 +1.13%
1873 19.66 +0.22 +1.14%
1872 19.44 +0.22 +1.15%
1871 19.22 +0.22 +1.16%
1870 19 +0.23 +1.2%
1869 18.77 +0.22 +1.21%
1868 18.55 +0.23 +1.23%
1867 18.32 +0.22 +1.24%
1866 18.1 +0.23 +1.27%
1865 17.87 +0.23 +1.29%
1864 17.64 +0.23 +1.3%
1863 17.42 +0.23 +1.31%
1862 17.19 +0.23 +1.33%
1861 16.96 +0.23 +1.35%
1860 16.74 +0.22 +1.34%
1859 16.52 +0.22 +1.36%
1858 16.3 +0.22 +1.37%
1857 16.07 +0.22 +1.39%
1856 15.85 +0.22 +1.41%
1855 15.63 +0.22 +1.45%
1854 15.41 +0.22 +1.46%
1853 15.19 +0.22 +1.48%
1852 14.97 +0.22 +1.51%
1851 14.74 +0.22 +1.52%
1850 14.52

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.