Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Burkina Faso

Methane emissions in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 22.74 Mt. Ranked 132 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,613.9%.

2024 22.74 Mt +2.18% vs 2023
World rank 132of 199
Period maximum 22.74 Mt2024
Period minimum 1.33 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Burkina Faso, 1850–20240102030185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.33 Mt1853: 1.34 Mt1856: 1.34 Mt1859: 1.35 Mt1862: 1.36 Mt1865: 1.37 Mt1868: 1.38 Mt1871: 1.4 Mt1874: 1.41 Mt1877: 1.42 Mt1880: 1.44 Mt1883: 1.45 Mt1886: 1.46 Mt1889: 1.48 Mt1892: 1.49 Mt1895: 1.5 Mt1898: 1.52 Mt1901: 1.59 Mt1904: 1.59 Mt1907: 1.62 Mt1910: 1.67 Mt1913: 1.82 Mt1916: 1.9 Mt1919: 2.02 Mt1922: 2.15 Mt1925: 2.29 Mt1928: 2.47 Mt1931: 2.6 Mt1934: 2.77 Mt1937: 2.95 Mt1940: 3.15 Mt1943: 3.38 Mt1946: 3.55 Mt1949: 3.71 Mt1952: 3.87 Mt1955: 4.02 Mt1958: 4.2 Mt1961: 4.26 Mt1964: 4.45 Mt1967: 4.97 Mt1970: 5.37 Mt1973: 5.17 Mt1976: 5.5 Mt1979: 6.01 Mt1982: 6.67 Mt1985: 7.5 Mt1988: 7.99 Mt1991: 9.59 Mt1994: 10.29 Mt1997: 11.44 Mt2000: 11.56 Mt2003: 14.74 Mt2006: 15.61 Mt2009: 17.09 Mt2012: 18.16 Mt2015: 19.16 Mt2018: 20.4 Mt2021: 21.82 Mt2024: 22.74 Mt
Change over the period: +21.42 (+1,613.94%) Average annual rate: 1.65 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Burkina Faso 22.74 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,219.5 Mt
Western Africa computed 375.61 Mt
Low-income countries computed 657.97 Mt
Methane emissions — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 22.74 +0.48 +2.18%
2023 22.26 +0.57 +2.6%
2022 21.69 −0.12 −0.56%
2021 21.82 +3.27 +17.64%
2020 18.55 −2.5 −11.89%
2019 21.05 +0.65 +3.17%
2018 20.4 +0.21 +1.05%
2017 20.19 +0.25 +1.25%
2016 19.94 +0.78 +4.09%
2015 19.16 +0.18 +0.95%
2014 18.98 +0.37 +1.97%
2013 18.61 +0.45 +2.5%
2012 18.16 +0.11 +0.58%
2011 18.05 +0.31 +1.72%
2010 17.74 +0.66 +3.85%
2009 17.09 +0.56 +3.36%
2008 16.53 +0.56 +3.49%
2007 15.97 +0.37 +2.36%
2006 15.61 +0.02 +0.12%
2005 15.59 +0.41 +2.68%
2004 15.18 +0.44 +2.97%
2003 14.74 +2.22 +17.72%
2002 12.52 +0.38 +3.16%
2001 12.14 +0.58 +4.99%
2000 11.56 +0.62 +5.65%
1999 10.94 −0.64 −5.48%
1998 11.58 +0.13 +1.17%
1997 11.44 +0.36 +3.21%
1996 11.09 +0.45 +4.26%
1995 10.64 +0.35 +3.39%
1994 10.29 +0.26 +2.63%
1993 10.02 +0.21 +2.18%
1992 9.81 +0.22 +2.32%
1991 9.59 +0.29 +3.14%
1990 9.29 +1.03 +12.44%
1989 8.27 +0.28 +3.49%
1988 7.99 +0.12 +1.5%
1987 7.87 +0.23 +3.06%
1986 7.64 +0.14 +1.85%
1985 7.5 +0.59 +8.5%
1984 6.91 +0.19 +2.84%
1983 6.72 +0.04 +0.67%
1982 6.67 +0.27 +4.22%
1981 6.4 −0 −0.03%
1980 6.41 +0.4 +6.61%
1979 6.01 +0.29 +5.09%
1978 5.72 +0.01 +0.11%
1977 5.71 +0.21 +3.78%
1976 5.5 +0.17 +3.13%
1975 5.34 +0.29 +5.83%
1974 5.04 −0.13 −2.51%
1973 5.17 −0.07 −1.37%
1972 5.24 −0.18 −3.34%
1971 5.43 +0.06 +1.04%
1970 5.37 +0.21 +4.09%
1969 5.16 +0.05 +0.96%
1968 5.11 +0.14 +2.78%
1967 4.97 +0.1 +2.01%
1966 4.87 +0.08 +1.71%
1965 4.79 +0.35 +7.76%
1964 4.45 +0.21 +5.01%
1963 4.23 −0.18 −4.16%
1962 4.42 +0.16 +3.64%
1961 4.26 −0.07 −1.66%
1960 4.34 +0.07 +1.62%
1959 4.27 +0.06 +1.5%
1958 4.2 +0.06 +1.47%
1957 4.14 +0.06 +1.47%
1956 4.08 +0.06 +1.44%
1955 4.02 +0.06 +1.41%
1954 3.97 +0.05 +1.33%
1953 3.92 +0.05 +1.27%
1952 3.87 +0.05 +1.2%
1951 3.82 +0.04 +1.16%
1950 3.78 +0.07 +1.75%
1949 3.71 +0.07 +2.01%
1948 3.64 +0.06 +1.62%
1947 3.58 +0.03 +0.9%
1946 3.55 +0.03 +0.85%
1945 3.52 +0.07 +1.97%
1944 3.45 +0.08 +2.25%
1943 3.38 +0.08 +2.3%
1942 3.3 +0.07 +2.33%
1941 3.22 +0.08 +2.38%
1940 3.15 +0.07 +2.11%
1939 3.08 +0.07 +2.15%
1938 3.02 +0.07 +2.2%
1937 2.95 +0.06 +2.21%
1936 2.89 +0.06 +2.23%
1935 2.83 +0.06 +2.09%
1934 2.77 +0.06 +2.1%
1933 2.71 +0.06 +2.19%
1932 2.65 +0.06 +2.19%
1931 2.6 +0.06 +2.2%
1930 2.54 +0.04 +1.52%
1929 2.5 +0.04 +1.54%
1928 2.47 +0.04 +1.52%
1927 2.43 +0.04 +1.55%
1926 2.39 +0.1 +4.23%
1925 2.29 +0.05 +2.14%
1924 2.25 +0.05 +2.18%
1923 2.2 +0.05 +2.23%
1922 2.15 +0.05 +2.28%
1921 2.1 +0.05 +2.29%
1920 2.06 +0.04 +1.93%
1919 2.02 +0.04 +1.97%
1918 1.98 +0.04 +2.01%
1917 1.94 +0.04 +2.05%
1916 1.9 +0.04 +2.1%
1915 1.86 −0.02 −0.96%
1914 1.88 +0.05 +3.02%
1913 1.82 +0.05 +2.99%
1912 1.77 +0.05 +3.03%
1911 1.72 +0.05 +3.06%
1910 1.67 +0.02 +0.91%
1909 1.65 +0.01 +0.85%
1908 1.64 +0.01 +0.92%
1907 1.62 +0.01 +0.87%
1906 1.61 +0.01 +0.88%
1905 1.6 +0 +0.06%
1904 1.59 +0 +0%
1903 1.59 +0 +0%
1902 1.59 +0 +0%
1901 1.59 +0.07 +4.52%
1900 1.53 +0 +0.13%
1899 1.52 +0 +0.33%
1898 1.52 +0.01 +0.33%
1897 1.51 +0 +0.33%
1896 1.51 +0 +0.27%
1895 1.5 +0 +0.33%
1894 1.5 +0.01 +0.33%
1893 1.49 +0 +0.34%
1892 1.49 +0 +0.27%
1891 1.49 +0.01 +0.34%
1890 1.48 +0 +0.27%
1889 1.48 +0 +0.34%
1888 1.47 +0.01 +0.34%
1887 1.47 +0 +0.27%
1886 1.46 +0 +0.34%
1885 1.46 +0 +0.28%
1884 1.45 +0.01 +0.35%
1883 1.45 +0 +0.28%
1882 1.44 +0 +0.28%
1881 1.44 +0 +0.35%
1880 1.44 +0 +0.28%
1879 1.43 +0 +0.28%
1878 1.43 +0.01 +0.35%
1877 1.42 +0 +0.28%
1876 1.42 +0 +0.28%
1875 1.41 +0 +0.35%
1874 1.41 +0 +0.28%
1873 1.41 +0 +0.29%
1872 1.4 +0 +0.29%
1871 1.4 +0 +0.29%
1870 1.39 +0.01 +0.36%
1869 1.39 +0 +0.29%
1868 1.38 +0 +0.29%
1867 1.38 +0 +0.29%
1866 1.38 +0 +0.29%
1865 1.37 +0 +0.29%
1864 1.37 +0 +0.29%
1863 1.36 +0 +0.29%
1862 1.36 +0 +0.29%
1861 1.36 +0 +0.3%
1860 1.35 +0 +0.22%
1859 1.35 +0 +0.15%
1858 1.35 +0 +0.22%
1857 1.34 +0 +0.15%
1856 1.34 +0 +0.22%
1855 1.34 +0 +0.15%
1854 1.34 +0 +0.15%
1853 1.34 +0 +0.23%
1852 1.33 +0 +0.15%
1851 1.33 +0 +0.23%
1850 1.33

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.