Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Cameroon

Methane emissions in Cameroon in 2024 — 21.41 Mt. Ranked 127 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,883.8%.

2024 21.41 Mt +0.86% vs 2023
World rank 127of 199
Period maximum 23.1 Mt2015
Period minimum 1.08 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Cameroon, 1850–20240102030185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.08 Mt1853: 1.08 Mt1856: 1.08 Mt1859: 1.09 Mt1862: 1.09 Mt1865: 1.16 Mt1868: 1.16 Mt1871: 1.17 Mt1874: 1.18 Mt1877: 1.19 Mt1880: 1.2 Mt1883: 1.21 Mt1886: 1.23 Mt1889: 1.24 Mt1892: 1.25 Mt1895: 1.26 Mt1898: 1.28 Mt1901: 1.29 Mt1904: 1.31 Mt1907: 1.33 Mt1910: 1.34 Mt1913: 1.43 Mt1916: 1.51 Mt1919: 1.59 Mt1922: 1.68 Mt1925: 1.81 Mt1928: 1.91 Mt1931: 2.03 Mt1934: 2.14 Mt1937: 2.27 Mt1940: 2.42 Mt1943: 2.58 Mt1946: 2.76 Mt1949: 2.96 Mt1952: 3.16 Mt1955: 3.35 Mt1958: 3.55 Mt1961: 3.87 Mt1964: 3.89 Mt1967: 4.3 Mt1970: 5.08 Mt1973: 5.21 Mt1976: 5.64 Mt1979: 8.79 Mt1982: 15.2 Mt1985: 21.48 Mt1988: 20.53 Mt1991: 20.91 Mt1994: 17.68 Mt1997: 18.94 Mt2000: 20.91 Mt2003: 20.5 Mt2006: 18.89 Mt2009: 18.83 Mt2012: 18.48 Mt2015: 23.1 Mt2018: 20.66 Mt2021: 21.68 Mt2024: 21.41 Mt
Change over the period: +20.33 (+1,883.78%) Average annual rate: 1.73 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cameroon 21.41 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,219.5 Mt
Middle Africa computed 236.44 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,489.63 Mt
Methane emissions — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 21.41 +0.18 +0.86%
2023 21.22 −0.24 −1.13%
2022 21.46 −0.21 −0.99%
2021 21.68 −0.1 −0.45%
2020 21.78 +0.62 +2.93%
2019 21.16 +0.49 +2.4%
2018 20.66 −0.57 −2.71%
2017 21.24 −1.69 −7.35%
2016 22.92 −0.18 −0.76%
2015 23.1 +2.28 +10.93%
2014 20.82 +1.32 +6.78%
2013 19.5 +1.02 +5.52%
2012 18.48 +0.57 +3.19%
2011 17.91 −0.33 −1.8%
2010 18.24 −0.6 −3.16%
2009 18.83 +0.13 +0.67%
2008 18.71 +0.27 +1.47%
2007 18.44 −0.45 −2.41%
2006 18.89 −1.21 −6.03%
2005 20.1 +0.89 +4.65%
2004 19.21 −1.29 −6.28%
2003 20.5 +0.82 +4.15%
2002 19.68 −0.69 −3.38%
2001 20.37 −0.54 −2.6%
2000 20.91 +1.02 +5.13%
1999 19.89 +0.26 +1.35%
1998 19.63 +0.69 +3.63%
1997 18.94 −0.4 −2.04%
1996 19.33 +1.12 +6.17%
1995 18.21 +0.53 +2.98%
1994 17.68 −1.34 −7.04%
1993 19.02 −0.98 −4.89%
1992 20 −0.91 −4.34%
1991 20.91 −0.58 −2.71%
1990 21.49 +0.03 +0.14%
1989 21.46 +0.93 +4.52%
1988 20.53 −0.66 −3.13%
1987 21.2 +0.03 +0.15%
1986 21.17 −0.31 −1.46%
1985 21.48 +4.27 +24.79%
1984 17.21 +1.78 +11.53%
1983 15.43 +0.23 +1.52%
1982 15.2 +1.56 +11.43%
1981 13.64 +2.05 +17.72%
1980 11.59 +2.8 +31.86%
1979 8.79 +2.06 +30.54%
1978 6.73 +0.55 +8.9%
1977 6.18 +0.55 +9.71%
1976 5.64 +0.26 +4.86%
1975 5.38 +0.32 +6.37%
1974 5.05 −0.16 −2.99%
1973 5.21 +0.09 +1.72%
1972 5.12 −0.12 −2.25%
1971 5.24 +0.16 +3.11%
1970 5.08 +0.46 +9.86%
1969 4.63 +0.23 +5.16%
1968 4.4 +0.1 +2.35%
1967 4.3 +0.03 +0.77%
1966 4.26 +0.21 +5.23%
1965 4.05 +0.16 +4.14%
1964 3.89 −0.18 −4.49%
1963 4.07 +0.15 +3.93%
1962 3.92 +0.05 +1.21%
1961 3.87 +0.17 +4.68%
1960 3.7 +0.07 +2.04%
1959 3.63 +0.07 +2.05%
1958 3.55 +0.07 +2.04%
1957 3.48 +0.07 +1.99%
1956 3.41 +0.07 +1.97%
1955 3.35 +0.06 +1.92%
1954 3.29 +0.06 +1.96%
1953 3.22 +0.06 +1.9%
1952 3.16 +0.06 +1.97%
1951 3.1 +0.06 +1.91%
1950 3.04 +0.08 +2.73%
1949 2.96 +0.08 +2.63%
1948 2.89 +0.07 +2.6%
1947 2.81 +0.06 +2.07%
1946 2.76 +0.06 +2.15%
1945 2.7 +0.06 +2.16%
1944 2.64 +0.06 +2.25%
1943 2.58 +0.06 +2.22%
1942 2.53 +0.06 +2.22%
1941 2.47 +0.06 +2.32%
1940 2.42 +0.05 +1.94%
1939 2.37 +0.05 +2.02%
1938 2.32 +0.05 +2.24%
1937 2.27 +0.05 +2.16%
1936 2.22 +0.04 +1.97%
1935 2.18 +0.04 +1.92%
1934 2.14 +0.04 +1.95%
1933 2.1 +0.04 +1.79%
1932 2.06 +0.04 +1.83%
1931 2.03 +0.04 +1.96%
1930 1.99 +0.04 +2.16%
1929 1.94 +0.04 +1.99%
1928 1.91 +0.03 +1.82%
1927 1.87 +0.03 +1.79%
1926 1.84 +0.03 +1.43%
1925 1.81 +0.02 +1.28%
1924 1.79 +0.07 +4.25%
1923 1.72 +0.03 +1.96%
1922 1.68 +0.03 +2%
1921 1.65 +0.03 +1.98%
1920 1.62 +0.03 +1.76%
1919 1.59 +0.03 +1.79%
1918 1.56 +0.03 +1.82%
1917 1.54 +0.03 +1.79%
1916 1.51 +0.03 +1.89%
1915 1.48 +0.03 +1.86%
1914 1.45 +0.03 +1.96%
1913 1.43 +0.03 +1.93%
1912 1.4 +0.03 +2.04%
1911 1.37 +0.03 +2.01%
1910 1.34 +0.01 +0.45%
1909 1.34 +0 +0.38%
1908 1.33 +0.01 +0.38%
1907 1.33 +0.01 +0.45%
1906 1.32 +0 +0.38%
1905 1.32 +0.01 +0.38%
1904 1.31 +0 +0.38%
1903 1.31 +0.01 +0.85%
1902 1.3 +0 +0.39%
1901 1.29 +0.01 +0.39%
1900 1.29 +0 +0.39%
1899 1.28 +0 +0.31%
1898 1.28 +0.01 +0.39%
1897 1.27 +0 +0.32%
1896 1.27 +0 +0.4%
1895 1.26 +0 +0.32%
1894 1.26 +0 +0.32%
1893 1.25 +0 +0.32%
1892 1.25 +0 +0.32%
1891 1.25 +0 +0.4%
1890 1.24 +0 +0.32%
1889 1.24 +0 +0.32%
1888 1.23 +0 +0.33%
1887 1.23 +0 +0.24%
1886 1.23 +0 +0.33%
1885 1.22 +0 +0.33%
1884 1.22 +0 +0.33%
1883 1.21 +0 +0.33%
1882 1.21 +0 +0.25%
1881 1.21 +0 +0.33%
1880 1.2 +0 +0.33%
1879 1.2 +0 +0.25%
1878 1.2 +0 +0.34%
1877 1.19 +0 +0.25%
1876 1.19 +0 +0.34%
1875 1.19 +0 +0.25%
1874 1.18 +0 +0.34%
1873 1.18 +0 +0.26%
1872 1.18 +0 +0.26%
1871 1.17 +0 +0.34%
1870 1.17 +0 +0.17%
1869 1.17 +0 +0.26%
1868 1.16 +0 +0.17%
1867 1.16 +0 +0.17%
1866 1.16 +0 +0.26%
1865 1.16 +0 +0.17%
1864 1.15 +0 +0.17%
1863 1.15 +0.06 +5.49%
1862 1.09 +0 +0.18%
1861 1.09 +0 +0.18%
1860 1.09 +0 +0.09%
1859 1.09 +0 +0.09%
1858 1.09 +0 +0.09%
1857 1.09 +0 +0.09%
1856 1.08 +0 +0%
1855 1.08 +0 +0.09%
1854 1.08 +0 +0.09%
1853 1.08 +0 +0.09%
1852 1.08 +0 +0.09%
1851 1.08 +0 +0.09%
1850 1.08

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.