Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Central African Republic

Methane emissions in the Central African Republic in 2024 — 13.13 Mt. Ranked 113 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 6,367.5%.

2024 13.13 Mt +2.08% vs 2023
World rank 113of 199
Period maximum 13.13 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.2 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Central African Republic, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.2 Mt1853: 0.2 Mt1856: 0.21 Mt1859: 0.21 Mt1862: 0.21 Mt1865: 0.22 Mt1868: 0.23 Mt1871: 0.24 Mt1874: 0.25 Mt1877: 0.26 Mt1880: 0.27 Mt1883: 0.28 Mt1886: 0.3 Mt1889: 0.31 Mt1892: 0.32 Mt1895: 0.33 Mt1898: 0.35 Mt1901: 0.36 Mt1904: 0.38 Mt1907: 0.39 Mt1910: 0.41 Mt1913: 0.44 Mt1916: 0.46 Mt1919: 0.49 Mt1922: 0.51 Mt1925: 0.55 Mt1928: 0.59 Mt1931: 0.63 Mt1934: 0.65 Mt1937: 0.85 Mt1940: 1.17 Mt1943: 1.54 Mt1946: 1.94 Mt1949: 2.38 Mt1952: 2.8 Mt1955: 3.23 Mt1958: 3.72 Mt1961: 4.05 Mt1964: 4.28 Mt1967: 4.6 Mt1970: 5.55 Mt1973: 5.96 Mt1976: 5.07 Mt1979: 6.19 Mt1982: 7.82 Mt1985: 6.48 Mt1988: 6.59 Mt1991: 9.83 Mt1994: 9.91 Mt1997: 11.34 Mt2000: 12.61 Mt2003: 12.33 Mt2006: 11.71 Mt2009: 10.7 Mt2012: 10.97 Mt2015: 11.58 Mt2018: 11.74 Mt2021: 11.6 Mt2024: 13.13 Mt
Change over the period: +12.93 (+6,367.49%) Average annual rate: 2.43 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central African Republic

Central African Republic 13.13 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,219.5 Mt
Middle Africa computed 236.44 Mt
Low-income countries computed 657.97 Mt
Methane emissions — Central African Republic, by year Central African Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 13.13 +0.27 +2.08%
2023 12.86 +0.84 +7.01%
2022 12.02 +0.42 +3.64%
2021 11.6 −0.01 −0.09%
2020 11.61 +0.79 +7.29%
2019 10.82 −0.92 −7.84%
2018 11.74 +0.26 +2.28%
2017 11.48 −1.05 −8.38%
2016 12.53 +0.95 +8.2%
2015 11.58 +0.23 +2.03%
2014 11.35 −0.23 −1.95%
2013 11.57 +0.61 +5.53%
2012 10.97 −1.57 −12.53%
2011 12.54 +0.69 +5.83%
2010 11.85 +1.15 +10.75%
2009 10.7 −2.3 −17.71%
2008 13 +0.7 +5.7%
2007 12.3 +0.59 +5.06%
2006 11.71 +0.21 +1.84%
2005 11.49 +0.61 +5.64%
2004 10.88 −1.45 −11.77%
2003 12.33 +2.74 +28.57%
2002 9.59 −1.05 −9.9%
2001 10.65 −1.97 −15.6%
2000 12.61 +1.55 +14.01%
1999 11.06 −1.32 −10.65%
1998 12.38 +1.05 +9.23%
1997 11.34 +0.13 +1.11%
1996 11.21 +1.21 +12.05%
1995 10.01 +0.1 +0.98%
1994 9.91 +0.04 +0.41%
1993 9.87 +0.01 +0.11%
1992 9.86 +0.03 +0.28%
1991 9.83 +0.21 +2.22%
1990 9.62 +2.22 +29.93%
1989 7.4 +0.82 +12.37%
1988 6.59 −0.5 −7.08%
1987 7.09 +0.39 +5.74%
1986 6.7 +0.22 +3.44%
1985 6.48 −0.73 −10.12%
1984 7.21 −0.17 −2.28%
1983 7.38 −0.44 −5.6%
1982 7.82 +1.31 +20.15%
1981 6.51 −1.58 −19.5%
1980 8.08 +1.89 +30.57%
1979 6.19 +0.98 +18.81%
1978 5.21 −1.14 −17.94%
1977 6.35 +1.28 +25.31%
1976 5.07 +0.29 +6.05%
1975 4.78 +0.5 +11.77%
1974 4.27 −1.68 −28.24%
1973 5.96 +0.64 +11.98%
1972 5.32 −0.05 −0.91%
1971 5.37 −0.18 −3.24%
1970 5.55 +0.73 +15.1%
1969 4.82 +0.11 +2.23%
1968 4.72 +0.12 +2.5%
1967 4.6 +0.12 +2.61%
1966 4.48 +0.12 +2.68%
1965 4.37 +0.09 +2.1%
1964 4.28 +0.08 +1.93%
1963 4.2 +0.08 +1.89%
1962 4.12 +0.07 +1.65%
1961 4.05 −0.03 −0.61%
1960 4.08 +0.18 +4.7%
1959 3.89 +0.18 +4.74%
1958 3.72 +0.17 +4.74%
1957 3.55 +0.16 +4.75%
1956 3.39 +0.16 +4.8%
1955 3.23 +0.15 +4.87%
1954 3.08 +0.14 +4.9%
1953 2.94 +0.14 +5%
1952 2.8 +0.14 +5.15%
1951 2.66 +0.13 +5.3%
1950 2.53 +0.15 +6.36%
1949 2.38 +0.15 +6.64%
1948 2.23 +0.14 +6.86%
1947 2.09 +0.14 +7.25%
1946 1.94 +0.14 +7.52%
1945 1.81 +0.13 +7.94%
1944 1.68 +0.13 +8.55%
1943 1.54 +0.13 +8.97%
1942 1.42 +0.12 +9.6%
1941 1.29 +0.12 +10.14%
1940 1.17 +0.11 +10.45%
1939 1.06 +0.11 +11.32%
1938 0.95 +0.1 +12.24%
1937 0.85 +0.1 +13.64%
1936 0.75 +0.09 +13.85%
1935 0.66 +0.01 +1.08%
1934 0.65 +0.01 +0.93%
1933 0.64 +0.01 +0.94%
1932 0.64 +0.01 +0.79%
1931 0.63 +0.02 +2.59%
1930 0.62 +0.01 +2.15%
1929 0.6 +0.01 +2.37%
1928 0.59 +0.01 +2.25%
1927 0.58 +0.01 +2.3%
1926 0.56 +0.01 +2.36%
1925 0.55 +0.01 +2.42%
1924 0.54 +0.01 +2.48%
1923 0.53 +0.01 +2.54%
1922 0.51 +0.01 +2.4%
1921 0.5 +0.01 +1.42%
1920 0.49 +0.01 +1.65%
1919 0.49 +0.01 +1.89%
1918 0.48 +0.01 +1.71%
1917 0.47 +0.01 +1.74%
1916 0.46 +0.01 +2%
1915 0.45 +0.01 +1.81%
1914 0.44 +0.01 +1.84%
1913 0.44 +0.01 +1.87%
1912 0.43 +0.01 +2.15%
1911 0.42 +0.01 +1.95%
1910 0.41 +0 +1.23%
1909 0.41 +0.01 +1.5%
1908 0.4 +0.01 +1.27%
1907 0.39 +0.01 +1.55%
1906 0.39 +0.01 +1.57%
1905 0.38 +0.01 +1.33%
1904 0.38 +0.01 +1.34%
1903 0.37 +0.01 +1.64%
1902 0.37 +0.01 +1.39%
1901 0.36 +0.01 +1.69%
1900 0.36 +0 +1.14%
1899 0.35 +0.01 +1.45%
1898 0.35 +0 +1.17%
1897 0.34 +0.01 +1.48%
1896 0.34 +0 +1.2%
1895 0.33 +0.01 +1.52%
1894 0.33 +0 +1.23%
1893 0.32 +0 +1.25%
1892 0.32 +0.01 +1.59%
1891 0.32 +0 +1.29%
1890 0.31 +0 +1.3%
1889 0.31 +0 +1.32%
1888 0.3 +0 +1.34%
1887 0.3 +0 +1.36%
1886 0.3 +0 +1.37%
1885 0.29 +0 +1.39%
1884 0.29 +0 +1.41%
1883 0.28 +0 +1.07%
1882 0.28 +0 +1.45%
1881 0.28 +0 +1.47%
1880 0.27 +0 +1.49%
1879 0.27 +0 +1.13%
1878 0.27 +0 +1.15%
1877 0.26 +0 +1.55%
1876 0.26 +0 +1.18%
1875 0.26 +0 +1.59%
1874 0.25 +0 +1.21%
1873 0.25 +0 +1.22%
1872 0.25 +0 +1.66%
1871 0.24 +0 +1.26%
1870 0.24 +0 +1.28%
1869 0.24 +0 +1.29%
1868 0.23 +0 +1.31%
1867 0.23 +0 +1.33%
1866 0.23 +0 +1.35%
1865 0.22 +0 +1.36%
1864 0.22 +0 +1.38%
1863 0.22 +0 +1.4%
1862 0.21 +0 +1.42%
1861 0.21 +0 +1.44%
1860 0.21 +0 +0.48%
1859 0.21 +0 +0%
1858 0.21 +0 +0.49%
1857 0.21 +0 +0%
1856 0.21 +0 +0.49%
1855 0.21 +0 +0%
1854 0.21 +0 +0.49%
1853 0.2 +0 +0%
1852 0.2 +0 +0.49%
1851 0.2 +0 +0%
1850 0.2

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.