Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Colombia

Methane emissions in Colombia in 2024 — 91.3 Mt. Ranked 179 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 2,313.4%.

2024 91.3 Mt +0.71% vs 2023
World rank 179of 199
Period maximum 91.3 Mt2024
Period minimum 3.78 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Colombia, 1850–20240255075100185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 3.78 Mt1853: 3.87 Mt1856: 3.96 Mt1859: 4.05 Mt1862: 4.14 Mt1865: 4.23 Mt1868: 4.32 Mt1871: 4.47 Mt1874: 4.74 Mt1877: 5.01 Mt1880: 5.28 Mt1883: 5.54 Mt1886: 5.81 Mt1889: 6.09 Mt1892: 6.41 Mt1895: 6.75 Mt1898: 7.1 Mt1901: 7.49 Mt1904: 7.95 Mt1907: 8.42 Mt1910: 8.89 Mt1913: 9.59 Mt1916: 10.3 Mt1919: 11.01 Mt1922: 11.99 Mt1925: 13.2 Mt1928: 14.8 Mt1931: 14.85 Mt1934: 15.34 Mt1937: 17.8 Mt1940: 19.42 Mt1943: 20.92 Mt1946: 23.63 Mt1949: 25.41 Mt1952: 28.94 Mt1955: 31.59 Mt1958: 34.01 Mt1961: 38.08 Mt1964: 40.42 Mt1967: 42.79 Mt1970: 45.83 Mt1973: 49.31 Mt1976: 53.8 Mt1979: 55.29 Mt1982: 57.47 Mt1985: 56.63 Mt1988: 62.09 Mt1991: 64.65 Mt1994: 68.28 Mt1997: 72.51 Mt2000: 72.86 Mt2003: 75.64 Mt2006: 77.04 Mt2009: 81.01 Mt2012: 80.11 Mt2015: 78.51 Mt2018: 85.28 Mt2021: 88.91 Mt2024: 91.3 Mt
Change over the period: +87.52 (+2,313.4%) Average annual rate: 1.85 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Colombia 91.3 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 — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 91.3 +0.65 +0.71%
2023 90.65 +1.07 +1.2%
2022 89.58 +0.67 +0.76%
2021 88.91 +2.29 +2.65%
2020 86.61 −1.22 −1.39%
2019 87.83 +2.55 +2.99%
2018 85.28 +3.1 +3.77%
2017 82.19 +2.13 +2.67%
2016 80.05 +1.55 +1.97%
2015 78.51 −1.57 −1.97%
2014 80.08 −0.11 −0.14%
2013 80.19 +0.08 +0.11%
2012 80.11 −2.13 −2.59%
2011 82.24 −1.39 −1.66%
2010 83.63 +2.62 +3.24%
2009 81.01 +0.97 +1.21%
2008 80.04 +0.91 +1.16%
2007 79.13 +2.08 +2.71%
2006 77.04 +0.62 +0.81%
2005 76.42 +0.52 +0.69%
2004 75.9 +0.26 +0.34%
2003 75.64 +0.96 +1.28%
2002 74.68 +0.52 +0.7%
2001 74.16 +1.3 +1.79%
2000 72.86 +1.6 +2.25%
1999 71.26 −2.92 −3.93%
1998 74.17 +1.66 +2.29%
1997 72.51 +1.75 +2.47%
1996 70.76 +0.41 +0.58%
1995 70.36 +2.08 +3.05%
1994 68.28 +1.36 +2.04%
1993 66.91 +0.49 +0.73%
1992 66.43 +1.78 +2.75%
1991 64.65 −0.46 −0.71%
1990 65.11 +1.07 +1.67%
1989 64.04 +1.94 +3.13%
1988 62.09 +0.86 +1.41%
1987 61.23 +2.47 +4.19%
1986 58.77 +2.13 +3.76%
1985 56.63 +0.63 +1.13%
1984 56 −0.93 −1.64%
1983 56.93 −0.54 −0.94%
1982 57.47 +1.2 +2.13%
1981 56.27 +0.96 +1.74%
1980 55.31 +0.02 +0.03%
1979 55.29 −0.17 −0.3%
1978 55.46 +1.07 +1.96%
1977 54.39 +0.6 +1.11%
1976 53.8 +1.45 +2.76%
1975 52.35 +1.52 +2.98%
1974 50.84 +1.53 +3.11%
1973 49.31 +0.68 +1.4%
1972 48.62 +1.13 +2.39%
1971 47.49 +1.66 +3.62%
1970 45.83 +0.99 +2.2%
1969 44.85 +0.68 +1.54%
1968 44.16 +1.37 +3.2%
1967 42.79 +0.89 +2.13%
1966 41.9 +0.64 +1.55%
1965 41.26 +0.84 +2.08%
1964 40.42 +0.67 +1.68%
1963 39.76 +0.63 +1.61%
1962 39.12 +1.05 +2.76%
1961 38.08 +1.87 +5.16%
1960 36.21 +0.78 +2.2%
1959 35.43 +1.41 +4.16%
1958 34.01 +0.42 +1.25%
1957 33.59 +1.22 +3.76%
1956 32.38 +0.78 +2.48%
1955 31.59 +1.63 +5.42%
1954 29.97 −0.56 −1.85%
1953 30.53 +1.59 +5.5%
1952 28.94 +1.08 +3.88%
1951 27.86 +0.87 +3.23%
1950 26.99 +1.59 +6.24%
1949 25.41 +1.03 +4.23%
1948 24.37 +0.03 +0.12%
1947 24.35 +0.72 +3.04%
1946 23.63 +0.94 +4.15%
1945 22.69 +0.24 +1.06%
1944 22.45 +1.53 +7.32%
1943 20.92 +0.38 +1.86%
1942 20.53 +0.67 +3.37%
1941 19.86 +0.45 +2.31%
1940 19.42 −0.61 −3.02%
1939 20.02 +1.78 +9.75%
1938 18.24 +0.45 +2.51%
1937 17.8 +0.34 +1.92%
1936 17.46 +0.56 +3.29%
1935 16.9 +1.57 +10.22%
1934 15.34 +0.04 +0.23%
1933 15.3 +0.47 +3.18%
1932 14.83 −0.02 −0.13%
1931 14.85 +0.13 +0.86%
1930 14.72 −0.32 −2.16%
1929 15.05 +0.25 +1.71%
1928 14.8 +0.61 +4.26%
1927 14.19 +0.29 +2.06%
1926 13.9 +0.7 +5.3%
1925 13.2 +0.55 +4.31%
1924 12.66 +0.32 +2.57%
1923 12.34 +0.35 +2.9%
1922 11.99 +0.42 +3.59%
1921 11.58 +0.33 +2.96%
1920 11.24 +0.24 +2.16%
1919 11.01 +0.24 +2.2%
1918 10.77 +0.24 +2.25%
1917 10.53 +0.24 +2.29%
1916 10.3 +0.24 +2.35%
1915 10.06 +0.24 +2.4%
1914 9.82 +0.24 +2.45%
1913 9.59 +0.23 +2.48%
1912 9.36 +0.23 +2.54%
1911 9.12 +0.23 +2.61%
1910 8.89 +0.16 +1.8%
1909 8.74 +0.16 +1.83%
1908 8.58 +0.16 +1.85%
1907 8.42 +0.16 +1.89%
1906 8.27 +0.16 +1.92%
1905 8.11 +0.16 +1.96%
1904 7.95 +0.16 +2%
1903 7.8 +0.16 +2.03%
1902 7.64 +0.16 +2.08%
1901 7.49 +0.16 +2.11%
1900 7.33 +0.12 +1.61%
1899 7.22 +0.12 +1.63%
1898 7.1 +0.12 +1.66%
1897 6.98 +0.12 +1.69%
1896 6.87 +0.12 +1.72%
1895 6.75 +0.12 +1.73%
1894 6.64 +0.12 +1.78%
1893 6.52 +0.12 +1.8%
1892 6.41 +0.11 +1.83%
1891 6.29 +0.12 +1.86%
1890 6.18 +0.09 +1.5%
1889 6.09 +0.09 +1.5%
1888 6 +0.09 +1.52%
1887 5.91 +0.09 +1.57%
1886 5.81 +0.09 +1.57%
1885 5.72 +0.09 +1.6%
1884 5.63 +0.09 +1.62%
1883 5.54 +0.09 +1.63%
1882 5.46 +0.09 +1.68%
1881 5.37 +0.09 +1.71%
1880 5.28 +0.09 +1.72%
1879 5.19 +0.09 +1.77%
1878 5.1 +0.09 +1.78%
1877 5.01 +0.09 +1.83%
1876 4.92 +0.09 +1.84%
1875 4.83 +0.09 +1.88%
1874 4.74 +0.09 +1.91%
1873 4.65 +0.09 +1.95%
1872 4.56 +0.09 +1.99%
1871 4.47 +0.09 +2.03%
1870 4.38 +0.03 +0.69%
1869 4.35 +0.03 +0.72%
1868 4.32 +0.03 +0.7%
1867 4.29 +0.03 +0.7%
1866 4.26 +0.03 +0.71%
1865 4.23 +0.03 +0.71%
1864 4.2 +0.03 +0.72%
1863 4.17 +0.03 +0.72%
1862 4.14 +0.03 +0.73%
1861 4.11 +0.03 +0.73%
1860 4.08 +0.03 +0.74%
1859 4.05 +0.03 +0.75%
1858 4.02 +0.03 +0.75%
1857 3.99 +0.03 +0.76%
1856 3.96 +0.03 +0.76%
1855 3.93 +0.03 +0.77%
1854 3.9 +0.03 +0.77%
1853 3.87 +0.03 +0.78%
1852 3.84 +0.03 +0.79%
1851 3.81 +0.03 +0.77%
1850 3.78

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.