Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Dominican Republic

Methane emissions in the Dominican Republic in 2024 — 12.23 Mt. Ranked 109 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 6,580.9%.

2024 12.23 Mt +1.61% vs 2023
World rank 109of 199
Period maximum 12.23 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.18 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Dominican Republic, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.18 Mt1853: 0.2 Mt1856: 0.21 Mt1859: 0.23 Mt1862: 0.24 Mt1865: 0.26 Mt1868: 0.28 Mt1871: 0.3 Mt1874: 0.32 Mt1877: 0.34 Mt1880: 0.36 Mt1883: 0.4 Mt1886: 0.43 Mt1889: 0.46 Mt1892: 0.5 Mt1895: 0.54 Mt1898: 0.58 Mt1901: 0.63 Mt1904: 0.69 Mt1907: 0.75 Mt1910: 0.81 Mt1913: 0.9 Mt1916: 0.99 Mt1919: 1.08 Mt1922: 1.2 Mt1925: 1.34 Mt1928: 1.49 Mt1931: 1.63 Mt1934: 1.77 Mt1937: 1.91 Mt1940: 2.06 Mt1943: 2.3 Mt1946: 2.52 Mt1949: 2.74 Mt1952: 3.07 Mt1955: 3.33 Mt1958: 3.59 Mt1961: 4.07 Mt1964: 4.07 Mt1967: 4.1 Mt1970: 4.05 Mt1973: 4.77 Mt1976: 6.06 Mt1979: 6.24 Mt1982: 6.39 Mt1985: 6.57 Mt1988: 6.64 Mt1991: 6.99 Mt1994: 6.97 Mt1997: 7.46 Mt2000: 7.01 Mt2003: 7.57 Mt2006: 8.22 Mt2009: 9.67 Mt2012: 10.17 Mt2015: 10.62 Mt2018: 11.34 Mt2021: 11.85 Mt2024: 12.23 Mt
Change over the period: +12.04 (+6,580.87%) Average annual rate: 2.44 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Dominican Republic 12.23 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1,231.12 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,814.74 Mt
Methane emissions — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 12.23 +0.19 +1.61%
2023 12.03 +0.11 +0.94%
2022 11.92 +0.07 +0.62%
2021 11.85 +0.25 +2.16%
2020 11.6 +0.17 +1.51%
2019 11.42 +0.09 +0.75%
2018 11.34 +0.3 +2.75%
2017 11.03 +0.23 +2.12%
2016 10.81 +0.19 +1.77%
2015 10.62 +0.13 +1.22%
2014 10.49 +0.17 +1.66%
2013 10.32 +0.15 +1.47%
2012 10.17 +0.08 +0.79%
2011 10.09 +0.16 +1.59%
2010 9.93 +0.26 +2.69%
2009 9.67 +0.33 +3.51%
2008 9.34 +0.28 +3.14%
2007 9.06 +0.84 +10.19%
2006 8.22 +0.2 +2.49%
2005 8.02 −0.14 −1.72%
2004 8.16 +0.59 +7.82%
2003 7.57 −0.09 −1.2%
2002 7.66 +0.27 +3.65%
2001 7.39 +0.38 +5.39%
2000 7.01 −0.14 −1.89%
1999 7.15 −0.45 −5.95%
1998 7.6 +0.14 +1.85%
1997 7.46 +0.14 +1.91%
1996 7.32 +0.26 +3.7%
1995 7.06 +0.09 +1.36%
1994 6.97 −0.06 −0.8%
1993 7.02 +0.26 +3.86%
1992 6.76 −0.23 −3.32%
1991 6.99 +0.28 +4.17%
1990 6.71 −0.15 −2.17%
1989 6.86 +0.23 +3.41%
1988 6.64 −0.05 −0.72%
1987 6.68 +0.17 +2.53%
1986 6.52 −0.05 −0.81%
1985 6.57 −0.07 −1.02%
1984 6.64 −0.07 −1.01%
1983 6.71 +0.32 +4.99%
1982 6.39 +0.25 +4%
1981 6.14 −0.23 −3.62%
1980 6.37 +0.13 +2.1%
1979 6.24 +0.28 +4.77%
1978 5.96 −0.11 −1.81%
1977 6.07 +0.01 +0.23%
1976 6.06 +0.35 +6.12%
1975 5.71 +0.33 +6.12%
1974 5.38 +0.61 +12.73%
1973 4.77 +0.17 +3.74%
1972 4.6 +0.15 +3.28%
1971 4.45 +0.4 +9.95%
1970 4.05 −0.04 −0.93%
1969 4.09 −0.04 −0.9%
1968 4.12 +0.02 +0.56%
1967 4.1 +0.01 +0.34%
1966 4.09 −0.04 −0.99%
1965 4.13 +0.06 +1.5%
1964 4.07 +0.02 +0.49%
1963 4.05 −0 −0.07%
1962 4.05 −0.02 −0.37%
1961 4.07 +0.31 +8.28%
1960 3.75 +0.08 +2.23%
1959 3.67 +0.08 +2.34%
1958 3.59 +0.09 +2.43%
1957 3.5 +0.09 +2.52%
1956 3.42 +0.09 +2.58%
1955 3.33 +0.09 +2.71%
1954 3.24 +0.09 +2.72%
1953 3.16 +0.09 +2.83%
1952 3.07 +0.09 +2.88%
1951 2.98 +0.08 +2.86%
1950 2.9 +0.16 +5.91%
1949 2.74 +0.07 +2.7%
1948 2.67 +0.07 +2.77%
1947 2.6 +0.07 +2.81%
1946 2.52 +0.07 +2.89%
1945 2.45 +0.07 +2.94%
1944 2.38 +0.08 +3.61%
1943 2.3 +0.08 +3.7%
1942 2.22 +0.08 +3.79%
1941 2.14 +0.08 +3.89%
1940 2.06 +0.05 +2.44%
1939 2.01 +0.05 +2.45%
1938 1.96 +0.05 +2.51%
1937 1.91 +0.05 +2.58%
1936 1.86 +0.05 +2.53%
1935 1.82 +0.05 +2.65%
1934 1.77 +0.05 +2.79%
1933 1.72 +0.05 +2.74%
1932 1.68 +0.05 +2.88%
1931 1.63 +0.04 +2.84%
1930 1.59 +0.05 +3.32%
1929 1.53 +0.05 +3.3%
1928 1.49 +0.05 +3.48%
1927 1.44 +0.05 +3.46%
1926 1.39 +0.05 +3.58%
1925 1.34 +0.05 +3.64%
1924 1.29 +0.05 +3.78%
1923 1.25 +0.05 +3.84%
1922 1.2 +0.05 +3.99%
1921 1.15 +0.04 +4.06%
1920 1.11 +0.03 +2.88%
1919 1.08 +0.03 +2.96%
1918 1.05 +0.03 +2.95%
1917 1.02 +0.03 +3.15%
1916 0.99 +0.03 +3.14%
1915 0.96 +0.03 +3.13%
1914 0.93 +0.03 +3.23%
1913 0.9 +0.03 +3.58%
1912 0.87 +0.03 +3.59%
1911 0.84 +0.03 +3.59%
1910 0.81 +0.02 +2.67%
1909 0.79 +0.02 +2.61%
1908 0.77 +0.02 +2.68%
1907 0.75 +0.02 +2.75%
1906 0.73 +0.02 +2.83%
1905 0.71 +0.02 +2.77%
1904 0.69 +0.02 +2.84%
1903 0.67 +0.02 +2.93%
1902 0.65 +0.02 +2.85%
1901 0.63 +0.02 +2.94%
1900 0.61 +0.02 +2.51%
1899 0.6 +0.01 +2.4%
1898 0.58 +0.01 +2.46%
1897 0.57 +0.01 +2.52%
1896 0.56 +0.01 +2.58%
1895 0.54 +0.01 +2.65%
1894 0.53 +0.01 +2.72%
1893 0.51 +0.01 +2.8%
1892 0.5 +0.01 +2.67%
1891 0.49 +0.01 +2.96%
1890 0.47 +0.01 +2.38%
1889 0.46 +0.01 +2.44%
1888 0.45 +0.01 +2.5%
1887 0.44 +0.01 +2.56%
1886 0.43 +0.01 +2.63%
1885 0.42 +0.01 +2.7%
1884 0.41 +0.01 +2.78%
1883 0.4 +0.01 +2.86%
1882 0.39 +0.01 +2.67%
1881 0.38 +0.01 +3.02%
1880 0.36 +0.01 +2.25%
1879 0.36 +0.01 +2.01%
1878 0.35 +0.01 +2.35%
1877 0.34 +0.01 +2.1%
1876 0.33 +0.01 +2.45%
1875 0.33 +0.01 +2.19%
1874 0.32 +0.01 +2.57%
1873 0.31 +0.01 +2.3%
1872 0.3 +0.01 +2.7%
1871 0.3 +0.01 +2.42%
1870 0.29 +0.01 +2.12%
1869 0.28 +0.01 +2.17%
1868 0.28 +0.01 +2.21%
1867 0.27 +0.01 +2.26%
1866 0.27 +0.01 +2.32%
1865 0.26 +0.01 +2.37%
1864 0.25 +0.01 +2.43%
1863 0.25 +0.01 +2.49%
1862 0.24 +0.01 +2.12%
1861 0.24 +0.01 +2.61%
1860 0.23 +0.01 +2.22%
1859 0.23 +0.01 +2.27%
1858 0.22 +0.01 +2.33%
1857 0.22 +0 +1.9%
1856 0.21 +0.01 +2.43%
1855 0.21 +0 +2.49%
1854 0.2 +0.01 +2.55%
1853 0.2 +0 +2.08%
1852 0.19 +0.01 +2.67%
1851 0.19 +0 +2.19%
1850 0.18

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.