Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Egypt

Methane emissions in Egypt in 2024 — 49.84 Mt. Ranked 164 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,213.9%.

2024 49.84 Mt +1.71% vs 2023
World rank 164of 199
Period maximum 53.57 Mt2008
Period minimum 3.79 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Egypt, 1850–20240204060185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 3.79 Mt1853: 3.88 Mt1856: 3.96 Mt1859: 4.08 Mt1862: 4.25 Mt1865: 4.45 Mt1868: 4.6 Mt1871: 5.06 Mt1874: 5.02 Mt1877: 5.24 Mt1880: 5.47 Mt1883: 5.9 Mt1886: 6.3 Mt1889: 6.72 Mt1892: 7.1 Mt1895: 7.46 Mt1898: 7.83 Mt1901: 8.19 Mt1904: 8.51 Mt1907: 8.84 Mt1910: 9.16 Mt1913: 9.47 Mt1916: 9.82 Mt1919: 10.28 Mt1922: 10.54 Mt1925: 10.85 Mt1928: 11.25 Mt1931: 11.59 Mt1934: 11.89 Mt1937: 12.12 Mt1940: 12.89 Mt1943: 13.38 Mt1946: 13.22 Mt1949: 14.03 Mt1952: 16.43 Mt1955: 16.03 Mt1958: 18.54 Mt1961: 20.08 Mt1964: 26.51 Mt1967: 24.91 Mt1970: 24.41 Mt1973: 22.38 Mt1976: 26.67 Mt1979: 31.09 Mt1982: 35.11 Mt1985: 40.32 Mt1988: 41.26 Mt1991: 49.82 Mt1994: 47.64 Mt1997: 50.51 Mt2000: 48.8 Mt2003: 51 Mt2006: 52.8 Mt2009: 53.06 Mt2012: 52.92 Mt2015: 50.31 Mt2018: 50.31 Mt2021: 47.18 Mt2024: 49.84 Mt
Change over the period: +46.05 (+1,213.95%) Average annual rate: 1.49 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Egypt 49.84 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Middle East & North Africa computed 823.03 Mt
Northern Africa computed 255.68 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,489.63 Mt
Methane emissions — Egypt, by year Egypt All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 49.84 +0.84 +1.71%
2023 49 −0.24 −0.49%
2022 49.24 +2.06 +4.37%
2021 47.18 +0.67 +1.43%
2020 46.51 −0.4 −0.85%
2019 46.91 −3.4 −6.75%
2018 50.31 −0.75 −1.46%
2017 51.05 +0.4 +0.79%
2016 50.65 +0.34 +0.68%
2015 50.31 −1.13 −2.19%
2014 51.44 −0.1 −0.19%
2013 51.53 −1.39 −2.62%
2012 52.92 +1.12 +2.16%
2011 51.81 +1.54 +3.06%
2010 50.27 −2.79 −5.27%
2009 53.06 −0.51 −0.94%
2008 53.57 +1.2 +2.28%
2007 52.37 −0.43 −0.82%
2006 52.8 +1.21 +2.35%
2005 51.59 +0.19 +0.36%
2004 51.41 +0.41 +0.8%
2003 51 +0.94 +1.88%
2002 50.06 +1.62 +3.33%
2001 48.44 −0.36 −0.73%
2000 48.8 −0.92 −1.85%
1999 49.72 +2.5 +5.29%
1998 47.22 −3.29 −6.51%
1997 50.51 −0.05 −0.1%
1996 50.56 +1.44 +2.92%
1995 49.13 +1.49 +3.12%
1994 47.64 +0.04 +0.07%
1993 47.61 +0.49 +1.03%
1992 47.12 −2.7 −5.42%
1991 49.82 +6.28 +14.43%
1990 43.54 +1.15 +2.71%
1989 42.39 +1.14 +2.75%
1988 41.26 −0.59 −1.42%
1987 41.85 +2.46 +6.25%
1986 39.39 −0.92 −2.29%
1985 40.32 +1.45 +3.73%
1984 38.87 +2.44 +6.7%
1983 36.43 +1.31 +3.74%
1982 35.11 +1.88 +5.65%
1981 33.24 +0.61 +1.86%
1980 32.63 +1.54 +4.95%
1979 31.09 +0.48 +1.57%
1978 30.61 +2.12 +7.45%
1977 28.49 +1.81 +6.79%
1976 26.67 +2.26 +9.24%
1975 24.42 +1.99 +8.85%
1974 22.43 +0.05 +0.23%
1973 22.38 −1.17 −4.98%
1972 23.55 −1.41 −5.63%
1971 24.96 +0.55 +2.24%
1970 24.41 −1.74 −6.65%
1969 26.15 −1.73 −6.21%
1968 27.88 +2.98 +11.96%
1967 24.91 −1.19 −4.56%
1966 26.1 −0.92 −3.4%
1965 27.01 +0.5 +1.89%
1964 26.51 +3.14 +13.41%
1963 23.38 +1.77 +8.18%
1962 21.61 +1.53 +7.63%
1961 20.08 +0.79 +4.1%
1960 19.29 +2 +11.54%
1959 17.29 −1.25 −6.75%
1958 18.54 +1.37 +7.99%
1957 17.17 +1.34 +8.48%
1956 15.83 −0.2 −1.23%
1955 16.03 −0.42 −2.55%
1954 16.44 +0.68 +4.31%
1953 15.77 −0.66 −4.03%
1952 16.43 −0.27 −1.63%
1951 16.7 +0.63 +3.91%
1950 16.07 +2.05 +14.58%
1949 14.03 +0.39 +2.86%
1948 13.64 +0.46 +3.5%
1947 13.18 −0.04 −0.32%
1946 13.22 −0.15 −1.13%
1945 13.37 −0.08 −0.62%
1944 13.45 +0.07 +0.56%
1943 13.38 +0.13 +0.95%
1942 13.25 +0.02 +0.15%
1941 13.23 +0.34 +2.62%
1940 12.89 +0.25 +1.99%
1939 12.64 +0.44 +3.57%
1938 12.21 +0.09 +0.7%
1937 12.12 +0.05 +0.46%
1936 12.07 +0.1 +0.84%
1935 11.97 +0.08 +0.66%
1934 11.89 +0.1 +0.87%
1933 11.79 +0.09 +0.79%
1932 11.7 +0.11 +0.95%
1931 11.59 +0.13 +1.17%
1930 11.45 +0.09 +0.82%
1929 11.36 +0.11 +1%
1928 11.25 +0.18 +1.65%
1927 11.06 +0.12 +1.05%
1926 10.95 +0.1 +0.9%
1925 10.85 +0.12 +1.11%
1924 10.73 +0.11 +1.05%
1923 10.62 +0.08 +0.81%
1922 10.54 +0.09 +0.89%
1921 10.44 +0.13 +1.29%
1920 10.31 +0.03 +0.3%
1919 10.28 +0.05 +0.47%
1918 10.23 +0.23 +2.32%
1917 10 +0.17 +1.78%
1916 9.82 +0.13 +1.34%
1915 9.69 +0.15 +1.57%
1914 9.54 +0.07 +0.77%
1913 9.47 +0.09 +0.95%
1912 9.38 +0.12 +1.32%
1911 9.26 +0.1 +1.12%
1910 9.16 +0.1 +1.08%
1909 9.06 +0.11 +1.21%
1908 8.95 +0.11 +1.23%
1907 8.84 +0.11 +1.29%
1906 8.73 +0.11 +1.3%
1905 8.62 +0.11 +1.31%
1904 8.51 +0.11 +1.31%
1903 8.4 +0.1 +1.16%
1902 8.3 +0.11 +1.32%
1901 8.19 +0.11 +1.32%
1900 8.08 +0.13 +1.61%
1899 7.96 +0.13 +1.62%
1898 7.83 +0.13 +1.62%
1897 7.7 +0.12 +1.54%
1896 7.59 +0.12 +1.65%
1895 7.46 +0.12 +1.65%
1894 7.34 +0.12 +1.69%
1893 7.22 +0.12 +1.69%
1892 7.1 +0.12 +1.72%
1891 6.98 +0.12 +1.75%
1890 6.86 +0.14 +2.11%
1889 6.72 +0.14 +2.16%
1888 6.58 +0.14 +2.19%
1887 6.44 +0.14 +2.24%
1886 6.3 +0.14 +2.27%
1885 6.16 +0.14 +2.33%
1884 6.02 +0.12 +1.98%
1883 5.9 +0.15 +2.52%
1882 5.75 +0.14 +2.57%
1881 5.61 +0.14 +2.63%
1880 5.47 +0.08 +1.43%
1879 5.39 +0.08 +1.41%
1878 5.31 +0.07 +1.43%
1877 5.24 +0.08 +1.45%
1876 5.16 +0.07 +1.45%
1875 5.09 +0.07 +1.46%
1874 5.02 +0.07 +1.48%
1873 4.94 +0.07 +1.48%
1872 4.87 −0.19 −3.72%
1871 5.06 +0.33 +7%
1870 4.73 +0.07 +1.44%
1869 4.66 +0.07 +1.44%
1868 4.6 +0.07 +1.46%
1867 4.53 +0.07 +1.48%
1866 4.46 +0.02 +0.38%
1865 4.45 +0.06 +1.48%
1864 4.38 +0.07 +1.51%
1863 4.32 +0.06 +1.51%
1862 4.25 +0.06 +1.53%
1861 4.19 +0.06 +1.55%
1860 4.12 +0.04 +1.03%
1859 4.08 +0.04 +1.04%
1858 4.04 +0.04 +1.08%
1857 4 +0.04 +1.04%
1856 3.96 −0 −0.1%
1855 3.96 +0.04 +1.05%
1854 3.92 +0.04 +1.06%
1853 3.88 +0.04 +1.04%
1852 3.84 +0.04 +1.08%
1851 3.8 +0 +0.11%
1850 3.79

Northern Africa, 2024

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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.