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Methane emissions — Equatorial Guinea

Methane emissions in Equatorial Guinea in 2024 — 2.7 Mt. Ranked 59 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 4,398.3%.

2024 2.7 Mt −7.88% vs 2023
World rank 59of 199
Period maximum 10.81 Mt2007
Period minimum 0.05 Mt1913

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Equatorial Guinea, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.06 Mt1853: 0.06 Mt1856: 0.06 Mt1859: 0.06 Mt1862: 0.06 Mt1865: 0.06 Mt1868: 0.06 Mt1871: 0.05 Mt1874: 0.05 Mt1877: 0.05 Mt1880: 0.05 Mt1883: 0.05 Mt1886: 0.05 Mt1889: 0.05 Mt1892: 0.05 Mt1895: 0.05 Mt1898: 0.05 Mt1901: 0.05 Mt1904: 0.05 Mt1907: 0.05 Mt1910: 0.05 Mt1913: 0.05 Mt1916: 0.05 Mt1919: 0.05 Mt1922: 0.05 Mt1925: 0.05 Mt1928: 0.05 Mt1931: 0.05 Mt1934: 0.05 Mt1937: 0.05 Mt1940: 0.05 Mt1943: 0.06 Mt1946: 0.06 Mt1949: 0.06 Mt1952: 0.07 Mt1955: 0.07 Mt1958: 0.07 Mt1961: 0.07 Mt1964: 0.07 Mt1967: 0.07 Mt1970: 0.08 Mt1973: 0.08 Mt1976: 0.09 Mt1979: 0.1 Mt1982: 0.12 Mt1985: 0.14 Mt1988: 0.17 Mt1991: 0.64 Mt1994: 1.57 Mt1997: 5.63 Mt2000: 9.15 Mt2003: 8.21 Mt2006: 10.37 Mt2009: 8.69 Mt2012: 9.06 Mt2015: 8.69 Mt2018: 5.13 Mt2021: 4.02 Mt2024: 2.7 Mt
Change over the period: +2.64 (+4,398.33%) Average annual rate: 2.21 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Equatorial Guinea 2.7 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,219.5 Mt
Middle Africa computed 236.44 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,814.74 Mt
Methane emissions — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 2.7 −0.23 −7.88%
2023 2.93 −0.82 −21.93%
2022 3.75 −0.27 −6.67%
2021 4.02 −0.61 −13.21%
2020 4.63 −0.02 −0.52%
2019 4.66 −0.47 −9.15%
2018 5.13 −1.56 −23.37%
2017 6.69 −0.9 −11.82%
2016 7.59 −1.1 −12.66%
2015 8.69 +0.52 +6.3%
2014 8.17 +0.07 +0.89%
2013 8.1 −0.97 −10.65%
2012 9.06 +0.33 +3.73%
2011 8.74 −0.36 −3.93%
2010 9.1 +0.4 +4.64%
2009 8.69 −1.5 −14.74%
2008 10.2 −0.61 −5.65%
2007 10.81 +0.43 +4.18%
2006 10.37 +1.33 +14.66%
2005 9.05 −0.5 −5.24%
2004 9.55 +1.34 +16.34%
2003 8.21 +0.76 +10.24%
2002 7.44 −2.36 −24.11%
2001 9.81 +0.66 +7.24%
2000 9.15 +1.44 +18.75%
1999 7.7 +0.67 +9.51%
1998 7.03 +1.4 +24.86%
1997 5.63 +1.77 +45.76%
1996 3.86 +1.98 +105.31%
1995 1.88 +0.31 +19.87%
1994 1.57 −0.1 −5.93%
1993 1.67 +0.52 +45.64%
1992 1.15 +0.5 +77.95%
1991 0.64 +0.46 +255.8%
1990 0.18 +0.01 +5.23%
1989 0.17 +0.01 +4.24%
1988 0.17 +0.02 +10%
1987 0.15 +0.01 +3.45%
1986 0.15 +0.01 +4.32%
1985 0.14 +0.01 +6.11%
1984 0.13 +0.01 +4.8%
1983 0.13 +0.01 +5.04%
1982 0.12 +0.01 +7.21%
1981 0.11 −0.01 −5.13%
1980 0.12 +0.01 +13.59%
1979 0.1 +0 +3%
1978 0.1 +0 +3.09%
1977 0.1 +0 +3.19%
1976 0.09 +0.01 +5.62%
1975 0.09 +0 +2.3%
1974 0.09 +0 +3.57%
1973 0.08 −0 −2.33%
1972 0.09 +0 +1.18%
1971 0.09 +0.01 +6.25%
1970 0.08 +0 +3.9%
1969 0.08 +0 +4.05%
1968 0.07 +0 +1.37%
1967 0.07 +0 +1.39%
1966 0.07 +0 +0%
1965 0.07 +0 +1.41%
1964 0.07 +0 +0%
1963 0.07 +0 +0%
1962 0.07 +0 +0%
1961 0.07 +0 +1.43%
1960 0.07 −0 −4.11%
1959 0.07 +0 +0%
1958 0.07 +0 +4.29%
1957 0.07 +0 +0%
1956 0.07 +0 +0%
1955 0.07 +0 +1.45%
1954 0.07 +0 +4.55%
1953 0.07 +0 +0%
1952 0.07 +0 +1.54%
1951 0.07 +0 +0%
1950 0.07 +0 +6.56%
1949 0.06 +0 +1.67%
1948 0.06 +0 +1.69%
1947 0.06 +0 +1.72%
1946 0.06 +0 +0%
1945 0.06 +0 +1.75%
1944 0.06 +0 +1.79%
1943 0.06 +0 +0%
1942 0.06 +0 +1.82%
1941 0.06 +0 +1.85%
1940 0.05 +0 +1.89%
1939 0.05 +0 +1.92%
1938 0.05 +0 +0%
1937 0.05 +0 +1.96%
1936 0.05 +0 +0%
1935 0.05 +0 +2%
1934 0.05 +0 +2.04%
1933 0.05 +0 +0%
1932 0.05 +0 +2.08%
1931 0.05 +0 +0%
1930 0.05 +0 +2.13%
1929 0.05 +0 +0%
1928 0.05 +0 +0%
1927 0.05 +0 +0%
1926 0.05 +0 +0%
1925 0.05 +0 +0%
1924 0.05 +0 +2.17%
1923 0.05 +0 +0%
1922 0.05 +0 +0%
1921 0.05 +0 +0%
1920 0.05 +0 +0%
1919 0.05 +0 +0%
1918 0.05 +0 +0%
1917 0.05 +0 +0%
1916 0.05 +0 +0%
1915 0.05 +0 +0%
1914 0.05 +0 +0%
1913 0.05 −0 −2.13%
1912 0.05 −0 −2.08%
1911 0.05 −0 −4%
1910 0.05 +0 +6.38%
1909 0.05 +0 +0%
1908 0.05 +0 +0%
1907 0.05 +0 +0%
1906 0.05 +0 +0%
1905 0.05 +0 +0%
1904 0.05 +0 +0%
1903 0.05 +0 +0%
1902 0.05 −0 −2.08%
1901 0.05 +0 +0%
1900 0.05 +0 +0%
1899 0.05 +0 +0%
1898 0.05 +0 +0%
1897 0.05 +0 +0%
1896 0.05 −0 −2.04%
1895 0.05 +0 +0%
1894 0.05 +0 +0%
1893 0.05 +0 +0%
1892 0.05 +0 +0%
1891 0.05 −0 −2%
1890 0.05 +0 +0%
1889 0.05 +0 +0%
1888 0.05 +0 +0%
1887 0.05 +0 +0%
1886 0.05 −0 −1.96%
1885 0.05 +0 +0%
1884 0.05 +0 +0%
1883 0.05 +0 +0%
1882 0.05 −0 −1.92%
1881 0.05 +0 +0%
1880 0.05 +0 +0%
1879 0.05 +0 +0%
1878 0.05 −0 −1.89%
1877 0.05 +0 +0%
1876 0.05 +0 +0%
1875 0.05 +0 +0%
1874 0.05 −0 −1.85%
1873 0.05 +0 +0%
1872 0.05 +0 +0%
1871 0.05 +0 +0%
1870 0.05 −0 −1.82%
1869 0.06 +0 +0%
1868 0.06 +0 +0%
1867 0.06 −0 −1.79%
1866 0.06 +0 +0%
1865 0.06 +0 +0%
1864 0.06 +0 +0%
1863 0.06 +0 +0%
1862 0.06 +0 +0%
1861 0.06 −0 −1.75%
1860 0.06 +0 +0%
1859 0.06 +0 +0%
1858 0.06 −0 −1.72%
1857 0.06 +0 +0%
1856 0.06 +0 +0%
1855 0.06 −0 −1.69%
1854 0.06 +0 +0%
1853 0.06 +0 +0%
1852 0.06 −0 −1.67%
1851 0.06 +0 +0%
1850 0.06 — —

Middle Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ST Sao Tome and Principe 0.07 GQ Equatorial Guinea 2.7 CF Central African Republic 13.13 GA Gabon 14.32 CG Republic of the Congo 15.13 CM Cameroon 21.41 AO Angola 43.54 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 52.44 TD Chad 73.7
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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.

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