Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Finland

Methane emissions in Finland in 2024 — 5.7 Mt. Ranked 75 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 243.9%.

2024 5.7 Mt −2.13% vs 2023
World rank 75of 199
Period maximum 13.25 Mt1970
Period minimum 1.66 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Finland, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.66 Mt1853: 1.69 Mt1856: 1.72 Mt1859: 1.75 Mt1862: 1.79 Mt1865: 1.84 Mt1868: 1.87 Mt1871: 1.91 Mt1874: 1.97 Mt1877: 2.03 Mt1880: 2.09 Mt1883: 2.19 Mt1886: 2.29 Mt1889: 2.39 Mt1892: 2.5 Mt1895: 2.59 Mt1898: 2.71 Mt1901: 2.82 Mt1904: 2.94 Mt1907: 3.06 Mt1910: 3.19 Mt1913: 3.3 Mt1916: 3.37 Mt1919: 3.45 Mt1922: 3.55 Mt1925: 3.64 Mt1928: 3.74 Mt1931: 3.81 Mt1934: 3.84 Mt1937: 4.09 Mt1940: 4.37 Mt1943: 5.07 Mt1946: 5.92 Mt1949: 6.95 Mt1952: 8.12 Mt1955: 9.41 Mt1958: 10.72 Mt1961: 11.52 Mt1964: 12.59 Mt1967: 12.93 Mt1970: 13.25 Mt1973: 13.15 Mt1976: 12.41 Mt1979: 12.59 Mt1982: 12.47 Mt1985: 12.8 Mt1988: 12.33 Mt1991: 12.31 Mt1994: 12.02 Mt1997: 11.49 Mt2000: 10.61 Mt2003: 9.74 Mt2006: 9.31 Mt2009: 8.13 Mt2012: 8.12 Mt2015: 7.72 Mt2018: 7.43 Mt2021: 7.26 Mt2024: 5.7 Mt
Change over the period: +4.04 (+243.93%) Average annual rate: 0.71 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Finland 5.7 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 1,323.91 Mt
Northern Europe computed 100.47 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 5.7 −0.12 −2.13%
2023 5.82 −0.61 −9.5%
2022 6.43 −0.82 −11.35%
2021 7.26 +0.11 +1.58%
2020 7.15 −0.14 −1.89%
2019 7.28 −0.14 −1.93%
2018 7.43 −0.08 −1.03%
2017 7.5 −0.16 −2.11%
2016 7.67 −0.06 −0.74%
2015 7.72 −0.13 −1.59%
2014 7.85 −0.13 −1.68%
2013 7.98 −0.14 −1.76%
2012 8.12 −0.15 −1.82%
2011 8.28 −0.31 −3.61%
2010 8.59 +0.46 +5.61%
2009 8.13 −0.51 −5.85%
2008 8.63 −0.4 −4.44%
2007 9.04 −0.28 −2.96%
2006 9.31 +0.45 +5.03%
2005 8.87 −0.64 −6.75%
2004 9.51 −0.23 −2.4%
2003 9.74 −0.3 −2.97%
2002 10.04 −0.22 −2.18%
2001 10.26 −0.35 −3.28%
2000 10.61 −0.31 −2.83%
1999 10.92 −0.29 −2.61%
1998 11.21 −0.28 −2.39%
1997 11.49 +0.03 +0.22%
1996 11.46 −0.23 −1.96%
1995 11.69 −0.33 −2.74%
1994 12.02 −0.08 −0.63%
1993 12.1 −0.06 −0.49%
1992 12.16 −0.15 −1.23%
1991 12.31 −0.27 −2.15%
1990 12.58 +0.33 +2.69%
1989 12.25 −0.08 −0.66%
1988 12.33 −0.27 −2.17%
1987 12.61 −0.11 −0.86%
1986 12.71 −0.09 −0.7%
1985 12.8 −0.07 −0.58%
1984 12.88 +0.34 +2.74%
1983 12.54 +0.06 +0.51%
1982 12.47 −0.25 −1.97%
1981 12.72 +0.03 +0.25%
1980 12.69 +0.1 +0.77%
1979 12.59 +0.14 +1.11%
1978 12.46 +0.18 +1.46%
1977 12.28 −0.14 −1.1%
1976 12.41 −0.02 −0.19%
1975 12.44 −0.63 −4.85%
1974 13.07 −0.08 −0.62%
1973 13.15 +0.08 +0.59%
1972 13.08 −0.02 −0.11%
1971 13.09 −0.16 −1.2%
1970 13.25 +0.26 +1.99%
1969 12.99 −0.23 −1.72%
1968 13.22 +0.29 +2.27%
1967 12.93 +0.17 +1.33%
1966 12.76 +0.21 +1.71%
1965 12.54 −0.04 −0.34%
1964 12.59 +0.22 +1.8%
1963 12.36 +0.33 +2.73%
1962 12.04 +0.52 +4.52%
1961 11.52 −0.15 −1.27%
1960 11.66 +0.46 +4.13%
1959 11.2 +0.48 +4.45%
1958 10.72 +0.42 +4.11%
1957 10.3 +0.44 +4.48%
1956 9.86 +0.45 +4.81%
1955 9.41 +0.45 +5.01%
1954 8.96 +0.44 +5.17%
1953 8.52 +0.4 +4.92%
1952 8.12 +0.41 +5.25%
1951 7.71 +0.4 +5.4%
1950 7.32 +0.37 +5.34%
1949 6.95 +0.31 +4.67%
1948 6.64 +0.37 +5.94%
1947 6.27 +0.35 +5.9%
1946 5.92 +0.35 +6.19%
1945 5.57 +0.28 +5.29%
1944 5.29 +0.22 +4.42%
1943 5.07 +0.24 +5.06%
1942 4.82 +0.22 +4.85%
1941 4.6 +0.23 +5.36%
1940 4.37 +0.08 +1.94%
1939 4.28 +0.1 +2.37%
1938 4.18 +0.1 +2.35%
1937 4.09 +0.12 +3.13%
1936 3.96 +0.12 +3.18%
1935 3.84 +0 +0.08%
1934 3.84 +0.02 +0.42%
1933 3.82 +0.01 +0.26%
1932 3.81 +0.01 +0.21%
1931 3.81 +0.01 +0.34%
1930 3.79 +0.02 +0.5%
1929 3.77 +0.03 +0.83%
1928 3.74 +0.03 +0.78%
1927 3.71 +0.04 +1.12%
1926 3.67 +0.03 +0.77%
1925 3.64 +0.03 +0.77%
1924 3.62 +0.03 +0.86%
1923 3.59 +0.04 +1.07%
1922 3.55 +0.04 +1%
1921 3.51 +0.03 +0.83%
1920 3.48 +0.03 +0.87%
1919 3.45 +0.02 +0.73%
1918 3.43 +0.03 +0.76%
1917 3.4 +0.03 +0.86%
1916 3.37 +0.03 +0.9%
1915 3.34 +0.02 +0.75%
1914 3.32 +0.02 +0.64%
1913 3.3 +0.03 +1.01%
1912 3.26 +0.03 +1.08%
1911 3.23 +0.04 +1.1%
1910 3.19 +0.04 +1.27%
1909 3.15 +0.04 +1.32%
1908 3.11 +0.05 +1.6%
1907 3.06 +0.04 +1.49%
1906 3.02 +0.04 +1.41%
1905 2.98 +0.04 +1.4%
1904 2.94 +0.04 +1.42%
1903 2.9 +0.04 +1.44%
1902 2.85 +0.04 +1.39%
1901 2.82 +0.04 +1.37%
1900 2.78 +0.03 +1.17%
1899 2.75 +0.04 +1.44%
1898 2.71 +0.04 +1.39%
1897 2.67 +0.04 +1.44%
1896 2.63 +0.04 +1.43%
1895 2.59 +0.02 +0.97%
1894 2.57 +0.04 +1.74%
1893 2.53 +0.03 +1.04%
1892 2.5 +0.04 +1.63%
1891 2.46 +0.04 +1.44%
1890 2.42 +0.03 +1.42%
1889 2.39 +0.04 +1.49%
1888 2.36 +0.03 +1.46%
1887 2.32 +0.03 +1.49%
1886 2.29 +0.03 +1.42%
1885 2.26 +0.03 +1.58%
1884 2.22 +0.03 +1.56%
1883 2.19 +0.03 +1.53%
1882 2.15 +0.03 +1.56%
1881 2.12 +0.03 +1.53%
1880 2.09 +0.02 +1.02%
1879 2.07 +0.02 +0.98%
1878 2.05 +0.02 +0.99%
1877 2.03 +0.02 +1%
1876 2.01 +0.02 +1.06%
1875 1.99 +0.02 +0.91%
1874 1.97 +0.02 +1.08%
1873 1.95 +0.02 +1.04%
1872 1.93 +0.02 +1.05%
1871 1.91 +0.02 +1.06%
1870 1.89 +0.02 +0.86%
1869 1.87 +0 +0.27%
1868 1.87 +0 +0.21%
1867 1.86 +0.01 +0.59%
1866 1.85 +0.01 +0.71%
1865 1.84 +0.02 +0.88%
1864 1.82 +0.01 +0.77%
1863 1.81 +0.02 +0.89%
1862 1.79 +0.02 +0.84%
1861 1.78 +0.01 +0.85%
1860 1.76 +0.01 +0.63%
1859 1.75 +0.01 +0.57%
1858 1.74 +0.01 +0.64%
1857 1.73 +0.01 +0.64%
1856 1.72 +0.01 +0.59%
1855 1.71 +0.01 +0.59%
1854 1.7 +0.01 +0.65%
1853 1.69 +0.01 +0.6%
1852 1.68 +0.01 +0.6%
1851 1.67 +0.01 +0.66%
1850 1.66

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.