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Methane emissions — Gabon

Methane emissions in Gabon in 2024 — 14.32 Mt. Ranked 115 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 42,029.4%.

2024 14.32 Mt −4.71% vs 2023
World rank 115of 199
Period maximum 22.28 Mt2003
Period minimum 0.03 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Gabon, 1850–20240102030185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.03 Mt1853: 0.03 Mt1856: 0.04 Mt1859: 0.04 Mt1862: 0.04 Mt1865: 0.04 Mt1868: 0.04 Mt1871: 0.04 Mt1874: 0.04 Mt1877: 0.04 Mt1880: 0.04 Mt1883: 0.04 Mt1886: 0.04 Mt1889: 0.04 Mt1892: 0.04 Mt1895: 0.04 Mt1898: 0.04 Mt1901: 0.04 Mt1904: 0.05 Mt1907: 0.05 Mt1910: 0.05 Mt1913: 0.05 Mt1916: 0.05 Mt1919: 0.06 Mt1922: 0.06 Mt1925: 0.06 Mt1928: 0.07 Mt1931: 0.07 Mt1934: 0.08 Mt1937: 0.09 Mt1940: 0.09 Mt1943: 0.11 Mt1946: 0.12 Mt1949: 0.15 Mt1952: 0.21 Mt1955: 0.23 Mt1958: 0.3 Mt1961: 0.51 Mt1964: 0.61 Mt1967: 2.41 Mt1970: 6.18 Mt1973: 7.9 Mt1976: 11.55 Mt1979: 9.94 Mt1982: 8.16 Mt1985: 8.97 Mt1988: 8.36 Mt1991: 14.45 Mt1994: 15.81 Mt1997: 18.17 Mt2000: 20.28 Mt2003: 22.28 Mt2006: 16.25 Mt2009: 14.22 Mt2012: 14.01 Mt2015: 14.05 Mt2018: 11.76 Mt2021: 12.36 Mt2024: 14.32 Mt
Change over the period: +14.29 (+42,029.41%) Average annual rate: 3.53 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Gabon 14.32 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 — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 14.32 −0.71 −4.71%
2023 15.03 +2.03 +15.61%
2022 13 +0.64 +5.21%
2021 12.36 −0.86 −6.49%
2020 13.22 −0.17 −1.23%
2019 13.38 +1.63 +13.82%
2018 11.76 −1.19 −9.16%
2017 12.94 −0.97 −6.99%
2016 13.91 −0.13 −0.95%
2015 14.05 +0.64 +4.75%
2014 13.41 −0.08 −0.56%
2013 13.49 −0.52 −3.75%
2012 14.01 −0.16 −1.16%
2011 14.18 −0.06 −0.43%
2010 14.24 +0.02 +0.13%
2009 14.22 −0.62 −4.17%
2008 14.84 +1.15 +8.36%
2007 13.69 −2.56 −15.77%
2006 16.25 −2.95 −15.34%
2005 19.2 −1.52 −7.31%
2004 20.72 −1.57 −7.04%
2003 22.28 +2.16 +10.71%
2002 20.13 −0.66 −3.18%
2001 20.79 +0.51 +2.5%
2000 20.28 +0.29 +1.45%
1999 19.99 −1.16 −5.47%
1998 21.15 +2.98 +16.39%
1997 18.17 −1.49 −7.59%
1996 19.67 +2.01 +11.4%
1995 17.65 +1.84 +11.66%
1994 15.81 +0.17 +1.1%
1993 15.64 +0.08 +0.53%
1992 15.55 +1.11 +7.67%
1991 14.45 +0.44 +3.16%
1990 14 +3.19 +29.55%
1989 10.81 +2.45 +29.24%
1988 8.36 +0.2 +2.4%
1987 8.17 −0.52 −5.99%
1986 8.69 −0.28 −3.15%
1985 8.97 +0.7 +8.49%
1984 8.27 +0.06 +0.69%
1983 8.21 +0.06 +0.7%
1982 8.16 +0.26 +3.29%
1981 7.9 −1.2 −13.17%
1980 9.09 −0.85 −8.52%
1979 9.94 −0.77 −7.21%
1978 10.71 −0.68 −5.97%
1977 11.39 −0.15 −1.34%
1976 11.55 +0.03 +0.28%
1975 11.51 +1.06 +10.18%
1974 10.45 +2.55 +32.25%
1973 7.9 +1.28 +19.4%
1972 6.62 +0.48 +7.82%
1971 6.14 −0.04 −0.6%
1970 6.18 +2.68 +76.48%
1969 3.5 −1.06 −23.18%
1968 4.56 +2.15 +89.32%
1967 2.41 +1.37 +131.57%
1966 1.04 +0.36 +53.02%
1965 0.68 +0.07 +11.68%
1964 0.61 +0.24 +63.88%
1963 0.37 −0.02 −3.89%
1962 0.39 −0.12 −23.72%
1961 0.51 +0.06 +13.71%
1960 0.45 +0.19 +75.2%
1959 0.25 −0.04 −14.77%
1958 0.3 +0.02 +7.97%
1957 0.28 +0.02 +5.75%
1956 0.26 +0.03 +11.54%
1955 0.23 +0.01 +2.63%
1954 0.23 +0.01 +6.05%
1953 0.22 +0 +0.94%
1952 0.21 +0.02 +8.67%
1951 0.2 +0.02 +10.73%
1950 0.18 +0.03 +21.23%
1949 0.15 +0.01 +5.04%
1948 0.14 +0.01 +6.11%
1947 0.13 +0.01 +5.65%
1946 0.12 +0.01 +5.08%
1945 0.12 +0.01 +6.31%
1944 0.11 +0 +3.74%
1943 0.11 +0.01 +4.9%
1942 0.1 +0 +4.08%
1941 0.1 +0 +4.26%
1940 0.09 +0 +3.3%
1939 0.09 +0 +3.41%
1938 0.09 +0 +3.53%
1937 0.09 +0 +3.66%
1936 0.08 +0 +3.8%
1935 0.08 +0 +2.6%
1934 0.08 +0 +1.32%
1933 0.08 +0 +2.7%
1932 0.07 +0 +2.78%
1931 0.07 +0 +1.41%
1930 0.07 +0 +1.43%
1929 0.07 +0 +2.94%
1928 0.07 +0 +1.49%
1927 0.07 +0 +1.52%
1926 0.07 +0 +3.13%
1925 0.06 +0 +1.59%
1924 0.06 +0 +1.61%
1923 0.06 +0 +1.64%
1922 0.06 +0 +3.39%
1921 0.06 +0 +1.72%
1920 0.06 +0 +3.57%
1919 0.06 +0 +1.82%
1918 0.06 +0 +1.85%
1917 0.05 +0 +1.89%
1916 0.05 +0 +1.92%
1915 0.05 +0 +1.96%
1914 0.05 +0 +4.08%
1913 0.05 +0 +2.08%
1912 0.05 +0 +2.13%
1911 0.05 +0 +2.17%
1910 0.05 +0 +0%
1909 0.05 +0 +0%
1908 0.05 +0 +2.22%
1907 0.05 +0 +0%
1906 0.05 +0 +0%
1905 0.05 +0 +0%
1904 0.05 +0 +0%
1903 0.05 +0 +2.27%
1902 0.04 +0 +0%
1901 0.04 +0 +0%
1900 0.04 +0 +2.33%
1899 0.04 +0 +0%
1898 0.04 +0 +0%
1897 0.04 +0 +0%
1896 0.04 +0 +2.38%
1895 0.04 +0 +0%
1894 0.04 +0 +0%
1893 0.04 +0 +0%
1892 0.04 +0 +0%
1891 0.04 +0 +2.44%
1890 0.04 +0 +0%
1889 0.04 +0 +0%
1888 0.04 +0 +0%
1887 0.04 +0 +2.5%
1886 0.04 +0 +0%
1885 0.04 +0 +0%
1884 0.04 +0 +0%
1883 0.04 +0 +2.56%
1882 0.04 +0 +0%
1881 0.04 +0 +0%
1880 0.04 +0 +0%
1879 0.04 +0 +0%
1878 0.04 +0 +2.63%
1877 0.04 +0 +0%
1876 0.04 +0 +0%
1875 0.04 +0 +0%
1874 0.04 +0 +0%
1873 0.04 +0 +2.7%
1872 0.04 +0 +0%
1871 0.04 +0 +0%
1870 0.04 +0 +0%
1869 0.04 +0 +2.78%
1868 0.04 +0 +0%
1867 0.04 +0 +0%
1866 0.04 +0 +0%
1865 0.04 +0 +0%
1864 0.04 +0 +0%
1863 0.04 +0 +2.86%
1862 0.04 +0 +0%
1861 0.04 +0 +0%
1860 0.04 +0 +0%
1859 0.04 +0 +0%
1858 0.04 +0 +0%
1857 0.04 +0 +0%
1856 0.04 +0 +0%
1855 0.04 +0 +2.94%
1854 0.03 +0 +0%
1853 0.03 +0 +0%
1852 0.03 +0 +0%
1851 0.03 +0 +0%
1850 0.03 — —

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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