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Methane emissions — Hong Kong

Methane emissions in Hong Kong in 2024 — 5.15 Mt. Ranked 70 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 85,700%.

2024 5.15 Mt +0.94% vs 2023
World rank 70of 199
Period maximum 5.15 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.01 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Hong Kong, 1850–20240246185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.01 Mt1853: 0.01 Mt1856: 0.01 Mt1859: 0.01 Mt1862: 0.02 Mt1865: 0.02 Mt1868: 0.02 Mt1871: 0.02 Mt1874: 0.03 Mt1877: 0.03 Mt1880: 0.03 Mt1883: 0.03 Mt1886: 0.04 Mt1889: 0.04 Mt1892: 0.04 Mt1895: 0.05 Mt1898: 0.05 Mt1901: 0.06 Mt1904: 0.07 Mt1907: 0.08 Mt1910: 0.09 Mt1913: 0.1 Mt1916: 0.1 Mt1919: 0.11 Mt1922: 0.12 Mt1925: 0.13 Mt1928: 0.14 Mt1931: 0.16 Mt1934: 0.21 Mt1937: 0.25 Mt1940: 0.31 Mt1943: 0.34 Mt1946: 0.39 Mt1949: 0.45 Mt1952: 0.56 Mt1955: 0.74 Mt1958: 0.93 Mt1961: 1.16 Mt1964: 1.42 Mt1967: 1.62 Mt1970: 1.83 Mt1973: 2.1 Mt1976: 2.29 Mt1979: 2.58 Mt1982: 2.77 Mt1985: 2.92 Mt1988: 3.24 Mt1991: 3.55 Mt1994: 3.73 Mt1997: 3.92 Mt2000: 4.13 Mt2003: 4.15 Mt2006: 4.32 Mt2009: 4.43 Mt2012: 4.57 Mt2015: 4.68 Mt2018: 4.84 Mt2021: 5 Mt2024: 5.15 Mt
Change over the period: +5.14 (+85,700%) Average annual rate: 3.96 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Hong Kong 5.15 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
East Asia & Pacific computed 2,727.3 Mt
Eastern Asia computed 1,741.22 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Hong Kong, by year Hong Kong All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 5.15 +0.05 +0.94%
2023 5.1 +0.06 +1.15%
2022 5.04 +0.05 +0.94%
2021 5 +0.05 +0.95%
2020 4.95 +0.05 +1.1%
2019 4.89 +0.05 +1.07%
2018 4.84 +0.05 +1.13%
2017 4.79 +0.06 +1.27%
2016 4.73 +0.04 +0.94%
2015 4.68 +0.03 +0.69%
2014 4.65 +0.04 +0.95%
2013 4.61 +0.04 +0.9%
2012 4.57 +0.03 +0.68%
2011 4.54 +0.05 +1.14%
2010 4.49 +0.06 +1.31%
2009 4.43 +0.02 +0.36%
2008 4.41 +0.04 +0.85%
2007 4.37 +0.05 +1.18%
2006 4.32 +0.06 +1.38%
2005 4.26 +0.06 +1.52%
2004 4.2 +0.05 +1.18%
2003 4.15 +0.02 +0.56%
2002 4.13 +0 +0.12%
2001 4.12 −0.01 −0.15%
2000 4.13 +0.11 +2.74%
1999 4.02 +0.07 +1.7%
1998 3.95 +0.04 +0.95%
1997 3.92 +0.07 +1.79%
1996 3.85 +0.07 +1.8%
1995 3.78 +0.05 +1.26%
1994 3.73 +0.07 +1.86%
1993 3.66 +0.08 +2.26%
1992 3.58 +0.03 +0.99%
1991 3.55 +0.06 +1.58%
1990 3.49 +0.11 +3.25%
1989 3.38 +0.14 +4.41%
1988 3.24 +0.14 +4.35%
1987 3.1 +0.09 +2.82%
1986 3.02 +0.1 +3.46%
1985 2.92 +0.05 +1.71%
1984 2.87 +0.07 +2.32%
1983 2.8 +0.03 +1.26%
1982 2.77 +0.06 +2.14%
1981 2.71 +0.06 +2.15%
1980 2.65 +0.08 +3.07%
1979 2.58 +0.09 +3.62%
1978 2.49 +0.11 +4.72%
1977 2.37 +0.09 +3.81%
1976 2.29 +0.09 +4%
1975 2.2 +0.06 +2.95%
1974 2.14 +0.04 +1.91%
1973 2.1 +0.02 +0.72%
1972 2.08 +0.04 +2.11%
1971 2.04 +0.21 +11.62%
1970 1.83 +0.07 +3.69%
1969 1.76 +0.06 +3.77%
1968 1.7 +0.08 +4.95%
1967 1.62 +0.05 +3.13%
1966 1.57 +0.08 +5.1%
1965 1.49 +0.07 +4.85%
1964 1.42 +0.08 +5.57%
1963 1.35 +0.1 +7.93%
1962 1.25 +0.09 +7.59%
1961 1.16 +0.08 +7.41%
1960 1.08 +0.08 +8.11%
1959 1 +0.07 +7.88%
1958 0.93 +0.07 +7.67%
1957 0.86 +0.06 +7.9%
1956 0.8 +0.06 +8.44%
1955 0.74 +0.06 +8.89%
1954 0.68 +0.06 +9.4%
1953 0.62 +0.05 +9.4%
1952 0.56 +0.04 +8.67%
1951 0.52 +0.04 +7.45%
1950 0.48 +0.03 +6.39%
1949 0.45 +0.02 +5.09%
1948 0.43 +0.02 +5.37%
1947 0.41 +0.02 +5.13%
1946 0.39 +0.02 +5.69%
1945 0.37 +0.02 +5.43%
1944 0.35 +0.01 +3.24%
1943 0.34 +0.01 +3.67%
1942 0.33 +0.01 +3.48%
1941 0.32 +0.01 +3.61%
1940 0.31 +0.02 +6.27%
1939 0.29 +0.02 +5.9%
1938 0.27 +0.02 +6.69%
1937 0.25 +0.02 +7.17%
1936 0.24 +0.02 +7.24%
1935 0.22 +0.02 +7.8%
1934 0.21 +0.02 +8.47%
1933 0.19 +0.02 +9.25%
1932 0.17 +0.02 +10.9%
1931 0.16 +0.02 +11.43%
1930 0.14 +0 +2.19%
1929 0.14 +0 +1.48%
1928 0.14 +0 +2.27%
1927 0.13 +0 +2.33%
1926 0.13 +0 +2.38%
1925 0.13 −0 −0.79%
1924 0.13 +0 +2.42%
1923 0.12 +0 +2.48%
1922 0.12 +0 +2.54%
1921 0.12 +0 +1.72%
1920 0.12 +0 +2.65%
1919 0.11 +0 +2.73%
1918 0.11 +0 +2.8%
1917 0.11 +0 +2.88%
1916 0.1 +0 +1.96%
1915 0.1 +0 +3.03%
1914 0.1 +0 +3.13%
1913 0.1 +0 +3.23%
1912 0.09 +0 +3.33%
1911 0.09 +0 +3.45%
1910 0.09 +0 +3.57%
1909 0.08 +0 +3.7%
1908 0.08 +0 +3.85%
1907 0.08 +0 +4%
1906 0.08 +0 +4.17%
1905 0.07 +0 +4.35%
1904 0.07 +0 +4.55%
1903 0.07 +0 +4.76%
1902 0.06 +0 +6.78%
1901 0.06 +0 +5.36%
1900 0.06 +0 +1.82%
1899 0.06 +0 +3.77%
1898 0.05 +0 +3.92%
1897 0.05 +0 +4.08%
1896 0.05 +0 +2.08%
1895 0.05 +0 +4.35%
1894 0.05 +0 +4.55%
1893 0.04 +0 +2.33%
1892 0.04 +0 +4.88%
1891 0.04 +0 +5.13%
1890 0.04 +0 +0%
1889 0.04 +0 +2.63%
1888 0.04 +0 +2.7%
1887 0.04 +0 +2.78%
1886 0.04 +0 +2.86%
1885 0.04 +0 +2.94%
1884 0.03 +0 +3.03%
1883 0.03 +0 +0%
1882 0.03 +0 +3.13%
1881 0.03 +0 +3.23%
1880 0.03 +0 +3.33%
1879 0.03 +0 +3.45%
1878 0.03 +0 +3.57%
1877 0.03 +0 +0%
1876 0.03 +0 +3.7%
1875 0.03 +0 +3.85%
1874 0.03 +0 +4%
1873 0.03 +0 +4.17%
1872 0.02 +0 +4.35%
1871 0.02 +0 +0%
1870 0.02 +0 +4.55%
1869 0.02 +0 +4.76%
1868 0.02 +0 +5%
1867 0.02 +0 +5.26%
1866 0.02 +0 +0%
1865 0.02 +0 +5.56%
1864 0.02 +0 +5.88%
1863 0.02 +0 +6.25%
1862 0.02 +0 +6.67%
1861 0.02 +0 +0%
1860 0.02 +0 +7.14%
1859 0.01 +0 +7.69%
1858 0.01 +0 +8.33%
1857 0.01 +0 +9.09%
1856 0.01 +0 +10%
1855 0.01 +0 +11.11%
1854 0.01 +0 +0%
1853 0.01 +0 +12.5%
1852 0.01 +0 +14.29%
1851 0.01 +0 +16.67%
1850 0.01 — —

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

MO Macao 0.05 HK Hong Kong 5.15 TW Taiwan 15.47 KP North Korea 18.97 JP Japan 28.82 KR South Korea 39.67 MN Mongolia 42.42 CN China 1,590.67
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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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