Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Italy

Methane emissions in Italy in 2024 — 40.76 Mt. Ranked 157 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 150.1%.

2024 40.76 Mt −2.29% vs 2023
World rank 157of 199
Period maximum 63.1 Mt1969
Period minimum 16.3 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Italy, 1850–2024020406080185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 16.3 Mt1853: 16.59 Mt1856: 16.86 Mt1859: 17.13 Mt1862: 17.31 Mt1865: 17.43 Mt1868: 17.54 Mt1871: 17.7 Mt1874: 17.94 Mt1877: 18.18 Mt1880: 18.4 Mt1883: 18.7 Mt1886: 19.03 Mt1889: 19.35 Mt1892: 19.58 Mt1895: 19.84 Mt1898: 20.07 Mt1901: 20.32 Mt1904: 20.62 Mt1907: 21 Mt1910: 21.31 Mt1913: 21.75 Mt1916: 22.02 Mt1919: 22.18 Mt1922: 22.67 Mt1925: 23.09 Mt1928: 23.52 Mt1931: 23.74 Mt1934: 24.2 Mt1937: 25.32 Mt1940: 26.78 Mt1943: 28.76 Mt1946: 32.02 Mt1949: 35.43 Mt1952: 38.87 Mt1955: 42.65 Mt1958: 46.63 Mt1961: 51.14 Mt1964: 52.28 Mt1967: 58.42 Mt1970: 58 Mt1973: 61.74 Mt1976: 61.65 Mt1979: 62.84 Mt1982: 62.28 Mt1985: 63.02 Mt1988: 62.34 Mt1991: 61.14 Mt1994: 58.54 Mt1997: 60.23 Mt2000: 61.3 Mt2003: 57.76 Mt2006: 54.58 Mt2009: 53.47 Mt2012: 50.66 Mt2015: 46.66 Mt2018: 46.39 Mt2021: 44.09 Mt2024: 40.76 Mt
Change over the period: +24.46 (+150.07%) Average annual rate: 0.53 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Italy 40.76 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 1,323.91 Mt
Southern Europe computed 128.64 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 40.76 −0.96 −2.29%
2023 41.71 −0.91 −2.13%
2022 42.62 −1.46 −3.32%
2021 44.09 −0.57 −1.27%
2020 44.65 −1.04 −2.28%
2019 45.7 −0.7 −1.5%
2018 46.39 −0.48 −1.03%
2017 46.88 +1.18 +2.59%
2016 45.69 −0.97 −2.08%
2015 46.66 −0.79 −1.67%
2014 47.45 −1.89 −3.83%
2013 49.34 −1.32 −2.6%
2012 50.66 +0.65 +1.3%
2011 50.01 −3.35 −6.28%
2010 53.36 −0.11 −0.2%
2009 53.47 −0.49 −0.92%
2008 53.96 −0.62 −1.13%
2007 54.58 −0.01 −0.01%
2006 54.58 −0.85 −1.53%
2005 55.43 −0.16 −0.3%
2004 55.59 −2.16 −3.75%
2003 57.76 −1.31 −2.21%
2002 59.06 +1.05 +1.8%
2001 58.02 −3.29 −5.36%
2000 61.3 +1.32 +2.2%
1999 59.99 +0.28 +0.47%
1998 59.71 −0.52 −0.87%
1997 60.23 +0.66 +1.1%
1996 59.57 +1.02 +1.74%
1995 58.56 +0.02 +0.03%
1994 58.54 +0.6 +1.03%
1993 57.94 −1.31 −2.21%
1992 59.25 −1.89 −3.09%
1991 61.14 −0.79 −1.27%
1990 61.93 −0.27 −0.43%
1989 62.19 −0.15 −0.24%
1988 62.34 +0.04 +0.07%
1987 62.3 −0.28 −0.45%
1986 62.58 −0.44 −0.7%
1985 63.02 +0.09 +0.14%
1984 62.94 +2.81 +4.67%
1983 60.13 −2.15 −3.45%
1982 62.28 −0.04 −0.06%
1981 62.32 −0.46 −0.72%
1980 62.77 −0.07 −0.11%
1979 62.84 +0.57 +0.91%
1978 62.27 +0.07 +0.11%
1977 62.2 +0.56 +0.9%
1976 61.65 +1.05 +1.73%
1975 60.6 −0.58 −0.95%
1974 61.18 −0.56 −0.91%
1973 61.74 +0.7 +1.15%
1972 61.04 −0.11 −0.18%
1971 61.15 +3.15 +5.44%
1970 58 −5.11 −8.09%
1969 63.1 +3.01 +5%
1968 60.1 +1.68 +2.87%
1967 58.42 +1.82 +3.22%
1966 56.6 +1.75 +3.19%
1965 54.85 +2.57 +4.91%
1964 52.28 +0.12 +0.23%
1963 52.16 +0.26 +0.51%
1962 51.9 +0.76 +1.48%
1961 51.14 +1.46 +2.94%
1960 49.68 +1.62 +3.38%
1959 48.06 +1.43 +3.07%
1958 46.63 +1.29 +2.85%
1957 45.33 +1.3 +2.96%
1956 44.03 +1.38 +3.23%
1955 42.65 +1.31 +3.16%
1954 41.35 +1.29 +3.21%
1953 40.06 +1.19 +3.07%
1952 38.87 +1.14 +3.01%
1951 37.73 +1.26 +3.44%
1950 36.48 +1.05 +2.96%
1949 35.43 +1.1 +3.2%
1948 34.33 +1 +2.99%
1947 33.33 +1.31 +4.08%
1946 32.02 +1.36 +4.44%
1945 30.66 +1.02 +3.43%
1944 29.65 +0.89 +3.08%
1943 28.76 +0.25 +0.88%
1942 28.51 +0.91 +3.3%
1941 27.6 +0.82 +3.05%
1940 26.78 +0.54 +2.04%
1939 26.24 +0.48 +1.87%
1938 25.76 +0.44 +1.75%
1937 25.32 +0.72 +2.94%
1936 24.59 +0.15 +0.61%
1935 24.44 +0.24 +1%
1934 24.2 +0.31 +1.32%
1933 23.89 +0.17 +0.7%
1932 23.72 −0.02 −0.09%
1931 23.74 +0 +0.01%
1930 23.74 +0 +0.01%
1929 23.74 +0.22 +0.94%
1928 23.52 +0.02 +0.09%
1927 23.5 +0.2 +0.87%
1926 23.29 +0.21 +0.9%
1925 23.09 +0.07 +0.33%
1924 23.01 +0.22 +0.95%
1923 22.79 +0.13 +0.56%
1922 22.67 +0.19 +0.83%
1921 22.48 +0.18 +0.81%
1920 22.3 +0.12 +0.55%
1919 22.18 +0.08 +0.37%
1918 22.1 +0.12 +0.56%
1917 21.97 −0.05 −0.23%
1916 22.02 +0.13 +0.6%
1915 21.89 +0.08 +0.36%
1914 21.81 +0.07 +0.31%
1913 21.75 +0.14 +0.67%
1912 21.6 +0.15 +0.68%
1911 21.46 +0.15 +0.69%
1910 21.31 +0.09 +0.4%
1909 21.22 +0.13 +0.63%
1908 21.09 +0.09 +0.42%
1907 21 +0.11 +0.55%
1906 20.89 +0.15 +0.72%
1905 20.74 +0.12 +0.59%
1904 20.62 +0.1 +0.49%
1903 20.52 +0.09 +0.42%
1902 20.43 +0.12 +0.57%
1901 20.32 +0.06 +0.31%
1900 20.25 +0.08 +0.4%
1899 20.17 +0.1 +0.5%
1898 20.07 +0.09 +0.44%
1897 19.99 +0.09 +0.45%
1896 19.9 +0.06 +0.3%
1895 19.84 +0.05 +0.25%
1894 19.79 +0.14 +0.7%
1893 19.65 +0.07 +0.36%
1892 19.58 +0.07 +0.38%
1891 19.51 +0.05 +0.25%
1890 19.46 +0.11 +0.57%
1889 19.35 +0.1 +0.5%
1888 19.25 +0.1 +0.52%
1887 19.15 +0.13 +0.66%
1886 19.03 +0.09 +0.45%
1885 18.94 +0.12 +0.66%
1884 18.82 +0.11 +0.6%
1883 18.7 +0.1 +0.54%
1882 18.6 +0.1 +0.55%
1881 18.5 +0.1 +0.54%
1880 18.4 +0.07 +0.39%
1879 18.33 +0.08 +0.43%
1878 18.25 +0.07 +0.38%
1877 18.18 +0.07 +0.4%
1876 18.11 +0.1 +0.55%
1875 18.01 +0.07 +0.38%
1874 17.94 +0.07 +0.41%
1873 17.87 +0.07 +0.39%
1872 17.8 +0.09 +0.53%
1871 17.7 +0.07 +0.41%
1870 17.63 +0.06 +0.32%
1869 17.58 +0.04 +0.22%
1868 17.54 +0.02 +0.13%
1867 17.52 +0.03 +0.18%
1866 17.48 +0.05 +0.3%
1865 17.43 +0.03 +0.18%
1864 17.4 +0.05 +0.29%
1863 17.35 +0.04 +0.2%
1862 17.31 +0.05 +0.27%
1861 17.27 +0.05 +0.29%
1860 17.22 +0.09 +0.51%
1859 17.13 +0.09 +0.52%
1858 17.04 +0.09 +0.53%
1857 16.95 +0.09 +0.53%
1856 16.86 +0.09 +0.54%
1855 16.77 +0.09 +0.55%
1854 16.68 +0.09 +0.57%
1853 16.59 +0.09 +0.57%
1852 16.49 +0.1 +0.59%
1851 16.4 +0.1 +0.6%
1850 16.3

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.