Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Jamaica

Methane emissions in Jamaica in 2024 — 0.76 Mt. Ranked 38 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 100.8%.

2024 0.76 Mt −0.91% vs 2023
World rank 38of 199
Period maximum 3.76 Mt1955
Period minimum 0.37 Mt1852

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Jamaica, 1850–202401234185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.38 Mt1853: 0.37 Mt1856: 0.38 Mt1859: 0.39 Mt1862: 0.41 Mt1865: 0.44 Mt1868: 0.45 Mt1871: 0.46 Mt1874: 0.48 Mt1877: 0.5 Mt1880: 0.51 Mt1883: 0.54 Mt1886: 0.55 Mt1889: 0.57 Mt1892: 0.6 Mt1895: 0.63 Mt1898: 0.65 Mt1901: 0.68 Mt1904: 0.72 Mt1907: 0.76 Mt1910: 0.81 Mt1913: 0.86 Mt1916: 0.89 Mt1919: 0.92 Mt1922: 0.97 Mt1925: 1.02 Mt1928: 1.08 Mt1931: 1.16 Mt1934: 1.22 Mt1937: 1.28 Mt1940: 1.36 Mt1943: 1.42 Mt1946: 1.96 Mt1949: 2.78 Mt1952: 3.51 Mt1955: 3.76 Mt1958: 3.46 Mt1961: 2.83 Mt1964: 2.12 Mt1967: 1.54 Mt1970: 0.84 Mt1973: 0.85 Mt1976: 0.88 Mt1979: 0.88 Mt1982: 0.93 Mt1985: 0.99 Mt1988: 1.03 Mt1991: 1.14 Mt1994: 1.19 Mt1997: 1.15 Mt2000: 1.16 Mt2003: 1.21 Mt2006: 0.88 Mt2009: 0.82 Mt2012: 0.83 Mt2015: 0.81 Mt2018: 0.82 Mt2021: 0.78 Mt2024: 0.76 Mt
Change over the period: +0.38 (+100.79%) Average annual rate: 0.4 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 0.76 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1,231.12 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,814.74 Mt
Methane emissions — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 0.76 −0.01 −0.91%
2023 0.77 +0 +0.13%
2022 0.77 −0.01 −1.29%
2021 0.78 +0 +0.52%
2020 0.77 −0.01 −1.78%
2019 0.79 −0.03 −4.27%
2018 0.82 +0.01 +0.61%
2017 0.82 −0 −0.12%
2016 0.82 +0 +0.37%
2015 0.81 −0.01 −1.45%
2014 0.83 −0 −0.24%
2013 0.83 −0 −0.12%
2012 0.83 +0.01 +0.61%
2011 0.82 +0.02 +3%
2010 0.8 −0.02 −2.92%
2009 0.82 −0.02 −1.79%
2008 0.84 −0.01 −0.95%
2007 0.85 −0.04 −3.97%
2006 0.88 −0.23 −20.49%
2005 1.11 −0.04 −3.23%
2004 1.15 −0.06 −5.29%
2003 1.21 +0.05 +4.22%
2002 1.16 −0 −0.17%
2001 1.16 +0 +0.26%
2000 1.16 +0.01 +0.52%
1999 1.15 +0.01 +0.96%
1998 1.14 −0.01 −0.52%
1997 1.15 −0.03 −2.13%
1996 1.17 −0.04 −3.46%
1995 1.22 +0.03 +2.1%
1994 1.19 −0.02 −1.82%
1993 1.21 +0 +0%
1992 1.21 +0.07 +6.5%
1991 1.14 +0.05 +4.4%
1990 1.09 +0.07 +6.34%
1989 1.03 +0 +0%
1988 1.03 −0.03 −2.75%
1987 1.05 +0 +0.38%
1986 1.05 +0.06 +5.95%
1985 0.99 −0.04 −3.97%
1984 1.03 +0.03 +3.41%
1983 1 +0.07 +7.31%
1982 0.93 +0.05 +5.08%
1981 0.89 −0.02 −2.32%
1980 0.91 +0.03 +3.31%
1979 0.88 +0.01 +0.69%
1978 0.87 −0.01 −1.36%
1977 0.88 +0 +0.11%
1976 0.88 +0.01 +0.8%
1975 0.88 +0.01 +1.51%
1974 0.86 +0.01 +1.17%
1973 0.85 +0.01 +0.59%
1972 0.85 −0 −0.12%
1971 0.85 +0.01 +0.83%
1970 0.84 −0.68 −44.78%
1969 1.52 +0.12 +8.55%
1968 1.4 −0.14 −9.07%
1967 1.54 −0.14 −8.48%
1966 1.69 −0.16 −8.47%
1965 1.84 −0.28 −13.2%
1964 2.12 −0.19 −8.34%
1963 2.32 −0.25 −9.78%
1962 2.57 −0.27 −9.46%
1961 2.83 −0.22 −7.33%
1960 3.06 −0.23 −7%
1959 3.29 −0.17 −5%
1958 3.46 −0.16 −4.31%
1957 3.62 −0.1 −2.59%
1956 3.71 −0.04 −1.2%
1955 3.76 +0.02 +0.51%
1954 3.74 +0.09 +2.35%
1953 3.65 +0.15 +4.22%
1952 3.51 +0.21 +6.34%
1951 3.3 +0.26 +8.67%
1950 3.03 +0.26 +9.3%
1949 2.78 +0.28 +11%
1948 2.5 +0.27 +12.11%
1947 2.23 +0.27 +13.95%
1946 1.96 +0.27 +16%
1945 1.69 +0.25 +16.99%
1944 1.44 +0.02 +1.48%
1943 1.42 +0.01 +0.71%
1942 1.41 +0.03 +2.17%
1941 1.38 +0.03 +1.92%
1940 1.36 +0.02 +1.88%
1939 1.33 +0.03 +2.15%
1938 1.3 +0.02 +1.8%
1937 1.28 +0.02 +1.43%
1936 1.26 +0.02 +1.69%
1935 1.24 +0.02 +1.47%
1934 1.22 +0.02 +1.66%
1933 1.2 +0.02 +1.95%
1932 1.18 +0.02 +2.08%
1931 1.16 +0.03 +2.58%
1930 1.13 +0.02 +2.18%
1929 1.1 +0.02 +1.94%
1928 1.08 +0.02 +2.08%
1927 1.06 +0.02 +1.92%
1926 1.04 +0.02 +2.16%
1925 1.02 +0.01 +1.5%
1924 1 +0.02 +1.52%
1923 0.99 +0.02 +1.75%
1922 0.97 +0.02 +2.32%
1921 0.95 +0.01 +1.39%
1920 0.94 +0.01 +1.19%
1919 0.92 +0.01 +1.09%
1918 0.91 +0.01 +1.33%
1917 0.9 +0.01 +1.23%
1916 0.89 +0.01 +1.25%
1915 0.88 +0.01 +1.38%
1914 0.87 +0.01 +1.28%
1913 0.86 +0.02 +1.9%
1912 0.84 +0.02 +1.94%
1911 0.83 +0.02 +1.98%
1910 0.81 +0.02 +1.89%
1909 0.79 +0.02 +1.93%
1908 0.78 +0.02 +1.96%
1907 0.76 +0.01 +1.87%
1906 0.75 +0.02 +2.04%
1905 0.74 +0.02 +2.08%
1904 0.72 +0.02 +2.13%
1903 0.71 +0.01 +2.03%
1902 0.69 +0.01 +2.07%
1901 0.68 +0.01 +2.11%
1900 0.66 −0 −0.15%
1899 0.66 +0.01 +1.53%
1898 0.65 +0.01 +1.4%
1897 0.65 +0.01 +1.42%
1896 0.64 +0.01 +1.44%
1895 0.63 +0.01 +1.46%
1894 0.62 +0.01 +1.64%
1893 0.61 +0.01 +1.67%
1892 0.6 +0.01 +1.53%
1891 0.59 +0.01 +1.2%
1890 0.58 +0.02 +2.65%
1889 0.57 +0.01 +1.07%
1888 0.56 +0.01 +0.9%
1887 0.56 +0.01 +0.91%
1886 0.55 +0 +0.73%
1885 0.55 +0 +0.74%
1884 0.54 +0.01 +0.93%
1883 0.54 +0.01 +1.7%
1882 0.53 +0.01 +2.12%
1881 0.52 +0.01 +1.17%
1880 0.51 +0 +0.79%
1879 0.51 +0.01 +0.99%
1878 0.5 +0.01 +1%
1877 0.5 +0.01 +1.22%
1876 0.49 +0.01 +1.03%
1875 0.49 +0.01 +1.25%
1874 0.48 +0.01 +1.26%
1873 0.48 +0.01 +1.06%
1872 0.47 +0.01 +1.29%
1871 0.46 +0.01 +1.53%
1870 0.46 +0 +0.66%
1869 0.45 +0 +0.89%
1868 0.45 +0.01 +1.12%
1867 0.45 +0.01 +1.14%
1866 0.44 +0.01 +1.15%
1865 0.44 +0.01 +1.16%
1864 0.43 +0.01 +1.9%
1863 0.42 +0.01 +1.93%
1862 0.41 +0.01 +1.97%
1861 0.41 +0.01 +2.01%
1860 0.4 +0.01 +1.53%
1859 0.39 +0.01 +1.29%
1858 0.39 +0.01 +1.57%
1857 0.38 +0.01 +1.33%
1856 0.38 +0.01 +1.62%
1855 0.37 +0 +0%
1854 0.37 +0 +0%
1853 0.37 +0 +0%
1852 0.37 −0 −0.8%
1851 0.37 −0.01 −1.32%
1850 0.38

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.