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Methane emissions — Kuwait

Methane emissions in Kuwait in 2024 — 39.53 Mt. Ranked 155 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 106,727%.

2024 39.53 Mt +0.84% vs 2023
World rank 155of 199
Period maximum 43.55 Mt1972
Period minimum 0.03 Mt1919

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Kuwait, 1850–20240204060185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.04 Mt1853: 0.04 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: 0.04 Mt1907: 0.03 Mt1910: 0.03 Mt1913: 0.03 Mt1916: 0.03 Mt1919: 0.03 Mt1922: 0.03 Mt1925: 0.03 Mt1928: 0.03 Mt1931: 0.03 Mt1934: 0.03 Mt1937: 0.03 Mt1940: 0.04 Mt1943: 0.04 Mt1946: 0.65 Mt1949: 2.56 Mt1952: 4.64 Mt1955: 16.1 Mt1958: 33.31 Mt1961: 36.32 Mt1964: 38.83 Mt1967: 41.49 Mt1970: 40.18 Mt1973: 40.25 Mt1976: 29.39 Mt1979: 35.29 Mt1982: 13.67 Mt1985: 17.24 Mt1988: 23.6 Mt1991: 6.31 Mt1994: 31.19 Mt1997: 32.78 Mt2000: 31.05 Mt2003: 35.81 Mt2006: 39.09 Mt2009: 32.48 Mt2012: 39.48 Mt2015: 39.55 Mt2018: 39.2 Mt2021: 36.78 Mt2024: 39.53 Mt
Change over the period: +39.49 (+106,727.03%) Average annual rate: 4.09 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kuwait 39.53 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Middle East & North Africa computed 823.03 Mt
Western Asia computed 597.81 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 39.53 +0.33 +0.84%
2023 39.2 −0.8 −2.01%
2022 40 +3.23 +8.77%
2021 36.78 +0.01 +0.04%
2020 36.76 −2.02 −5.2%
2019 38.78 −0.42 −1.08%
2018 39.2 +0.51 +1.31%
2017 38.7 −2.21 −5.4%
2016 40.91 +1.35 +3.42%
2015 39.55 +0.45 +1.14%
2014 39.11 −0.24 −0.62%
2013 39.35 −0.13 −0.33%
2012 39.48 +3.05 +8.38%
2011 36.43 +3.68 +11.24%
2010 32.75 +0.27 +0.83%
2009 32.48 −3.44 −9.57%
2008 35.92 −0.96 −2.6%
2007 36.88 −2.21 −5.66%
2006 39.09 +0.5 +1.3%
2005 38.59 +2.64 +7.36%
2004 35.94 +0.13 +0.36%
2003 35.81 +6.52 +22.25%
2002 29.3 +0.02 +0.08%
2001 29.27 −1.78 −5.72%
2000 31.05 +3.45 +12.5%
1999 27.6 −1.72 −5.87%
1998 29.32 −3.46 −10.56%
1997 32.78 +2.43 +8.01%
1996 30.35 +1 +3.41%
1995 29.35 −1.84 −5.91%
1994 31.19 +2.02 +6.91%
1993 29.18 +10.9 +59.63%
1992 18.28 +11.97 +189.74%
1991 6.31 −11.27 −64.12%
1990 17.58 −10.03 −36.33%
1989 27.62 +4.02 +17.02%
1988 23.6 +0.97 +4.3%
1987 22.63 +1.95 +9.44%
1986 20.68 +3.43 +19.92%
1985 17.24 −1.34 −7.22%
1984 18.58 +1.58 +9.3%
1983 17 +3.34 +24.4%
1982 13.67 −3.92 −22.3%
1981 17.59 −6.99 −28.44%
1980 24.58 −10.71 −30.35%
1979 35.29 +5.44 +18.24%
1978 29.85 +2.58 +9.48%
1977 27.27 −2.12 −7.22%
1976 29.39 +0.77 +2.71%
1975 28.61 −5.74 −16.71%
1974 34.35 −5.9 −14.65%
1973 40.25 −3.3 −7.57%
1972 43.55 +3.15 +7.79%
1971 40.4 +0.22 +0.55%
1970 40.18 −3.17 −7.32%
1969 43.35 +0.94 +2.21%
1968 42.41 +0.92 +2.21%
1967 41.49 +0.9 +2.23%
1966 40.59 +0.89 +2.23%
1965 39.7 +0.87 +2.24%
1964 38.83 +0.86 +2.25%
1963 37.98 +0.84 +2.25%
1962 37.14 +0.82 +2.25%
1961 36.32 +0.8 +2.24%
1960 35.53 +0.78 +2.26%
1959 34.74 +1.44 +4.31%
1958 33.31 +13.65 +69.43%
1957 19.66 +10.39 +112.21%
1956 9.26 −6.84 −42.46%
1955 16.1 +4 +33.05%
1954 12.1 +3.78 +45.4%
1953 8.32 +3.68 +79.37%
1952 4.64 +0.71 +18.16%
1951 3.93 +0.7 +21.51%
1950 3.23 +0.67 +26.31%
1949 2.56 +0.65 +34.35%
1948 1.9 +0.64 +50.28%
1947 1.27 +0.62 +95.52%
1946 0.65 +0.6 +1,278.72%
1945 0.05 +0 +11.9%
1944 0.04 +0 +5%
1943 0.04 +0 +5.26%
1942 0.04 +0 +5.56%
1941 0.04 +0 +2.86%
1940 0.04 +0 +2.94%
1939 0.03 +0 +3.03%
1938 0.03 +0 +0%
1937 0.03 +0 +3.13%
1936 0.03 +0 +3.23%
1935 0.03 +0 +0%
1934 0.03 +0 +0%
1933 0.03 +0 +0%
1932 0.03 +0 +0%
1931 0.03 +0 +0%
1930 0.03 +0 +0%
1929 0.03 +0 +0%
1928 0.03 +0 +0%
1927 0.03 +0 +0%
1926 0.03 +0 +0%
1925 0.03 +0 +0%
1924 0.03 +0 +0%
1923 0.03 +0 +0%
1922 0.03 +0 +0%
1921 0.03 +0 +0%
1920 0.03 +0 +0%
1919 0.03 −0 −3.13%
1918 0.03 +0 +0%
1917 0.03 +0 +0%
1916 0.03 +0 +0%
1915 0.03 +0 +0%
1914 0.03 −0 −3.03%
1913 0.03 +0 +0%
1912 0.03 +0 +0%
1911 0.03 +0 +0%
1910 0.03 +0 +0%
1909 0.03 −0 −2.94%
1908 0.03 +0 +0%
1907 0.03 −0 −2.86%
1906 0.04 +0 +0%
1905 0.04 −0 −2.78%
1904 0.04 +0 +0%
1903 0.04 +0 +0%
1902 0.04 −0 −2.7%
1901 0.04 +0 +0%
1900 0.04 +0 +0%
1899 0.04 +0 +0%
1898 0.04 +0 +0%
1897 0.04 +0 +0%
1896 0.04 +0 +0%
1895 0.04 +0 +0%
1894 0.04 +0 +0%
1893 0.04 −0 −2.63%
1892 0.04 +0 +0%
1891 0.04 +0 +0%
1890 0.04 +0 +0%
1889 0.04 +0 +0%
1888 0.04 +0 +0%
1887 0.04 +0 +0%
1886 0.04 +0 +0%
1885 0.04 +0 +0%
1884 0.04 +0 +0%
1883 0.04 +0 +0%
1882 0.04 +0 +0%
1881 0.04 +0 +0%
1880 0.04 +0 +0%
1879 0.04 +0 +0%
1878 0.04 +0 +0%
1877 0.04 +0 +0%
1876 0.04 +0 +0%
1875 0.04 +0 +0%
1874 0.04 +0 +0%
1873 0.04 +0 +0%
1872 0.04 +0 +0%
1871 0.04 +0 +0%
1870 0.04 +0 +0%
1869 0.04 +0 +0%
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 +0%
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 +0%
1854 0.04 +0 +2.7%
1853 0.04 +0 +0%
1852 0.04 +0 +0%
1851 0.04 +0 +0%
1850 0.04 — —

Western Asia, 2024

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

AM Armenia 1.65 CY Cyprus 2.37 GE Georgia 3.26 LB Lebanon 3.98 JO Jordan 5.94 SY Syria 6.14 IL Israel 8.96 YE Yemen 11.58 AZ Azerbaijan 12.68 QA Qatar 22.49 BH Bahrain 23.76 OM Oman 32.88 AE United Arab Emirates 37.57 KW Kuwait 39.53 TR Türkiye 111.8 SA Saudi Arabia 117.01 IQ Iraq 156.21
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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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