Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Latvia

Methane emissions in Latvia in 2024 — 2.29 Mt. Ranked 54 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 8.2%.

2024 2.29 Mt −0.57% vs 2023
World rank 54of 199
Period maximum 4.82 Mt1992
Period minimum 2 Mt2000

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Latvia, 1850–20242345185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 2.11 Mt1853: 2.16 Mt1856: 2.21 Mt1859: 2.21 Mt1862: 2.26 Mt1865: 2.33 Mt1868: 2.38 Mt1871: 2.41 Mt1874: 2.45 Mt1877: 2.5 Mt1880: 2.54 Mt1883: 2.59 Mt1886: 2.63 Mt1889: 2.66 Mt1892: 2.69 Mt1895: 2.74 Mt1898: 2.79 Mt1901: 2.83 Mt1904: 2.88 Mt1907: 2.93 Mt1910: 2.98 Mt1913: 3.12 Mt1916: 3.07 Mt1919: 2.81 Mt1922: 2.94 Mt1925: 2.98 Mt1928: 3.01 Mt1931: 3.04 Mt1934: 3.06 Mt1937: 3.07 Mt1940: 3.07 Mt1943: 3.05 Mt1946: 3.05 Mt1949: 3.06 Mt1952: 3.11 Mt1955: 3.18 Mt1958: 3.26 Mt1961: 3.25 Mt1964: 3.46 Mt1967: 3.79 Mt1970: 3.76 Mt1973: 4.02 Mt1976: 4.2 Mt1979: 4.28 Mt1982: 4.37 Mt1985: 4.51 Mt1988: 4.44 Mt1991: 4.22 Mt1994: 3.02 Mt1997: 2.46 Mt2000: 2 Mt2003: 2.12 Mt2006: 2.4 Mt2009: 2.33 Mt2012: 2.44 Mt2015: 2.42 Mt2018: 2.37 Mt2021: 2.33 Mt2024: 2.29 Mt
Change over the period: +0.17 (+8.19%) Average annual rate: 0.05 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Latvia 2.29 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 1,323.91 Mt
Northern Europe computed 100.47 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 2.29 −0.01 −0.57%
2023 2.3 −0 −0.17%
2022 2.3 −0.03 −1.2%
2021 2.33 +0.02 +0.82%
2020 2.31 −0.04 −1.66%
2019 2.35 −0.02 −1.01%
2018 2.37 −0.06 −2.55%
2017 2.44 +0 +0.12%
2016 2.43 +0.01 +0.37%
2015 2.42 −0.02 −0.62%
2014 2.44 −0 −0.04%
2013 2.44 +0 +0.08%
2012 2.44 +0.09 +3.7%
2011 2.35 +0.1 +4.35%
2010 2.25 −0.08 −3.26%
2009 2.33 +0.02 +1.04%
2008 2.31 −0.2 −8.06%
2007 2.51 +0.1 +4.28%
2006 2.4 +0.12 +5.21%
2005 2.29 +0.11 +4.96%
2004 2.18 +0.05 +2.54%
2003 2.12 +0.06 +2.76%
2002 2.07 +0.04 +1.97%
2001 2.03 +0.02 +1.25%
2000 2 −0.21 −9.42%
1999 2.21 −0.15 −6.2%
1998 2.36 −0.1 −4.15%
1997 2.46 −0.13 −4.88%
1996 2.58 −0.06 −2.16%
1995 2.64 −0.38 −12.64%
1994 3.02 −1.18 −28.12%
1993 4.2 −0.61 −12.69%
1992 4.82 +0.6 +14.18%
1991 4.22 −0.03 −0.78%
1990 4.25 −0.21 −4.62%
1989 4.46 +0.02 +0.34%
1988 4.44 −0.08 −1.79%
1987 4.52 +0.05 +1.21%
1986 4.47 −0.04 −0.91%
1985 4.51 +0.03 +0.67%
1984 4.48 +0.09 +1.96%
1983 4.39 +0.02 +0.55%
1982 4.37 +0.04 +0.81%
1981 4.33 +0.01 +0.28%
1980 4.32 +0.04 +1%
1979 4.28 +0.04 +1.02%
1978 4.24 +0.04 +0.98%
1977 4.2 +0 +0%
1976 4.2 +0.02 +0.41%
1975 4.18 +0.07 +1.63%
1974 4.11 +0.09 +2.19%
1973 4.02 +0.04 +0.95%
1972 3.99 +0.09 +2.21%
1971 3.9 +0.14 +3.81%
1970 3.76 −0.05 −1.18%
1969 3.8 −0.01 −0.21%
1968 3.81 +0.02 +0.47%
1967 3.79 +0.11 +3.02%
1966 3.68 +0.16 +4.66%
1965 3.52 +0.06 +1.62%
1964 3.46 −0.08 −2.12%
1963 3.54 +0.13 +3.76%
1962 3.41 +0.16 +4.9%
1961 3.25 −0.07 −1.99%
1960 3.31 +0.03 +0.85%
1959 3.29 +0.02 +0.77%
1958 3.26 +0.02 +0.74%
1957 3.24 +0.03 +0.97%
1956 3.21 +0.03 +0.91%
1955 3.18 +0.02 +0.79%
1954 3.15 +0.02 +0.77%
1953 3.13 +0.02 +0.71%
1952 3.11 +0.02 +0.68%
1951 3.09 +0.02 +0.59%
1950 3.07 +0 +0.13%
1949 3.06 +0 +0.13%
1948 3.06 +0 +0.1%
1947 3.06 +0 +0.13%
1946 3.05 +0 +0.1%
1945 3.05 +0 +0%
1944 3.05 −0 −0.13%
1943 3.05 −0 −0.13%
1942 3.06 −0.01 −0.26%
1941 3.07 −0.01 −0.2%
1940 3.07 −0 −0.07%
1939 3.07 +0.01 +0.2%
1938 3.07 +0 +0.03%
1937 3.07 +0 +0.03%
1936 3.07 +0 +0.07%
1935 3.06 +0.01 +0.16%
1934 3.06 +0.01 +0.23%
1933 3.05 +0.01 +0.16%
1932 3.05 +0 +0.16%
1931 3.04 +0.01 +0.2%
1930 3.04 +0.01 +0.4%
1929 3.02 +0.01 +0.33%
1928 3.01 +0.01 +0.33%
1927 3 +0.01 +0.33%
1926 2.99 +0.01 +0.37%
1925 2.98 −0.02 −0.63%
1924 3 +0.01 +0.5%
1923 2.99 +0.04 +1.5%
1922 2.94 +0.04 +1.45%
1921 2.9 +0.04 +1.4%
1920 2.86 +0.05 +1.63%
1919 2.81 −0.07 −2.43%
1918 2.88 −0.09 −2.86%
1917 2.97 −0.1 −3.16%
1916 3.07 −0.11 −3.52%
1915 3.18 +0.03 +0.95%
1914 3.15 +0.03 +0.96%
1913 3.12 +0.05 +1.56%
1912 3.07 +0.05 +1.52%
1911 3.02 +0.04 +1.51%
1910 2.98 +0.02 +0.61%
1909 2.96 +0.02 +0.61%
1908 2.94 +0.02 +0.58%
1907 2.93 +0.02 +0.55%
1906 2.91 +0.02 +0.55%
1905 2.89 +0.02 +0.52%
1904 2.88 +0.02 +0.56%
1903 2.86 +0.02 +0.53%
1902 2.85 +0.01 +0.53%
1901 2.83 +0.02 +0.57%
1900 2.82 +0.01 +0.5%
1899 2.8 +0.01 +0.5%
1898 2.79 +0.01 +0.5%
1897 2.78 +0.02 +0.62%
1896 2.76 +0.02 +0.58%
1895 2.74 +0.02 +0.59%
1894 2.73 +0.02 +0.59%
1893 2.71 +0.02 +0.59%
1892 2.69 +0.02 +0.6%
1891 2.68 +0.01 +0.34%
1890 2.67 +0.01 +0.38%
1889 2.66 +0.01 +0.34%
1888 2.65 +0.01 +0.34%
1887 2.64 +0.01 +0.34%
1886 2.63 +0.01 +0.42%
1885 2.62 +0.02 +0.65%
1884 2.6 +0.02 +0.62%
1883 2.59 +0.02 +0.66%
1882 2.57 +0.02 +0.63%
1881 2.56 +0.02 +0.63%
1880 2.54 +0.01 +0.55%
1879 2.53 +0.02 +0.6%
1878 2.51 +0.01 +0.6%
1877 2.5 +0.02 +0.6%
1876 2.48 +0.01 +0.57%
1875 2.47 +0.02 +0.61%
1874 2.45 +0.01 +0.57%
1873 2.44 +0.01 +0.58%
1872 2.42 +0.02 +0.62%
1871 2.41 +0.01 +0.46%
1870 2.4 +0.01 +0.46%
1869 2.39 +0.01 +0.46%
1868 2.38 +0.01 +0.47%
1867 2.36 +0.02 +0.72%
1866 2.35 +0.02 +0.69%
1865 2.33 +0.02 +0.65%
1864 2.32 +0.02 +0.7%
1863 2.3 +0.04 +1.86%
1862 2.26 +0.04 +1.76%
1861 2.22 +0.04 +1.7%
1860 2.18 −0.02 −1.13%
1859 2.21 −0.03 −1.3%
1858 2.24 +0.02 +0.72%
1857 2.22 +0.02 +0.68%
1856 2.21 +0.02 +0.73%
1855 2.19 +0.02 +0.69%
1854 2.17 +0.02 +0.74%
1853 2.16 +0.02 +0.7%
1852 2.14 +0.01 +0.7%
1851 2.13 +0.02 +0.76%
1850 2.11

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.