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Methane emissions — Lesotho

Methane emissions in Lesotho in 2024 — 1.32 Mt. Ranked 46 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 2,207%.

2024 1.32 Mt −1.35% vs 2023
World rank 46of 199
Period maximum 1.8 Mt1999
Period minimum 0.06 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Lesotho, 1850–202400.511.52185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.06 Mt1853: 0.06 Mt1856: 0.06 Mt1859: 0.07 Mt1862: 0.07 Mt1865: 0.08 Mt1868: 0.08 Mt1871: 0.09 Mt1874: 0.1 Mt1877: 0.1 Mt1880: 0.11 Mt1883: 0.12 Mt1886: 0.13 Mt1889: 0.14 Mt1892: 0.15 Mt1895: 0.16 Mt1898: 0.17 Mt1901: 0.18 Mt1904: 0.2 Mt1907: 0.22 Mt1910: 0.24 Mt1913: 0.27 Mt1916: 0.31 Mt1919: 0.34 Mt1922: 0.39 Mt1925: 0.43 Mt1928: 0.48 Mt1931: 0.53 Mt1934: 0.6 Mt1937: 0.67 Mt1940: 0.73 Mt1943: 0.76 Mt1946: 0.78 Mt1949: 0.81 Mt1952: 0.83 Mt1955: 0.85 Mt1958: 0.88 Mt1961: 0.96 Mt1964: 0.94 Mt1967: 1.06 Mt1970: 1.27 Mt1973: 1.17 Mt1976: 1.22 Mt1979: 1.17 Mt1982: 1.3 Mt1985: 1.32 Mt1988: 1.48 Mt1991: 1.48 Mt1994: 1.53 Mt1997: 1.53 Mt2000: 1.75 Mt2003: 1.65 Mt2006: 1.68 Mt2009: 1.71 Mt2012: 1.71 Mt2015: 1.59 Mt2018: 1.54 Mt2021: 1.34 Mt2024: 1.32 Mt
Change over the period: +1.26 (+2,207.02%) Average annual rate: 1.82 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lesotho 1.32 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,219.5 Mt
Southern Africa computed 98.17 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,489.63 Mt
Methane emissions — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 1.32 −0.02 −1.35%
2023 1.33 −0.05 −3.82%
2022 1.39 +0.04 +3.36%
2021 1.34 +0.06 +4.68%
2020 1.28 −0.18 −12.44%
2019 1.46 −0.07 −4.75%
2018 1.54 −0.11 −6.91%
2017 1.65 +0.09 +5.5%
2016 1.56 −0.02 −1.32%
2015 1.59 −0.03 −1.98%
2014 1.62 −0.02 −0.98%
2013 1.63 −0.08 −4.73%
2012 1.71 +0 +0.12%
2011 1.71 +0.02 +1.12%
2010 1.69 −0.02 −1.05%
2009 1.71 +0.03 +1.54%
2008 1.69 −0.03 −1.75%
2007 1.72 +0.03 +2.02%
2006 1.68 −0.05 −2.94%
2005 1.73 +0.12 +7.38%
2004 1.61 −0.04 −2.3%
2003 1.65 +0.05 +2.87%
2002 1.61 −0.11 −6.47%
2001 1.72 −0.03 −2%
2000 1.75 −0.05 −2.51%
1999 1.8 +0.4 +28.47%
1998 1.4 −0.14 −8.81%
1997 1.53 +0.06 +3.79%
1996 1.48 −0.02 −1.27%
1995 1.5 −0.03 −2.03%
1994 1.53 −0.03 −2.12%
1993 1.56 −0.02 −1.58%
1992 1.59 +0.11 +7.31%
1991 1.48 +0.02 +1.3%
1990 1.46 +0.04 +3.18%
1989 1.41 −0.07 −4.4%
1988 1.48 −0.02 −1%
1987 1.49 +0.16 +12.17%
1986 1.33 +0.02 +1.22%
1985 1.32 +0.05 +3.95%
1984 1.27 −0.01 −0.63%
1983 1.27 −0.03 −1.93%
1982 1.3 +0.03 +2.45%
1981 1.27 +0.02 +1.52%
1980 1.25 +0.08 +6.48%
1979 1.17 +0.05 +4.09%
1978 1.13 +0.01 +0.63%
1977 1.12 −0.1 −8.35%
1976 1.22 −0.02 −1.37%
1975 1.24 +0.03 +2.91%
1974 1.2 +0.03 +2.65%
1973 1.17 −0.02 −1.35%
1972 1.19 −0.02 −1.9%
1971 1.21 −0.05 −4.34%
1970 1.27 +0.13 +11.74%
1969 1.13 +0.08 +7.39%
1968 1.06 −0.01 −0.85%
1967 1.06 +0.13 +13.8%
1966 0.94 −0.13 −12.04%
1965 1.06 +0.13 +13.45%
1964 0.94 −0.04 −4%
1963 0.98 −0.04 −4.31%
1962 1.02 +0.06 +6.47%
1961 0.96 +0.07 +7.28%
1960 0.89 +0.01 +1.02%
1959 0.88 +0.01 +0.91%
1958 0.88 +0.01 +0.81%
1957 0.87 +0.01 +0.93%
1956 0.86 +0.01 +0.82%
1955 0.85 +0.01 +0.95%
1954 0.85 +0.01 +0.83%
1953 0.84 +0.01 +0.96%
1952 0.83 +0.01 +0.85%
1951 0.82 +0.01 +0.98%
1950 0.82 +0.01 +0.99%
1949 0.81 +0.01 +1%
1948 0.8 +0.01 +1.14%
1947 0.79 +0.01 +1.15%
1946 0.78 +0.01 +1.03%
1945 0.77 +0.01 +1.18%
1944 0.77 +0.01 +1.06%
1943 0.76 +0.01 +1.07%
1942 0.75 +0.01 +1.22%
1941 0.74 +0.01 +1.09%
1940 0.73 +0.02 +2.95%
1939 0.71 +0.02 +3.19%
1938 0.69 +0.02 +3.14%
1937 0.67 +0.02 +3.41%
1936 0.65 +0.02 +3.36%
1935 0.63 +0.02 +3.82%
1934 0.6 +0.02 +3.79%
1933 0.58 +0.02 +4.13%
1932 0.56 +0.02 +4.31%
1931 0.53 +0.02 +4.5%
1930 0.51 +0.02 +3.02%
1929 0.5 +0.02 +3.33%
1928 0.48 +0.02 +3.45%
1927 0.46 +0.02 +3.34%
1926 0.45 +0.02 +3.7%
1925 0.43 +0.02 +3.59%
1924 0.42 +0.02 +3.98%
1923 0.4 +0.02 +4.15%
1922 0.39 +0.02 +4.04%
1921 0.37 +0.02 +4.8%
1920 0.35 +0.01 +3.21%
1919 0.34 +0.01 +3.63%
1918 0.33 +0.01 +3.76%
1917 0.32 +0.01 +3.57%
1916 0.31 +0.01 +4.05%
1915 0.3 +0.01 +4.23%
1914 0.28 +0.01 +4.03%
1913 0.27 +0.01 +4.2%
1912 0.26 +0.01 +4.8%
1911 0.25 +0.01 +4.6%
1910 0.24 +0.01 +2.58%
1909 0.23 +0.01 +3.1%
1908 0.23 +0.01 +2.73%
1907 0.22 +0.01 +3.29%
1906 0.21 +0.01 +2.9%
1905 0.21 +0.01 +2.99%
1904 0.2 +0.01 +3.08%
1903 0.2 +0.01 +3.17%
1902 0.19 +0.01 +3.28%
1901 0.18 +0.01 +2.81%
1900 0.18 +0 +2.3%
1899 0.17 +0 +2.35%
1898 0.17 +0 +2.41%
1897 0.17 +0 +1.84%
1896 0.16 +0 +2.52%
1895 0.16 +0 +2.58%
1894 0.16 +0 +2.65%
1893 0.15 +0 +2.72%
1892 0.15 +0 +2.8%
1891 0.14 +0 +2.88%
1890 0.14 +0 +2.21%
1889 0.14 +0 +2.26%
1888 0.13 +0 +2.31%
1887 0.13 +0 +2.36%
1886 0.13 +0 +2.42%
1885 0.12 +0 +2.48%
1884 0.12 +0 +2.54%
1883 0.12 +0 +2.61%
1882 0.12 +0 +2.68%
1881 0.11 +0 +2.75%
1880 0.11 +0 +2.83%
1879 0.11 +0 +1.92%
1878 0.1 +0 +1.96%
1877 0.1 +0 +3.03%
1876 0.1 +0 +2.06%
1875 0.1 +0 +2.11%
1874 0.1 +0 +3.26%
1873 0.09 +0 +2.22%
1872 0.09 +0 +2.27%
1871 0.09 +0 +3.53%
1870 0.09 +0 +2.41%
1869 0.08 +0 +1.22%
1868 0.08 +0 +2.5%
1867 0.08 +0 +2.56%
1866 0.08 +0 +2.63%
1865 0.08 +0 +2.7%
1864 0.07 +0 +1.37%
1863 0.07 +0 +2.82%
1862 0.07 +0 +2.9%
1861 0.07 +0 +2.99%
1860 0.07 +0 +1.52%
1859 0.07 +0 +1.54%
1858 0.07 +0 +1.56%
1857 0.06 +0 +1.59%
1856 0.06 +0 +1.61%
1855 0.06 +0 +1.64%
1854 0.06 +0 +1.67%
1853 0.06 +0 +1.69%
1852 0.06 +0 +1.72%
1851 0.06 +0 +1.75%
1850 0.06 — —

Southern Africa, 2024

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

SZ Eswatini 1.18 LS Lesotho 1.32 NA Namibia 6.17 BW Botswana 10.22 ZA South Africa 79.29
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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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