Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Lithuania

Methane emissions in Lithuania in 2024 — 2.62 Mt. Ranked 58 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has fallen by 9.8%.

2024 2.62 Mt −6.13% vs 2023
World rank 58of 199
Period maximum 7.49 Mt1987
Period minimum 2.62 Mt2024

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Lithuania, 1850–202402468185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 2.9 Mt1853: 2.97 Mt1856: 3.04 Mt1859: 3.11 Mt1862: 3.15 Mt1865: 3.21 Mt1868: 3.27 Mt1871: 3.32 Mt1874: 3.39 Mt1877: 3.46 Mt1880: 3.53 Mt1883: 3.6 Mt1886: 3.68 Mt1889: 3.74 Mt1892: 3.82 Mt1895: 3.93 Mt1898: 4.04 Mt1901: 4.12 Mt1904: 4.2 Mt1907: 4.27 Mt1910: 4.38 Mt1913: 4.46 Mt1916: 4.54 Mt1919: 4.56 Mt1922: 4.55 Mt1925: 4.56 Mt1928: 4.59 Mt1931: 4.67 Mt1934: 4.84 Mt1937: 4.99 Mt1940: 5.27 Mt1943: 5.07 Mt1946: 4.99 Mt1949: 4.94 Mt1952: 4.96 Mt1955: 5.04 Mt1958: 5.15 Mt1961: 5.12 Mt1964: 5.51 Mt1967: 6.15 Mt1970: 6.11 Mt1973: 6.56 Mt1976: 6.87 Mt1979: 7.06 Mt1982: 7.2 Mt1985: 7.43 Mt1988: 7.38 Mt1991: 7.24 Mt1994: 5.52 Mt1997: 4.89 Mt2000: 4.4 Mt2003: 4.4 Mt2006: 4.41 Mt2009: 4.41 Mt2012: 4.35 Mt2015: 4.12 Mt2018: 3.42 Mt2021: 3 Mt2024: 2.62 Mt
Change over the period: −0.29 (−9.85%) Average annual rate: -0.06 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lithuania 2.62 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 — Lithuania, by year Lithuania All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 2.62 −0.17 −6.13%
2023 2.79 −0.06 −2.14%
2022 2.85 −0.15 −4.9%
2021 3 −0.1 −3.35%
2020 3.1 −0.22 −6.54%
2019 3.32 −0.1 −2.93%
2018 3.42 −0.12 −3.47%
2017 3.54 −0.13 −3.57%
2016 3.67 −0.45 −10.94%
2015 4.12 −0 −0.02%
2014 4.12 −0.09 −2.07%
2013 4.21 −0.14 −3.2%
2012 4.35 −0.04 −0.82%
2011 4.39 −0.02 −0.41%
2010 4.4 −0.01 −0.16%
2009 4.41 −0.15 −3.29%
2008 4.56 +0.01 +0.22%
2007 4.55 +0.14 +3.24%
2006 4.41 +0 +0.07%
2005 4.41 −0.03 −0.7%
2004 4.44 +0.04 +0.82%
2003 4.4 −0.07 −1.54%
2002 4.47 +0.26 +6.05%
2001 4.21 −0.19 −4.31%
2000 4.4 −0.16 −3.48%
1999 4.56 −0.23 −4.72%
1998 4.79 −0.1 −2.01%
1997 4.89 −0.03 −0.55%
1996 4.91 −0.16 −3.21%
1995 5.08 −0.44 −8.03%
1994 5.52 −0.71 −11.4%
1993 6.23 −1.21 −16.25%
1992 7.44 +0.2 +2.78%
1991 7.24 −0.09 −1.16%
1990 7.32 −0.13 −1.7%
1989 7.45 +0.07 +0.91%
1988 7.38 −0.1 −1.38%
1987 7.49 +0.07 +0.9%
1986 7.42 −0.01 −0.17%
1985 7.43 +0.05 +0.69%
1984 7.38 +0.12 +1.64%
1983 7.26 +0.07 +0.93%
1982 7.2 +0.05 +0.71%
1981 7.14 +0.01 +0.1%
1980 7.14 +0.07 +1.05%
1979 7.06 +0.09 +1.23%
1978 6.98 +0.1 +1.4%
1977 6.88 +0.02 +0.22%
1976 6.87 +0.02 +0.37%
1975 6.84 +0.14 +2.03%
1974 6.71 +0.15 +2.24%
1973 6.56 +0.07 +1.14%
1972 6.48 +0.15 +2.42%
1971 6.33 +0.22 +3.67%
1970 6.11 −0.11 −1.83%
1969 6.22 +0.01 +0.23%
1968 6.21 +0.06 +0.91%
1967 6.15 +0.22 +3.64%
1966 5.94 +0.31 +5.44%
1965 5.63 +0.12 +2.14%
1964 5.51 −0.11 −2.03%
1963 5.63 +0.23 +4.3%
1962 5.39 +0.27 +5.29%
1961 5.12 −0.12 −2.35%
1960 5.25 +0.05 +0.98%
1959 5.19 +0.05 +0.95%
1958 5.15 +0.03 +0.68%
1957 5.11 +0.03 +0.57%
1956 5.08 +0.04 +0.77%
1955 5.04 +0.03 +0.66%
1954 5.01 +0.02 +0.44%
1953 4.99 +0.02 +0.48%
1952 4.96 +0.03 +0.59%
1951 4.93 +0.02 +0.35%
1950 4.92 −0.03 −0.51%
1949 4.94 −0.02 −0.32%
1948 4.96 −0.02 −0.38%
1947 4.98 −0.02 −0.34%
1946 4.99 −0.02 −0.38%
1945 5.01 −0.02 −0.46%
1944 5.04 −0.03 −0.67%
1943 5.07 −0.03 −0.63%
1942 5.1 −0.16 −3.06%
1941 5.26 −0 −0.09%
1940 5.27 −0.06 −1.16%
1939 5.33 +0.29 +5.73%
1938 5.04 +0.05 +0.96%
1937 4.99 +0.05 +0.97%
1936 4.95 +0.05 +1.04%
1935 4.89 +0.05 +1.14%
1934 4.84 +0.06 +1.15%
1933 4.78 +0.05 +1.16%
1932 4.73 +0.05 +1.18%
1931 4.67 +0.06 +1.21%
1930 4.62 +0.02 +0.33%
1929 4.6 +0.01 +0.26%
1928 4.59 +0.01 +0.24%
1927 4.58 +0.01 +0.28%
1926 4.57 +0.01 +0.26%
1925 4.56 +0.01 +0.24%
1924 4.54 +0.01 +0.24%
1923 4.53 −0.01 −0.29%
1922 4.55 −0.01 −0.24%
1921 4.56 −0.01 −0.28%
1920 4.57 +0.01 +0.22%
1919 4.56 +0.01 +0.22%
1918 4.55 +0.01 +0.13%
1917 4.54 +0.01 +0.2%
1916 4.54 +0.01 +0.24%
1915 4.52 +0.02 +0.4%
1914 4.51 +0.04 +0.94%
1913 4.46 +0.03 +0.65%
1912 4.44 +0.03 +0.66%
1911 4.41 +0.03 +0.66%
1910 4.38 +0.04 +0.81%
1909 4.34 +0.03 +0.81%
1908 4.31 +0.04 +0.82%
1907 4.27 +0.03 +0.61%
1906 4.25 +0.03 +0.62%
1905 4.22 +0.02 +0.57%
1904 4.2 +0.03 +0.62%
1903 4.17 +0.02 +0.58%
1902 4.15 +0.02 +0.61%
1901 4.12 +0.03 +0.61%
1900 4.1 +0.03 +0.69%
1899 4.07 +0.03 +0.72%
1898 4.04 +0.03 +0.7%
1897 4.01 +0.04 +0.98%
1896 3.97 +0.04 +0.97%
1895 3.93 +0.04 +0.98%
1894 3.9 +0.04 +0.96%
1893 3.86 +0.04 +0.94%
1892 3.82 +0.04 +0.92%
1891 3.79 +0.02 +0.61%
1890 3.77 +0.02 +0.61%
1889 3.74 +0.02 +0.59%
1888 3.72 +0.02 +0.57%
1887 3.7 +0.02 +0.6%
1886 3.68 +0.02 +0.6%
1885 3.66 +0.02 +0.69%
1884 3.63 +0.03 +0.72%
1883 3.6 +0.02 +0.7%
1882 3.58 +0.03 +0.7%
1881 3.55 +0.02 +0.71%
1880 3.53 +0.02 +0.68%
1879 3.51 +0.02 +0.69%
1878 3.48 +0.02 +0.69%
1877 3.46 +0.02 +0.67%
1876 3.43 +0.02 +0.7%
1875 3.41 +0.02 +0.68%
1874 3.39 +0.02 +0.65%
1873 3.37 +0.02 +0.69%
1872 3.34 +0.02 +0.66%
1871 3.32 +0.02 +0.48%
1870 3.3 +0.02 +0.49%
1869 3.29 +0.02 +0.49%
1868 3.27 +0.01 +0.46%
1867 3.26 +0.02 +0.71%
1866 3.23 +0.02 +0.68%
1865 3.21 +0.02 +0.69%
1864 3.19 +0.02 +0.69%
1863 3.17 +0.01 +0.44%
1862 3.15 +0.02 +0.48%
1861 3.14 +0.01 +0.45%
1860 3.13 +0.02 +0.58%
1859 3.11 +0.02 +0.62%
1858 3.09 +0.02 +0.75%
1857 3.07 +0.02 +0.79%
1856 3.04 +0.02 +0.76%
1855 3.02 +0.02 +0.77%
1854 3 +0.02 +0.77%
1853 2.97 +0.02 +0.78%
1852 2.95 +0.02 +0.75%
1851 2.93 +0.02 +0.79%
1850 2.9

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.