Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Moldova

Methane emissions in Moldova in 2024 — 2.07 Mt. Ranked 51 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 104.1%.

2024 2.07 Mt +0.14% vs 2023
World rank 51of 199
Period maximum 4.41 Mt1989
Period minimum 1.02 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Moldova, 1850–20240246185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.02 Mt1853: 1.02 Mt1856: 1.03 Mt1859: 1.03 Mt1862: 1.06 Mt1865: 1.08 Mt1868: 1.11 Mt1871: 1.13 Mt1874: 1.16 Mt1877: 1.2 Mt1880: 1.23 Mt1883: 1.27 Mt1886: 1.3 Mt1889: 1.33 Mt1892: 1.37 Mt1895: 1.41 Mt1898: 1.46 Mt1901: 1.5 Mt1904: 1.54 Mt1907: 1.58 Mt1910: 1.62 Mt1913: 1.61 Mt1916: 1.72 Mt1919: 1.72 Mt1922: 1.72 Mt1925: 1.86 Mt1928: 1.89 Mt1931: 1.92 Mt1934: 1.94 Mt1937: 1.97 Mt1940: 1.99 Mt1943: 2.02 Mt1946: 2.08 Mt1949: 2.14 Mt1952: 2.26 Mt1955: 2.46 Mt1958: 2.71 Mt1961: 2.86 Mt1964: 3.11 Mt1967: 3.43 Mt1970: 3.44 Mt1973: 3.75 Mt1976: 3.96 Mt1979: 4.11 Mt1982: 4.19 Mt1985: 4.35 Mt1988: 4.36 Mt1991: 4.22 Mt1994: 3.54 Mt1997: 2.95 Mt2000: 2.4 Mt2003: 2.44 Mt2006: 2.2 Mt2009: 1.92 Mt2012: 2.1 Mt2015: 2.07 Mt2018: 2.09 Mt2021: 2 Mt2024: 2.07 Mt
Change over the period: +1.06 (+104.14%) Average annual rate: 0.41 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Moldova 2.07 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 1,323.91 Mt
Eastern Europe computed 650.13 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,814.74 Mt
Methane emissions — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 2.07 +0 +0.14%
2023 2.07 +0.05 +2.43%
2022 2.02 +0.02 +1.1%
2021 2 +0.01 +0.76%
2020 1.98 −0 −0.1%
2019 1.99 −0.1 −4.8%
2018 2.09 −0.04 −1.93%
2017 2.13 +0.05 +2.56%
2016 2.07 +0 +0.19%
2015 2.07 −0.03 −1.24%
2014 2.1 +0.02 +0.92%
2013 2.08 −0.02 −1.1%
2012 2.1 −0.05 −2.14%
2011 2.15 +0.02 +1.08%
2010 2.12 +0.21 +10.69%
2009 1.92 −0.03 −1.59%
2008 1.95 −0.22 −10.06%
2007 2.17 −0.03 −1.55%
2006 2.2 −0.04 −1.65%
2005 2.24 −0.11 −4.61%
2004 2.35 −0.09 −3.7%
2003 2.44 +0.06 +2.4%
2002 2.38 +0.11 +4.8%
2001 2.27 −0.13 −5.42%
2000 2.4 −0.13 −4.95%
1999 2.52 −0.11 −4.07%
1998 2.63 −0.31 −10.66%
1997 2.95 −0.35 −10.7%
1996 3.3 −0.11 −3.14%
1995 3.41 −0.13 −3.68%
1994 3.54 +0.32 +9.99%
1993 3.21 −0.4 −10.94%
1992 3.61 −0.61 −14.46%
1991 4.22 −0.15 −3.54%
1990 4.37 −0.04 −0.88%
1989 4.41 +0.06 +1.26%
1988 4.36 −0.03 −0.68%
1987 4.39 +0.04 +0.9%
1986 4.35 −0 −0.05%
1985 4.35 +0.04 +1.05%
1984 4.31 +0.07 +1.72%
1983 4.23 +0.04 +0.95%
1982 4.19 +0.03 +0.72%
1981 4.16 +0 +0.07%
1980 4.16 +0.05 +1.27%
1979 4.11 +0.06 +1.43%
1978 4.05 +0.07 +1.76%
1977 3.98 +0.02 +0.53%
1976 3.96 +0.03 +0.79%
1975 3.93 +0.08 +2.19%
1974 3.84 +0.09 +2.45%
1973 3.75 +0.06 +1.71%
1972 3.69 +0.1 +2.7%
1971 3.59 +0.16 +4.54%
1970 3.44 −0.03 −0.75%
1969 3.46 +0 +0.06%
1968 3.46 +0.03 +0.76%
1967 3.43 +0.11 +3.34%
1966 3.32 +0.16 +5.03%
1965 3.16 +0.06 +1.77%
1964 3.11 −0.05 −1.68%
1963 3.16 +0.13 +4.36%
1962 3.03 +0.17 +5.94%
1961 2.86 −0.01 −0.31%
1960 2.87 +0.08 +2.83%
1959 2.79 +0.08 +3.03%
1958 2.71 +0.08 +3.12%
1957 2.63 +0.08 +3.3%
1956 2.54 +0.08 +3.29%
1955 2.46 +0.08 +3.32%
1954 2.38 +0.07 +2.89%
1953 2.32 +0.05 +2.3%
1952 2.26 +0.05 +2.21%
1951 2.21 +0.05 +2.31%
1950 2.16 +0.02 +1.03%
1949 2.14 +0.02 +1.04%
1948 2.12 +0.02 +1%
1947 2.1 +0.02 +1.16%
1946 2.08 +0.02 +1.07%
1945 2.05 +0.02 +1.13%
1944 2.03 +0.01 +0.45%
1943 2.02 +0.01 +0.7%
1942 2.01 +0.01 +0.25%
1941 2 +0.01 +0.4%
1940 1.99 +0.01 +0.5%
1939 1.98 +0.01 +0.35%
1938 1.98 +0.01 +0.41%
1937 1.97 +0.01 +0.36%
1936 1.96 +0.01 +0.46%
1935 1.95 +0.01 +0.51%
1934 1.94 +0.01 +0.52%
1933 1.93 +0.01 +0.47%
1932 1.92 +0.01 +0.47%
1931 1.92 +0.01 +0.58%
1930 1.9 +0.01 +0.53%
1929 1.89 +0.01 +0.48%
1928 1.89 +0.01 +0.43%
1927 1.88 +0.01 +0.48%
1926 1.87 +0.01 +0.48%
1925 1.86 +0.05 +2.82%
1924 1.81 +0.05 +2.67%
1923 1.76 +0.04 +2.5%
1922 1.72 −0.01 −0.41%
1921 1.73 −0.01 −0.58%
1920 1.74 +0.02 +0.87%
1919 1.72 +0 +0.17%
1918 1.72 +0 +0%
1917 1.72 +0 +0.12%
1916 1.72 +0 +0.12%
1915 1.71 +0.02 +0.94%
1914 1.7 +0.09 +5.4%
1913 1.61 −0 −0.19%
1912 1.61 −0.01 −0.31%
1911 1.62 −0.01 −0.37%
1910 1.62 +0.02 +0.93%
1909 1.61 +0.02 +1%
1908 1.59 +0.02 +1.01%
1907 1.58 +0.01 +0.83%
1906 1.56 +0.01 +0.84%
1905 1.55 +0.01 +0.85%
1904 1.54 +0.01 +0.85%
1903 1.53 +0.01 +0.79%
1902 1.51 +0.01 +0.87%
1901 1.5 +0.01 +0.81%
1900 1.49 +0.01 +0.95%
1899 1.47 +0.01 +0.89%
1898 1.46 +0.01 +0.9%
1897 1.45 +0.02 +1.19%
1896 1.43 +0.02 +1.2%
1895 1.41 +0.02 +1.14%
1894 1.4 +0.02 +1.23%
1893 1.38 +0.02 +1.17%
1892 1.37 +0.01 +1.11%
1891 1.35 +0.01 +0.75%
1890 1.34 +0.01 +0.68%
1889 1.33 +0.01 +0.68%
1888 1.32 +0.01 +0.69%
1887 1.31 +0.01 +0.69%
1886 1.3 +0.01 +0.69%
1885 1.3 +0.01 +0.94%
1884 1.28 +0.01 +0.94%
1883 1.27 +0.01 +1.03%
1882 1.26 +0.01 +0.96%
1881 1.25 +0.01 +0.97%
1880 1.23 +0.01 +1.06%
1879 1.22 +0.01 +0.91%
1878 1.21 +0.01 +1%
1877 1.2 +0.01 +1.01%
1876 1.19 +0.01 +1.02%
1875 1.17 +0.01 +0.95%
1874 1.16 +0.01 +1.04%
1873 1.15 +0.01 +0.96%
1872 1.14 +0.01 +0.97%
1871 1.13 +0.01 +0.71%
1870 1.12 +0.01 +0.72%
1869 1.11 +0.01 +0.72%
1868 1.11 +0.01 +0.64%
1867 1.1 +0.01 +0.73%
1866 1.09 +0.01 +0.74%
1865 1.08 +0.01 +0.74%
1864 1.07 +0.01 +0.94%
1863 1.06 +0.01 +0.85%
1862 1.06 +0.01 +0.86%
1861 1.05 +0.01 +0.87%
1860 1.04 +0 +0.39%
1859 1.03 +0 +0.29%
1858 1.03 +0 +0.19%
1857 1.03 +0 +0.19%
1856 1.03 +0 +0.2%
1855 1.02 +0 +0.2%
1854 1.02 +0 +0.2%
1853 1.02 +0 +0.1%
1852 1.02 +0 +0.2%
1851 1.02 +0 +0.2%
1850 1.02

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.