Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Mongolia

Methane emissions in Mongolia in 2024 — 42.42 Mt. Ranked 158 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 970.2%.

2024 42.42 Mt −10.6% vs 2023
World rank 158of 199
Period maximum 47.46 Mt2023
Period minimum 3.96 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Mongolia, 1850–20240204060185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 3.96 Mt1853: 3.98 Mt1856: 4.01 Mt1859: 4.03 Mt1862: 4.05 Mt1865: 4.07 Mt1868: 4.09 Mt1871: 4.11 Mt1874: 4.14 Mt1877: 4.18 Mt1880: 4.21 Mt1883: 4.33 Mt1886: 4.46 Mt1889: 4.58 Mt1892: 4.71 Mt1895: 4.85 Mt1898: 4.98 Mt1901: 5.12 Mt1904: 5.28 Mt1907: 5.44 Mt1910: 5.59 Mt1913: 5.53 Mt1916: 5.47 Mt1919: 5.41 Mt1922: 5.35 Mt1925: 5.29 Mt1928: 5.23 Mt1931: 5.18 Mt1934: 5.12 Mt1937: 5.19 Mt1940: 5.32 Mt1943: 5.44 Mt1946: 5.56 Mt1949: 5.66 Mt1952: 6.07 Mt1955: 6.63 Mt1958: 7.39 Mt1961: 8.43 Mt1964: 8.35 Mt1967: 8.7 Mt1970: 7.92 Mt1973: 8.43 Mt1976: 9 Mt1979: 9.12 Mt1982: 9.03 Mt1985: 8.99 Mt1988: 9.48 Mt1991: 11.13 Mt1994: 10.13 Mt1997: 11.4 Mt2000: 12.4 Mt2003: 8.76 Mt2006: 12.28 Mt2009: 17.04 Mt2012: 23.39 Mt2015: 25.05 Mt2018: 36.6 Mt2021: 34.9 Mt2024: 42.42 Mt
Change over the period: +38.46 (+970.21%) Average annual rate: 1.37 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mongolia 42.42 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
East Asia & Pacific computed 2,727.3 Mt
Eastern Asia computed 1,741.22 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,489.63 Mt
Methane emissions — Mongolia, by year Mongolia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 42.42 −5.03 −10.6%
2023 47.46 +14.27 +42.99%
2022 33.19 −1.71 −4.91%
2021 34.9 −0.8 −2.25%
2020 35.71 −3.16 −8.12%
2019 38.86 +2.27 +6.19%
2018 36.6 +1.13 +3.2%
2017 35.46 +4.39 +14.12%
2016 31.07 +6.03 +24.07%
2015 25.05 −0.75 −2.9%
2014 25.79 +2.23 +9.48%
2013 23.56 +0.17 +0.73%
2012 23.39 −0.56 −2.35%
2011 23.95 +3.96 +19.81%
2010 19.99 +2.95 +17.3%
2009 17.04 +2.49 +17.09%
2008 14.56 +0.42 +2.96%
2007 14.14 +1.85 +15.1%
2006 12.28 +1.39 +12.77%
2005 10.89 +2.5 +29.86%
2004 8.39 −0.37 −4.21%
2003 8.76 +0.04 +0.49%
2002 8.71 −1.95 −18.29%
2001 10.66 −1.74 −14.03%
2000 12.4 +0.2 +1.62%
1999 12.21 +0.49 +4.16%
1998 11.72 +0.32 +2.8%
1997 11.4 +0.56 +5.13%
1996 10.84 +0.01 +0.09%
1995 10.83 +0.7 +6.92%
1994 10.13 −0.27 −2.62%
1993 10.4 −0.36 −3.34%
1992 10.76 −0.37 −3.33%
1991 11.13 +1.11 +11.02%
1990 10.03 +0.39 +4.02%
1989 9.64 +0.16 +1.67%
1988 9.48 +0.1 +1.11%
1987 9.38 +0.24 +2.64%
1986 9.14 +0.15 +1.66%
1985 8.99 −0.03 −0.32%
1984 9.02 −0.13 −1.45%
1983 9.15 +0.12 +1.37%
1982 9.03 +0.14 +1.58%
1981 8.89 −0.25 −2.79%
1980 9.14 +0.02 +0.24%
1979 9.12 +0.27 +3%
1978 8.85 −0.09 −0.97%
1977 8.94 −0.06 −0.68%
1976 9 +0.12 +1.4%
1975 8.88 +0.36 +4.18%
1974 8.52 +0.09 +1.1%
1973 8.43 +0.13 +1.55%
1972 8.3 +0.04 +0.51%
1971 8.26 +0.34 +4.32%
1970 7.92 −0.59 −6.98%
1969 8.51 −0.23 −2.58%
1968 8.74 +0.04 +0.44%
1967 8.7 −0.18 −1.99%
1966 8.87 +0.32 +3.72%
1965 8.56 +0.2 +2.44%
1964 8.35 +0.59 +7.59%
1963 7.76 −0.03 −0.36%
1962 7.79 −0.64 −7.62%
1961 8.43 +0.5 +6.26%
1960 7.94 +0.26 +3.37%
1959 7.68 +0.29 +3.97%
1958 7.39 +0.31 +4.41%
1957 7.07 +0.23 +3.29%
1956 6.85 +0.22 +3.27%
1955 6.63 +0.19 +3%
1954 6.44 +0.19 +2.98%
1953 6.25 +0.18 +2.93%
1952 6.07 +0.17 +2.9%
1951 5.9 +0.16 +2.79%
1950 5.74 +0.09 +1.52%
1949 5.66 +0.03 +0.59%
1948 5.62 +0.03 +0.61%
1947 5.59 +0.04 +0.63%
1946 5.56 +0.04 +0.63%
1945 5.52 +0.03 +0.64%
1944 5.49 +0.04 +0.77%
1943 5.44 +0.04 +0.78%
1942 5.4 +0.04 +0.78%
1941 5.36 +0.04 +0.81%
1940 5.32 +0.04 +0.82%
1939 5.27 +0.04 +0.82%
1938 5.23 +0.04 +0.85%
1937 5.19 +0.04 +0.88%
1936 5.14 +0.04 +0.86%
1935 5.1 −0.02 −0.37%
1934 5.12 −0.02 −0.39%
1933 5.14 −0.02 −0.37%
1932 5.16 −0.02 −0.39%
1931 5.18 −0.02 −0.38%
1930 5.2 −0.02 −0.38%
1929 5.22 −0.02 −0.36%
1928 5.23 −0.02 −0.38%
1927 5.25 −0.02 −0.38%
1926 5.27 −0.02 −0.38%
1925 5.29 −0.02 −0.36%
1924 5.31 −0.02 −0.38%
1923 5.33 −0.02 −0.37%
1922 5.35 −0.02 −0.37%
1921 5.37 −0.02 −0.37%
1920 5.39 −0.02 −0.37%
1919 5.41 −0.02 −0.35%
1918 5.43 −0.02 −0.37%
1917 5.45 −0.02 −0.37%
1916 5.47 −0.02 −0.36%
1915 5.49 −0.02 −0.36%
1914 5.51 −0.02 −0.36%
1913 5.53 −0.02 −0.36%
1912 5.55 −0.02 −0.36%
1911 5.57 −0.02 −0.36%
1910 5.59 +0.05 +0.94%
1909 5.54 +0.05 +0.95%
1908 5.49 +0.05 +0.96%
1907 5.44 +0.05 +0.97%
1906 5.38 +0.05 +0.98%
1905 5.33 +0.05 +0.98%
1904 5.28 +0.05 +0.99%
1903 5.23 +0.05 +1%
1902 5.18 +0.05 +1.01%
1901 5.12 +0.05 +1.03%
1900 5.07 +0.04 +0.9%
1899 5.03 +0.04 +0.9%
1898 4.98 +0.04 +0.91%
1897 4.94 +0.05 +0.94%
1896 4.89 +0.04 +0.93%
1895 4.85 +0.04 +0.94%
1894 4.8 +0.04 +0.95%
1893 4.76 +0.04 +0.96%
1892 4.71 +0.04 +0.96%
1891 4.67 +0.05 +1%
1890 4.62 +0.04 +0.9%
1889 4.58 +0.04 +0.9%
1888 4.54 +0.04 +0.91%
1887 4.5 +0.04 +0.92%
1886 4.46 +0.04 +0.93%
1885 4.42 +0.04 +0.94%
1884 4.37 +0.04 +0.95%
1883 4.33 +0.04 +0.96%
1882 4.29 +0.04 +0.96%
1881 4.25 +0.04 +0.97%
1880 4.21 +0.01 +0.26%
1879 4.2 +0.01 +0.26%
1878 4.19 +0.01 +0.26%
1877 4.18 +0.01 +0.26%
1876 4.17 +0.01 +0.26%
1875 4.16 +0.01 +0.27%
1874 4.14 +0.01 +0.27%
1873 4.13 +0.01 +0.27%
1872 4.12 +0.01 +0.27%
1871 4.11 +0.01 +0.27%
1870 4.1 +0.01 +0.17%
1869 4.09 +0.01 +0.15%
1868 4.09 +0.01 +0.17%
1867 4.08 +0.01 +0.17%
1866 4.07 +0.01 +0.17%
1865 4.07 +0.01 +0.17%
1864 4.06 +0.01 +0.17%
1863 4.05 +0.01 +0.17%
1862 4.05 +0.01 +0.15%
1861 4.04 +0.01 +0.17%
1860 4.03 +0.01 +0.17%
1859 4.03 +0.01 +0.17%
1858 4.02 +0.01 +0.17%
1857 4.01 +0.01 +0.15%
1856 4.01 +0.01 +0.18%
1855 4 +0.01 +0.18%
1854 3.99 +0.01 +0.18%
1853 3.98 +0.01 +0.15%
1852 3.98 +0.01 +0.18%
1851 3.97 +0.01 +0.18%
1850 3.96

Eastern Asia, 2024

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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.