Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Niger

Methane emissions in Niger in 2024 — 30.24 Mt. Ranked 147 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,449.4%.

2024 30.24 Mt +4.22% vs 2023
World rank 147of 199
Period maximum 30.24 Mt2024
Period minimum 1.95 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Niger, 1850–2024010203040185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.95 Mt1853: 1.96 Mt1856: 1.96 Mt1859: 1.97 Mt1862: 1.98 Mt1865: 1.99 Mt1868: 2 Mt1871: 2.01 Mt1874: 2.03 Mt1877: 2.04 Mt1880: 2.05 Mt1883: 2.06 Mt1886: 2.08 Mt1889: 2.1 Mt1892: 2.11 Mt1895: 2.13 Mt1898: 2.15 Mt1901: 2.17 Mt1904: 2.19 Mt1907: 2.2 Mt1910: 2.22 Mt1913: 2.38 Mt1916: 2.53 Mt1919: 2.67 Mt1922: 2.83 Mt1925: 3 Mt1928: 3.21 Mt1931: 3.44 Mt1934: 3.66 Mt1937: 3.87 Mt1940: 4.09 Mt1943: 4.37 Mt1946: 4.61 Mt1949: 4.85 Mt1952: 5.27 Mt1955: 5.71 Mt1958: 6.14 Mt1961: 5.78 Mt1964: 6.74 Mt1967: 7.78 Mt1970: 8.49 Mt1973: 6.83 Mt1976: 7.8 Mt1979: 9.17 Mt1982: 10.34 Mt1985: 6.7 Mt1988: 7.24 Mt1991: 8.11 Mt1994: 9.11 Mt1997: 10.39 Mt2000: 11.36 Mt2003: 12.81 Mt2006: 14.37 Mt2009: 16.37 Mt2012: 17.53 Mt2015: 20.26 Mt2018: 23.29 Mt2021: 26.81 Mt2024: 30.24 Mt
Change over the period: +28.29 (+1,449.39%) Average annual rate: 1.59 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Niger 30.24 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,219.5 Mt
Western Africa computed 375.61 Mt
Low-income countries computed 657.97 Mt
Methane emissions — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 30.24 +1.22 +4.22%
2023 29.02 +1.07 +3.84%
2022 27.95 +1.14 +4.24%
2021 26.81 +1.23 +4.79%
2020 25.58 +1.21 +4.98%
2019 24.37 +1.08 +4.63%
2018 23.29 +1.05 +4.71%
2017 22.24 +0.99 +4.64%
2016 21.26 +1 +4.93%
2015 20.26 +0.75 +3.87%
2014 19.5 +0.86 +4.62%
2013 18.64 +1.11 +6.32%
2012 17.53 +0.91 +5.49%
2011 16.62 +0.58 +3.65%
2010 16.04 −0.34 −2.06%
2009 16.37 +0.7 +4.48%
2008 15.67 +0.65 +4.34%
2007 15.02 +0.65 +4.53%
2006 14.37 +0.5 +3.58%
2005 13.87 +0.52 +3.87%
2004 13.36 +0.55 +4.29%
2003 12.81 +0.52 +4.22%
2002 12.29 +0.44 +3.74%
2001 11.84 +0.48 +4.24%
2000 11.36 +0.17 +1.51%
1999 11.19 +0.43 +3.97%
1998 10.77 +0.37 +3.6%
1997 10.39 +0.52 +5.3%
1996 9.87 +0.42 +4.41%
1995 9.45 +0.34 +3.73%
1994 9.11 +0.33 +3.78%
1993 8.78 +0.39 +4.59%
1992 8.4 +0.28 +3.49%
1991 8.11 +0.29 +3.75%
1990 7.82 +0.3 +3.93%
1989 7.52 +0.28 +3.88%
1988 7.24 +0.22 +3.09%
1987 7.03 +0.23 +3.43%
1986 6.79 +0.09 +1.4%
1985 6.7 −1.13 −14.44%
1984 7.83 −2.94 −27.27%
1983 10.76 +0.43 +4.11%
1982 10.34 +0.42 +4.23%
1981 9.92 +0.35 +3.61%
1980 9.57 +0.4 +4.37%
1979 9.17 +0.32 +3.56%
1978 8.86 +0.24 +2.81%
1977 8.61 +0.82 +10.51%
1976 7.8 +0.56 +7.71%
1975 7.24 +0.44 +6.47%
1974 6.8 −0.03 −0.5%
1973 6.83 −2.01 −22.73%
1972 8.84 +0.13 +1.43%
1971 8.72 +0.23 +2.71%
1970 8.49 +0.22 +2.69%
1969 8.26 +0.12 +1.42%
1968 8.15 +0.36 +4.66%
1967 7.78 +0.33 +4.4%
1966 7.46 +0.34 +4.72%
1965 7.12 +0.38 +5.62%
1964 6.74 +0.56 +9.06%
1963 6.18 +0.14 +2.32%
1962 6.04 +0.26 +4.44%
1961 5.78 −0.66 −10.28%
1960 6.45 +0.16 +2.53%
1959 6.29 +0.15 +2.46%
1958 6.14 +0.15 +2.45%
1957 5.99 +0.14 +2.45%
1956 5.85 +0.14 +2.47%
1955 5.71 +0.14 +2.52%
1954 5.57 +0.15 +2.73%
1953 5.42 +0.15 +2.77%
1952 5.27 +0.14 +2.81%
1951 5.13 +0.14 +2.85%
1950 4.99 +0.13 +2.74%
1949 4.85 +0.1 +2.04%
1948 4.76 +0.07 +1.52%
1947 4.69 +0.07 +1.54%
1946 4.61 +0.07 +1.56%
1945 4.54 +0.07 +1.59%
1944 4.47 +0.1 +2.38%
1943 4.37 +0.09 +2.2%
1942 4.27 +0.09 +2.25%
1941 4.18 +0.09 +2.18%
1940 4.09 +0.07 +1.84%
1939 4.02 +0.07 +1.85%
1938 3.94 +0.07 +1.89%
1937 3.87 +0.08 +2.08%
1936 3.79 +0.07 +1.77%
1935 3.73 +0.07 +1.89%
1934 3.66 +0.07 +1.84%
1933 3.59 +0.07 +1.9%
1932 3.52 +0.09 +2.53%
1931 3.44 +0.09 +2.57%
1930 3.35 +0.07 +2.2%
1929 3.28 +0.07 +2.21%
1928 3.21 +0.07 +2.36%
1927 3.13 +0.07 +2.35%
1926 3.06 +0.06 +1.93%
1925 3 +0.06 +1.97%
1924 2.95 +0.06 +2.01%
1923 2.89 +0.06 +2.01%
1922 2.83 +0.06 +2.09%
1921 2.77 +0.06 +2.1%
1920 2.72 +0.05 +1.76%
1919 2.67 +0.05 +1.79%
1918 2.62 +0.05 +1.86%
1917 2.57 +0.05 +1.86%
1916 2.53 +0.05 +1.9%
1915 2.48 +0.05 +1.93%
1914 2.43 +0.05 +2.06%
1913 2.38 +0.05 +2.14%
1912 2.33 +0.06 +2.73%
1911 2.27 +0.05 +2.2%
1910 2.22 +0.01 +0.32%
1909 2.22 +0.01 +0.27%
1908 2.21 +0.01 +0.27%
1907 2.2 +0.01 +0.32%
1906 2.2 +0.01 +0.27%
1905 2.19 +0.01 +0.27%
1904 2.19 +0.01 +0.28%
1903 2.18 +0.01 +0.28%
1902 2.17 +0.01 +0.28%
1901 2.17 +0 +0.23%
1900 2.16 +0.01 +0.28%
1899 2.16 +0.01 +0.33%
1898 2.15 +0.01 +0.28%
1897 2.14 +0.01 +0.28%
1896 2.14 +0.01 +0.28%
1895 2.13 +0.01 +0.28%
1894 2.13 +0.01 +0.28%
1893 2.12 +0.01 +0.28%
1892 2.11 +0.01 +0.28%
1891 2.11 +0.01 +0.29%
1890 2.1 +0.01 +0.29%
1889 2.1 +0.01 +0.24%
1888 2.09 +0.01 +0.29%
1887 2.08 +0.01 +0.29%
1886 2.08 +0 +0.24%
1885 2.07 +0.01 +0.29%
1884 2.07 +0.01 +0.24%
1883 2.06 +0 +0.19%
1882 2.06 +0 +0.19%
1881 2.05 +0 +0.2%
1880 2.05 +0 +0.24%
1879 2.05 +0 +0.2%
1878 2.04 +0 +0.2%
1877 2.04 +0 +0.2%
1876 2.03 +0 +0.2%
1875 2.03 +0 +0.2%
1874 2.03 +0 +0.2%
1873 2.02 +0 +0.2%
1872 2.02 +0 +0.2%
1871 2.01 +0 +0.2%
1870 2.01 +0 +0.2%
1869 2.01 +0 +0.2%
1868 2 +0 +0.2%
1867 2 +0 +0.2%
1866 1.99 +0 +0.2%
1865 1.99 +0 +0.2%
1864 1.99 +0 +0.2%
1863 1.98 +0.01 +0.25%
1862 1.98 +0 +0.2%
1861 1.97 +0 +0.2%
1860 1.97 +0 +0.05%
1859 1.97 +0 +0.1%
1858 1.97 +0 +0.1%
1857 1.96 +0 +0.05%
1856 1.96 +0 +0.1%
1855 1.96 +0 +0.1%
1854 1.96 +0 +0.05%
1853 1.96 +0 +0.1%
1852 1.96 +0 +0.05%
1851 1.95 +0 +0.1%
1850 1.95

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.