Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Norway

Methane emissions in Norway in 2024 — 8.4 Mt. Ranked 89 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 511.1%.

2024 8.4 Mt +1.62% vs 2023
World rank 89of 199
Period maximum 11.08 Mt2007
Period minimum 1.37 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Norway, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.37 Mt1853: 1.43 Mt1856: 1.49 Mt1859: 1.55 Mt1862: 1.6 Mt1865: 1.65 Mt1868: 1.7 Mt1871: 1.74 Mt1874: 1.78 Mt1877: 1.84 Mt1880: 1.87 Mt1883: 1.91 Mt1886: 1.96 Mt1889: 2.01 Mt1892: 2.08 Mt1895: 2.17 Mt1898: 2.25 Mt1901: 2.33 Mt1904: 2.38 Mt1907: 2.45 Mt1910: 2.54 Mt1913: 2.64 Mt1916: 2.75 Mt1919: 2.71 Mt1922: 2.81 Mt1925: 2.89 Mt1928: 2.96 Mt1931: 2.97 Mt1934: 3.05 Mt1937: 3.23 Mt1940: 3.16 Mt1943: 3.38 Mt1946: 3.72 Mt1949: 4.19 Mt1952: 4.55 Mt1955: 5.08 Mt1958: 5.59 Mt1961: 6.17 Mt1964: 6.48 Mt1967: 6.8 Mt1970: 7.04 Mt1973: 6.97 Mt1976: 6.92 Mt1979: 7.25 Mt1982: 7.56 Mt1985: 7.68 Mt1988: 7.56 Mt1991: 7.73 Mt1994: 8.08 Mt1997: 8.47 Mt2000: 8.51 Mt2003: 10.37 Mt2006: 10.24 Mt2009: 10.37 Mt2012: 8.34 Mt2015: 8.41 Mt2018: 8.35 Mt2021: 8.21 Mt2024: 8.4 Mt
Change over the period: +7.02 (+511.14%) Average annual rate: 1.05 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Norway 8.4 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 — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 8.4 +0.13 +1.62%
2023 8.26 +0.03 +0.35%
2022 8.23 +0.03 +0.35%
2021 8.21 +0.16 +2.03%
2020 8.04 +0.13 +1.59%
2019 7.92 −0.43 −5.19%
2018 8.35 +0.12 +1.41%
2017 8.23 −0.09 −1.08%
2016 8.32 −0.08 −1.01%
2015 8.41 +0.11 +1.3%
2014 8.3 −0.11 −1.31%
2013 8.41 +0.07 +0.89%
2012 8.34 −1.3 −13.51%
2011 9.64 −0.45 −4.5%
2010 10.09 −0.28 −2.7%
2009 10.37 −0.5 −4.56%
2008 10.87 −0.21 −1.88%
2007 11.08 +0.84 +8.15%
2006 10.24 +0.58 +6%
2005 9.66 −0.79 −7.56%
2004 10.45 +0.09 +0.82%
2003 10.37 +0.75 +7.75%
2002 9.62 +0.37 +4.01%
2001 9.25 +0.74 +8.71%
2000 8.51 +0.3 +3.59%
1999 8.21 −0.08 −0.96%
1998 8.29 −0.18 −2.1%
1997 8.47 +0.15 +1.75%
1996 8.33 +0.15 +1.87%
1995 8.17 +0.09 +1.11%
1994 8.08 +0.31 +3.96%
1993 7.77 −0.03 −0.37%
1992 7.8 +0.07 +0.96%
1991 7.73 +0.04 +0.45%
1990 7.69 −0.02 −0.25%
1989 7.71 +0.15 +2%
1988 7.56 −0.07 −0.87%
1987 7.63 −0.03 −0.39%
1986 7.66 −0.02 −0.26%
1985 7.68 +0.03 +0.39%
1984 7.65 +0.07 +0.92%
1983 7.58 +0.02 +0.26%
1982 7.56 −0.05 −0.67%
1981 7.61 +0.15 +2%
1980 7.46 +0.21 +2.94%
1979 7.25 +0.18 +2.59%
1978 7.06 +0.13 +1.85%
1977 6.94 +0.02 +0.26%
1976 6.92 +0.22 +3.25%
1975 6.7 −0.21 −3.08%
1974 6.91 −0.06 −0.82%
1973 6.97 +0.01 +0.2%
1972 6.96 +0.03 +0.38%
1971 6.93 −0.11 −1.62%
1970 7.04 −0.11 −1.47%
1969 7.15 +0.14 +1.95%
1968 7.01 +0.21 +3.07%
1967 6.8 +0.04 +0.55%
1966 6.77 +0.2 +3.11%
1965 6.56 +0.09 +1.31%
1964 6.48 +0.15 +2.32%
1963 6.33 +0.03 +0.46%
1962 6.3 +0.13 +2.07%
1961 6.17 +0.12 +2%
1960 6.05 +0.25 +4.24%
1959 5.81 +0.22 +3.85%
1958 5.59 +0.16 +2.98%
1957 5.43 +0.15 +2.88%
1956 5.28 +0.2 +3.9%
1955 5.08 +0.21 +4.25%
1954 4.87 +0.17 +3.64%
1953 4.7 +0.15 +3.36%
1952 4.55 +0.14 +3.22%
1951 4.41 +0.18 +4.28%
1950 4.23 +0.03 +0.74%
1949 4.19 +0.1 +2.52%
1948 4.09 +0.11 +2.63%
1947 3.99 +0.26 +7.06%
1946 3.72 +0.21 +5.83%
1945 3.52 +0.07 +2.15%
1944 3.44 +0.06 +1.89%
1943 3.38 +0.13 +3.84%
1942 3.26 +0.08 +2.52%
1941 3.18 +0.02 +0.63%
1940 3.16 −0.17 −5.08%
1939 3.32 +0.11 +3.55%
1938 3.21 −0.02 −0.68%
1937 3.23 +0.09 +2.77%
1936 3.15 +0.07 +2.14%
1935 3.08 +0.03 +0.88%
1934 3.05 +0.02 +0.66%
1933 3.03 +0.03 +0.97%
1932 3 +0.03 +1.01%
1931 2.97 −0.02 −0.5%
1930 2.99 −0.02 −0.73%
1929 3.01 +0.05 +1.79%
1928 2.96 −0 −0.03%
1927 2.96 +0.1 +3.64%
1926 2.85 −0.04 −1.38%
1925 2.89 +0.01 +0.24%
1924 2.89 +0.05 +1.73%
1923 2.84 +0.03 +0.92%
1922 2.81 +0.14 +5.2%
1921 2.67 −0.07 −2.52%
1920 2.74 +0.03 +1.07%
1919 2.71 +0.05 +1.92%
1918 2.66 +0.07 +2.58%
1917 2.6 −0.16 −5.74%
1916 2.75 −0 −0.18%
1915 2.76 +0.06 +2.15%
1914 2.7 +0.06 +2.12%
1913 2.64 +0.02 +0.95%
1912 2.62 +0.06 +2.18%
1911 2.56 +0.03 +1.1%
1910 2.54 +0.02 +0.84%
1909 2.51 +0.02 +0.68%
1908 2.5 +0.05 +2.13%
1907 2.45 +0.04 +1.54%
1906 2.41 +0.02 +0.67%
1905 2.39 +0.01 +0.59%
1904 2.38 +0.01 +0.42%
1903 2.37 +0.01 +0.51%
1902 2.36 +0.03 +1.29%
1901 2.33 +0 +0.09%
1900 2.32 +0.03 +1.18%
1899 2.3 +0.05 +2.27%
1898 2.25 +0.02 +1.03%
1897 2.22 +0.03 +1.55%
1896 2.19 +0.02 +1.11%
1895 2.17 +0.03 +1.36%
1894 2.14 +0.04 +1.91%
1893 2.1 +0.02 +1.01%
1892 2.08 +0.02 +1.07%
1891 2.05 +0.04 +1.73%
1890 2.02 +0.01 +0.3%
1889 2.01 +0.02 +1.16%
1888 1.99 +0.02 +1.12%
1887 1.97 +0.01 +0.46%
1886 1.96 +0.01 +0.46%
1885 1.95 +0.02 +1.14%
1884 1.93 +0.01 +0.68%
1883 1.91 +0.01 +0.79%
1882 1.9 +0.02 +0.8%
1881 1.88 +0.01 +0.64%
1880 1.87 +0.02 +0.86%
1879 1.86 +0.01 +0.76%
1878 1.84 +0.01 +0.38%
1877 1.84 +0.03 +1.44%
1876 1.81 +0.01 +0.39%
1875 1.8 +0.02 +1.18%
1874 1.78 +0.02 +1.02%
1873 1.76 +0.01 +0.63%
1872 1.75 +0.01 +0.75%
1871 1.74 +0.01 +0.58%
1870 1.73 +0.02 +0.99%
1869 1.71 +0.01 +0.59%
1868 1.7 +0.01 +0.89%
1867 1.69 +0.02 +1.08%
1866 1.67 +0.02 +1.09%
1865 1.65 +0.02 +0.92%
1864 1.64 +0.02 +1.3%
1863 1.62 +0.02 +1%
1862 1.6 +0.01 +0.76%
1861 1.59 +0.02 +1.28%
1860 1.57 +0.02 +1.23%
1859 1.55 +0.02 +1.44%
1858 1.53 +0.02 +1.13%
1857 1.51 +0.02 +1.21%
1856 1.49 +0.02 +1.43%
1855 1.47 +0.02 +1.31%
1854 1.45 +0.02 +1.47%
1853 1.43 +0.02 +1.35%
1852 1.41 +0.02 +1.29%
1851 1.39 +0.02 +1.38%
1850 1.37

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.