Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Panama

Methane emissions in Panama in 2024 — 4.23 Mt. Ranked 66 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,822.7%.

2024 4.23 Mt +0.71% vs 2023
World rank 66of 199
Period maximum 4.23 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.22 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Panama, 1850–20240246185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.22 Mt1853: 0.23 Mt1856: 0.24 Mt1859: 0.25 Mt1862: 0.26 Mt1865: 0.27 Mt1868: 0.28 Mt1871: 0.29 Mt1874: 0.3 Mt1877: 0.31 Mt1880: 0.32 Mt1883: 0.33 Mt1886: 0.35 Mt1889: 0.36 Mt1892: 0.38 Mt1895: 0.4 Mt1898: 0.42 Mt1901: 0.44 Mt1904: 0.48 Mt1907: 0.51 Mt1910: 0.55 Mt1913: 0.59 Mt1916: 0.63 Mt1919: 0.67 Mt1922: 0.71 Mt1925: 0.74 Mt1928: 0.77 Mt1931: 0.81 Mt1934: 0.9 Mt1937: 0.97 Mt1940: 1.04 Mt1943: 1.14 Mt1946: 1.22 Mt1949: 1.3 Mt1952: 1.4 Mt1955: 1.5 Mt1958: 1.61 Mt1961: 1.71 Mt1964: 1.95 Mt1967: 2.2 Mt1970: 2.43 Mt1973: 2.68 Mt1976: 2.8 Mt1979: 2.96 Mt1982: 3.03 Mt1985: 3.04 Mt1988: 3.06 Mt1991: 3.09 Mt1994: 3.27 Mt1997: 3.2 Mt2000: 3.2 Mt2003: 3.53 Mt2006: 3.69 Mt2009: 3.9 Mt2012: 4.17 Mt2015: 4 Mt2018: 4.11 Mt2021: 4.13 Mt2024: 4.23 Mt
Change over the period: +4.01 (+1,822.73%) Average annual rate: 1.71 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Panama 4.23 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1,231.12 Mt
Central America computed 204.17 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 4.23 +0.03 +0.71%
2023 4.2 +0.04 +0.86%
2022 4.16 +0.03 +0.82%
2021 4.13 +0.04 +0.88%
2020 4.09 +0.02 +0.54%
2019 4.07 −0.04 −1.02%
2018 4.11 +0.09 +2.16%
2017 4.03 −0.02 −0.54%
2016 4.05 +0.05 +1.23%
2015 4 −0.09 −2.15%
2014 4.09 −0.12 −2.78%
2013 4.21 +0.04 +0.86%
2012 4.17 +0.04 +1.02%
2011 4.13 +0.18 +4.51%
2010 3.95 +0.05 +1.36%
2009 3.9 +0.07 +1.75%
2008 3.83 +0.16 +4.36%
2007 3.67 −0.02 −0.57%
2006 3.69 +0.05 +1.26%
2005 3.64 +0.12 +3.32%
2004 3.53 −0.01 −0.17%
2003 3.53 −0 −0.06%
2002 3.54 +0.03 +0.71%
2001 3.51 +0.31 +9.72%
2000 3.2 −0.08 −2.5%
1999 3.28 +0 +0%
1998 3.28 +0.08 +2.56%
1997 3.2 −0.1 −3.15%
1996 3.3 +0.01 +0.33%
1995 3.29 +0.02 +0.58%
1994 3.27 +0.05 +1.68%
1993 3.22 +0.05 +1.55%
1992 3.17 +0.08 +2.72%
1991 3.09 +0.05 +1.71%
1990 3.03 −0.03 −0.85%
1989 3.06 +0 +0.13%
1988 3.06 +0.03 +1.02%
1987 3.03 −0.01 −0.3%
1986 3.03 −0.01 −0.16%
1985 3.04 +0.01 +0.2%
1984 3.03 +0 +0%
1983 3.03 +0.01 +0.2%
1982 3.03 +0.06 +2.16%
1981 2.96 +0.05 +1.79%
1980 2.91 −0.04 −1.52%
1979 2.96 +0.08 +2.78%
1978 2.88 +0.04 +1.34%
1977 2.84 +0.04 +1.28%
1976 2.8 +0.03 +1.01%
1975 2.77 +0.05 +1.69%
1974 2.73 +0.05 +1.83%
1973 2.68 +0.04 +1.71%
1972 2.63 +0.06 +2.33%
1971 2.57 +0.15 +6.1%
1970 2.43 +0.03 +1.04%
1969 2.4 +0.06 +2.74%
1968 2.34 +0.14 +6.28%
1967 2.2 +0.05 +2.23%
1966 2.15 +0.07 +3.56%
1965 2.08 +0.13 +6.79%
1964 1.95 +0.1 +5.14%
1963 1.85 +0.03 +1.37%
1962 1.83 +0.12 +7.04%
1961 1.71 +0.02 +1.19%
1960 1.69 +0.04 +2.31%
1959 1.65 +0.04 +2.49%
1958 1.61 +0.04 +2.49%
1957 1.57 +0.04 +2.42%
1956 1.53 +0.03 +2.27%
1955 1.5 +0.03 +2.32%
1954 1.46 +0.03 +2.09%
1953 1.43 +0.03 +2.07%
1952 1.4 +0.03 +2.33%
1951 1.37 +0.03 +2.08%
1950 1.34 +0.04 +3.31%
1949 1.3 +0.03 +2.12%
1948 1.27 +0.03 +2.25%
1947 1.25 +0.03 +2.3%
1946 1.22 +0.02 +2.1%
1945 1.19 +0.03 +2.32%
1944 1.17 +0.03 +2.28%
1943 1.14 +0.03 +2.8%
1942 1.11 +0.04 +3.36%
1941 1.07 +0.03 +3.07%
1940 1.04 +0.03 +2.56%
1939 1.02 +0.02 +2.32%
1938 0.99 +0.02 +2.37%
1937 0.97 +0.02 +2.43%
1936 0.95 +0.02 +2.6%
1935 0.92 +0.03 +3.02%
1934 0.9 +0.03 +3.23%
1933 0.87 +0.03 +3.21%
1932 0.84 +0.03 +3.32%
1931 0.81 +0.03 +3.44%
1930 0.79 +0.01 +1.42%
1929 0.78 +0.01 +1.31%
1928 0.77 +0.01 +1.32%
1927 0.76 +0.01 +1.34%
1926 0.75 +0.01 +1.36%
1925 0.74 +0.01 +1.38%
1924 0.73 +0.01 +1.4%
1923 0.72 +0.01 +1.42%
1922 0.71 +0.01 +1.44%
1921 0.7 +0.01 +1.46%
1920 0.69 +0.02 +2.24%
1919 0.67 +0.01 +2.13%
1918 0.66 +0.02 +2.34%
1917 0.64 +0.01 +2.23%
1916 0.63 +0.01 +2.28%
1915 0.61 +0.01 +2.34%
1914 0.6 +0.01 +2.22%
1913 0.59 +0.01 +2.27%
1912 0.57 +0.01 +2.14%
1911 0.56 +0.01 +2.19%
1910 0.55 +0.01 +2.23%
1909 0.54 +0.01 +2.29%
1908 0.53 +0.01 +2.34%
1907 0.51 +0.01 +2.4%
1906 0.5 +0.01 +2.45%
1905 0.49 +0.01 +2.52%
1904 0.48 +0.01 +2.58%
1903 0.47 +0.01 +2.65%
1902 0.45 +0.01 +2.72%
1901 0.44 +0.01 +2.8%
1900 0.43 +0.01 +1.42%
1899 0.42 +0.01 +1.44%
1898 0.42 +0.01 +1.46%
1897 0.41 +0.01 +1.48%
1896 0.41 +0.01 +1.5%
1895 0.4 +0.01 +1.53%
1894 0.39 +0.01 +1.81%
1893 0.39 +0.01 +1.58%
1892 0.38 +0.01 +1.6%
1891 0.37 +0.01 +1.63%
1890 0.37 +0.01 +1.38%
1889 0.36 +0.01 +1.4%
1888 0.36 +0.01 +1.42%
1887 0.35 +0.01 +1.73%
1886 0.35 +0 +1.46%
1885 0.34 +0.01 +1.48%
1884 0.34 +0.01 +1.51%
1883 0.33 +0.01 +1.53%
1882 0.33 +0.01 +1.87%
1881 0.32 +0.01 +1.58%
1880 0.32 +0 +0.96%
1879 0.31 +0 +0.97%
1878 0.31 +0 +0.98%
1877 0.31 +0 +0.66%
1876 0.31 +0 +0.99%
1875 0.3 +0 +1%
1874 0.3 +0 +1.01%
1873 0.3 +0 +1.02%
1872 0.29 +0 +1.03%
1871 0.29 +0 +1.05%
1870 0.29 +0 +1.06%
1869 0.28 +0 +1.43%
1868 0.28 +0 +1.08%
1867 0.28 +0 +1.09%
1866 0.27 +0 +1.48%
1865 0.27 +0 +1.12%
1864 0.27 +0 +1.52%
1863 0.26 +0 +1.15%
1862 0.26 +0 +1.17%
1861 0.26 +0 +1.58%
1860 0.25 +0 +1.2%
1859 0.25 +0 +1.21%
1858 0.25 +0 +1.65%
1857 0.24 +0 +1.25%
1856 0.24 +0 +1.27%
1855 0.24 +0 +1.72%
1854 0.23 +0 +1.3%
1853 0.23 +0 +1.32%
1852 0.23 +0 +1.79%
1851 0.22 +0 +1.36%
1850 0.22

Central America, 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.