Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Papua New Guinea

Methane emissions in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 3.82 Mt. Ranked 63 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 764.5%.

2024 3.82 Mt +0.29% vs 2023
World rank 63of 199
Period maximum 4.79 Mt1998
Period minimum 0.44 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Papua New Guinea, 1850–20240246185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.44 Mt1853: 0.47 Mt1856: 0.49 Mt1859: 0.52 Mt1862: 0.55 Mt1865: 0.57 Mt1868: 0.59 Mt1871: 0.62 Mt1874: 0.65 Mt1877: 0.68 Mt1880: 0.71 Mt1883: 0.74 Mt1886: 0.79 Mt1889: 0.85 Mt1892: 0.87 Mt1895: 0.88 Mt1898: 0.9 Mt1901: 0.91 Mt1904: 0.94 Mt1907: 0.97 Mt1910: 1 Mt1913: 1 Mt1916: 1 Mt1919: 1 Mt1922: 0.99 Mt1925: 0.98 Mt1928: 0.97 Mt1931: 0.96 Mt1934: 0.94 Mt1937: 0.92 Mt1940: 0.9 Mt1943: 0.88 Mt1946: 0.83 Mt1949: 0.73 Mt1952: 0.72 Mt1955: 0.71 Mt1958: 0.71 Mt1961: 0.74 Mt1964: 0.77 Mt1967: 0.81 Mt1970: 0.89 Mt1973: 1 Mt1976: 1.11 Mt1979: 1.19 Mt1982: 1.4 Mt1985: 1.23 Mt1988: 1.23 Mt1991: 2.03 Mt1994: 2.31 Mt1997: 2.32 Mt2000: 3.15 Mt2003: 2.73 Mt2006: 4.39 Mt2009: 2.78 Mt2012: 2.48 Mt2015: 3.84 Mt2018: 3.73 Mt2021: 3.83 Mt2024: 3.82 Mt
Change over the period: +3.38 (+764.48%) Average annual rate: 1.25 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 3.82 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
East Asia & Pacific computed 2,727.3 Mt
Melanesia computed 5.21 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,489.63 Mt
Methane emissions — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 3.82 +0.01 +0.29%
2023 3.81 −0.02 −0.55%
2022 3.83 +0 +0.1%
2021 3.83 +0.05 +1.24%
2020 3.78 −0.05 −1.2%
2019 3.83 +0.1 +2.66%
2018 3.73 −0.13 −3.37%
2017 3.86 +0.02 +0.57%
2016 3.84 −0.01 −0.16%
2015 3.84 +0.58 +17.86%
2014 3.26 +0.69 +26.91%
2013 2.57 +0.09 +3.46%
2012 2.48 +0.02 +0.85%
2011 2.46 −0.01 −0.2%
2010 2.47 −0.32 −11.39%
2009 2.78 −1.51 −35.2%
2008 4.3 +0.78 +22.23%
2007 3.51 −0.88 −19.99%
2006 4.39 +0.54 +13.87%
2005 3.86 +0.88 +29.43%
2004 2.98 +0.25 +9.24%
2003 2.73 −0.2 −6.93%
2002 2.93 +0.29 +10.81%
2001 2.65 −0.51 −16.09%
2000 3.15 +0.58 +22.46%
1999 2.57 −2.22 −46.27%
1998 4.79 +2.47 +106.78%
1997 2.32 −0.04 −1.78%
1996 2.36 −0.01 −0.25%
1995 2.37 +0.05 +2.25%
1994 2.31 +0.08 +3.4%
1993 2.24 +0.1 +4.63%
1992 2.14 +0.11 +5.48%
1991 2.03 +0.07 +3.37%
1990 1.96 +0.72 +58.27%
1989 1.24 +0.01 +0.9%
1988 1.23 −0.1 −7.32%
1987 1.33 +0.05 +3.92%
1986 1.28 +0.04 +3.32%
1985 1.23 +0.01 +1.15%
1984 1.22 −0.04 −3.33%
1983 1.26 −0.13 −9.53%
1982 1.4 +0.19 +15.58%
1981 1.21 +0.01 +0.42%
1980 1.2 +0.02 +1.35%
1979 1.19 +0.05 +4.04%
1978 1.14 −0.01 −1.21%
1977 1.15 +0.05 +4.25%
1976 1.11 +0.05 +4.63%
1975 1.06 +0.03 +2.72%
1974 1.03 +0.04 +3.52%
1973 1 +0 +0.3%
1972 0.99 +0.08 +8.18%
1971 0.92 +0.03 +3.27%
1970 0.89 +0.04 +4.72%
1969 0.85 +0.02 +2.05%
1968 0.83 +0.02 +2.85%
1967 0.81 +0.02 +1.89%
1966 0.79 +0.01 +1.67%
1965 0.78 +0.01 +1.83%
1964 0.77 +0.01 +1.32%
1963 0.76 +0.01 +1.61%
1962 0.74 +0.01 +0.95%
1961 0.74 +0.03 +4.84%
1960 0.7 −0 −0.28%
1959 0.71 −0 −0.14%
1958 0.71 −0 −0.42%
1957 0.71 −0 −0.14%
1956 0.71 −0 −0.28%
1955 0.71 +0 +0%
1954 0.71 −0 −0.28%
1953 0.71 −0 −0.14%
1952 0.72 +0 +0.28%
1951 0.71 +0 +0.28%
1950 0.71 −0.02 −2.34%
1949 0.73 −0.03 −4.08%
1948 0.76 −0.03 −4.05%
1947 0.79 −0.03 −4.24%
1946 0.83 −0.02 −2.13%
1945 0.84 −0.02 −2.65%
1944 0.87 −0.01 −1.03%
1943 0.88 −0.01 −1.02%
1942 0.89 −0.01 −1.01%
1941 0.89 −0.01 −1%
1940 0.9 −0.01 −0.77%
1939 0.91 −0.01 −0.76%
1938 0.92 −0.01 −0.65%
1937 0.92 −0.01 −0.86%
1936 0.93 −0.01 −0.75%
1935 0.94 −0 −0.42%
1934 0.94 −0.01 −0.53%
1933 0.95 −0 −0.42%
1932 0.95 −0.01 −0.83%
1931 0.96 +0 +0.42%
1930 0.96 −0 −0.21%
1929 0.96 −0.01 −0.93%
1928 0.97 −0 −0.31%
1927 0.97 −0 −0.21%
1926 0.97 −0.01 −1.12%
1925 0.98 −0 −0.3%
1924 0.99 −0 −0.3%
1923 0.99 −0 −0.4%
1922 0.99 −0.01 −0.7%
1921 1 −0 −0.1%
1920 1 +0 +0.1%
1919 1 +0 +0%
1918 1 +0 +0%
1917 1 +0 +0%
1916 1 −0 −0.1%
1915 1 +0 +0%
1914 1 +0 +0%
1913 1 −0 −0.1%
1912 1 −0 −0.1%
1911 1 −0 −0.1%
1910 1 +0.01 +1.11%
1909 0.99 +0.01 +1.02%
1908 0.98 +0.01 +1.13%
1907 0.97 +0.01 +1.15%
1906 0.96 +0.01 +1.05%
1905 0.95 +0.01 +1.17%
1904 0.94 +0.01 +1.19%
1903 0.93 +0.01 +1.09%
1902 0.92 +0.01 +1.21%
1901 0.91 +0 +0%
1900 0.91 +0.01 +0.67%
1899 0.9 +0.01 +0.56%
1898 0.9 +0.01 +0.56%
1897 0.89 +0.01 +0.56%
1896 0.89 +0 +0.45%
1895 0.88 +0 +0.34%
1894 0.88 +0 +0.34%
1893 0.88 +0 +0.34%
1892 0.87 +0 +0.34%
1891 0.87 +0 +0.35%
1890 0.87 +0.02 +2.36%
1889 0.85 +0.02 +2.42%
1888 0.83 +0.02 +2.48%
1887 0.81 +0.02 +2.28%
1886 0.79 +0.02 +2.33%
1885 0.77 +0.02 +2.25%
1884 0.75 +0.02 +2.31%
1883 0.74 +0.02 +2.22%
1882 0.72 +0.02 +2.12%
1881 0.71 −0 −0.42%
1880 0.71 +0.01 +1.58%
1879 0.7 +0.01 +1.6%
1878 0.69 +0.01 +1.48%
1877 0.68 +0.01 +1.65%
1876 0.67 +0.01 +1.52%
1875 0.66 +0.01 +1.55%
1874 0.65 +0.01 +1.41%
1873 0.64 +0.01 +1.43%
1872 0.63 +0.01 +1.62%
1871 0.62 +0.01 +1.31%
1870 0.61 +0.01 +1.5%
1869 0.6 +0.01 +1.52%
1868 0.59 +0.01 +1.37%
1867 0.58 +0.01 +1.39%
1866 0.58 +0.01 +1.41%
1865 0.57 +0.01 +1.43%
1864 0.56 +0.01 +1.45%
1863 0.55 +0.01 +1.28%
1862 0.55 +0.01 +1.3%
1861 0.54 +0.01 +1.32%
1860 0.53 +0.01 +1.92%
1859 0.52 +0.01 +1.96%
1858 0.51 +0.01 +1.79%
1857 0.5 +0.01 +1.83%
1856 0.49 +0.01 +1.86%
1855 0.48 +0.01 +1.89%
1854 0.48 +0.01 +1.71%
1853 0.47 +0.01 +1.97%
1852 0.46 +0.01 +1.78%
1851 0.45 +0.01 +1.81%
1850 0.44

Melanesia, 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.