Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Paraguay

Methane emissions in Paraguay in 2024 — 24.88 Mt. Ranked 137 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 2,151.2%.

2024 24.88 Mt −0.48% vs 2023
World rank 137of 199
Period maximum 26.5 Mt2020
Period minimum 1.11 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Paraguay, 1850–20240102030185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.11 Mt1853: 1.12 Mt1856: 1.14 Mt1859: 1.15 Mt1862: 1.17 Mt1865: 1.19 Mt1868: 1.2 Mt1871: 1.21 Mt1874: 1.21 Mt1877: 1.21 Mt1880: 1.21 Mt1883: 1.24 Mt1886: 1.27 Mt1889: 1.29 Mt1892: 1.32 Mt1895: 1.35 Mt1898: 1.38 Mt1901: 1.43 Mt1904: 1.54 Mt1907: 1.65 Mt1910: 1.75 Mt1913: 1.89 Mt1916: 2.03 Mt1919: 2.17 Mt1922: 2.33 Mt1925: 2.5 Mt1928: 2.68 Mt1931: 2.87 Mt1934: 3.09 Mt1937: 3.41 Mt1940: 3.8 Mt1943: 4.36 Mt1946: 4.95 Mt1949: 5.56 Mt1952: 6.23 Mt1955: 6.94 Mt1958: 7.74 Mt1961: 8.89 Mt1964: 8.45 Mt1967: 8.47 Mt1970: 8.86 Mt1973: 9.06 Mt1976: 10.9 Mt1979: 11.13 Mt1982: 12.44 Mt1985: 12.91 Mt1988: 14.78 Mt1991: 14.58 Mt1994: 16.93 Mt1997: 17.65 Mt2000: 17.14 Mt2003: 19.01 Mt2006: 19.29 Mt2009: 21.46 Mt2012: 24.11 Mt2015: 25.57 Mt2018: 24.81 Mt2021: 25.99 Mt2024: 24.88 Mt
Change over the period: +23.77 (+2,151.22%) Average annual rate: 1.81 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Paraguay 24.88 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1,231.12 Mt
South America computed 987.27 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,814.74 Mt
Methane emissions — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 24.88 −0.12 −0.48%
2023 25 −0.09 −0.34%
2022 25.08 −0.91 −3.5%
2021 25.99 −0.51 −1.93%
2020 26.5 +0.98 +3.85%
2019 25.52 +0.71 +2.87%
2018 24.81 −1.23 −4.71%
2017 26.04 +0.68 +2.67%
2016 25.36 −0.21 −0.82%
2015 25.57 −0.45 −1.74%
2014 26.02 +1.42 +5.77%
2013 24.6 +0.49 +2.04%
2012 24.11 +1.15 +4.99%
2011 22.96 +0.38 +1.66%
2010 22.59 +1.13 +5.25%
2009 21.46 +0.99 +4.82%
2008 20.48 −0.47 −2.27%
2007 20.95 +1.66 +8.62%
2006 19.29 +0.83 +4.47%
2005 18.46 +0.76 +4.29%
2004 17.7 −1.31 −6.87%
2003 19.01 +1.53 +8.76%
2002 17.48 −0.75 −4.13%
2001 18.23 +1.09 +6.33%
2000 17.14 −0.5 −2.86%
1999 17.65 −0.05 −0.28%
1998 17.7 +0.05 +0.29%
1997 17.65 +0.13 +0.75%
1996 17.52 −0.51 −2.81%
1995 18.02 +1.09 +6.42%
1994 16.93 +0.74 +4.54%
1993 16.2 +1.17 +7.8%
1992 15.03 +0.44 +3.04%
1991 14.58 −1 −6.43%
1990 15.58 +0.36 +2.39%
1989 15.22 +0.44 +3%
1988 14.78 +0.42 +2.9%
1987 14.36 +0.95 +7.08%
1986 13.41 +0.5 +3.85%
1985 12.91 +0.38 +3.06%
1984 12.53 −0.11 −0.89%
1983 12.64 +0.2 +1.63%
1982 12.44 +0.45 +3.76%
1981 11.99 +0.58 +5.07%
1980 11.41 +0.28 +2.48%
1979 11.13 −0.07 −0.64%
1978 11.21 +0.29 +2.68%
1977 10.91 +0.01 +0.1%
1976 10.9 +1.08 +10.96%
1975 9.83 +0.5 +5.34%
1974 9.33 +0.27 +2.92%
1973 9.06 +0.1 +1.16%
1972 8.96 +0.42 +4.88%
1971 8.54 −0.32 −3.64%
1970 8.86 +0.4 +4.76%
1969 8.46 −0.02 −0.24%
1968 8.48 +0.01 +0.17%
1967 8.47 −0.03 −0.38%
1966 8.5 −0.06 −0.68%
1965 8.56 +0.1 +1.23%
1964 8.45 +0.14 +1.71%
1963 8.31 −0.28 −3.23%
1962 8.59 −0.3 −3.39%
1961 8.89 +0.57 +6.8%
1960 8.32 +0.3 +3.69%
1959 8.03 +0.29 +3.69%
1958 7.74 +0.28 +3.7%
1957 7.47 +0.27 +3.68%
1956 7.2 +0.26 +3.69%
1955 6.94 +0.25 +3.69%
1954 6.7 +0.24 +3.7%
1953 6.46 +0.23 +3.73%
1952 6.23 +0.23 +3.78%
1951 6 +0.22 +3.81%
1950 5.78 +0.22 +3.92%
1949 5.56 +0.21 +3.89%
1948 5.35 +0.21 +3.98%
1947 5.15 +0.2 +4.08%
1946 4.95 +0.2 +4.15%
1945 4.75 +0.19 +4.28%
1944 4.55 +0.2 +4.47%
1943 4.36 +0.19 +4.58%
1942 4.17 +0.19 +4.72%
1941 3.98 +0.18 +4.85%
1940 3.8 +0.13 +3.57%
1939 3.67 +0.13 +3.65%
1938 3.54 +0.13 +3.73%
1937 3.41 +0.12 +3.77%
1936 3.29 +0.12 +3.86%
1935 3.16 +0.07 +2.4%
1934 3.09 +0.07 +2.45%
1933 3.02 +0.07 +2.52%
1932 2.94 +0.07 +2.55%
1931 2.87 +0.07 +2.65%
1930 2.79 +0.06 +2.12%
1929 2.74 +0.06 +2.2%
1928 2.68 +0.06 +2.21%
1927 2.62 +0.06 +2.26%
1926 2.56 +0.06 +2.32%
1925 2.5 +0.06 +2.37%
1924 2.45 +0.06 +2.47%
1923 2.39 +0.06 +2.45%
1922 2.33 +0.06 +2.55%
1921 2.27 +0.06 +2.62%
1920 2.21 +0.05 +2.12%
1919 2.17 +0.05 +2.22%
1918 2.12 +0.05 +2.22%
1917 2.07 +0.05 +2.27%
1916 2.03 +0.05 +2.32%
1915 1.98 +0.05 +2.38%
1914 1.94 +0.05 +2.43%
1913 1.89 +0.05 +2.49%
1912 1.84 +0.05 +2.5%
1911 1.8 +0.05 +2.62%
1910 1.75 +0.04 +2.1%
1909 1.72 +0.04 +2.14%
1908 1.68 +0.04 +2.19%
1907 1.65 +0.04 +2.3%
1906 1.61 +0.04 +2.29%
1905 1.57 +0.04 +2.28%
1904 1.54 +0.04 +2.4%
1903 1.5 +0.04 +2.46%
1902 1.47 +0.04 +2.52%
1901 1.43 +0.04 +2.58%
1900 1.39 +0.01 +0.65%
1899 1.38 +0.01 +0.65%
1898 1.38 +0.01 +0.73%
1897 1.37 +0.01 +0.66%
1896 1.36 +0.01 +0.67%
1895 1.35 +0.01 +0.75%
1894 1.34 +0.01 +0.68%
1893 1.33 +0.01 +0.68%
1892 1.32 +0.01 +0.69%
1891 1.31 +0.01 +0.77%
1890 1.3 +0.01 +0.62%
1889 1.29 +0.01 +0.7%
1888 1.28 +0.01 +0.71%
1887 1.27 +0.01 +0.63%
1886 1.27 +0.01 +0.72%
1885 1.26 +0.01 +0.72%
1884 1.25 +0.01 +0.65%
1883 1.24 +0.01 +0.73%
1882 1.23 +0.01 +0.65%
1881 1.22 +0.01 +0.74%
1880 1.21 +0 +0%
1879 1.21 +0 +0%
1878 1.21 +0 +0%
1877 1.21 +0 +0%
1876 1.21 +0 +0%
1875 1.21 +0 +0%
1874 1.21 +0 +0.08%
1873 1.21 +0 +0%
1872 1.21 +0 +0%
1871 1.21 +0 +0%
1870 1.21 +0.01 +0.41%
1869 1.21 +0 +0.42%
1868 1.2 +0.01 +0.5%
1867 1.2 +0.01 +0.42%
1866 1.19 +0.01 +0.51%
1865 1.19 +0 +0.42%
1864 1.18 +0.01 +0.51%
1863 1.18 +0.01 +0.43%
1862 1.17 +0 +0.43%
1861 1.17 +0.01 +0.52%
1860 1.16 +0.01 +0.43%
1859 1.15 +0.01 +0.52%
1858 1.15 +0 +0.44%
1857 1.14 +0.01 +0.44%
1856 1.14 +0.01 +0.53%
1855 1.13 +0 +0.44%
1854 1.13 +0 +0.45%
1853 1.12 +0.01 +0.54%
1852 1.12 +0.01 +0.45%
1851 1.11 +0.01 +0.54%
1850 1.11

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.