Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Peru

Methane emissions in Peru in 2024 — 31.68 Mt. Ranked 150 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,097.6%.

2024 31.68 Mt +0.9% vs 2023
World rank 150of 199
Period maximum 31.68 Mt2024
Period minimum 2.65 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Peru, 1850–2024010203040185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 2.65 Mt1853: 2.76 Mt1856: 2.88 Mt1859: 3 Mt1862: 3.12 Mt1865: 3.24 Mt1868: 3.36 Mt1871: 3.5 Mt1874: 3.68 Mt1877: 3.87 Mt1880: 4.05 Mt1883: 4.43 Mt1886: 4.8 Mt1889: 5.18 Mt1892: 5.52 Mt1895: 5.81 Mt1898: 6.12 Mt1901: 6.41 Mt1904: 6.62 Mt1907: 6.89 Mt1910: 7.16 Mt1913: 7.46 Mt1916: 7.75 Mt1919: 7.96 Mt1922: 8.47 Mt1925: 9.31 Mt1928: 9.67 Mt1931: 9.76 Mt1934: 10.7 Mt1937: 11.61 Mt1940: 11.27 Mt1943: 12.04 Mt1946: 12.28 Mt1949: 12.97 Mt1952: 13.57 Mt1955: 15 Mt1958: 16.58 Mt1961: 17.61 Mt1964: 18.27 Mt1967: 18.81 Mt1970: 20.81 Mt1973: 20.5 Mt1976: 21.07 Mt1979: 23.58 Mt1982: 24.5 Mt1985: 24.13 Mt1988: 23.88 Mt1991: 23.08 Mt1994: 23.29 Mt1997: 24.79 Mt2000: 26.74 Mt2003: 27.83 Mt2006: 28.58 Mt2009: 28.54 Mt2012: 29.47 Mt2015: 30.01 Mt2018: 30.32 Mt2021: 30.93 Mt2024: 31.68 Mt
Change over the period: +29.03 (+1,097.62%) Average annual rate: 1.44 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Peru 31.68 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 — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 31.68 +0.28 +0.9%
2023 31.4 +0.18 +0.59%
2022 31.21 +0.28 +0.92%
2021 30.93 +0.5 +1.65%
2020 30.43 −0.04 −0.13%
2019 30.47 +0.15 +0.48%
2018 30.32 +0.26 +0.86%
2017 30.06 −0.01 −0.04%
2016 30.08 +0.06 +0.21%
2015 30.01 −0.04 −0.15%
2014 30.06 +0.36 +1.2%
2013 29.7 +0.23 +0.78%
2012 29.47 −0.09 −0.3%
2011 29.56 +0.53 +1.83%
2010 29.03 +0.49 +1.72%
2009 28.54 +0.7 +2.52%
2008 27.84 −1.29 −4.42%
2007 29.13 +0.55 +1.91%
2006 28.58 −0.06 −0.21%
2005 28.64 +1.16 +4.21%
2004 27.48 −0.34 −1.24%
2003 27.83 +0.57 +2.09%
2002 27.26 +0.53 +1.96%
2001 26.73 −0 −0.01%
2000 26.74 +0.02 +0.07%
1999 26.72 +0.83 +3.19%
1998 25.89 +1.1 +4.43%
1997 24.79 +0.12 +0.47%
1996 24.68 +0.39 +1.6%
1995 24.29 +1 +4.28%
1994 23.29 +0.77 +3.41%
1993 22.52 −0.13 −0.55%
1992 22.65 −0.43 −1.85%
1991 23.08 −0.17 −0.73%
1990 23.24 −0.5 −2.12%
1989 23.75 −0.13 −0.54%
1988 23.88 −0.38 −1.55%
1987 24.25 +0.22 +0.92%
1986 24.03 −0.1 −0.43%
1985 24.13 −0.19 −0.79%
1984 24.32 +0.88 +3.74%
1983 23.45 −1.05 −4.29%
1982 24.5 +0.38 +1.59%
1981 24.12 +0.65 +2.79%
1980 23.46 −0.12 −0.5%
1979 23.58 +1.28 +5.75%
1978 22.3 +1.27 +6.02%
1977 21.03 −0.04 −0.18%
1976 21.07 +0.3 +1.46%
1975 20.77 −0.11 −0.53%
1974 20.88 +0.37 +1.82%
1973 20.5 +0.12 +0.61%
1972 20.38 −0.79 −3.74%
1971 21.17 +0.36 +1.72%
1970 20.81 +0.66 +3.27%
1969 20.15 +1.1 +5.75%
1968 19.06 +0.25 +1.33%
1967 18.81 −0.04 −0.22%
1966 18.85 +0.39 +2.12%
1965 18.46 +0.18 +1.01%
1964 18.27 +0.1 +0.53%
1963 18.18 −0.08 −0.43%
1962 18.26 +0.65 +3.7%
1961 17.61 −0.16 −0.91%
1960 17.77 +0.67 +3.94%
1959 17.09 +0.52 +3.12%
1958 16.58 +0.55 +3.44%
1957 16.02 +0.54 +3.48%
1956 15.49 +0.48 +3.21%
1955 15 +0.43 +2.92%
1954 14.58 +0.55 +3.88%
1953 14.03 +0.47 +3.43%
1952 13.57 +0.45 +3.46%
1951 13.11 +0.41 +3.25%
1950 12.7 −0.27 −2.05%
1949 12.97 +0.22 +1.7%
1948 12.75 +0.27 +2.2%
1947 12.48 +0.2 +1.6%
1946 12.28 +0.01 +0.11%
1945 12.27 +0.08 +0.66%
1944 12.19 +0.14 +1.2%
1943 12.04 +0.28 +2.36%
1942 11.76 +0.34 +2.99%
1941 11.42 +0.15 +1.32%
1940 11.27 +0.04 +0.34%
1939 11.23 −0.37 −3.21%
1938 11.61 −0.01 −0.06%
1937 11.61 +0.51 +4.56%
1936 11.11 +0.23 +2.1%
1935 10.88 +0.18 +1.66%
1934 10.7 +0.13 +1.25%
1933 10.57 +0.73 +7.44%
1932 9.84 +0.08 +0.84%
1931 9.76 −0.14 −1.39%
1930 9.89 −0.25 −2.48%
1929 10.15 +0.48 +4.94%
1928 9.67 +0.25 +2.62%
1927 9.42 +0.08 +0.86%
1926 9.34 +0.04 +0.39%
1925 9.31 +0.4 +4.54%
1924 8.9 +0.31 +3.58%
1923 8.59 +0.12 +1.46%
1922 8.47 +0.25 +2.99%
1921 8.22 +0.17 +2.15%
1920 8.05 +0.09 +1.17%
1919 7.96 +0.09 +1.08%
1918 7.87 +0.06 +0.82%
1917 7.81 +0.06 +0.79%
1916 7.75 +0.08 +0.99%
1915 7.67 +0.16 +2.06%
1914 7.52 +0.06 +0.79%
1913 7.46 +0.11 +1.43%
1912 7.35 +0.1 +1.39%
1911 7.25 +0.09 +1.31%
1910 7.16 +0.05 +0.77%
1909 7.1 +0.12 +1.72%
1908 6.98 +0.09 +1.36%
1907 6.89 +0.1 +1.44%
1906 6.79 +0.09 +1.28%
1905 6.7 +0.08 +1.21%
1904 6.62 +0.07 +1.11%
1903 6.55 +0.08 +1.16%
1902 6.48 +0.06 +0.98%
1901 6.41 +0.07 +1.14%
1900 6.34 +0.11 +1.77%
1899 6.23 +0.11 +1.76%
1898 6.12 +0.11 +1.8%
1897 6.02 +0.1 +1.71%
1896 5.91 +0.1 +1.74%
1895 5.81 +0.1 +1.77%
1894 5.71 +0.1 +1.76%
1893 5.61 +0.1 +1.76%
1892 5.52 +0.11 +1.94%
1891 5.41 +0.11 +2.08%
1890 5.3 +0.13 +2.43%
1889 5.18 +0.13 +2.48%
1888 5.05 +0.12 +2.52%
1887 4.93 +0.13 +2.6%
1886 4.8 +0.13 +2.7%
1885 4.68 +0.12 +2.72%
1884 4.55 +0.13 +2.82%
1883 4.43 +0.13 +2.91%
1882 4.3 +0.12 +2.97%
1881 4.18 +0.13 +3.08%
1880 4.05 +0.06 +1.55%
1879 3.99 +0.06 +1.55%
1878 3.93 +0.06 +1.6%
1877 3.87 +0.06 +1.63%
1876 3.81 +0.06 +1.66%
1875 3.74 +0.06 +1.68%
1874 3.68 +0.06 +1.69%
1873 3.62 +0.06 +1.71%
1872 3.56 +0.06 +1.77%
1871 3.5 +0.06 +1.78%
1870 3.44 +0.04 +1.18%
1869 3.4 +0.04 +1.16%
1868 3.36 +0.04 +1.21%
1867 3.32 +0.04 +1.22%
1866 3.28 +0.04 +1.2%
1865 3.24 +0.04 +1.25%
1864 3.2 +0.04 +1.27%
1863 3.16 +0.04 +1.25%
1862 3.12 +0.04 +1.3%
1861 3.08 +0.04 +1.28%
1860 3.04 +0.04 +1.3%
1859 3 +0.04 +1.35%
1858 2.96 +0.04 +1.33%
1857 2.92 +0.04 +1.35%
1856 2.88 +0.04 +1.44%
1855 2.84 +0.04 +1.39%
1854 2.8 +0.04 +1.45%
1853 2.76 +0.04 +1.43%
1852 2.72 +0.04 +1.49%
1851 2.68 +0.04 +1.47%
1850 2.65

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.