Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Portugal

Methane emissions in Portugal in 2024 — 10.83 Mt. Ranked 101 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 278.9%.

2024 10.83 Mt +1.07% vs 2023
World rank 101of 199
Period maximum 13.39 Mt1999
Period minimum 2.86 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Portugal, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 2.86 Mt1853: 2.92 Mt1856: 2.99 Mt1859: 3.05 Mt1862: 3.13 Mt1865: 3.21 Mt1868: 3.29 Mt1871: 3.36 Mt1874: 3.47 Mt1877: 3.54 Mt1880: 3.63 Mt1883: 3.75 Mt1886: 3.87 Mt1889: 4.01 Mt1892: 4.11 Mt1895: 4.2 Mt1898: 4.32 Mt1901: 4.44 Mt1904: 4.56 Mt1907: 4.72 Mt1910: 4.84 Mt1913: 4.93 Mt1916: 4.89 Mt1919: 4.86 Mt1922: 5.02 Mt1925: 5.15 Mt1928: 5.32 Mt1931: 5.46 Mt1934: 5.65 Mt1937: 5.92 Mt1940: 6.05 Mt1943: 6.47 Mt1946: 6.98 Mt1949: 7.57 Mt1952: 7.84 Mt1955: 8.3 Mt1958: 8.73 Mt1961: 9.11 Mt1964: 9.54 Mt1967: 9.67 Mt1970: 10.23 Mt1973: 10.32 Mt1976: 9.69 Mt1979: 10.99 Mt1982: 11.8 Mt1985: 11.01 Mt1988: 11.04 Mt1991: 11.62 Mt1994: 12.41 Mt1997: 12.92 Mt2000: 12.66 Mt2003: 11.94 Mt2006: 11.41 Mt2009: 10.42 Mt2012: 9.65 Mt2015: 9.3 Mt2018: 10.03 Mt2021: 10.51 Mt2024: 10.83 Mt
Change over the period: +7.97 (+278.87%) Average annual rate: 0.77 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Portugal 10.83 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 1,323.91 Mt
Southern Europe computed 128.64 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 10.83 +0.12 +1.07%
2023 10.72 +0.17 +1.56%
2022 10.55 +0.05 +0.44%
2021 10.51 +0.15 +1.41%
2020 10.36 +0.15 +1.49%
2019 10.21 +0.18 +1.74%
2018 10.03 +0.04 +0.39%
2017 9.99 +0.52 +5.47%
2016 9.48 +0.18 +1.91%
2015 9.3 +0.03 +0.28%
2014 9.27 +0.04 +0.46%
2013 9.23 −0.42 −4.36%
2012 9.65 −0.59 −5.72%
2011 10.24 +0.01 +0.11%
2010 10.23 −0.19 −1.86%
2009 10.42 −0.22 −2.1%
2008 10.64 −0.6 −5.3%
2007 11.24 −0.17 −1.52%
2006 11.41 +0.31 +2.79%
2005 11.1 −0.46 −3.94%
2004 11.56 −0.38 −3.22%
2003 11.94 −0.22 −1.82%
2002 12.16 +0.06 +0.49%
2001 12.11 −0.55 −4.37%
2000 12.66 −0.74 −5.49%
1999 13.39 +0.14 +1.09%
1998 13.25 +0.33 +2.57%
1997 12.92 +0.21 +1.62%
1996 12.71 +0.64 +5.26%
1995 12.08 −0.33 −2.67%
1994 12.41 +0.85 +7.39%
1993 11.55 −0.08 −0.69%
1992 11.63 +0.01 +0.09%
1991 11.62 +0.1 +0.82%
1990 11.53 +0.21 +1.84%
1989 11.32 +0.28 +2.56%
1988 11.04 +0.02 +0.21%
1987 11.02 −0.14 −1.22%
1986 11.15 +0.14 +1.25%
1985 11.01 +0.05 +0.45%
1984 10.96 −0.54 −4.67%
1983 11.5 −0.3 −2.53%
1982 11.8 +0.3 +2.6%
1981 11.5 +0.14 +1.25%
1980 11.36 +0.37 +3.37%
1979 10.99 +0.2 +1.81%
1978 10.79 +0.5 +4.83%
1977 10.3 +0.61 +6.29%
1976 9.69 −0.25 −2.51%
1975 9.94 +0.01 +0.1%
1974 9.93 −0.39 −3.82%
1973 10.32 +0.08 +0.78%
1972 10.24 +0.12 +1.23%
1971 10.12 −0.11 −1.1%
1970 10.23 +0.16 +1.55%
1969 10.07 +0.34 +3.53%
1968 9.73 +0.06 +0.59%
1967 9.67 −0.01 −0.1%
1966 9.68 +0.08 +0.81%
1965 9.61 +0.06 +0.67%
1964 9.54 +0.17 +1.76%
1963 9.38 +0.15 +1.6%
1962 9.23 +0.12 +1.27%
1961 9.11 +0.12 +1.29%
1960 9 +0.12 +1.32%
1959 8.88 +0.15 +1.66%
1958 8.73 +0.13 +1.48%
1957 8.61 +0.16 +1.86%
1956 8.45 +0.15 +1.83%
1955 8.3 +0.19 +2.29%
1954 8.11 +0.1 +1.22%
1953 8.01 +0.17 +2.17%
1952 7.84 +0.11 +1.41%
1951 7.74 +0.03 +0.38%
1950 7.71 +0.14 +1.82%
1949 7.57 +0.2 +2.71%
1948 7.37 +0.14 +1.89%
1947 7.23 +0.25 +3.58%
1946 6.98 +0.17 +2.51%
1945 6.81 +0.16 +2.36%
1944 6.65 +0.18 +2.78%
1943 6.47 +0.14 +2.28%
1942 6.33 +0.13 +2.05%
1941 6.2 +0.16 +2.56%
1940 6.05 +0 +0.07%
1939 6.04 +0.12 +2.01%
1938 5.92 +0.01 +0.12%
1937 5.92 +0.13 +2.28%
1936 5.79 +0.06 +1%
1935 5.73 +0.08 +1.38%
1934 5.65 +0.07 +1.18%
1933 5.58 +0.11 +1.95%
1932 5.48 +0.02 +0.38%
1931 5.46 +0.03 +0.61%
1930 5.42 +0.06 +1.19%
1929 5.36 +0.04 +0.71%
1928 5.32 +0.06 +1.12%
1927 5.26 +0.08 +1.49%
1926 5.19 +0.04 +0.76%
1925 5.15 +0.05 +0.94%
1924 5.1 +0.07 +1.33%
1923 5.03 +0.01 +0.28%
1922 5.02 +0.1 +2.05%
1921 4.92 +0.04 +0.9%
1920 4.87 +0.01 +0.16%
1919 4.86 +0.09 +1.93%
1918 4.77 −0.03 −0.6%
1917 4.8 −0.09 −1.88%
1916 4.89 +0 +0.08%
1915 4.89 −0.01 −0.22%
1914 4.9 −0.02 −0.51%
1913 4.93 +0.03 +0.53%
1912 4.9 +0.05 +1.11%
1911 4.85 +0 +0.1%
1910 4.84 +0.04 +0.88%
1909 4.8 +0.04 +0.86%
1908 4.76 +0.04 +0.76%
1907 4.72 +0.06 +1.24%
1906 4.66 +0.07 +1.46%
1905 4.6 +0.03 +0.7%
1904 4.56 +0.04 +0.93%
1903 4.52 +0.03 +0.65%
1902 4.49 +0.06 +1.26%
1901 4.44 +0.03 +0.66%
1900 4.41 +0.06 +1.26%
1899 4.35 +0.04 +0.81%
1898 4.32 +0.05 +1.17%
1897 4.27 +0.04 +0.85%
1896 4.23 +0.03 +0.76%
1895 4.2 +0.02 +0.55%
1894 4.18 +0.05 +1.19%
1893 4.13 +0.02 +0.39%
1892 4.11 +0.02 +0.59%
1891 4.09 +0.04 +0.86%
1890 4.05 +0.04 +1.12%
1889 4.01 +0.05 +1.31%
1888 3.96 +0.04 +1.15%
1887 3.91 +0.04 +1.03%
1886 3.87 +0.05 +1.2%
1885 3.83 +0.03 +0.79%
1884 3.8 +0.04 +1.09%
1883 3.75 +0.04 +1.1%
1882 3.71 +0.05 +1.37%
1881 3.66 +0.04 +1.05%
1880 3.63 +0.04 +1%
1879 3.59 +0.03 +0.76%
1878 3.56 +0.02 +0.54%
1877 3.54 −0.02 −0.45%
1876 3.56 +0.02 +0.57%
1875 3.54 +0.07 +2.05%
1874 3.47 +0.01 +0.17%
1873 3.46 +0.04 +1.11%
1872 3.42 +0.06 +1.78%
1871 3.36 +0.02 +0.66%
1870 3.34 +0.03 +0.84%
1869 3.31 +0.03 +0.82%
1868 3.29 +0.03 +0.8%
1867 3.26 +0.03 +0.8%
1866 3.24 +0.03 +0.84%
1865 3.21 +0.03 +0.82%
1864 3.18 +0.03 +0.86%
1863 3.16 +0.03 +0.83%
1862 3.13 +0.03 +0.84%
1861 3.1 +0.03 +0.94%
1860 3.07 +0.02 +0.72%
1859 3.05 +0.02 +0.73%
1858 3.03 +0.02 +0.76%
1857 3.01 +0.02 +0.7%
1856 2.99 +0.02 +0.71%
1855 2.97 +0.02 +0.75%
1854 2.94 +0.02 +0.72%
1853 2.92 +0.02 +0.72%
1852 2.9 +0.02 +0.73%
1851 2.88 +0.02 +0.73%
1850 2.86

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.