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Methane emissions — Qatar

Methane emissions in Qatar in 2024 — 22.49 Mt. Ranked 131 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 204,363.6%.

2024 22.49 Mt −0.11% vs 2023
World rank 131of 199
Period maximum 27.59 Mt2000
Period minimum 0.01 Mt1905

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Qatar, 1850–20240102030185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.01 Mt1853: 0.01 Mt1856: 0.01 Mt1859: 0.01 Mt1862: 0.01 Mt1865: 0.01 Mt1868: 0.01 Mt1871: 0.01 Mt1874: 0.01 Mt1877: 0.01 Mt1880: 0.01 Mt1883: 0.01 Mt1886: 0.01 Mt1889: 0.01 Mt1892: 0.01 Mt1895: 0.01 Mt1898: 0.01 Mt1901: 0.01 Mt1904: 0.01 Mt1907: 0.01 Mt1910: 0.01 Mt1913: 0.01 Mt1916: 0.01 Mt1919: 0.01 Mt1922: 0.01 Mt1925: 0.01 Mt1928: 0.01 Mt1931: 0.01 Mt1934: 0.01 Mt1937: 0.01 Mt1940: 0.01 Mt1943: 0.01 Mt1946: 0.01 Mt1949: 1.26 Mt1952: 0.94 Mt1955: 2.01 Mt1958: 0.83 Mt1961: 0.79 Mt1964: 1.47 Mt1967: 2.07 Mt1970: 8.7 Mt1973: 11.6 Mt1976: 10.34 Mt1979: 10.53 Mt1982: 7.21 Mt1985: 6.8 Mt1988: 7.78 Mt1991: 8.95 Mt1994: 9.43 Mt1997: 23.32 Mt2000: 27.59 Mt2003: 26.07 Mt2006: 21.06 Mt2009: 21.53 Mt2012: 22.18 Mt2015: 23.38 Mt2018: 22.56 Mt2021: 21.68 Mt2024: 22.49 Mt
Change over the period: +22.48 (+204,363.64%) Average annual rate: 4.48 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Qatar 22.49 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Middle East & North Africa computed 823.03 Mt
Western Asia computed 597.81 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Qatar, by year Qatar All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 22.49 −0.02 −0.11%
2023 22.52 +0.51 +2.32%
2022 22.01 +0.32 +1.49%
2021 21.68 +0.07 +0.32%
2020 21.61 −0.13 −0.62%
2019 21.75 −0.82 −3.61%
2018 22.56 −0.18 −0.79%
2017 22.74 −0.73 −3.13%
2016 23.47 +0.1 +0.42%
2015 23.38 +0.21 +0.9%
2014 23.17 −0.06 −0.25%
2013 23.23 +1.05 +4.71%
2012 22.18 +0.06 +0.29%
2011 22.12 +2.2 +11.03%
2010 19.92 −1.61 −7.49%
2009 21.53 −0.56 −2.54%
2008 22.09 −0.32 −1.45%
2007 22.42 +1.36 +6.47%
2006 21.06 +0.24 +1.14%
2005 20.82 −3.1 −12.98%
2004 23.92 −2.15 −8.24%
2003 26.07 +3.52 +15.62%
2002 22.55 −0.74 −3.19%
2001 23.29 −4.29 −15.57%
2000 27.59 +3.36 +13.88%
1999 24.22 +1.57 +6.91%
1998 22.66 −0.66 −2.84%
1997 23.32 +11.1 +90.9%
1996 12.22 +3.62 +42.08%
1995 8.6 −0.83 −8.82%
1994 9.43 +0.06 +0.66%
1993 9.37 −0.21 −2.22%
1992 9.58 +0.63 +7.05%
1991 8.95 −0.19 −2.12%
1990 9.14 +0.56 +6.52%
1989 8.58 +0.8 +10.26%
1988 7.78 +1.06 +15.78%
1987 6.72 −0.31 −4.41%
1986 7.03 +0.24 +3.5%
1985 6.8 −1.88 −21.64%
1984 8.67 +2.11 +32.16%
1983 6.56 −0.65 −8.99%
1982 7.21 −1.5 −17.24%
1981 8.71 −1.27 −12.76%
1980 9.99 −0.54 −5.17%
1979 10.53 +0.55 +5.47%
1978 9.98 +0.82 +9%
1977 9.16 −1.18 −11.43%
1976 10.34 +1.27 +14.04%
1975 9.07 −1.38 −13.22%
1974 10.45 −1.15 −9.93%
1973 11.6 +1.69 +17.06%
1972 9.91 +1.19 +13.7%
1971 8.72 +0.01 +0.15%
1970 8.7 −0.44 −4.82%
1969 9.15 +3.33 +57.18%
1968 5.82 +3.75 +180.66%
1967 2.07 +0.57 +37.92%
1966 1.5 −0.05 −3.34%
1965 1.56 +0.09 +5.85%
1964 1.47 −0.28 −15.86%
1963 1.75 +0.81 +87.34%
1962 0.93 +0.14 +17.53%
1961 0.79 −0.07 −8.11%
1960 0.86 −0.03 −3.68%
1959 0.9 +0.07 +8.47%
1958 0.83 −0.68 −45.08%
1957 1.5 −0.92 −38%
1956 2.43 +0.42 +20.82%
1955 2.01 −0.91 −31.11%
1954 2.92 +1.15 +65.25%
1953 1.76 +0.82 +87.06%
1952 0.94 −0.93 −49.52%
1951 1.87 +0.18 +10.34%
1950 1.69 +0.44 +34.79%
1949 1.26 +1.24 +8,273.33%
1948 0.02 +0 +7.14%
1947 0.01 +0 +0%
1946 0.01 +0 +0%
1945 0.01 +0 +0%
1944 0.01 +0 +7.69%
1943 0.01 +0 +0%
1942 0.01 +0 +8.33%
1941 0.01 +0 +0%
1940 0.01 +0 +9.09%
1939 0.01 +0 +0%
1938 0.01 +0 +0%
1937 0.01 +0 +0%
1936 0.01 +0 +0%
1935 0.01 +0 +0%
1934 0.01 +0 +0%
1933 0.01 +0 +10%
1932 0.01 +0 +0%
1931 0.01 +0 +0%
1930 0.01 +0 +0%
1929 0.01 +0 +0%
1928 0.01 +0 +0%
1927 0.01 +0 +0%
1926 0.01 +0 +0%
1925 0.01 +0 +0%
1924 0.01 +0 +0%
1923 0.01 +0 +0%
1922 0.01 +0 +0%
1921 0.01 +0 +0%
1920 0.01 +0 +0%
1919 0.01 +0 +0%
1918 0.01 +0 +0%
1917 0.01 +0 +0%
1916 0.01 +0 +0%
1915 0.01 +0 +0%
1914 0.01 +0 +0%
1913 0.01 +0 +0%
1912 0.01 +0 +0%
1911 0.01 +0 +0%
1910 0.01 +0 +0%
1909 0.01 +0 +0%
1908 0.01 +0 +0%
1907 0.01 +0 +0%
1906 0.01 +0 +0%
1905 0.01 −0 −9.09%
1904 0.01 +0 +0%
1903 0.01 +0 +0%
1902 0.01 +0 +0%
1901 0.01 +0 +0%
1900 0.01 +0 +0%
1899 0.01 +0 +0%
1898 0.01 +0 +0%
1897 0.01 +0 +0%
1896 0.01 +0 +0%
1895 0.01 +0 +0%
1894 0.01 +0 +0%
1893 0.01 +0 +0%
1892 0.01 +0 +0%
1891 0.01 +0 +0%
1890 0.01 +0 +0%
1889 0.01 +0 +0%
1888 0.01 +0 +0%
1887 0.01 +0 +0%
1886 0.01 +0 +0%
1885 0.01 +0 +0%
1884 0.01 +0 +0%
1883 0.01 +0 +0%
1882 0.01 +0 +0%
1881 0.01 +0 +0%
1880 0.01 +0 +0%
1879 0.01 +0 +0%
1878 0.01 +0 +0%
1877 0.01 +0 +0%
1876 0.01 +0 +0%
1875 0.01 +0 +0%
1874 0.01 +0 +0%
1873 0.01 +0 +0%
1872 0.01 +0 +0%
1871 0.01 +0 +0%
1870 0.01 +0 +0%
1869 0.01 +0 +0%
1868 0.01 +0 +0%
1867 0.01 +0 +0%
1866 0.01 +0 +0%
1865 0.01 +0 +0%
1864 0.01 +0 +0%
1863 0.01 +0 +0%
1862 0.01 +0 +0%
1861 0.01 +0 +0%
1860 0.01 +0 +0%
1859 0.01 +0 +0%
1858 0.01 +0 +0%
1857 0.01 +0 +0%
1856 0.01 +0 +0%
1855 0.01 +0 +0%
1854 0.01 +0 +0%
1853 0.01 +0 +0%
1852 0.01 +0 +0%
1851 0.01 +0 +0%
1850 0.01 — —

Western Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AM Armenia 1.65 CY Cyprus 2.37 GE Georgia 3.26 LB Lebanon 3.98 JO Jordan 5.94 SY Syria 6.14 IL Israel 8.96 YE Yemen 11.58 AZ Azerbaijan 12.68 QA Qatar 22.49 BH Bahrain 23.76 OM Oman 32.88 AE United Arab Emirates 37.57 KW Kuwait 39.53 TR Türkiye 111.8 SA Saudi Arabia 117.01 IQ Iraq 156.21
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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.

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