Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Republic of the Congo

Methane emissions in the Republic of the Congo in 2024 — 15.13 Mt. Ranked 116 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 15,182.8%.

2024 15.13 Mt −8.72% vs 2023
World rank 116of 199
Period maximum 19.1 Mt2019
Period minimum 0.1 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Republic of the Congo, 1850–202405101520185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.1 Mt1853: 0.1 Mt1856: 0.1 Mt1859: 0.1 Mt1862: 0.1 Mt1865: 0.11 Mt1868: 0.11 Mt1871: 0.11 Mt1874: 0.11 Mt1877: 0.11 Mt1880: 0.11 Mt1883: 0.12 Mt1886: 0.12 Mt1889: 0.12 Mt1892: 0.12 Mt1895: 0.12 Mt1898: 0.12 Mt1901: 0.13 Mt1904: 0.15 Mt1907: 0.16 Mt1910: 0.18 Mt1913: 0.2 Mt1916: 0.22 Mt1919: 0.24 Mt1922: 0.26 Mt1925: 0.3 Mt1928: 0.32 Mt1931: 0.33 Mt1934: 0.36 Mt1937: 0.44 Mt1940: 0.51 Mt1943: 0.59 Mt1946: 0.67 Mt1949: 0.82 Mt1952: 0.95 Mt1955: 1.08 Mt1958: 1.22 Mt1961: 1.26 Mt1964: 1.27 Mt1967: 1.26 Mt1970: 1.9 Mt1973: 2.97 Mt1976: 2.97 Mt1979: 4.27 Mt1982: 5.48 Mt1985: 6.54 Mt1988: 7.57 Mt1991: 8.87 Mt1994: 8.22 Mt1997: 12.83 Mt2000: 16.45 Mt2003: 11.87 Mt2006: 17.41 Mt2009: 15.48 Mt2012: 16.1 Mt2015: 14.51 Mt2018: 18.81 Mt2021: 16.04 Mt2024: 15.13 Mt
Change over the period: +15.03 (+15,182.83%) Average annual rate: 2.93 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 15.13 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,219.5 Mt
Middle Africa computed 236.44 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,489.63 Mt
Methane emissions — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 15.13 −1.45 −8.72%
2023 16.58 +0.45 +2.78%
2022 16.13 +0.08 +0.53%
2021 16.04 −1.59 −8.99%
2020 17.63 −1.47 −7.71%
2019 19.1 +0.29 +1.53%
2018 18.81 +2.75 +17.1%
2017 16.07 +1.71 +11.89%
2016 14.36 −0.15 −1.07%
2015 14.51 −0.49 −3.29%
2014 15.01 +0.37 +2.54%
2013 14.64 −1.47 −9.12%
2012 16.1 −0.49 −2.96%
2011 16.6 −0.43 −2.51%
2010 17.02 +1.54 +9.97%
2009 15.48 +1.11 +7.74%
2008 14.37 −0.39 −2.64%
2007 14.76 −2.65 −15.22%
2006 17.41 +1.43 +8.94%
2005 15.98 +2.99 +22.99%
2004 12.99 +1.12 +9.4%
2003 11.87 +1.34 +12.72%
2002 10.53 −5.1 −32.62%
2001 15.63 −0.81 −4.95%
2000 16.45 +0.89 +5.69%
1999 15.56 +0.21 +1.37%
1998 15.35 +2.52 +19.67%
1997 12.83 +0.84 +7.03%
1996 11.99 +2.05 +20.58%
1995 9.94 +1.72 +20.92%
1994 8.22 −0.72 −8.05%
1993 8.94 +0.04 +0.43%
1992 8.9 +0.03 +0.34%
1991 8.87 −0.15 −1.61%
1990 9.02 +0.41 +4.71%
1989 8.61 +1.04 +13.77%
1988 7.57 +0.45 +6.37%
1987 7.12 +0.64 +9.88%
1986 6.48 −0.07 −1.02%
1985 6.54 −0 −0.08%
1984 6.55 +1.13 +20.88%
1983 5.42 −0.07 −1.22%
1982 5.48 +0.46 +9.09%
1981 5.03 +0.6 +13.55%
1980 4.43 +0.16 +3.7%
1979 4.27 +0.74 +20.87%
1978 3.53 +0.61 +20.71%
1977 2.93 −0.04 −1.32%
1976 2.97 +0.11 +3.85%
1975 2.86 −0.32 −9.99%
1974 3.17 +0.2 +6.69%
1973 2.97 +1.57 +111.9%
1972 1.4 +0.38 +36.61%
1971 1.03 −0.87 −45.95%
1970 1.9 +0.65 +52.24%
1969 1.25 −0 −0.32%
1968 1.25 −0 −0.24%
1967 1.26 −0.01 −0.63%
1966 1.26 −0.01 −0.71%
1965 1.27 +0 +0.16%
1964 1.27 +0.01 +0.47%
1963 1.26 +0.01 +0.48%
1962 1.26 +0 +0.16%
1961 1.26 −0.07 −5.21%
1960 1.33 +0.05 +4.25%
1959 1.27 +0.05 +4.1%
1958 1.22 +0.05 +4.18%
1957 1.17 +0.05 +4.18%
1956 1.13 +0.04 +4.17%
1955 1.08 +0.04 +4.25%
1954 1.04 +0.04 +4.33%
1953 0.99 +0.04 +4.31%
1952 0.95 +0.04 +4.62%
1951 0.91 +0.04 +4.6%
1950 0.87 +0.05 +6.36%
1949 0.82 +0.05 +6.51%
1948 0.77 +0.05 +6.67%
1947 0.72 +0.05 +6.98%
1946 0.67 +0.03 +4.02%
1945 0.65 +0.02 +3.85%
1944 0.62 +0.03 +4.88%
1943 0.59 +0.03 +5.13%
1942 0.57 +0.03 +5.02%
1941 0.54 +0.03 +5.28%
1940 0.51 +0.03 +5.14%
1939 0.49 +0.03 +5.42%
1938 0.46 +0.02 +5.49%
1937 0.44 +0.02 +5.56%
1936 0.41 +0.04 +9.81%
1935 0.38 +0.01 +3.86%
1934 0.36 +0.01 +4.01%
1933 0.35 +0.01 +4.18%
1932 0.34 +0.01 +1.82%
1931 0.33 +0 +0.92%
1930 0.33 +0 +1.24%
1929 0.32 +0 +0.94%
1928 0.32 +0 +0.95%
1927 0.32 +0 +1.28%
1926 0.31 +0.01 +4.7%
1925 0.3 +0.01 +4.93%
1924 0.28 +0.01 +4.8%
1923 0.27 +0.01 +5.04%
1922 0.26 +0.01 +4.88%
1921 0.25 −0 −1.2%
1920 0.25 +0.01 +3.32%
1919 0.24 +0.01 +2.99%
1918 0.23 +0.01 +3.54%
1917 0.23 +0.01 +3.2%
1916 0.22 +0.01 +3.3%
1915 0.21 +0.01 +3.41%
1914 0.21 +0.01 +3.54%
1913 0.2 +0.01 +3.66%
1912 0.19 +0.01 +3.8%
1911 0.18 +0.01 +3.95%
1910 0.18 +0.01 +2.91%
1909 0.17 +0.01 +3.61%
1908 0.17 +0.01 +3.11%
1907 0.16 +0.01 +3.21%
1906 0.16 +0.01 +4%
1905 0.15 +0.01 +3.45%
1904 0.15 +0 +3.57%
1903 0.14 +0.01 +3.7%
1902 0.14 +0.01 +3.85%
1901 0.13 +0.01 +4%
1900 0.13 +0 +0%
1899 0.13 +0 +0.81%
1898 0.12 +0 +0.81%
1897 0.12 +0 +0%
1896 0.12 +0 +0.82%
1895 0.12 +0 +0%
1894 0.12 +0 +0.83%
1893 0.12 +0 +0.83%
1892 0.12 +0 +0%
1891 0.12 +0 +0.84%
1890 0.12 +0 +0%
1889 0.12 +0 +0.85%
1888 0.12 +0 +0.85%
1887 0.12 +0 +0%
1886 0.12 +0 +0.86%
1885 0.12 +0 +0%
1884 0.12 +0 +0.87%
1883 0.12 +0 +0%
1882 0.12 +0 +0.88%
1881 0.11 +0 +0.88%
1880 0.11 +0 +0%
1879 0.11 +0 +0.89%
1878 0.11 +0 +0%
1877 0.11 +0 +0.9%
1876 0.11 +0 +0%
1875 0.11 +0 +0.91%
1874 0.11 +0 +0%
1873 0.11 +0 +0.92%
1872 0.11 +0 +0%
1871 0.11 +0 +0.93%
1870 0.11 +0 +0%
1869 0.11 +0 +0.93%
1868 0.11 +0 +0%
1867 0.11 +0 +0.94%
1866 0.11 +0 +0%
1865 0.11 +0 +0.95%
1864 0.11 +0 +0%
1863 0.11 +0 +0.96%
1862 0.1 +0 +0%
1861 0.1 +0 +0.97%
1860 0.1 +0 +0%
1859 0.1 +0 +0.98%
1858 0.1 +0 +0%
1857 0.1 +0 +0%
1856 0.1 +0 +0.99%
1855 0.1 +0 +0%
1854 0.1 +0 +1%
1853 0.1 +0 +0%
1852 0.1 +0 +0%
1851 0.1 +0 +1.01%
1850 0.1

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.