Contact Contacts
Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Sao Tome and Principe

Methane emissions in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024 — 0.07 Mt. Ranked 20 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,650%.

2024 0.07 Mt +1.45% vs 2023
World rank 20of 199
Period maximum 0.07 Mt2024
Period minimum 0 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Sao Tome and Principe, 1850–202400.020.040.060.08185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0 Mt1853: 0 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: 0.02 Mt1943: 0.02 Mt1946: 0.02 Mt1949: 0.02 Mt1952: 0.02 Mt1955: 0.02 Mt1958: 0.02 Mt1961: 0.02 Mt1964: 0.02 Mt1967: 0.02 Mt1970: 0.02 Mt1973: 0.02 Mt1976: 0.02 Mt1979: 0.02 Mt1982: 0.02 Mt1985: 0.02 Mt1988: 0.02 Mt1991: 0.04 Mt1994: 0.04 Mt1997: 0.05 Mt2000: 0.05 Mt2003: 0.05 Mt2006: 0.06 Mt2009: 0.06 Mt2012: 0.06 Mt2015: 0.06 Mt2018: 0.07 Mt2021: 0.07 Mt2024: 0.07 Mt
Change over the period: +0.07 (+1,650%) Average annual rate: 1.66 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 0.07 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 — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 0.07 +0 +1.45%
2023 0.07 +0 +1.47%
2022 0.07 +0 +1.49%
2021 0.07 −0 −1.47%
2020 0.07 +0 +1.49%
2019 0.07 +0 +3.08%
2018 0.07 +0 +1.56%
2017 0.06 +0 +0%
2016 0.06 +0 +1.59%
2015 0.06 +0 +1.61%
2014 0.06 +0 +1.64%
2013 0.06 +0 +1.67%
2012 0.06 +0 +0%
2011 0.06 +0 +1.69%
2010 0.06 +0 +0%
2009 0.06 +0 +3.51%
2008 0.06 +0 +1.79%
2007 0.06 +0 +0%
2006 0.06 +0 +1.82%
2005 0.06 +0 +1.85%
2004 0.05 +0 +1.89%
2003 0.05 +0 +1.92%
2002 0.05 +0 +4%
2001 0.05 −0 −3.85%
2000 0.05 +0 +4%
1999 0.05 +0 +8.7%
1998 0.05 +0 +2.22%
1997 0.05 +0 +2.27%
1996 0.04 +0 +2.33%
1995 0.04 +0 +2.38%
1994 0.04 +0 +5%
1993 0.04 +0 +2.56%
1992 0.04 +0 +0%
1991 0.04 +0 +5.41%
1990 0.04 +0.01 +54.17%
1989 0.02 +0 +0%
1988 0.02 +0 +4.35%
1987 0.02 +0 +4.55%
1986 0.02 +0 +0%
1985 0.02 +0 +0%
1984 0.02 +0 +4.76%
1983 0.02 +0 +5%
1982 0.02 +0 +0%
1981 0.02 +0 +5.26%
1980 0.02 +0 +5.56%
1979 0.02 +0 +0%
1978 0.02 +0 +0%
1977 0.02 +0 +5.88%
1976 0.02 +0 +0%
1975 0.02 +0 +6.25%
1974 0.02 +0 +0%
1973 0.02 +0 +0%
1972 0.02 +0 +0%
1971 0.02 +0 +0%
1970 0.02 +0 +0%
1969 0.02 +0 +0%
1968 0.02 +0 +0%
1967 0.02 +0 +6.67%
1966 0.02 −0 −6.25%
1965 0.02 −0 −5.88%
1964 0.02 +0 +0%
1963 0.02 −0 −5.56%
1962 0.02 +0 +0%
1961 0.02 −0 −5.26%
1960 0.02 +0 +5.56%
1959 0.02 +0 +0%
1958 0.02 +0 +0%
1957 0.02 +0 +5.88%
1956 0.02 +0 +0%
1955 0.02 +0 +0%
1954 0.02 +0 +0%
1953 0.02 +0 +0%
1952 0.02 +0 +0%
1951 0.02 +0 +0%
1950 0.02 +0 +0%
1949 0.02 +0 +6.25%
1948 0.02 +0 +0%
1947 0.02 +0 +0%
1946 0.02 +0 +0%
1945 0.02 +0 +0%
1944 0.02 +0 +0%
1943 0.02 +0 +6.67%
1942 0.02 +0 +0%
1941 0.02 +0 +0%
1940 0.02 +0 +7.14%
1939 0.01 +0 +0%
1938 0.01 +0 +7.69%
1937 0.01 +0 +0%
1936 0.01 +0 +0%
1935 0.01 +0 +8.33%
1934 0.01 +0 +0%
1933 0.01 +0 +0%
1932 0.01 +0 +0%
1931 0.01 +0 +0%
1930 0.01 +0 +9.09%
1929 0.01 +0 +0%
1928 0.01 +0 +0%
1927 0.01 +0 +0%
1926 0.01 +0 +10%
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 +11.11%
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 +12.5%
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 +0%
1904 0.01 +0 +14.29%
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 +16.67%
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 +20%
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 +25%
1853 0 +0 +0%
1852 0 +0 +0%
1851 0 +0 +0%
1850 0 — —

Middle Africa, 2024

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

ST Sao Tome and Principe 0.07 GQ Equatorial Guinea 2.7 CF Central African Republic 13.13 GA Gabon 14.32 CG Republic of the Congo 15.13 CM Cameroon 21.41 AO Angola 43.54 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 52.44 TD Chad 73.7
Full table for all countries

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.

Other indicators for Sao Tome and Principe

Emissions Nitrous oxide emissions

The third greenhouse gas by importance — almost all of it from fertilizer and manure.

Sao Tome and Principe by year Emissions Greenhouse gas emissions

All greenhouse gases in CO2 equivalent, including methane and nitrous oxide.

Sao Tome and Principe by year Emissions Greenhouse gases excluding land use

All greenhouse gases except emissions from deforestation and land-use change.

Sao Tome and Principe by year Agriculture Livestock production index

The trend in the output of meat, milk, eggs and other livestock products.

Sao Tome and Principe by year
All indicators for Sao Tome and Principe