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Methane emissions — Saudi Arabia

Methane emissions in Saudi Arabia in 2024 — 117.01 Mt. Ranked 186 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 14,381.9%.

2024 117.01 Mt +3.4% vs 2023
World rank 186of 199
Period maximum 117.03 Mt2022
Period minimum 0.8 Mt1935

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Saudi Arabia, 1850–2024050100150185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.81 Mt1853: 0.81 Mt1856: 0.82 Mt1859: 0.82 Mt1862: 0.83 Mt1865: 0.83 Mt1868: 0.84 Mt1871: 0.84 Mt1874: 0.85 Mt1877: 0.86 Mt1880: 0.86 Mt1883: 0.87 Mt1886: 0.88 Mt1889: 0.89 Mt1892: 0.9 Mt1895: 0.91 Mt1898: 0.91 Mt1901: 0.92 Mt1904: 0.9 Mt1907: 0.89 Mt1910: 0.88 Mt1913: 0.87 Mt1916: 0.86 Mt1919: 0.84 Mt1922: 0.83 Mt1925: 0.83 Mt1928: 0.82 Mt1931: 0.81 Mt1934: 0.81 Mt1937: 0.85 Mt1940: 6.02 Mt1943: 5.67 Mt1946: 61.12 Mt1949: 43.69 Mt1952: 5.53 Mt1955: 5.68 Mt1958: 5.4 Mt1961: 8.66 Mt1964: 15.35 Mt1967: 14.57 Mt1970: 32 Mt1973: 50.1 Mt1976: 57.62 Mt1979: 65.03 Mt1982: 49.67 Mt1985: 33.26 Mt1988: 46.16 Mt1991: 66.56 Mt1994: 68.4 Mt1997: 72.14 Mt2000: 72.34 Mt2003: 79.17 Mt2006: 87.66 Mt2009: 85.95 Mt2012: 99.7 Mt2015: 104.79 Mt2018: 109.11 Mt2021: 106.55 Mt2024: 117.01 Mt
Change over the period: +116.21 (+14,381.93%) Average annual rate: 2.9 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Saudi Arabia 117.01 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 — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 117.01 +3.85 +3.4%
2023 113.17 −3.86 −3.3%
2022 117.03 +10.48 +9.84%
2021 106.55 +0 +0%
2020 106.55 −0.18 −0.17%
2019 106.73 −2.38 −2.18%
2018 109.11 +3.13 +2.96%
2017 105.97 −1.77 −1.64%
2016 107.74 +2.95 +2.82%
2015 104.79 +3.49 +3.45%
2014 101.3 +1.84 +1.84%
2013 99.46 −0.24 −0.24%
2012 99.7 +4.49 +4.71%
2011 95.21 +7.82 +8.95%
2010 87.39 +1.44 +1.68%
2009 85.95 −4.59 −5.06%
2008 90.53 +3.19 +3.65%
2007 87.34 −0.32 −0.36%
2006 87.66 +2.16 +2.52%
2005 85.5 +5.26 +6.56%
2004 80.24 +1.08 +1.36%
2003 79.17 +9.86 +14.22%
2002 69.31 −2.31 −3.22%
2001 71.61 −0.72 −1%
2000 72.34 +5.68 +8.52%
1999 66.66 −4.74 −6.64%
1998 71.4 −0.74 −1.03%
1997 72.14 +2.31 +3.31%
1996 69.83 +2.84 +4.23%
1995 66.99 −1.41 −2.06%
1994 68.4 −0.49 −0.71%
1993 68.89 +0.32 +0.46%
1992 68.57 +2.01 +3.02%
1991 66.56 +11.38 +20.63%
1990 55.18 +8.69 +18.68%
1989 46.49 +0.34 +0.73%
1988 46.16 +5.97 +14.86%
1987 40.18 −3.8 −8.65%
1986 43.99 +10.73 +32.26%
1985 33.26 −6.72 −16.81%
1984 39.98 −1.38 −3.34%
1983 41.36 −8.31 −16.73%
1982 49.67 −19.83 −28.53%
1981 69.49 −0.15 −0.21%
1980 69.64 +4.61 +7.09%
1979 65.03 +7.61 +13.25%
1978 57.43 −4.18 −6.78%
1977 61.6 +3.98 +6.9%
1976 57.62 +9.8 +20.48%
1975 47.83 −8.14 −14.54%
1974 55.96 +5.86 +11.7%
1973 50.1 +9.9 +24.62%
1972 40.2 +7.88 +24.37%
1971 32.32 +0.32 +1%
1970 32 +8.68 +37.2%
1969 23.33 +5.13 +28.18%
1968 18.2 +3.63 +24.91%
1967 14.57 +0.63 +4.5%
1966 13.94 +4.23 +43.51%
1965 9.72 −5.64 −36.72%
1964 15.35 +0.03 +0.2%
1963 15.32 +1.3 +9.3%
1962 14.02 +5.36 +61.89%
1961 8.66 +1.94 +28.8%
1960 6.72 +1.7 +33.82%
1959 5.02 −0.38 −7%
1958 5.4 −0.22 −3.98%
1957 5.63 +1.01 +21.88%
1956 4.62 −1.06 −18.68%
1955 5.68 +1.93 +51.48%
1954 3.75 +1.71 +84.22%
1953 2.03 −3.49 −63.19%
1952 5.53 −3.57 −39.21%
1951 9.09 −3.64 −28.57%
1950 12.73 −30.96 −70.87%
1949 43.69 +0.65 +1.5%
1948 43.04 −8.96 −17.22%
1947 52 −9.12 −14.92%
1946 61.12 +38.98 +176.1%
1945 22.14 +13.37 +152.45%
1944 8.77 +3.1 +54.77%
1943 5.67 +0.23 +4.23%
1942 5.44 +0.23 +4.42%
1941 5.21 −0.82 −13.56%
1940 6.02 +1.21 +25.09%
1939 4.82 +3.53 +274.42%
1938 1.29 +0.43 +50.76%
1937 0.85 +0.04 +4.66%
1936 0.82 +0.01 +1.49%
1935 0.8 −0 −0.25%
1934 0.81 −0 −0.37%
1933 0.81 −0 −0.25%
1932 0.81 −0 −0.25%
1931 0.81 −0 −0.37%
1930 0.82 −0 −0.24%
1929 0.82 −0 −0.37%
1928 0.82 −0 −0.24%
1927 0.82 −0 −0.24%
1926 0.82 −0 −0.36%
1925 0.83 −0 −0.24%
1924 0.83 −0 −0.24%
1923 0.83 −0 −0.36%
1922 0.83 −0 −0.24%
1921 0.84 −0 −0.24%
1920 0.84 −0.01 −0.59%
1919 0.84 −0 −0.47%
1918 0.85 −0 −0.47%
1917 0.85 −0 −0.47%
1916 0.86 −0.01 −0.58%
1915 0.86 −0 −0.46%
1914 0.86 −0 −0.46%
1913 0.87 −0.01 −0.57%
1912 0.87 −0 −0.46%
1911 0.88 −0 −0.45%
1910 0.88 −0 −0.45%
1909 0.89 −0 −0.45%
1908 0.89 −0 −0.34%
1907 0.89 −0 −0.45%
1906 0.9 −0 −0.44%
1905 0.9 −0 −0.44%
1904 0.9 −0 −0.33%
1903 0.91 −0 −0.44%
1902 0.91 −0 −0.44%
1901 0.92 −0 −0.44%
1900 0.92 +0 +0.33%
1899 0.92 +0 +0.33%
1898 0.91 +0 +0.33%
1897 0.91 +0 +0.33%
1896 0.91 +0 +0.22%
1895 0.91 +0 +0.33%
1894 0.9 +0 +0.33%
1893 0.9 +0 +0.33%
1892 0.9 +0 +0.34%
1891 0.89 +0 +0.34%
1890 0.89 +0 +0.23%
1889 0.89 +0 +0.34%
1888 0.89 +0 +0.34%
1887 0.88 +0 +0.34%
1886 0.88 +0 +0.23%
1885 0.88 +0 +0.34%
1884 0.87 +0 +0.34%
1883 0.87 +0 +0.35%
1882 0.87 +0 +0.23%
1881 0.87 +0 +0.35%
1880 0.86 +0 +0.35%
1879 0.86 +0 +0.23%
1878 0.86 +0 +0.23%
1877 0.86 +0 +0.35%
1876 0.85 +0 +0.24%
1875 0.85 +0 +0.35%
1874 0.85 +0 +0.24%
1873 0.85 +0 +0.36%
1872 0.84 +0 +0.24%
1871 0.84 +0 +0.36%
1870 0.84 +0 +0.12%
1869 0.84 +0 +0.24%
1868 0.84 +0 +0.12%
1867 0.83 +0 +0.24%
1866 0.83 +0 +0.12%
1865 0.83 +0 +0.24%
1864 0.83 +0 +0.12%
1863 0.83 +0 +0.24%
1862 0.83 +0 +0.12%
1861 0.83 +0 +0.24%
1860 0.82 +0 +0.12%
1859 0.82 +0 +0.24%
1858 0.82 +0 +0.12%
1857 0.82 +0 +0.24%
1856 0.82 +0 +0.12%
1855 0.82 +0 +0.25%
1854 0.81 +0 +0.12%
1853 0.81 +0 +0.25%
1852 0.81 +0 +0.12%
1851 0.81 +0 +0.25%
1850 0.81 — —

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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