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Methane emissions — South Sudan

Methane emissions in South Sudan in 2024 — 31.28 Mt. Ranked 149 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 33,176.6%.

2024 31.28 Mt +1.17% vs 2023
World rank 149of 199
Period maximum 34.54 Mt2018
Period minimum 0.09 Mt1851

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — South Sudan, 1850–2024010203040185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.09 Mt1853: 0.09 Mt1856: 0.1 Mt1859: 0.1 Mt1862: 0.1 Mt1865: 0.1 Mt1868: 0.1 Mt1871: 0.12 Mt1874: 0.12 Mt1877: 0.12 Mt1880: 0.12 Mt1883: 0.12 Mt1886: 0.12 Mt1889: 0.12 Mt1892: 0.13 Mt1895: 0.13 Mt1898: 0.13 Mt1901: 0.13 Mt1904: 0.13 Mt1907: 0.13 Mt1910: 0.14 Mt1913: 0.14 Mt1916: 0.14 Mt1919: 0.15 Mt1922: 0.16 Mt1925: 0.16 Mt1928: 0.17 Mt1931: 0.18 Mt1934: 0.19 Mt1937: 0.19 Mt1940: 0.21 Mt1943: 0.22 Mt1946: 0.23 Mt1949: 0.23 Mt1952: 0.23 Mt1955: 0.22 Mt1958: 0.21 Mt1961: 11.36 Mt1964: 12.16 Mt1967: 13.13 Mt1970: 16.52 Mt1973: 17.4 Mt1976: 15.4 Mt1979: 16.87 Mt1982: 20.68 Mt1985: 17.31 Mt1988: 16.54 Mt1991: 20.5 Mt1994: 23.64 Mt1997: 26.38 Mt2000: 30.93 Mt2003: 28.92 Mt2006: 28.89 Mt2009: 31.84 Mt2012: 31.61 Mt2015: 31.92 Mt2018: 34.54 Mt2021: 32.07 Mt2024: 31.28 Mt
Change over the period: +31.19 (+33,176.6%) Average annual rate: 3.39 %

Comparison, 2024

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

South Sudan 31.28 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,219.5 Mt
Eastern Africa computed 439.59 Mt
Low-income countries computed 657.97 Mt
Methane emissions — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 31.28 +0.36 +1.17%
2023 30.92 +0.09 +0.3%
2022 30.82 −1.24 −3.88%
2021 32.07 −1.46 −4.34%
2020 33.52 +3.71 +12.43%
2019 29.82 −4.73 −13.68%
2018 34.54 +3.51 +11.32%
2017 31.03 −1.35 −4.15%
2016 32.38 +0.45 +1.42%
2015 31.92 +0.2 +0.64%
2014 31.72 +0.44 +1.4%
2013 31.28 −0.33 −1.04%
2012 31.61 +1.23 +4.03%
2011 30.39 +0.88 +2.98%
2010 29.51 −2.34 −7.33%
2009 31.84 +0.87 +2.8%
2008 30.98 −0.44 −1.4%
2007 31.42 +2.53 +8.76%
2006 28.89 −2.23 −7.16%
2005 31.12 +1.33 +4.47%
2004 29.78 +0.86 +2.99%
2003 28.92 +0.12 +0.41%
2002 28.8 +2.99 +11.57%
2001 25.82 −5.11 −16.53%
2000 30.93 +2.15 +7.48%
1999 28.78 +0.61 +2.15%
1998 28.17 +1.8 +6.81%
1997 26.38 +0.78 +3.06%
1996 25.59 +1.54 +6.41%
1995 24.05 +0.41 +1.74%
1994 23.64 +1 +4.41%
1993 22.64 +0.99 +4.59%
1992 21.65 +1.15 +5.62%
1991 20.5 +0.42 +2.11%
1990 20.07 +2.02 +11.16%
1989 18.06 +1.52 +9.18%
1988 16.54 −1.29 −7.23%
1987 17.83 +0.69 +4.04%
1986 17.13 −0.17 −1%
1985 17.31 −1.72 −9.03%
1984 19.02 −0.16 −0.85%
1983 19.19 −1.49 −7.22%
1982 20.68 +2.87 +16.12%
1981 17.81 −3.17 −15.11%
1980 20.98 +4.11 +24.38%
1979 16.87 +1.65 +10.83%
1978 15.22 −2.65 −14.84%
1977 17.87 +2.48 +16.1%
1976 15.4 +0.56 +3.75%
1975 14.84 +1.3 +9.6%
1974 13.54 −3.86 −22.18%
1973 17.4 +1.62 +10.26%
1972 15.78 −0.25 −1.55%
1971 16.03 −0.49 −2.97%
1970 16.52 +2.91 +21.39%
1969 13.61 −0.02 −0.11%
1968 13.62 +0.5 +3.79%
1967 13.13 +0.46 +3.65%
1966 12.66 +0.42 +3.46%
1965 12.24 +0.08 +0.69%
1964 12.16 +0.36 +3.02%
1963 11.8 +0.35 +3.08%
1962 11.45 +0.09 +0.76%
1961 11.36 +11.16 +5,524.26%
1960 0.2 −0 −1.94%
1959 0.21 −0 −1.44%
1958 0.21 −0 −1.88%
1957 0.21 −0 −1.39%
1956 0.22 −0 −1.82%
1955 0.22 −0 −1.79%
1954 0.22 −0 −1.75%
1953 0.23 −0 −1.3%
1952 0.23 −0 −0.86%
1951 0.23 +0.01 +2.19%
1950 0.23 +0 +0%
1949 0.23 +0 +0%
1948 0.23 −0 −0.44%
1947 0.23 +0 +0.44%
1946 0.23 +0 +0%
1945 0.23 +0 +0.44%
1944 0.23 +0 +1.79%
1943 0.22 +0.01 +2.29%
1942 0.22 +0 +1.87%
1941 0.21 +0.01 +2.39%
1940 0.21 +0 +1.95%
1939 0.21 +0 +1.99%
1938 0.2 +0.01 +3.61%
1937 0.19 +0 +1.57%
1936 0.19 +0 +1.06%
1935 0.19 +0 +1.61%
1934 0.19 +0 +1.64%
1933 0.18 +0 +1.1%
1932 0.18 +0 +1.69%
1931 0.18 +0 +1.71%
1930 0.18 +0 +1.16%
1929 0.17 +0 +1.17%
1928 0.17 +0 +1.79%
1927 0.17 +0 +1.2%
1926 0.17 +0 +1.84%
1925 0.16 +0 +1.24%
1924 0.16 +0 +1.26%
1923 0.16 +0 +1.92%
1922 0.16 +0 +1.3%
1921 0.15 +0 +1.32%
1920 0.15 +0 +1.33%
1919 0.15 +0 +1.35%
1918 0.15 +0 +1.37%
1917 0.15 +0 +1.39%
1916 0.14 +0 +1.41%
1915 0.14 +0 +1.43%
1914 0.14 +0 +1.45%
1913 0.14 +0 +0.73%
1912 0.14 +0 +0.74%
1911 0.14 +0 +0.74%
1910 0.14 +0 +0.75%
1909 0.13 +0 +0%
1908 0.13 +0 +0.75%
1907 0.13 +0 +0%
1906 0.13 +0 +0.76%
1905 0.13 +0 +0.76%
1904 0.13 +0 +0%
1903 0.13 +0 +0.77%
1902 0.13 +0 +0%
1901 0.13 +0 +0.78%
1900 0.13 +0 +0%
1899 0.13 +0 +0.78%
1898 0.13 +0 +0%
1897 0.13 +0 +0.79%
1896 0.13 +0 +0%
1895 0.13 +0 +0.79%
1894 0.13 +0 +0%
1893 0.13 +0 +0.8%
1892 0.13 +0 +0%
1891 0.13 +0 +0.81%
1890 0.12 +0 +0%
1889 0.12 +0 +0.81%
1888 0.12 +0 +0%
1887 0.12 +0 +0%
1886 0.12 +0 +0.82%
1885 0.12 +0 +0%
1884 0.12 +0 +0.83%
1883 0.12 +0 +0%
1882 0.12 +0 +0%
1881 0.12 +0 +0.83%
1880 0.12 +0 +0%
1879 0.12 +0 +0%
1878 0.12 +0 +0.84%
1877 0.12 +0 +0%
1876 0.12 +0 +0%
1875 0.12 +0 +0.85%
1874 0.12 +0 +0%
1873 0.12 +0 +0%
1872 0.12 +0 +0%
1871 0.12 +0.01 +13.46%
1870 0.1 +0 +0.97%
1869 0.1 +0 +0.98%
1868 0.1 +0 +0%
1867 0.1 +0 +0.99%
1866 0.1 +0 +1%
1865 0.1 +0 +0%
1864 0.1 +0 +1.01%
1863 0.1 +0 +1.02%
1862 0.1 +0 +0%
1861 0.1 +0 +1.03%
1860 0.1 +0 +0%
1859 0.1 +0 +1.04%
1858 0.1 +0 +0%
1857 0.1 +0 +1.05%
1856 0.1 +0 +0%
1855 0.1 +0 +0%
1854 0.1 +0 +1.06%
1853 0.09 +0 +0%
1852 0.09 +0 +1.08%
1851 0.09 −0 −1.06%
1850 0.09 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

SC Seychelles 0.08 KM Comoros 0.4 MU Mauritius 0.57 DJ Djibouti 1.22 BI Burundi 4.71 ER Eritrea 4.74 RW Rwanda 4.75 MW Malawi 8.37 ZW Zimbabwe 13.3 ZM Zambia 21.14 MG Madagascar 24.79 SO Somalia 25.28 MZ Mozambique 27.08 SS South Sudan 31.28 UG Uganda 37.06 KE Kenya 53.82 TZ Tanzania 61.99 ET Ethiopia 119.02
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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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