Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Spain

Methane emissions in Spain in 2024 — 44.6 Mt. Ranked 162 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 456.7%.

2024 44.6 Mt −0.16% vs 2023
World rank 162of 199
Period maximum 49.21 Mt2009
Period minimum 8.01 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Spain, 1850–20240204060185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 8.01 Mt1853: 8.25 Mt1856: 8.49 Mt1859: 8.78 Mt1862: 8.98 Mt1865: 9.11 Mt1868: 9.26 Mt1871: 9.4 Mt1874: 9.54 Mt1877: 9.72 Mt1880: 9.89 Mt1883: 10.11 Mt1886: 10.24 Mt1889: 10.4 Mt1892: 10.58 Mt1895: 10.65 Mt1898: 10.75 Mt1901: 11.02 Mt1904: 11.3 Mt1907: 11.58 Mt1910: 11.83 Mt1913: 12.2 Mt1916: 12.42 Mt1919: 12.49 Mt1922: 12.72 Mt1925: 13.35 Mt1928: 13.79 Mt1931: 14.13 Mt1934: 14.29 Mt1937: 13.98 Mt1940: 15.76 Mt1943: 16.9 Mt1946: 18.21 Mt1949: 19.69 Mt1952: 21.19 Mt1955: 22.78 Mt1958: 25.16 Mt1961: 27.47 Mt1964: 28.15 Mt1967: 29.48 Mt1970: 32.32 Mt1973: 33.13 Mt1976: 33.1 Mt1979: 34.29 Mt1982: 38.09 Mt1985: 37.58 Mt1988: 39.37 Mt1991: 40.49 Mt1994: 40.67 Mt1997: 43.99 Mt2000: 45.73 Mt2003: 47.09 Mt2006: 46.75 Mt2009: 49.21 Mt2012: 45.21 Mt2015: 45.51 Mt2018: 46.05 Mt2021: 45.94 Mt2024: 44.6 Mt
Change over the period: +36.58 (+456.67%) Average annual rate: 0.99 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Spain 44.6 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 1,323.91 Mt
Southern Europe computed 128.64 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 44.6 −0.07 −0.16%
2023 44.67 −0.32 −0.71%
2022 44.99 −0.96 −2.09%
2021 45.94 −0.08 −0.17%
2020 46.02 +0.48 +1.04%
2019 45.55 −0.5 −1.09%
2018 46.05 +0.9 +1.99%
2017 45.15 −0 −0.01%
2016 45.16 −0.35 −0.77%
2015 45.51 +1.3 +2.93%
2014 44.21 +0.91 +2.09%
2013 43.31 −1.91 −4.22%
2012 45.21 −1.58 −3.38%
2011 46.79 −0.75 −1.57%
2010 47.54 −1.67 −3.39%
2009 49.21 +2.77 +5.97%
2008 46.43 −1.26 −2.64%
2007 47.69 +0.94 +2.02%
2006 46.75 −0.15 −0.31%
2005 46.9 −0.12 −0.26%
2004 47.02 −0.07 −0.16%
2003 47.09 −0.11 −0.24%
2002 47.21 +0.53 +1.13%
2001 46.68 +0.95 +2.08%
2000 45.73 +0.71 +1.57%
1999 45.02 +0.47 +1.05%
1998 44.55 +0.57 +1.29%
1997 43.99 +1.98 +4.7%
1996 42.01 +0.93 +2.26%
1995 41.08 +0.41 +1.02%
1994 40.67 +0.37 +0.92%
1993 40.3 −0.59 −1.44%
1992 40.89 +0.4 +0.99%
1991 40.49 +0.18 +0.44%
1990 40.31 +0.48 +1.21%
1989 39.83 +0.45 +1.15%
1988 39.37 +2.49 +6.74%
1987 36.89 −1.92 −4.94%
1986 38.8 +1.22 +3.25%
1985 37.58 +0.04 +0.1%
1984 37.54 +0.33 +0.88%
1983 37.22 −0.88 −2.3%
1982 38.09 +2.73 +7.71%
1981 35.37 +0.41 +1.17%
1980 34.96 +0.67 +1.95%
1979 34.29 −0.25 −0.73%
1978 34.54 +0.38 +1.13%
1977 34.16 +1.06 +3.19%
1976 33.1 +0.28 +0.86%
1975 32.82 −0.01 −0.03%
1974 32.83 −0.3 −0.92%
1973 33.13 +0.19 +0.59%
1972 32.94 +0.3 +0.91%
1971 32.64 +0.32 +1%
1970 32.32 +0.56 +1.77%
1969 31.76 +1.3 +4.26%
1968 30.46 +0.98 +3.32%
1967 29.48 +1.18 +4.17%
1966 28.3 +0.19 +0.66%
1965 28.12 −0.03 −0.1%
1964 28.15 +0.16 +0.57%
1963 27.99 +0.19 +0.7%
1962 27.79 +0.32 +1.18%
1961 27.47 +1.4 +5.36%
1960 26.07 +0.58 +2.26%
1959 25.5 +0.34 +1.34%
1958 25.16 +0.86 +3.56%
1957 24.3 +0.94 +4.02%
1956 23.36 +0.57 +2.52%
1955 22.78 +0.51 +2.27%
1954 22.28 +0.52 +2.39%
1953 21.76 +0.57 +2.7%
1952 21.19 +0.69 +3.39%
1951 20.49 +0.43 +2.14%
1950 20.06 +0.37 +1.9%
1949 19.69 +0.59 +3.08%
1948 19.1 +0.5 +2.72%
1947 18.6 +0.39 +2.14%
1946 18.21 +0.39 +2.18%
1945 17.82 +0.45 +2.56%
1944 17.37 +0.47 +2.77%
1943 16.9 +0.38 +2.32%
1942 16.52 +0.43 +2.7%
1941 16.09 +0.33 +2.08%
1940 15.76 +0.62 +4.12%
1939 15.14 +0.37 +2.52%
1938 14.76 +0.78 +5.57%
1937 13.98 +0.05 +0.38%
1936 13.93 −0.65 −4.47%
1935 14.58 +0.29 +2.02%
1934 14.29 +0.18 +1.28%
1933 14.11 −0.04 −0.3%
1932 14.16 +0.03 +0.2%
1931 14.13 +0.03 +0.18%
1930 14.1 +0.04 +0.31%
1929 14.06 +0.27 +1.99%
1928 13.79 +0.06 +0.47%
1927 13.72 +0.32 +2.35%
1926 13.41 +0.06 +0.44%
1925 13.35 +0.16 +1.22%
1924 13.19 +0.19 +1.46%
1923 13 +0.28 +2.2%
1922 12.72 +0.13 +1.01%
1921 12.59 +0.18 +1.43%
1920 12.41 −0.08 −0.62%
1919 12.49 +0.01 +0.04%
1918 12.48 +0.14 +1.09%
1917 12.35 −0.07 −0.56%
1916 12.42 +0.24 +2.01%
1915 12.17 −0.08 −0.65%
1914 12.25 +0.05 +0.41%
1913 12.2 +0.16 +1.37%
1912 12.04 +0.16 +1.31%
1911 11.88 +0.05 +0.45%
1910 11.83 +0.05 +0.4%
1909 11.78 +0.09 +0.77%
1908 11.69 +0.12 +0.99%
1907 11.58 +0.09 +0.75%
1906 11.49 +0.08 +0.74%
1905 11.41 +0.1 +0.92%
1904 11.3 +0.12 +1.11%
1903 11.18 +0.05 +0.48%
1902 11.13 +0.1 +0.93%
1901 11.02 +0.11 +0.98%
1900 10.92 +0.05 +0.51%
1899 10.86 +0.11 +1%
1898 10.75 +0 +0.04%
1897 10.75 +0.03 +0.32%
1896 10.72 +0.07 +0.63%
1895 10.65 +0.01 +0.07%
1894 10.64 +0.06 +0.6%
1893 10.58 +0 +0.02%
1892 10.58 +0.04 +0.42%
1891 10.53 +0.06 +0.57%
1890 10.47 +0.07 +0.67%
1889 10.4 +0.07 +0.69%
1888 10.33 +0.06 +0.54%
1887 10.28 +0.04 +0.4%
1886 10.24 +0.07 +0.64%
1885 10.17 +0.03 +0.28%
1884 10.14 +0.04 +0.36%
1883 10.11 +0.07 +0.75%
1882 10.03 +0.07 +0.74%
1881 9.96 +0.07 +0.74%
1880 9.89 +0.07 +0.72%
1879 9.81 +0.06 +0.58%
1878 9.76 +0.04 +0.41%
1877 9.72 +0.06 +0.58%
1876 9.66 +0.06 +0.66%
1875 9.6 +0.06 +0.58%
1874 9.54 +0.04 +0.43%
1873 9.5 +0.03 +0.36%
1872 9.47 +0.07 +0.71%
1871 9.4 +0.03 +0.36%
1870 9.37 +0.07 +0.77%
1869 9.3 +0.04 +0.41%
1868 9.26 +0.05 +0.53%
1867 9.21 +0.06 +0.66%
1866 9.15 +0.04 +0.44%
1865 9.11 +0.04 +0.44%
1864 9.07 +0.03 +0.38%
1863 9.03 +0.06 +0.66%
1862 8.98 +0.06 +0.63%
1861 8.92 +0.05 +0.53%
1860 8.87 +0.1 +1.08%
1859 8.78 +0.11 +1.26%
1858 8.67 +0.1 +1.13%
1857 8.57 +0.08 +0.97%
1856 8.49 +0.09 +1.07%
1855 8.4 +0.08 +0.93%
1854 8.32 +0.07 +0.84%
1853 8.25 +0.09 +1.04%
1852 8.17 +0.08 +0.98%
1851 8.09 +0.08 +0.97%
1850 8.01

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.