Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Central Asia

Methane emissions in Central Asia in 2024 — 147.1 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 2,263.1%.

2024 147.1 Mt +0.95% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 147.1 Mt2024
Period minimum 6.23 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Central Asia, 1850–2024050100150185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 6.23 Mt1853: 6.26 Mt1856: 6.3 Mt1859: 6.34 Mt1862: 6.45 Mt1865: 6.64 Mt1868: 6.81 Mt1871: 7.05 Mt1874: 7.38 Mt1877: 7.74 Mt1880: 8.14 Mt1883: 8.48 Mt1886: 8.8 Mt1889: 9.15 Mt1892: 9.73 Mt1895: 10.48 Mt1898: 11.28 Mt1901: 12.22 Mt1904: 12.86 Mt1907: 13.66 Mt1910: 14.28 Mt1913: 16.01 Mt1916: 16.78 Mt1919: 15.91 Mt1922: 16.81 Mt1925: 17.72 Mt1928: 19.83 Mt1931: 22.88 Mt1934: 27.48 Mt1937: 32.73 Mt1940: 39.12 Mt1943: 36.25 Mt1946: 37.83 Mt1949: 42.9 Mt1952: 49.01 Mt1955: 59.55 Mt1958: 71.54 Mt1961: 75.71 Mt1964: 82.96 Mt1967: 89.76 Mt1970: 95.02 Mt1973: 100.75 Mt1976: 107.09 Mt1979: 109.7 Mt1982: 108.23 Mt1985: 108.63 Mt1988: 110.38 Mt1991: 119.26 Mt1994: 97.07 Mt1997: 79.84 Mt2000: 85.52 Mt2003: 104.88 Mt2006: 119.67 Mt2009: 116.43 Mt2012: 133.23 Mt2015: 131.97 Mt2018: 142.4 Mt2021: 145.84 Mt2024: 147.1 Mt
Change over the period: +140.88 (+2,263.08%) Average annual rate: 1.83 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Central Asia 147.1 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Methane emissions — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 147.1 +1.39 +0.95%
2023 145.72 −1.27 −0.86%
2022 146.99 +1.15 +0.79%
2021 145.84 +3.43 +2.41%
2020 142.41 −2.32 −1.6%
2019 144.73 +2.32 +1.63%
2018 142.4 +1.34 +0.95%
2017 141.07 +7.92 +5.94%
2016 133.15 +1.19 +0.9%
2015 131.97 −3.95 −2.9%
2014 135.91 +1.88 +1.4%
2013 134.03 +0.8 +0.6%
2012 133.23 +5.21 +4.07%
2011 128.02 +3.91 +3.15%
2010 124.11 +7.68 +6.59%
2009 116.43 −10.62 −8.36%
2008 127.06 +11.78 +10.21%
2007 115.28 −4.39 −3.67%
2006 119.67 +6.27 +5.53%
2005 113.4 +7.35 +6.93%
2004 106.05 +1.17 +1.12%
2003 104.88 −0.2 −0.19%
2002 105.07 +13.38 +14.59%
2001 91.7 +6.18 +7.22%
2000 85.52 +6.94 +8.83%
1999 78.58 −1.63 −2.03%
1998 80.21 +0.37 +0.46%
1997 79.84 −6.99 −8.04%
1996 86.83 −1.29 −1.47%
1995 88.12 −8.95 −9.22%
1994 97.07 −9.15 −8.62%
1993 106.22 −3.27 −2.99%
1992 109.49 −9.77 −8.19%
1991 119.26 −2.59 −2.12%
1990 121.85 +10.03 +8.97%
1989 111.82 +1.44 +1.31%
1988 110.38 −0.25 −0.23%
1987 110.63 +0.99 +0.91%
1986 109.64 +1 +0.92%
1985 108.63 −4.35 −3.85%
1984 112.98 +4.91 +4.55%
1983 108.07 −0.16 −0.15%
1982 108.23 +0.4 +0.37%
1981 107.83 −1.47 −1.34%
1980 109.29 −0.41 −0.38%
1979 109.7 +0.98 +0.9%
1978 108.73 +1.27 +1.18%
1977 107.46 +0.37 +0.35%
1976 107.09 +2.28 +2.17%
1975 104.81 +2.55 +2.49%
1974 102.26 +1.51 +1.5%
1973 100.75 +2.11 +2.14%
1972 98.64 +2.08 +2.15%
1971 96.56 +1.55 +1.63%
1970 95.02 +6.14 +6.9%
1969 88.88 −0.4 −0.44%
1968 89.28 −0.48 −0.53%
1967 89.76 +1.73 +1.96%
1966 88.03 +3.32 +3.92%
1965 84.71 +1.75 +2.1%
1964 82.96 +0.51 +0.62%
1963 82.45 +3.65 +4.63%
1962 78.8 +3.09 +4.09%
1961 75.71 −1.88 −2.42%
1960 77.59 +2.81 +3.76%
1959 74.78 +3.24 +4.52%
1958 71.54 +3.58 +5.26%
1957 67.96 +4.29 +6.74%
1956 63.67 +4.12 +6.92%
1955 59.55 +4.7 +8.56%
1954 54.86 +3.43 +6.68%
1953 51.42 +2.41 +4.93%
1952 49.01 +2.32 +4.97%
1951 46.69 +2.16 +4.86%
1950 44.52 +1.63 +3.79%
1949 42.9 +1.86 +4.54%
1948 41.03 +0.78 +1.93%
1947 40.26 +2.42 +6.4%
1946 37.83 +1.36 +3.73%
1945 36.47 +1.03 +2.89%
1944 35.45 −0.8 −2.21%
1943 36.25 +3.04 +9.15%
1942 33.21 −4.14 −11.08%
1941 37.35 −1.77 −4.52%
1940 39.12 +3.68 +10.38%
1939 35.44 +1.11 +3.25%
1938 34.32 +1.59 +4.86%
1937 32.73 +1.17 +3.72%
1936 31.56 +2.38 +8.14%
1935 29.19 +1.71 +6.22%
1934 27.48 +2.02 +7.95%
1933 25.45 +1.3 +5.4%
1932 24.15 +1.27 +5.53%
1931 22.88 +1.37 +6.38%
1930 21.51 +1.27 +6.3%
1929 20.24 +0.41 +2.05%
1928 19.83 +0.5 +2.56%
1927 19.33 +0.73 +3.94%
1926 18.6 +0.88 +4.98%
1925 17.72 +0.16 +0.93%
1924 17.56 +0.44 +2.59%
1923 17.11 +0.31 +1.82%
1922 16.81 +0.39 +2.37%
1921 16.42 +0.27 +1.65%
1920 16.15 +0.24 +1.54%
1919 15.91 +0.15 +0.95%
1918 15.76 −1.19 −7.01%
1917 16.94 +0.16 +0.97%
1916 16.78 +0.54 +3.29%
1915 16.25 +0.14 +0.89%
1914 16.1 +0.1 +0.59%
1913 16.01 +0.61 +3.96%
1912 15.4 +0.67 +4.53%
1911 14.73 +0.45 +3.15%
1910 14.28 +0.14 +0.99%
1909 14.14 +0.29 +2.09%
1908 13.85 +0.2 +1.44%
1907 13.66 +0.39 +2.92%
1906 13.27 +0.39 +3%
1905 12.88 +0.02 +0.17%
1904 12.86 +0.35 +2.8%
1903 12.51 +0.16 +1.25%
1902 12.35 +0.13 +1.09%
1901 12.22 +0.22 +1.82%
1900 12 +0.36 +3.07%
1899 11.65 +0.36 +3.21%
1898 11.28 +0.3 +2.72%
1897 10.99 +0.31 +2.92%
1896 10.67 +0.19 +1.84%
1895 10.48 +0.28 +2.77%
1894 10.2 +0.19 +1.92%
1893 10.01 +0.28 +2.83%
1892 9.73 +0.21 +2.19%
1891 9.52 +0.23 +2.42%
1890 9.3 +0.15 +1.61%
1889 9.15 +0.13 +1.39%
1888 9.03 +0.11 +1.22%
1887 8.92 +0.12 +1.31%
1886 8.8 +0.1 +1.17%
1885 8.7 +0.12 +1.41%
1884 8.58 +0.1 +1.17%
1883 8.48 +0.13 +1.57%
1882 8.35 +0.11 +1.29%
1881 8.24 +0.11 +1.3%
1880 8.14 +0.14 +1.74%
1879 8 +0.11 +1.41%
1878 7.89 +0.15 +1.91%
1877 7.74 +0.11 +1.42%
1876 7.63 +0.13 +1.77%
1875 7.5 +0.12 +1.6%
1874 7.38 +0.12 +1.68%
1873 7.26 +0.1 +1.38%
1872 7.16 +0.11 +1.5%
1871 7.05 +0.12 +1.78%
1870 6.93 +0.05 +0.79%
1869 6.88 +0.06 +0.91%
1868 6.81 +0.04 +0.64%
1867 6.77 +0.05 +0.82%
1866 6.72 +0.08 +1.16%
1865 6.64 +0.05 +0.73%
1864 6.59 +0.05 +0.78%
1863 6.54 +0.09 +1.32%
1862 6.45 +0.05 +0.77%
1861 6.41 +0.05 +0.8%
1860 6.35 +0.01 +0.24%
1859 6.34 +0.01 +0.19%
1858 6.33 +0.02 +0.32%
1857 6.31 +0.01 +0.19%
1856 6.3 +0.01 +0.11%
1855 6.29 +0.02 +0.29%
1854 6.27 +0.01 +0.19%
1853 6.26 +0.01 +0.18%
1852 6.25 +0.01 +0.18%
1851 6.24 +0.01 +0.18%
1850 6.23

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.