Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Eastern Europe

Methane emissions in Eastern Europe in 2024 — 650.13 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 308.1%.

2024 650.13 Mt +0.66% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 871.15 Mt1987
Period minimum 159.32 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Eastern Europe, 1850–202402505007501,000185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 159.32 Mt1853: 165.07 Mt1856: 170.94 Mt1859: 176.8 Mt1862: 182.36 Mt1865: 187.9 Mt1868: 193.71 Mt1871: 200.32 Mt1874: 208.55 Mt1877: 217.52 Mt1880: 226.5 Mt1883: 235.98 Mt1886: 245.63 Mt1889: 255.61 Mt1892: 266.91 Mt1895: 279.27 Mt1898: 292.67 Mt1901: 310.02 Mt1904: 322.56 Mt1907: 338.67 Mt1910: 353.99 Mt1913: 358.41 Mt1916: 349.68 Mt1919: 313.14 Mt1922: 319.47 Mt1925: 330.04 Mt1928: 351.33 Mt1931: 388.87 Mt1934: 416.16 Mt1937: 445.97 Mt1940: 483.14 Mt1943: 458.28 Mt1946: 437.35 Mt1949: 468 Mt1952: 501.71 Mt1955: 551.36 Mt1958: 605.75 Mt1961: 626.75 Mt1964: 666.67 Mt1967: 681.91 Mt1970: 674.93 Mt1973: 728.2 Mt1976: 783.92 Mt1979: 832.74 Mt1982: 838.37 Mt1985: 857.52 Mt1988: 870.16 Mt1991: 807.61 Mt1994: 669.98 Mt1997: 587.77 Mt2000: 546.11 Mt2003: 564.01 Mt2006: 572.27 Mt2009: 563.98 Mt2012: 596.22 Mt2015: 587.39 Mt2018: 625.06 Mt2021: 651.93 Mt2024: 650.13 Mt
Change over the period: +490.81 (+308.07%) Average annual rate: 0.81 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Europe 650.13 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Methane emissions — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 650.13 +4.24 +0.66%
2023 645.89 +1.38 +0.21%
2022 644.51 −7.42 −1.14%
2021 651.93 +20.34 +3.22%
2020 631.59 −10.55 −1.64%
2019 642.14 +17.08 +2.73%
2018 625.06 +18.6 +3.07%
2017 606.45 +7.62 +1.27%
2016 598.83 +11.44 +1.95%
2015 587.39 −3.29 −0.56%
2014 590.68 −6.4 −1.07%
2013 597.08 +0.86 +0.14%
2012 596.22 +9.92 +1.69%
2011 586.3 +9.61 +1.67%
2010 576.69 +12.71 +2.25%
2009 563.98 −16.34 −2.81%
2008 580.32 +1.62 +0.28%
2007 578.7 +6.44 +1.12%
2006 572.27 +4 +0.7%
2005 568.27 +6.43 +1.14%
2004 561.84 −2.17 −0.39%
2003 564.01 +10.04 +1.81%
2002 553.97 +5.42 +0.99%
2001 548.55 +2.44 +0.45%
2000 546.11 −5.25 −0.95%
1999 551.36 −7.13 −1.28%
1998 558.49 −29.28 −4.98%
1997 587.77 −25.39 −4.14%
1996 613.16 −30.39 −4.72%
1995 643.56 −26.43 −3.94%
1994 669.98 −43.01 −6.03%
1993 712.99 −39.4 −5.24%
1992 752.38 −55.23 −6.84%
1991 807.61 −46.22 −5.41%
1990 853.83 −5.07 −0.59%
1989 858.9 −11.26 −1.29%
1988 870.16 −0.99 −0.11%
1987 871.15 +7.9 +0.92%
1986 863.24 +5.72 +0.67%
1985 857.52 +1.58 +0.18%
1984 855.95 +11.01 +1.3%
1983 844.93 +6.56 +0.78%
1982 838.37 +23.14 +2.84%
1981 815.23 −16.53 −1.99%
1980 831.76 −0.98 −0.12%
1979 832.74 +14.03 +1.71%
1978 818.7 +22.36 +2.81%
1977 796.34 +12.42 +1.58%
1976 783.92 +15.95 +2.08%
1975 767.97 +21.42 +2.87%
1974 746.55 +18.35 +2.52%
1973 728.2 +18.08 +2.55%
1972 710.12 +18.2 +2.63%
1971 691.92 +16.99 +2.52%
1970 674.93 +6.7 +1%
1969 668.23 −8.01 −1.18%
1968 676.24 −5.67 −0.83%
1967 681.91 +3.62 +0.53%
1966 678.29 +8.83 +1.32%
1965 669.46 +2.78 +0.42%
1964 666.67 −0.12 −0.02%
1963 666.79 +18.33 +2.83%
1962 648.47 +21.72 +3.47%
1961 626.75 +0.58 +0.09%
1960 626.17 +9.35 +1.52%
1959 616.82 +11.08 +1.83%
1958 605.75 +13.64 +2.3%
1957 592.11 +20.43 +3.57%
1956 571.67 +20.31 +3.68%
1955 551.36 +21.67 +4.09%
1954 529.69 +15.46 +3.01%
1953 514.24 +12.53 +2.5%
1952 501.71 +13.63 +2.79%
1951 488.08 +13.29 +2.8%
1950 474.8 +6.8 +1.45%
1949 468 +13.4 +2.95%
1948 454.6 +4.81 +1.07%
1947 449.79 +12.45 +2.85%
1946 437.35 +10.93 +2.56%
1945 426.42 −34.13 −7.41%
1944 460.54 +2.26 +0.49%
1943 458.28 +7.92 +1.76%
1942 450.36 −20.49 −4.35%
1941 470.84 −12.29 −2.54%
1940 483.14 +25.59 +5.59%
1939 457.55 +3.13 +0.69%
1938 454.42 +8.45 +1.9%
1937 445.97 +5.36 +1.22%
1936 440.61 +13.78 +3.23%
1935 426.83 +10.67 +2.56%
1934 416.16 +15.83 +3.95%
1933 400.33 +7.07 +1.8%
1932 393.26 +4.39 +1.13%
1931 388.87 +13.21 +3.52%
1930 375.66 +16.61 +4.63%
1929 359.05 +7.71 +2.2%
1928 351.33 +4.46 +1.29%
1927 346.87 +8.46 +2.5%
1926 338.41 +8.37 +2.54%
1925 330.04 +2.76 +0.84%
1924 327.28 +5.13 +1.59%
1923 322.16 +2.69 +0.84%
1922 319.47 +2.64 +0.83%
1921 316.83 +1.14 +0.36%
1920 315.69 +2.55 +0.81%
1919 313.14 −11.17 −3.44%
1918 324.31 −20.16 −5.85%
1917 344.47 −5.21 −1.49%
1916 349.68 −0.51 −0.15%
1915 350.19 −3.23 −0.92%
1914 353.42 −4.99 −1.39%
1913 358.41 +1.32 +0.37%
1912 357.08 +3.04 +0.86%
1911 354.05 +0.06 +0.02%
1910 353.99 +4.15 +1.19%
1909 349.83 +6.19 +1.8%
1908 343.64 +4.97 +1.47%
1907 338.67 +7.48 +2.26%
1906 331.19 +7.8 +2.41%
1905 323.38 +0.83 +0.26%
1904 322.56 +6.16 +1.95%
1903 316.4 +3.32 +1.06%
1902 313.09 +3.06 +0.99%
1901 310.02 +6.44 +2.12%
1900 303.58 +5.78 +1.94%
1899 297.8 +5.13 +1.75%
1898 292.67 +5.43 +1.89%
1897 287.24 +4.97 +1.76%
1896 282.27 +3 +1.07%
1895 279.27 +5.58 +2.04%
1894 273.69 +2.33 +0.86%
1893 271.35 +4.44 +1.67%
1892 266.91 +2.86 +1.08%
1891 264.05 +4.45 +1.71%
1890 259.61 +3.99 +1.56%
1889 255.61 +3.2 +1.27%
1888 252.41 +3.4 +1.37%
1887 249.01 +3.39 +1.38%
1886 245.63 +2.85 +1.17%
1885 242.78 +3.47 +1.45%
1884 239.3 +3.32 +1.41%
1883 235.98 +3.45 +1.48%
1882 232.53 +2.94 +1.28%
1881 229.6 +3.1 +1.37%
1880 226.5 +2.95 +1.32%
1879 223.54 +2.91 +1.32%
1878 220.63 +3.11 +1.43%
1877 217.52 +2.56 +1.19%
1876 214.96 +3.72 +1.76%
1875 211.24 +2.69 +1.29%
1874 208.55 +2.87 +1.39%
1873 205.68 +2.66 +1.31%
1872 203.02 +2.7 +1.35%
1871 200.32 +2.88 +1.46%
1870 197.44 +1.84 +0.94%
1869 195.6 +1.89 +0.97%
1868 193.71 +1.8 +0.94%
1867 191.91 +1.95 +1.03%
1866 189.96 +2.06 +1.1%
1865 187.9 +1.88 +1.01%
1864 186.02 +1.83 +0.99%
1863 184.19 +1.83 +1%
1862 182.36 +1.81 +1%
1861 180.55 +1.78 +0.99%
1860 178.78 +1.98 +1.12%
1859 176.8 +1.86 +1.06%
1858 174.94 +2.06 +1.19%
1857 172.88 +1.94 +1.14%
1856 170.94 +1.91 +1.13%
1855 169.02 +2.02 +1.21%
1854 167 +1.94 +1.17%
1853 165.07 +1.91 +1.17%
1852 163.16 +1.94 +1.21%
1851 161.22 +1.9 +1.19%
1850 159.32

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.