Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — South-Eastern Asia

Methane emissions in South-Eastern Asia in 2024 — 810.22 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,544.5%.

2024 810.22 Mt +0.4% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 810.22 Mt2024
Period minimum 49.27 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — South-Eastern Asia, 1850–202402505007501,000185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 49.27 Mt1853: 50.77 Mt1856: 52.29 Mt1859: 53.8 Mt1862: 55.34 Mt1865: 57.08 Mt1868: 58.64 Mt1871: 60.84 Mt1874: 63.86 Mt1877: 66.84 Mt1880: 69.85 Mt1883: 72.71 Mt1886: 75.62 Mt1889: 78.53 Mt1892: 82.14 Mt1895: 86 Mt1898: 90.13 Mt1901: 94.14 Mt1904: 98.11 Mt1907: 102.2 Mt1910: 106.07 Mt1913: 109.04 Mt1916: 112.49 Mt1919: 115.77 Mt1922: 120.56 Mt1925: 126.52 Mt1928: 133.4 Mt1931: 139.58 Mt1934: 147.34 Mt1937: 158.81 Mt1940: 169.9 Mt1943: 177.78 Mt1946: 180.33 Mt1949: 198.78 Mt1952: 210.45 Mt1955: 235.05 Mt1958: 259.24 Mt1961: 272.47 Mt1964: 286 Mt1967: 296.05 Mt1970: 320.62 Mt1973: 341.56 Mt1976: 350.89 Mt1979: 368.5 Mt1982: 377.9 Mt1985: 404.08 Mt1988: 421.96 Mt1991: 452.07 Mt1994: 483 Mt1997: 515.94 Mt2000: 521.44 Mt2003: 544.26 Mt2006: 598.58 Mt2009: 645.34 Mt2012: 710.76 Mt2015: 702.13 Mt2018: 747.6 Mt2021: 750.79 Mt2024: 810.22 Mt
Change over the period: +760.95 (+1,544.55%) Average annual rate: 1.62 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South-Eastern Asia

South-Eastern Asia 810.22 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Methane emissions — South-Eastern Asia, by year South-Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 810.22 +3.25 +0.4%
2023 806.97 +23.82 +3.04%
2022 783.14 +32.35 +4.31%
2021 750.79 +6.49 +0.87%
2020 744.31 −13.01 −1.72%
2019 757.31 +9.71 +1.3%
2018 747.6 +13.77 +1.88%
2017 733.83 +25.13 +3.55%
2016 708.7 +6.57 +0.94%
2015 702.13 −13.62 −1.9%
2014 715.75 +5.8 +0.82%
2013 709.95 −0.81 −0.11%
2012 710.76 +13.24 +1.9%
2011 697.52 +41.76 +6.37%
2010 655.76 +10.42 +1.61%
2009 645.34 +21.5 +3.45%
2008 623.84 +10.52 +1.71%
2007 613.33 +14.75 +2.46%
2006 598.58 +22.94 +3.98%
2005 575.64 +15.11 +2.7%
2004 560.53 +16.27 +2.99%
2003 544.26 +14.7 +2.78%
2002 529.56 +1.13 +0.21%
2001 528.43 +6.99 +1.34%
2000 521.44 +3.85 +0.74%
1999 517.59 +15.73 +3.14%
1998 501.86 −14.08 −2.73%
1997 515.94 +8.27 +1.63%
1996 507.67 +14.69 +2.98%
1995 492.98 +9.98 +2.07%
1994 483 +10.03 +2.12%
1993 472.97 +6.99 +1.5%
1992 465.97 +13.91 +3.08%
1991 452.07 +13.6 +3.1%
1990 438.47 +3.97 +0.91%
1989 434.5 +12.54 +2.97%
1988 421.96 +12.23 +2.98%
1987 409.73 −0.67 −0.16%
1986 410.4 +6.32 +1.56%
1985 404.08 +9.12 +2.31%
1984 394.97 +7.51 +1.94%
1983 387.46 +9.56 +2.53%
1982 377.9 −5.56 −1.45%
1981 383.46 +5.98 +1.59%
1980 377.47 +8.98 +2.44%
1979 368.5 −1.32 −0.36%
1978 369.81 +6.86 +1.89%
1977 362.95 +12.06 +3.44%
1976 350.89 +6.55 +1.9%
1975 344.34 +4.05 +1.19%
1974 340.3 −1.26 −0.37%
1973 341.56 +19.79 +6.15%
1972 321.77 −0.43 −0.13%
1971 322.2 +1.58 +0.49%
1970 320.62 +9.03 +2.9%
1969 311.58 +1.25 +0.4%
1968 310.34 +14.29 +4.83%
1967 296.05 +0.11 +0.04%
1966 295.95 +5.28 +1.82%
1965 290.66 +4.66 +1.63%
1964 286 +8.54 +3.08%
1963 277.46 −3.36 −1.2%
1962 280.82 +8.35 +3.06%
1961 272.47 −3.74 −1.35%
1960 276.21 +7.59 +2.83%
1959 268.62 +9.38 +3.62%
1958 259.24 +8.54 +3.41%
1957 250.7 +8.09 +3.33%
1956 242.61 +7.57 +3.22%
1955 235.05 +10.57 +4.71%
1954 224.48 +7.41 +3.41%
1953 217.07 +6.62 +3.15%
1952 210.45 +7.32 +3.6%
1951 203.13 +5.44 +2.75%
1950 197.69 −1.08 −0.54%
1949 198.78 +6.18 +3.21%
1948 192.59 +7.83 +4.24%
1947 184.76 +4.44 +2.46%
1946 180.33 +2.36 +1.33%
1945 177.97 +0.82 +0.46%
1944 177.15 −0.63 −0.35%
1943 177.78 +7.07 +4.14%
1942 170.71 −1.84 −1.07%
1941 172.55 +2.65 +1.56%
1940 169.9 +3 +1.8%
1939 166.9 +4.24 +2.6%
1938 162.66 +3.85 +2.43%
1937 158.81 +4.64 +3.01%
1936 154.18 +4.27 +2.85%
1935 149.9 +2.56 +1.74%
1934 147.34 +2.72 +1.88%
1933 144.62 +2.61 +1.84%
1932 142.01 +2.42 +1.74%
1931 139.58 +1.98 +1.44%
1930 137.6 +1.37 +1%
1929 136.23 +2.83 +2.12%
1928 133.4 +3.02 +2.32%
1927 130.38 +2.31 +1.81%
1926 128.07 +1.55 +1.23%
1925 126.52 +2 +1.61%
1924 124.51 +1.86 +1.52%
1923 122.65 +2.09 +1.73%
1922 120.56 +1.72 +1.45%
1921 118.84 +1.86 +1.59%
1920 116.98 +1.21 +1.04%
1919 115.77 +1.17 +1.02%
1918 114.6 +1.03 +0.91%
1917 113.57 +1.09 +0.96%
1916 112.49 +1.26 +1.13%
1915 111.23 +1.09 +0.99%
1914 110.14 +1.1 +1.01%
1913 109.04 +1.14 +1.06%
1912 107.9 +0.65 +0.61%
1911 107.25 +1.17 +1.1%
1910 106.07 +1.27 +1.22%
1909 104.8 +1.34 +1.3%
1908 103.46 +1.25 +1.23%
1907 102.2 +1.47 +1.46%
1906 100.73 +1.24 +1.24%
1905 99.49 +1.38 +1.41%
1904 98.11 +1.36 +1.4%
1903 96.76 +1.75 +1.84%
1902 95.01 +0.88 +0.93%
1901 94.14 +1.55 +1.68%
1900 92.58 +1.24 +1.35%
1899 91.35 +1.22 +1.36%
1898 90.13 +1.39 +1.56%
1897 88.74 +1.4 +1.61%
1896 87.34 +1.34 +1.55%
1895 86 +1.32 +1.56%
1894 84.68 +1.16 +1.38%
1893 83.53 +1.39 +1.69%
1892 82.14 +1.37 +1.69%
1891 80.77 +1.23 +1.55%
1890 79.54 +1.01 +1.28%
1889 78.53 +0.96 +1.23%
1888 77.57 +0.97 +1.26%
1887 76.6 +0.98 +1.29%
1886 75.62 +0.98 +1.31%
1885 74.65 +0.98 +1.33%
1884 73.66 +0.95 +1.31%
1883 72.71 +0.96 +1.34%
1882 71.75 +0.94 +1.33%
1881 70.81 +0.96 +1.37%
1880 69.85 +1.02 +1.49%
1879 68.83 +0.99 +1.46%
1878 67.84 +1 +1.49%
1877 66.84 +1 +1.52%
1876 65.84 +0.99 +1.52%
1875 64.85 +0.99 +1.55%
1874 63.86 +1 +1.59%
1873 62.86 +1.01 +1.63%
1872 61.85 +1.02 +1.67%
1871 60.84 +1.01 +1.69%
1870 59.83 +0.66 +1.12%
1869 59.16 +0.52 +0.89%
1868 58.64 +0.52 +0.9%
1867 58.12 +0.52 +0.91%
1866 57.6 +0.52 +0.91%
1865 57.08 +0.52 +0.92%
1864 56.56 +0.52 +0.93%
1863 56.04 +0.69 +1.25%
1862 55.34 +0.52 +0.94%
1861 54.82 +0.52 +0.95%
1860 54.31 +0.51 +0.94%
1859 53.8 +0.51 +0.95%
1858 53.29 +0.51 +0.96%
1857 52.79 +0.5 +0.96%
1856 52.29 +0.5 +0.97%
1855 51.78 +0.5 +0.98%
1854 51.28 +0.5 +0.99%
1853 50.77 +0.5 +1%
1852 50.27 +0.5 +1.01%
1851 49.77 +0.5 +1.02%
1850 49.27

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.