Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Tanzania

Methane emissions in Tanzania in 2024 — 61.99 Mt. Ranked 172 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,813.1%.

2024 61.99 Mt +2.14% vs 2023
World rank 172of 199
Period maximum 61.99 Mt2024
Period minimum 3.24 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Tanzania, 1850–2024020406080185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 3.24 Mt1853: 3.26 Mt1856: 3.28 Mt1859: 3.29 Mt1862: 3.32 Mt1865: 3.35 Mt1868: 3.39 Mt1871: 3.42 Mt1874: 3.45 Mt1877: 3.49 Mt1880: 3.53 Mt1883: 3.57 Mt1886: 3.61 Mt1889: 3.65 Mt1892: 3.69 Mt1895: 3.74 Mt1898: 3.78 Mt1901: 3.84 Mt1904: 3.9 Mt1907: 4.06 Mt1910: 4.16 Mt1913: 4.44 Mt1916: 4.69 Mt1919: 4.93 Mt1922: 5.21 Mt1925: 5.49 Mt1928: 5.89 Mt1931: 6.2 Mt1934: 6.52 Mt1937: 7.04 Mt1940: 7.69 Mt1943: 8.44 Mt1946: 9.18 Mt1949: 10 Mt1952: 10.92 Mt1955: 12.11 Mt1958: 13.46 Mt1961: 14.13 Mt1964: 14.9 Mt1967: 15.62 Mt1970: 18.95 Mt1973: 17.01 Mt1976: 18.5 Mt1979: 22.05 Mt1982: 22.07 Mt1985: 20.66 Mt1988: 21.78 Mt1991: 25.42 Mt1994: 26.85 Mt1997: 27.88 Mt2000: 31.23 Mt2003: 37.48 Mt2006: 37.58 Mt2009: 41.23 Mt2012: 45.99 Mt2015: 51.61 Mt2018: 52.31 Mt2021: 58.56 Mt2024: 61.99 Mt
Change over the period: +58.75 (+1,813.12%) Average annual rate: 1.71 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Tanzania 61.99 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,219.5 Mt
Eastern Africa computed 439.59 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,489.63 Mt
Methane emissions — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 61.99 +1.3 +2.14%
2023 60.69 +1.99 +3.4%
2022 58.7 +0.13 +0.23%
2021 58.56 +1.2 +2.09%
2020 57.36 +2.63 +4.81%
2019 54.73 +2.42 +4.62%
2018 52.31 +0.46 +0.89%
2017 51.85 −0.66 −1.26%
2016 52.51 +0.9 +1.74%
2015 51.61 +2.26 +4.57%
2014 49.36 +1.17 +2.43%
2013 48.19 +2.2 +4.78%
2012 45.99 +0.63 +1.39%
2011 45.35 +1.92 +4.41%
2010 43.44 +2.21 +5.36%
2009 41.23 +0.49 +1.22%
2008 40.74 +1.9 +4.88%
2007 38.84 +1.26 +3.34%
2006 37.58 −1.17 −3.01%
2005 38.75 +1.88 +5.11%
2004 36.87 −0.61 −1.63%
2003 37.48 +2.82 +8.15%
2002 34.66 +2.77 +8.68%
2001 31.89 +0.66 +2.12%
2000 31.23 −0.75 −2.35%
1999 31.98 +1.22 +3.97%
1998 30.76 +2.87 +10.31%
1997 27.88 −0.21 −0.74%
1996 28.09 −1.1 −3.78%
1995 29.19 +2.34 +8.7%
1994 26.85 +0.86 +3.29%
1993 26 +0.56 +2.21%
1992 25.44 +0.02 +0.09%
1991 25.42 +0.19 +0.76%
1990 25.22 +2.46 +10.82%
1989 22.76 +0.98 +4.5%
1988 21.78 −1.48 −6.35%
1987 23.26 +2.27 +10.8%
1986 20.99 +0.33 +1.62%
1985 20.66 +0.39 +1.93%
1984 20.27 −1.85 −8.38%
1983 22.12 +0.04 +0.2%
1982 22.07 +1.06 +5.06%
1981 21.01 −0.09 −0.43%
1980 21.1 −0.95 −4.3%
1979 22.05 +1.98 +9.84%
1978 20.08 +0.7 +3.6%
1977 19.38 +0.88 +4.77%
1976 18.5 +0.29 +1.57%
1975 18.21 +1.3 +7.66%
1974 16.92 −0.1 −0.56%
1973 17.01 +0.45 +2.73%
1972 16.56 +0.57 +3.56%
1971 15.99 −2.96 −15.63%
1970 18.95 +2.78 +17.21%
1969 16.17 +0.26 +1.62%
1968 15.91 +0.29 +1.87%
1967 15.62 +0.15 +0.99%
1966 15.47 −0.34 −2.13%
1965 15.8 +0.9 +6.06%
1964 14.9 +0.15 +1%
1963 14.75 +0.44 +3.1%
1962 14.31 +0.18 +1.27%
1961 14.13 −0.34 −2.32%
1960 14.46 +0.51 +3.67%
1959 13.95 +0.49 +3.62%
1958 13.46 +0.47 +3.62%
1957 12.99 +0.45 +3.59%
1956 12.54 +0.43 +3.58%
1955 12.11 +0.42 +3.55%
1954 11.7 +0.4 +3.51%
1953 11.3 +0.38 +3.48%
1952 10.92 +0.36 +3.42%
1951 10.56 +0.34 +3.37%
1950 10.21 +0.22 +2.17%
1949 10 +0.28 +2.83%
1948 9.72 +0.27 +2.87%
1947 9.45 +0.27 +2.91%
1946 9.18 +0.24 +2.67%
1945 8.95 +0.24 +2.72%
1944 8.71 +0.27 +3.22%
1943 8.44 +0.27 +3.28%
1942 8.17 +0.24 +3.07%
1941 7.93 +0.24 +3.11%
1940 7.69 +0.21 +2.86%
1939 7.47 +0.21 +2.89%
1938 7.26 +0.22 +3.15%
1937 7.04 +0.21 +3.09%
1936 6.83 +0.2 +3.05%
1935 6.63 +0.11 +1.64%
1934 6.52 +0.11 +1.67%
1933 6.41 +0.11 +1.7%
1932 6.31 +0.11 +1.73%
1931 6.2 +0.12 +1.89%
1930 6.08 +0.1 +1.65%
1929 5.99 +0.1 +1.68%
1928 5.89 +0.16 +2.78%
1927 5.73 +0.14 +2.51%
1926 5.59 +0.1 +1.75%
1925 5.49 +0.09 +1.76%
1924 5.4 +0.09 +1.79%
1923 5.3 +0.1 +1.84%
1922 5.21 +0.09 +1.86%
1921 5.11 +0.09 +1.87%
1920 5.02 +0.08 +1.68%
1919 4.93 +0.08 +1.69%
1918 4.85 +0.08 +1.74%
1917 4.77 +0.08 +1.77%
1916 4.69 +0.08 +1.78%
1915 4.6 +0.08 +1.81%
1914 4.52 +0.08 +1.85%
1913 4.44 +0.08 +1.88%
1912 4.36 +0.1 +2.33%
1911 4.26 +0.1 +2.36%
1910 4.16 +0.03 +0.82%
1909 4.13 +0.03 +0.81%
1908 4.09 +0.03 +0.81%
1907 4.06 +0.03 +0.77%
1906 4.03 +0.11 +2.68%
1905 3.92 +0.02 +0.56%
1904 3.9 +0.02 +0.59%
1903 3.88 +0.02 +0.57%
1902 3.86 +0.02 +0.55%
1901 3.84 +0.02 +0.55%
1900 3.82 +0.02 +0.45%
1899 3.8 +0.02 +0.42%
1898 3.78 +0.02 +0.4%
1897 3.77 +0.02 +0.43%
1896 3.75 +0.01 +0.4%
1895 3.74 +0.02 +0.43%
1894 3.72 +0.02 +0.4%
1893 3.71 +0.01 +0.38%
1892 3.69 +0.01 +0.41%
1891 3.68 +0.01 +0.38%
1890 3.66 +0.02 +0.41%
1889 3.65 +0.01 +0.39%
1888 3.63 +0.01 +0.36%
1887 3.62 +0.01 +0.39%
1886 3.61 +0.01 +0.39%
1885 3.59 +0.01 +0.36%
1884 3.58 +0.01 +0.36%
1883 3.57 +0.01 +0.37%
1882 3.55 +0.01 +0.37%
1881 3.54 +0.01 +0.37%
1880 3.53 +0.01 +0.37%
1879 3.51 +0.01 +0.34%
1878 3.5 +0.01 +0.34%
1877 3.49 +0.01 +0.35%
1876 3.48 +0.01 +0.35%
1875 3.47 +0.01 +0.35%
1874 3.45 +0.01 +0.35%
1873 3.44 +0.01 +0.35%
1872 3.43 +0.01 +0.32%
1871 3.42 +0.01 +0.32%
1870 3.41 +0.01 +0.35%
1869 3.4 +0.01 +0.32%
1868 3.39 +0.01 +0.33%
1867 3.37 +0.01 +0.33%
1866 3.36 +0.01 +0.3%
1865 3.35 +0.01 +0.33%
1864 3.34 +0.01 +0.33%
1863 3.33 +0.01 +0.3%
1862 3.32 +0.01 +0.3%
1861 3.31 +0.01 +0.33%
1860 3.3 +0.01 +0.18%
1859 3.29 +0.01 +0.21%
1858 3.29 +0.01 +0.18%
1857 3.28 +0.01 +0.18%
1856 3.28 +0.01 +0.18%
1855 3.27 +0.01 +0.18%
1854 3.26 +0.01 +0.18%
1853 3.26 +0.01 +0.18%
1852 3.25 +0.01 +0.18%
1851 3.25 +0 +0.15%
1850 3.24

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.