Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Timor-Leste

Methane emissions in Timor-Leste in 2024 — 1.03 Mt. Ranked 41 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 333.6%.

2024 1.03 Mt −5.32% vs 2023
World rank 41of 199
Period maximum 1.85 Mt2012
Period minimum 0.24 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Timor-Leste, 1850–202400.511.52185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.24 Mt1853: 0.24 Mt1856: 0.25 Mt1859: 0.26 Mt1862: 0.26 Mt1865: 0.27 Mt1868: 0.27 Mt1871: 0.27 Mt1874: 0.28 Mt1877: 0.28 Mt1880: 0.28 Mt1883: 0.29 Mt1886: 0.29 Mt1889: 0.3 Mt1892: 0.3 Mt1895: 0.31 Mt1898: 0.31 Mt1901: 0.31 Mt1904: 0.32 Mt1907: 0.32 Mt1910: 0.33 Mt1913: 0.33 Mt1916: 0.33 Mt1919: 0.34 Mt1922: 0.34 Mt1925: 0.35 Mt1928: 0.35 Mt1931: 0.35 Mt1934: 0.36 Mt1937: 0.36 Mt1940: 0.37 Mt1943: 0.37 Mt1946: 0.37 Mt1949: 0.37 Mt1952: 0.38 Mt1955: 0.39 Mt1958: 0.41 Mt1961: 0.43 Mt1964: 0.45 Mt1967: 0.45 Mt1970: 0.48 Mt1973: 0.55 Mt1976: 0.44 Mt1979: 0.28 Mt1982: 0.27 Mt1985: 0.33 Mt1988: 0.33 Mt1991: 0.46 Mt1994: 0.53 Mt1997: 0.57 Mt2000: 0.56 Mt2003: 0.76 Mt2006: 1.77 Mt2009: 1.7 Mt2012: 1.85 Mt2015: 1.36 Mt2018: 1.05 Mt2021: 1.05 Mt2024: 1.03 Mt
Change over the period: +0.79 (+333.61%) Average annual rate: 0.85 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 1.03 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
East Asia & Pacific computed 2,727.3 Mt
South-Eastern Asia computed 810.22 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,489.63 Mt
Methane emissions — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 1.03 −0.06 −5.32%
2023 1.09 −0 −0.27%
2022 1.09 +0.04 +4.19%
2021 1.05 −0.03 −2.33%
2020 1.07 −0.15 −12.18%
2019 1.22 +0.17 +16.48%
2018 1.05 −0.07 −6.58%
2017 1.12 −0.07 −6.02%
2016 1.2 −0.16 −11.73%
2015 1.36 +0.08 +6.61%
2014 1.27 −0.2 −13.48%
2013 1.47 −0.38 −20.42%
2012 1.85 +0.13 +7.45%
2011 1.72 +0.11 +7.11%
2010 1.6 −0.09 −5.37%
2009 1.7 −0.09 −4.88%
2008 1.78 +0.19 +12.15%
2007 1.59 −0.19 −10.43%
2006 1.77 +0.18 +11.08%
2005 1.6 +0.51 +47.46%
2004 1.08 +0.33 +43.06%
2003 0.76 +0.02 +2.16%
2002 0.74 +0 +0.41%
2001 0.74 +0.17 +30.85%
2000 0.56 +0.07 +13.25%
1999 0.5 −0.09 −15.45%
1998 0.59 +0.02 +4.06%
1997 0.57 −0.01 −1.91%
1996 0.58 +0.02 +4.15%
1995 0.55 +0.02 +3.94%
1994 0.53 +0.06 +11.51%
1993 0.48 +0.02 +5.05%
1992 0.46 −0.01 −1.3%
1991 0.46 +0.07 +16.71%
1990 0.4 +0.04 +10.34%
1989 0.36 +0.03 +7.51%
1988 0.33 −0.01 −2.63%
1987 0.34 +0.01 +1.48%
1986 0.34 +0.01 +2.74%
1985 0.33 +0.01 +3.47%
1984 0.32 +0.02 +7.46%
1983 0.3 +0.02 +7.66%
1982 0.27 +0.02 +6.2%
1981 0.26 +0 +1.57%
1980 0.25 −0.03 −8.96%
1979 0.28 −0.06 −17.46%
1978 0.34 −0.04 −11.52%
1977 0.38 −0.06 −12.98%
1976 0.44 −0.05 −10.59%
1975 0.49 −0.05 −8.74%
1974 0.54 −0.01 −1.28%
1973 0.55 +0.01 +0.93%
1972 0.54 +0.04 +7.57%
1971 0.5 +0.02 +4.37%
1970 0.48 +0.03 +6.18%
1969 0.45 −0.01 −2.58%
1968 0.47 +0.02 +4.03%
1967 0.45 −0.03 −6.49%
1966 0.48 +0.02 +4.37%
1965 0.46 +0.01 +1.33%
1964 0.45 +0.02 +4.39%
1963 0.43 +0.01 +2.85%
1962 0.42 −0.01 −1.41%
1961 0.43 +0.01 +1.67%
1960 0.42 +0.01 +1.45%
1959 0.41 +0.01 +1.47%
1958 0.41 +0 +1.24%
1957 0.4 +0.01 +1.26%
1956 0.4 +0.01 +1.27%
1955 0.39 +0 +1.03%
1954 0.39 +0 +1.04%
1953 0.39 +0 +1.05%
1952 0.38 +0 +1.06%
1951 0.38 +0 +0.8%
1950 0.37 +0 +0%
1949 0.37 +0 +0%
1948 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1947 0.37 +0 +0%
1946 0.37 +0 +0%
1945 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1944 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1943 0.37 +0 +0.54%
1942 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1941 0.37 +0 +0.55%
1940 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1939 0.37 +0 +0.55%
1938 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1937 0.36 +0 +0.56%
1936 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1935 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1934 0.36 +0 +0.56%
1933 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1932 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1931 0.35 +0 +0.57%
1930 0.35 +0 +0.28%
1929 0.35 +0 +0.29%
1928 0.35 +0 +0.57%
1927 0.35 +0 +0.29%
1926 0.35 +0 +0.29%
1925 0.35 +0 +0.58%
1924 0.34 +0 +0.29%
1923 0.34 +0 +0.29%
1922 0.34 +0 +0.29%
1921 0.34 +0 +0.59%
1920 0.34 +0 +0.3%
1919 0.34 +0 +0.3%
1918 0.34 +0 +0.6%
1917 0.34 +0 +0.3%
1916 0.33 +0 +0.3%
1915 0.33 +0 +0.6%
1914 0.33 +0 +0.3%
1913 0.33 +0 +0.3%
1912 0.33 +0 +0.3%
1911 0.33 +0 +0.61%
1910 0.33 +0 +0.31%
1909 0.33 +0 +0.62%
1908 0.32 +0 +0.31%
1907 0.32 +0 +0.63%
1906 0.32 +0 +0.31%
1905 0.32 +0 +0.63%
1904 0.32 +0 +0.32%
1903 0.32 +0 +0.64%
1902 0.31 +0 +0.32%
1901 0.31 +0 +0.32%
1900 0.31 +0 +0.65%
1899 0.31 +0 +0.32%
1898 0.31 +0 +0.32%
1897 0.31 +0 +0.65%
1896 0.31 +0 +0.33%
1895 0.31 +0 +0.33%
1894 0.3 +0 +0.33%
1893 0.3 +0 +0.66%
1892 0.3 +0 +0.33%
1891 0.3 +0 +0.33%
1890 0.3 +0 +0.67%
1889 0.3 +0 +0.34%
1888 0.3 +0 +0.68%
1887 0.29 +0 +0.34%
1886 0.29 +0 +0.69%
1885 0.29 +0 +0.34%
1884 0.29 +0 +0.69%
1883 0.29 +0 +0.35%
1882 0.29 +0 +0.35%
1881 0.29 +0 +0.7%
1880 0.28 +0 +0.35%
1879 0.28 +0 +0.35%
1878 0.28 +0 +0.36%
1877 0.28 +0 +0.72%
1876 0.28 +0 +0.36%
1875 0.28 +0 +0.36%
1874 0.28 +0 +0.73%
1873 0.28 +0 +0.36%
1872 0.27 +0 +0.37%
1871 0.27 +0 +0.37%
1870 0.27 +0 +0.74%
1869 0.27 +0 +0.37%
1868 0.27 +0 +0.37%
1867 0.27 +0 +0.37%
1866 0.27 +0 +0.75%
1865 0.27 +0 +0.38%
1864 0.26 +0 +0.38%
1863 0.26 +0 +0.38%
1862 0.26 +0 +0.38%
1861 0.26 +0 +0.77%
1860 0.26 +0 +0.78%
1859 0.26 +0 +0.78%
1858 0.26 +0 +0.79%
1857 0.25 +0 +0.8%
1856 0.25 +0 +0.8%
1855 0.25 +0 +0.81%
1854 0.25 +0 +1.23%
1853 0.24 +0 +0.83%
1852 0.24 +0 +0.83%
1851 0.24 +0 +0.84%
1850 0.24

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.