Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Trinidad and Tobago

Methane emissions in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024 — 5.16 Mt. Ranked 71 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 10,015.7%.

2024 5.16 Mt −2.31% vs 2023
World rank 71of 199
Period maximum 6.65 Mt2006
Period minimum 0.05 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Trinidad and Tobago, 1850–202402468185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.05 Mt1853: 0.05 Mt1856: 0.06 Mt1859: 0.06 Mt1862: 0.07 Mt1865: 0.07 Mt1868: 0.08 Mt1871: 0.08 Mt1874: 0.09 Mt1877: 0.1 Mt1880: 0.11 Mt1883: 0.12 Mt1886: 0.12 Mt1889: 0.13 Mt1892: 0.14 Mt1895: 0.15 Mt1898: 0.16 Mt1901: 0.17 Mt1904: 0.18 Mt1907: 0.2 Mt1910: 0.24 Mt1913: 0.3 Mt1916: 0.36 Mt1919: 0.42 Mt1922: 0.47 Mt1925: 0.57 Mt1928: 0.58 Mt1931: 0.63 Mt1934: 0.7 Mt1937: 0.94 Mt1940: 1.1 Mt1943: 1.19 Mt1946: 1.27 Mt1949: 1.4 Mt1952: 1.46 Mt1955: 1.46 Mt1958: 1.71 Mt1961: 2.04 Mt1964: 1.81 Mt1967: 2.03 Mt1970: 2.06 Mt1973: 2.46 Mt1976: 2.87 Mt1979: 2.97 Mt1982: 2.9 Mt1985: 3.19 Mt1988: 3.13 Mt1991: 3.14 Mt1994: 3.57 Mt1997: 3.31 Mt2000: 4.15 Mt2003: 4.9 Mt2006: 6.65 Mt2009: 6.39 Mt2012: 6.04 Mt2015: 5.85 Mt2018: 5.56 Mt2021: 5.3 Mt2024: 5.16 Mt
Change over the period: +5.11 (+10,015.69%) Average annual rate: 2.69 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Trinidad and Tobago 5.16 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1,231.12 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 5.16 −0.12 −2.31%
2023 5.28 −0.03 −0.56%
2022 5.31 +0.01 +0.26%
2021 5.3 −0.12 −2.23%
2020 5.42 −0.18 −3.22%
2019 5.6 +0.04 +0.65%
2018 5.56 +0 +0.09%
2017 5.56 +0.09 +1.72%
2016 5.46 −0.39 −6.68%
2015 5.85 −0.04 −0.7%
2014 5.9 −0.07 −1.09%
2013 5.96 −0.08 −1.28%
2012 6.04 −0.36 −5.64%
2011 6.4 −0.1 −1.6%
2010 6.5 +0.11 +1.75%
2009 6.39 +0.07 +1.14%
2008 6.32 −0.26 −3.88%
2007 6.57 −0.07 −1.11%
2006 6.65 +0.63 +10.45%
2005 6.02 +0.82 +15.66%
2004 5.2 +0.31 +6.27%
2003 4.9 +0.35 +7.72%
2002 4.55 +0.22 +5.11%
2001 4.32 +0.17 +4.17%
2000 4.15 +0.12 +3%
1999 4.03 +0.03 +0.83%
1998 4 +0.69 +20.76%
1997 3.31 −0.15 −4.2%
1996 3.46 −0.01 −0.26%
1995 3.46 −0.11 −2.94%
1994 3.57 +0.38 +11.78%
1993 3.19 +0.15 +4.79%
1992 3.05 −0.09 −3.02%
1991 3.14 −0.04 −1.1%
1990 3.18 +0.02 +0.57%
1989 3.16 +0.03 +0.86%
1988 3.13 +0.04 +1.13%
1987 3.1 −0.02 −0.8%
1986 3.12 −0.06 −1.98%
1985 3.19 +0.15 +4.94%
1984 3.04 +0.17 +6.01%
1983 2.86 −0.03 −1.14%
1982 2.9 −0.13 −4.3%
1981 3.03 +0.01 +0.23%
1980 3.02 +0.05 +1.58%
1979 2.97 −0.1 −3.22%
1978 3.07 +0.08 +2.67%
1977 2.99 +0.12 +4.22%
1976 2.87 +0.11 +3.84%
1975 2.76 +0.15 +5.66%
1974 2.62 +0.16 +6.3%
1973 2.46 +0.17 +7.47%
1972 2.29 +0.14 +6.26%
1971 2.16 +0.1 +4.66%
1970 2.06 +0.19 +10.05%
1969 1.87 −0.01 −0.8%
1968 1.89 −0.14 −6.91%
1967 2.03 +0.15 +8.05%
1966 1.88 −0.29 −13.51%
1965 2.17 +0.36 +20.11%
1964 1.81 −0.39 −17.77%
1963 2.2 −0.55 −20.12%
1962 2.75 +0.7 +34.44%
1961 2.04 +0.59 +40.67%
1960 1.45 −0.14 −9.02%
1959 1.6 −0.12 −6.77%
1958 1.71 +0.28 +19.54%
1957 1.43 −0.09 −5.72%
1956 1.52 +0.06 +3.9%
1955 1.46 −0.04 −2.79%
1954 1.51 −0.02 −1.38%
1953 1.53 +0.06 +4.23%
1952 1.46 +0.03 +1.95%
1951 1.44 +0.02 +1.34%
1950 1.42 +0.02 +1.07%
1949 1.4 +0.04 +3.01%
1948 1.36 +0.07 +5.02%
1947 1.3 +0.03 +2.29%
1946 1.27 +0.03 +2.59%
1945 1.24 +0.05 +3.96%
1944 1.19 +0 +0.17%
1943 1.19 +0.01 +0.51%
1942 1.18 +0.05 +4.42%
1941 1.13 +0.03 +2.54%
1940 1.1 +0.07 +6.58%
1939 1.03 +0.05 +5.4%
1938 0.98 +0.04 +4.81%
1937 0.94 +0.2 +26.83%
1936 0.74 +0.02 +2.93%
1935 0.72 +0.02 +2.87%
1934 0.7 −0.09 −10.98%
1933 0.78 +0.13 +19.54%
1932 0.66 +0.02 +3.31%
1931 0.63 +0.02 +3.76%
1930 0.61 −0.08 −11.45%
1929 0.69 +0.12 +20%
1928 0.58 +0.02 +3.23%
1927 0.56 +0.02 +3.15%
1926 0.54 −0.03 −5.26%
1925 0.57 +0.07 +13.1%
1924 0.5 +0.02 +3.28%
1923 0.49 +0.02 +3.83%
1922 0.47 +0.02 +3.98%
1921 0.45 +0.02 +3.67%
1920 0.44 +0.02 +4.56%
1919 0.42 +0.02 +4.77%
1918 0.4 +0.02 +5.01%
1917 0.38 +0.02 +5.28%
1916 0.36 +0.02 +5.57%
1915 0.34 +0.02 +6.23%
1914 0.32 +0.02 +6.29%
1913 0.3 +0.02 +7.09%
1912 0.28 +0.02 +7.63%
1911 0.26 +0.02 +8.26%
1910 0.24 +0.02 +9.5%
1909 0.22 +0.02 +9.95%
1908 0.2 +0.01 +2.55%
1907 0.2 +0 +2.08%
1906 0.19 +0.01 +2.67%
1905 0.19 +0.01 +2.75%
1904 0.18 +0 +2.25%
1903 0.18 +0.01 +2.89%
1902 0.17 +0 +2.37%
1901 0.17 +0.01 +3.05%
1900 0.16 +0 +0.61%
1899 0.16 +0 +1.88%
1898 0.16 +0 +1.91%
1897 0.16 +0 +2.61%
1896 0.15 +0 +2%
1895 0.15 +0 +2.04%
1894 0.15 +0 +2.08%
1893 0.14 +0 +2.86%
1892 0.14 +0 +2.19%
1891 0.14 +0 +2.24%
1890 0.13 +0 +3.08%
1889 0.13 +0 +1.56%
1888 0.13 +0 +1.59%
1887 0.13 +0 +2.44%
1886 0.12 +0 +0.82%
1885 0.12 +0 +1.67%
1884 0.12 +0 +2.56%
1883 0.12 +0 +1.74%
1882 0.12 +0 +3.6%
1881 0.11 +0 +1.83%
1880 0.11 +0 +2.83%
1879 0.11 +0 +2.91%
1878 0.1 +0 +1.98%
1877 0.1 +0 +3.06%
1876 0.1 +0 +3.16%
1875 0.1 +0 +3.26%
1874 0.09 +0 +3.37%
1873 0.09 +0 +3.49%
1872 0.09 +0 +2.38%
1871 0.08 +0 +3.7%
1870 0.08 +0 +1.25%
1869 0.08 +0 +2.56%
1868 0.08 +0 +1.3%
1867 0.08 +0 +1.32%
1866 0.08 +0 +2.7%
1865 0.07 +0 +1.37%
1864 0.07 +0 +2.82%
1863 0.07 +0 +1.43%
1862 0.07 +0 +2.94%
1861 0.07 +0 +3.03%
1860 0.07 +0 +3.13%
1859 0.06 +0 +3.23%
1858 0.06 +0 +3.33%
1857 0.06 +0 +3.45%
1856 0.06 +0 +3.57%
1855 0.06 +0 +1.82%
1854 0.06 +0 +1.85%
1853 0.05 +0 +1.89%
1852 0.05 +0 +1.92%
1851 0.05 +0 +1.96%
1850 0.05

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.