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Methane emissions — United Arab Emirates

Methane emissions in the United Arab Emirates in 2024 — 37.57 Mt. Ranked 154 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 62,523.3%.

2024 37.57 Mt +1.64% vs 2023
World rank 154of 199
Period maximum 37.57 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.06 Mt1927

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — United Arab Emirates, 1850–2024010203040185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.06 Mt1853: 0.06 Mt1856: 0.06 Mt1859: 0.06 Mt1862: 0.06 Mt1865: 0.06 Mt1868: 0.06 Mt1871: 0.06 Mt1874: 0.06 Mt1877: 0.06 Mt1880: 0.06 Mt1883: 0.06 Mt1886: 0.06 Mt1889: 0.06 Mt1892: 0.06 Mt1895: 0.06 Mt1898: 0.06 Mt1901: 0.06 Mt1904: 0.06 Mt1907: 0.06 Mt1910: 0.06 Mt1913: 0.06 Mt1916: 0.06 Mt1919: 0.06 Mt1922: 0.06 Mt1925: 0.06 Mt1928: 0.06 Mt1931: 0.06 Mt1934: 0.06 Mt1937: 0.06 Mt1940: 0.07 Mt1943: 0.08 Mt1946: 0.09 Mt1949: 0.11 Mt1952: 0.12 Mt1955: 0.15 Mt1958: 0.17 Mt1961: 0.19 Mt1964: 0.21 Mt1967: 0.23 Mt1970: 9.92 Mt1973: 14.32 Mt1976: 18.16 Mt1979: 17.74 Mt1982: 13.01 Mt1985: 12.39 Mt1988: 16.13 Mt1991: 21.54 Mt1994: 24.53 Mt1997: 24.28 Mt2000: 24.71 Mt2003: 23.92 Mt2006: 25.95 Mt2009: 25.92 Mt2012: 30.93 Mt2015: 34.43 Mt2018: 34.3 Mt2021: 33.92 Mt2024: 37.57 Mt
Change over the period: +37.51 (+62,523.33%) Average annual rate: 3.77 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 37.57 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Middle East & North Africa computed 823.03 Mt
Western Asia computed 597.81 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — United Arab Emirates, by year United Arab Emirates All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 37.57 +0.61 +1.64%
2023 36.97 −0.41 −1.09%
2022 37.38 +3.46 +10.2%
2021 33.92 +0.17 +0.52%
2020 33.74 −1.5 −4.26%
2019 35.24 +0.94 +2.74%
2018 34.3 +0.12 +0.36%
2017 34.18 −1.27 −3.59%
2016 35.45 +1.02 +2.97%
2015 34.43 +2.43 +7.58%
2014 32 −0.36 −1.1%
2013 32.36 +1.43 +4.61%
2012 30.93 +1.41 +4.79%
2011 29.52 +2.21 +8.08%
2010 27.31 +1.4 +5.39%
2009 25.92 −0.37 −1.4%
2008 26.29 +0.22 +0.84%
2007 26.07 +0.11 +0.43%
2006 25.95 +1.58 +6.47%
2005 24.38 +0.96 +4.1%
2004 23.42 −0.5 −2.09%
2003 23.92 +1.85 +8.39%
2002 22.07 −1.51 −6.42%
2001 23.58 −1.13 −4.58%
2000 24.71 +2.19 +9.73%
1999 22.52 −0.39 −1.69%
1998 22.91 −1.37 −5.64%
1997 24.28 −1.91 −7.28%
1996 26.18 +1.34 +5.39%
1995 24.84 +0.31 +1.28%
1994 24.53 −1.87 −7.08%
1993 26.4 +3.18 +13.71%
1992 23.22 +1.68 +7.8%
1991 21.54 +0.34 +1.6%
1990 21.2 +2.12 +11.13%
1989 19.07 +2.95 +18.27%
1988 16.13 +0.5 +3.17%
1987 15.63 +1.7 +12.19%
1986 13.93 +1.54 +12.44%
1985 12.39 +0.28 +2.29%
1984 12.11 −0.07 −0.55%
1983 12.18 −0.82 −6.34%
1982 13.01 −2 −13.31%
1981 15 −1.76 −10.5%
1980 16.76 −0.98 −5.51%
1979 17.74 +0.18 +1.02%
1978 17.56 −1.29 −6.86%
1977 18.85 +0.69 +3.8%
1976 18.16 +2.3 +14.47%
1975 15.87 +0.2 +1.3%
1974 15.66 +1.34 +9.35%
1973 14.32 +3.03 +26.87%
1972 11.29 +1.32 +13.23%
1971 9.97 +0.05 +0.48%
1970 9.92 +9.67 +3,776.17%
1969 0.26 +0.01 +5.35%
1968 0.24 +0.01 +4.74%
1967 0.23 +0.01 +2.65%
1966 0.23 +0.01 +4.15%
1965 0.22 +0.01 +3.83%
1964 0.21 +0.01 +4.5%
1963 0.2 +0.01 +4.17%
1962 0.19 +0.01 +2.67%
1961 0.19 −0.01 −4.59%
1960 0.2 +0.02 +8.29%
1959 0.18 +0.01 +6.47%
1958 0.17 +0.01 +4.29%
1957 0.16 +0.01 +4.49%
1956 0.16 +0.01 +5.41%
1955 0.15 +0.01 +6.47%
1954 0.14 +0.01 +8.59%
1953 0.13 +0.01 +7.56%
1952 0.12 +0.01 +6.25%
1951 0.11 +0 +0.9%
1950 0.11 +0 +3.74%
1949 0.11 +0.01 +4.9%
1948 0.1 +0 +4.08%
1947 0.1 +0 +4.26%
1946 0.09 +0 +4.44%
1945 0.09 +0 +5.88%
1944 0.09 +0 +4.94%
1943 0.08 +0 +5.19%
1942 0.08 +0 +4.05%
1941 0.07 +0 +5.71%
1940 0.07 +0 +6.06%
1939 0.07 +0 +4.76%
1938 0.06 +0 +5%
1937 0.06 +0 +3.45%
1936 0.06 +0 +5.45%
1935 0.06 +0 +0%
1934 0.06 +0 +0%
1933 0.06 +0 +0%
1932 0.06 +0 +0%
1931 0.06 +0 +0%
1930 0.06 +0 +0%
1929 0.06 +0 +0%
1928 0.06 +0 +0%
1927 0.06 −0 −1.79%
1926 0.06 +0 +0%
1925 0.06 +0 +0%
1924 0.06 +0 +0%
1923 0.06 +0 +0%
1922 0.06 +0 +0%
1921 0.06 +0 +0%
1920 0.06 +0 +0%
1919 0.06 −0 −1.75%
1918 0.06 +0 +0%
1917 0.06 +0 +0%
1916 0.06 +0 +0%
1915 0.06 +0 +0%
1914 0.06 +0 +0%
1913 0.06 +0 +0%
1912 0.06 +0 +0%
1911 0.06 +0 +0%
1910 0.06 −0 −1.72%
1909 0.06 +0 +0%
1908 0.06 −0 −1.69%
1907 0.06 +0 +0%
1906 0.06 −0 −1.67%
1905 0.06 +0 +0%
1904 0.06 −0 −1.64%
1903 0.06 −0 −1.61%
1902 0.06 +0 +0%
1901 0.06 −0 −1.59%
1900 0.06 +0 +0%
1899 0.06 +0 +0%
1898 0.06 +0 +0%
1897 0.06 +0 +0%
1896 0.06 +0 +0%
1895 0.06 +0 +0%
1894 0.06 +0 +0%
1893 0.06 +0 +0%
1892 0.06 +0 +0%
1891 0.06 +0 +0%
1890 0.06 +0 +0%
1889 0.06 +0 +0%
1888 0.06 +0 +0%
1887 0.06 +0 +0%
1886 0.06 +0 +0%
1885 0.06 +0 +0%
1884 0.06 +0 +0%
1883 0.06 +0 +0%
1882 0.06 +0 +0%
1881 0.06 +0 +0%
1880 0.06 +0 +0%
1879 0.06 +0 +0%
1878 0.06 +0 +0%
1877 0.06 +0 +0%
1876 0.06 +0 +0%
1875 0.06 +0 +0%
1874 0.06 +0 +0%
1873 0.06 +0 +0%
1872 0.06 +0 +0%
1871 0.06 +0 +0%
1870 0.06 +0 +0%
1869 0.06 +0 +0%
1868 0.06 +0 +0%
1867 0.06 +0 +0%
1866 0.06 +0 +0%
1865 0.06 +0 +0%
1864 0.06 +0 +0%
1863 0.06 +0 +0%
1862 0.06 +0 +0%
1861 0.06 +0 +0%
1860 0.06 +0 +0%
1859 0.06 +0 +1.61%
1858 0.06 +0 +0%
1857 0.06 +0 +0%
1856 0.06 +0 +0%
1855 0.06 +0 +1.64%
1854 0.06 +0 +0%
1853 0.06 +0 +0%
1852 0.06 +0 +0%
1851 0.06 +0 +1.67%
1850 0.06 — —

Western Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AM Armenia 1.65 CY Cyprus 2.37 GE Georgia 3.26 LB Lebanon 3.98 JO Jordan 5.94 SY Syria 6.14 IL Israel 8.96 YE Yemen 11.58 AZ Azerbaijan 12.68 QA Qatar 22.49 BH Bahrain 23.76 OM Oman 32.88 AE United Arab Emirates 37.57 KW Kuwait 39.53 TR Türkiye 111.8 SA Saudi Arabia 117.01 IQ Iraq 156.21
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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.

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