Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Uruguay

Methane emissions in Uruguay in 2024 — 24.95 Mt. Ranked 138 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 2,968.9%.

2024 24.95 Mt +1.7% vs 2023
World rank 138of 199
Period maximum 25.85 Mt2016
Period minimum 0.81 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Uruguay, 1850–20240102030185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.81 Mt1853: 1.01 Mt1856: 1.2 Mt1859: 1.4 Mt1862: 1.59 Mt1865: 1.79 Mt1868: 1.98 Mt1871: 2.19 Mt1874: 2.41 Mt1877: 2.64 Mt1880: 2.86 Mt1883: 3.27 Mt1886: 3.68 Mt1889: 4.09 Mt1892: 4.51 Mt1895: 4.93 Mt1898: 5.36 Mt1901: 5.72 Mt1904: 5.95 Mt1907: 6.19 Mt1910: 6.43 Mt1913: 6.98 Mt1916: 7.52 Mt1919: 8.07 Mt1922: 8.62 Mt1925: 9.17 Mt1928: 9.71 Mt1931: 10.26 Mt1934: 10.81 Mt1937: 11.43 Mt1940: 12.1 Mt1943: 12.81 Mt1946: 13.52 Mt1949: 14.22 Mt1952: 14.88 Mt1955: 15.58 Mt1958: 16.36 Mt1961: 17.86 Mt1964: 17.71 Mt1967: 17.45 Mt1970: 17.26 Mt1973: 18.68 Mt1976: 19.67 Mt1979: 19.82 Mt1982: 21.85 Mt1985: 19.18 Mt1988: 21.13 Mt1991: 19.54 Mt1994: 21.39 Mt1997: 21.29 Mt2000: 20.48 Mt2003: 21.82 Mt2006: 23.42 Mt2009: 24.5 Mt2012: 23.12 Mt2015: 25.45 Mt2018: 24.93 Mt2021: 25.74 Mt2024: 24.95 Mt
Change over the period: +24.14 (+2,968.88%) Average annual rate: 1.99 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Uruguay 24.95 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1,231.12 Mt
South America computed 987.27 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 24.95 +0.42 +1.7%
2023 24.53 −0.63 −2.51%
2022 25.16 −0.57 −2.23%
2021 25.74 +1.07 +4.35%
2020 24.66 −0.18 −0.73%
2019 24.84 −0.09 −0.34%
2018 24.93 −0.61 −2.38%
2017 25.54 −0.32 −1.22%
2016 25.85 +0.4 +1.57%
2015 25.45 +0.74 +2.99%
2014 24.72 +1.34 +5.75%
2013 23.37 +0.25 +1.09%
2012 23.12 −0.52 −2.2%
2011 23.64 +0.21 +0.87%
2010 23.43 −1.07 −4.36%
2009 24.5 −0.31 −1.23%
2008 24.81 +1.79 +7.75%
2007 23.02 −0.4 −1.7%
2006 23.42 +0.8 +3.54%
2005 22.62 +0.17 +0.77%
2004 22.45 +0.63 +2.89%
2003 21.82 +0.55 +2.58%
2002 21.27 +0.81 +3.95%
2001 20.46 −0.02 −0.08%
2000 20.48 −0.46 −2.19%
1999 20.93 +0.15 +0.72%
1998 20.78 −0.5 −2.35%
1997 21.29 −0.28 −1.28%
1996 21.56 +0.31 +1.46%
1995 21.25 −0.14 −0.66%
1994 21.39 +0.16 +0.76%
1993 21.23 +0.69 +3.34%
1992 20.55 +1.01 +5.15%
1991 19.54 +0.88 +4.73%
1990 18.66 −1.25 −6.27%
1989 19.9 −1.23 −5.8%
1988 21.13 +0.68 +3.34%
1987 20.45 +1.06 +5.47%
1986 19.39 +0.2 +1.06%
1985 19.18 +0.62 +3.31%
1984 18.57 −0.92 −4.73%
1983 19.49 −2.36 −10.81%
1982 21.85 −0.26 −1.18%
1981 22.11 +0.43 +1.97%
1980 21.69 +1.87 +9.41%
1979 19.82 +0.63 +3.28%
1978 19.19 −0.13 −0.67%
1977 19.32 −0.35 −1.76%
1976 19.67 −1.63 −7.66%
1975 21.3 +1.41 +7.11%
1974 19.89 +1.2 +6.44%
1973 18.68 +1 +5.66%
1972 17.68 +0.53 +3.08%
1971 17.15 −0.11 −0.61%
1970 17.26 −0.9 −4.94%
1969 18.16 +0.63 +3.58%
1968 17.53 +0.08 +0.45%
1967 17.45 +0.33 +1.95%
1966 17.12 +0.21 +1.26%
1965 16.9 −0.81 −4.56%
1964 17.71 +0.01 +0.04%
1963 17.7 −0.2 −1.14%
1962 17.91 +0.05 +0.27%
1961 17.86 +0.97 +5.72%
1960 16.89 +0.27 +1.62%
1959 16.62 +0.27 +1.64%
1958 16.36 +0.26 +1.63%
1957 16.09 +0.26 +1.66%
1956 15.83 +0.25 +1.63%
1955 15.58 +0.24 +1.59%
1954 15.33 +0.23 +1.54%
1953 15.1 +0.22 +1.46%
1952 14.88 +0.21 +1.4%
1951 14.68 +0.19 +1.33%
1950 14.48 +0.26 +1.85%
1949 14.22 +0.24 +1.69%
1948 13.98 +0.23 +1.7%
1947 13.75 +0.23 +1.73%
1946 13.52 +0.23 +1.76%
1945 13.28 +0.23 +1.77%
1944 13.05 +0.24 +1.87%
1943 12.81 +0.24 +1.88%
1942 12.57 +0.24 +1.91%
1941 12.34 +0.23 +1.94%
1940 12.1 +0.23 +1.89%
1939 11.88 +0.22 +1.91%
1938 11.65 +0.22 +1.96%
1937 11.43 +0.22 +1.98%
1936 11.21 +0.22 +2.02%
1935 10.99 +0.18 +1.68%
1934 10.81 +0.18 +1.7%
1933 10.62 +0.18 +1.73%
1932 10.44 +0.18 +1.77%
1931 10.26 +0.18 +1.8%
1930 10.08 +0.18 +1.84%
1929 9.9 +0.18 +1.89%
1928 9.71 +0.18 +1.92%
1927 9.53 +0.18 +1.96%
1926 9.35 +0.18 +2%
1925 9.17 +0.18 +2.04%
1924 8.98 +0.18 +2.07%
1923 8.8 +0.18 +2.12%
1922 8.62 +0.18 +2.16%
1921 8.44 +0.18 +2.22%
1920 8.25 +0.18 +2.27%
1919 8.07 +0.18 +2.31%
1918 7.89 +0.18 +2.36%
1917 7.71 +0.18 +2.42%
1916 7.52 +0.18 +2.48%
1915 7.34 +0.18 +2.54%
1914 7.16 +0.18 +2.64%
1913 6.98 +0.18 +2.69%
1912 6.79 +0.18 +2.77%
1911 6.61 +0.18 +2.85%
1910 6.43 +0.08 +1.24%
1909 6.35 +0.08 +1.26%
1908 6.27 +0.08 +1.26%
1907 6.19 +0.08 +1.29%
1906 6.11 +0.08 +1.31%
1905 6.03 +0.08 +1.31%
1904 5.95 +0.08 +1.34%
1903 5.88 +0.08 +1.35%
1902 5.8 +0.08 +1.38%
1901 5.72 +0.08 +1.4%
1900 5.64 +0.14 +2.56%
1899 5.5 +0.14 +2.63%
1898 5.36 +0.14 +2.7%
1897 5.22 +0.14 +2.8%
1896 5.07 +0.14 +2.86%
1895 4.93 +0.14 +2.94%
1894 4.79 +0.14 +3.03%
1893 4.65 +0.14 +3.13%
1892 4.51 +0.14 +3.23%
1891 4.37 +0.14 +3.33%
1890 4.23 +0.14 +3.35%
1889 4.09 +0.14 +3.46%
1888 3.95 +0.14 +3.59%
1887 3.82 +0.14 +3.72%
1886 3.68 +0.14 +3.87%
1885 3.54 +0.14 +4.02%
1884 3.41 +0.14 +4.16%
1883 3.27 +0.14 +4.37%
1882 3.13 +0.14 +4.57%
1881 3 +0.14 +4.76%
1880 2.86 +0.07 +2.69%
1879 2.79 +0.08 +2.77%
1878 2.71 +0.07 +2.81%
1877 2.64 +0.08 +2.93%
1876 2.56 +0.07 +3.02%
1875 2.49 +0.07 +3.07%
1874 2.41 +0.07 +3.21%
1873 2.34 +0.07 +3.27%
1872 2.26 +0.07 +3.43%
1871 2.19 +0.07 +3.5%
1870 2.11 +0.07 +3.22%
1869 2.05 +0.07 +3.28%
1868 1.98 +0.07 +3.39%
1867 1.92 +0.07 +3.56%
1866 1.85 +0.07 +3.64%
1865 1.79 +0.07 +3.77%
1864 1.72 +0.07 +3.92%
1863 1.66 +0.07 +4.08%
1862 1.59 +0.07 +4.26%
1861 1.53 +0.07 +4.45%
1860 1.46 +0.07 +4.65%
1859 1.4 +0.07 +4.88%
1858 1.33 +0.07 +5.13%
1857 1.27 +0.07 +5.41%
1856 1.2 +0.07 +5.72%
1855 1.14 +0.07 +6.06%
1854 1.07 +0.06 +6.35%
1853 1.01 +0.07 +6.89%
1852 0.94 +0.07 +7.4%
1851 0.88 +0.07 +8%
1850 0.81

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.