Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Venezuela

Methane emissions in Venezuela in 2024 — 47.63 Mt. Ranked 163 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 2,257%.

2024 47.63 Mt −4.02% vs 2023
World rank 163of 199
Period maximum 150.59 Mt1955
Period minimum 2.02 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Venezuela, 1850–2024050100150200185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 2.02 Mt1853: 2.16 Mt1856: 2.3 Mt1859: 2.43 Mt1862: 2.53 Mt1865: 2.63 Mt1868: 2.71 Mt1871: 2.81 Mt1874: 2.91 Mt1877: 3.02 Mt1880: 3.13 Mt1883: 3.26 Mt1886: 3.39 Mt1889: 3.51 Mt1892: 3.58 Mt1895: 3.61 Mt1898: 3.65 Mt1901: 3.69 Mt1904: 3.75 Mt1907: 3.8 Mt1910: 3.85 Mt1913: 3.91 Mt1916: 12.59 Mt1919: 21.28 Mt1922: 30.16 Mt1925: 39.16 Mt1928: 48.14 Mt1931: 57.11 Mt1934: 78.01 Mt1937: 88.72 Mt1940: 84.12 Mt1943: 100.64 Mt1946: 111.25 Mt1949: 111.67 Mt1952: 115.64 Mt1955: 150.59 Mt1958: 88.1 Mt1961: 98.07 Mt1964: 81.04 Mt1967: 63.22 Mt1970: 44.86 Mt1973: 44.77 Mt1976: 39.12 Mt1979: 42.66 Mt1982: 41.71 Mt1985: 41.55 Mt1988: 45.72 Mt1991: 51.66 Mt1994: 55.57 Mt1997: 66.87 Mt2000: 71.93 Mt2003: 67.74 Mt2006: 72.26 Mt2009: 73.23 Mt2012: 72.5 Mt2015: 69.73 Mt2018: 56.67 Mt2021: 46.44 Mt2024: 47.63 Mt
Change over the period: +45.61 (+2,256.95%) Average annual rate: 1.83 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Venezuela 47.63 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1,231.12 Mt
South America computed 987.27 Mt
Methane emissions — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 47.63 −1.99 −4.02%
2023 49.63 +1.33 +2.75%
2022 48.3 +1.86 +4.01%
2021 46.44 −1.72 −3.57%
2020 48.16 −3.57 −6.89%
2019 51.72 −4.95 −8.73%
2018 56.67 −5.38 −8.67%
2017 62.05 −4.17 −6.3%
2016 66.23 −3.51 −5.03%
2015 69.73 −2.09 −2.9%
2014 71.82 −0.88 −1.21%
2013 72.7 +0.2 +0.27%
2012 72.5 +3.91 +5.71%
2011 68.58 +0.39 +0.57%
2010 68.19 −5.04 −6.88%
2009 73.23 −3.11 −4.07%
2008 76.34 +2.72 +3.69%
2007 73.62 +1.36 +1.89%
2006 72.26 −0.32 −0.44%
2005 72.58 +1.82 +2.57%
2004 70.76 +3.03 +4.47%
2003 67.74 −0.06 −0.09%
2002 67.8 −4.6 −6.35%
2001 72.39 +0.46 +0.64%
2000 71.93 +3.38 +4.92%
1999 68.56 −1.77 −2.52%
1998 70.33 +3.46 +5.17%
1997 66.87 +3.74 +5.92%
1996 63.14 +1.58 +2.56%
1995 61.56 +5.99 +10.78%
1994 55.57 +2.03 +3.79%
1993 53.54 +1.2 +2.29%
1992 52.34 +0.68 +1.32%
1991 51.66 +2.57 +5.22%
1990 49.09 +2.61 +5.62%
1989 46.48 +0.76 +1.66%
1988 45.72 +1.42 +3.2%
1987 44.3 +1.19 +2.77%
1986 43.11 +1.56 +3.75%
1985 41.55 −0.02 −0.06%
1984 41.58 +0.33 +0.8%
1983 41.25 −0.46 −1.11%
1982 41.71 −0.79 −1.87%
1981 42.5 +0.25 +0.59%
1980 42.25 −0.41 −0.95%
1979 42.66 +2.55 +6.37%
1978 40.11 +0.49 +1.24%
1977 39.61 +0.49 +1.27%
1976 39.12 +0.37 +0.95%
1975 38.75 −3.85 −9.04%
1974 42.6 −2.17 −4.84%
1973 44.77 +1.89 +4.4%
1972 42.89 −2.02 −4.5%
1971 44.91 +0.05 +0.1%
1970 44.86 −1.16 −2.53%
1969 46.02 −8.07 −14.91%
1968 54.09 −9.13 −14.45%
1967 63.22 −2.78 −4.21%
1966 66 −13.91 −17.41%
1965 79.91 −1.13 −1.4%
1964 81.04 −10.78 −11.74%
1963 91.83 +11.95 +14.96%
1962 79.88 −18.19 −18.55%
1961 98.07 −19.63 −16.68%
1960 117.7 −27.51 −18.95%
1959 145.21 +57.11 +64.82%
1958 88.1 −60.63 −40.76%
1957 148.73 +1.01 +0.68%
1956 147.73 −2.86 −1.9%
1955 150.59 +36.66 +32.17%
1954 113.93 +2.29 +2.05%
1953 111.65 −3.99 −3.45%
1952 115.64 +2 +1.76%
1951 113.64 +2.91 +2.63%
1950 110.72 −0.95 −0.85%
1949 111.67 −3.43 −2.98%
1948 115.1 −0.86 −0.74%
1947 115.96 +4.71 +4.23%
1946 111.25 +1.88 +1.72%
1945 109.38 +1.06 +0.98%
1944 108.32 +7.68 +7.63%
1943 100.64 +1.56 +1.58%
1942 99.08 +1.22 +1.25%
1941 97.86 +13.74 +16.34%
1940 84.12 +3.02 +3.73%
1939 81.09 −13.55 −14.31%
1938 94.64 +5.92 +6.68%
1937 88.72 +3.54 +4.16%
1936 85.17 +3.5 +4.29%
1935 81.67 +3.66 +4.69%
1934 78.01 +4.07 +5.51%
1933 73.94 +2.91 +4.09%
1932 71.04 +13.92 +24.37%
1931 57.11 +2.98 +5.5%
1930 54.14 +3 +5.86%
1929 51.14 +3 +6.23%
1928 48.14 +3 +6.64%
1927 45.14 +2.99 +7.1%
1926 42.15 +2.99 +7.64%
1925 39.16 +3 +8.3%
1924 36.16 +2.99 +9.02%
1923 33.17 +3.01 +9.97%
1922 30.16 +3 +11.03%
1921 27.16 +3 +12.39%
1920 24.17 +2.89 +13.6%
1919 21.28 +2.89 +15.7%
1918 18.39 +2.9 +18.73%
1917 15.49 +2.89 +22.98%
1916 12.59 +2.89 +29.84%
1915 9.7 +2.9 +42.55%
1914 6.8 +2.9 +74.06%
1913 3.91 +0.02 +0.49%
1912 3.89 +0.02 +0.46%
1911 3.87 +0.02 +0.49%
1910 3.85 +0.02 +0.47%
1909 3.84 +0.02 +0.45%
1908 3.82 +0.02 +0.47%
1907 3.8 +0.02 +0.48%
1906 3.78 +0.02 +0.45%
1905 3.77 +0.02 +0.45%
1904 3.75 +0.02 +0.56%
1903 3.73 +0.02 +0.51%
1902 3.71 +0.02 +0.54%
1901 3.69 +0.02 +0.52%
1900 3.67 +0.01 +0.3%
1899 3.66 +0.01 +0.33%
1898 3.65 +0.01 +0.3%
1897 3.64 +0.01 +0.33%
1896 3.62 +0.01 +0.3%
1895 3.61 +0.01 +0.31%
1894 3.6 +0.01 +0.31%
1893 3.59 +0.01 +0.31%
1892 3.58 +0.01 +0.31%
1891 3.57 +0.01 +0.31%
1890 3.56 +0.04 +1.22%
1889 3.51 +0.04 +1.21%
1888 3.47 +0.04 +1.25%
1887 3.43 +0.04 +1.21%
1886 3.39 +0.04 +1.26%
1885 3.35 +0.04 +1.3%
1884 3.3 +0.04 +1.32%
1883 3.26 +0.04 +1.34%
1882 3.22 +0.04 +1.35%
1881 3.17 +0.04 +1.41%
1880 3.13 +0.04 +1.16%
1879 3.09 +0.04 +1.18%
1878 3.06 +0.04 +1.19%
1877 3.02 +0.04 +1.21%
1876 2.99 +0.04 +1.22%
1875 2.95 +0.04 +1.24%
1874 2.91 +0.04 +1.25%
1873 2.88 +0.04 +1.23%
1872 2.84 +0.04 +1.25%
1871 2.81 +0.03 +1.26%
1870 2.77 +0.03 +1.06%
1869 2.74 +0.03 +1.11%
1868 2.71 +0.03 +1.12%
1867 2.68 +0.03 +1.09%
1866 2.66 +0.03 +1.14%
1865 2.63 +0.03 +1.12%
1864 2.6 +0.03 +1.17%
1863 2.57 +0.03 +1.26%
1862 2.53 +0.03 +1.2%
1861 2.5 +0.03 +1.17%
1860 2.48 +0.04 +1.81%
1859 2.43 +0.04 +1.8%
1858 2.39 +0.05 +1.96%
1857 2.34 +0.05 +2%
1856 2.3 +0.05 +2.04%
1855 2.25 +0.05 +2.09%
1854 2.2 +0.05 +2.13%
1853 2.16 +0.05 +2.18%
1852 2.11 +0.05 +2.23%
1851 2.07 +0.04 +2.23%
1850 2.02

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.