Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Zimbabwe

Methane emissions in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 13.3 Mt. Ranked 114 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 2,391.2%.

2024 13.3 Mt +2.34% vs 2023
World rank 114of 199
Period maximum 13.3 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.53 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Zimbabwe, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.53 Mt1853: 0.56 Mt1856: 0.59 Mt1859: 0.62 Mt1862: 0.66 Mt1865: 0.69 Mt1868: 0.73 Mt1871: 0.76 Mt1874: 0.8 Mt1877: 0.85 Mt1880: 0.89 Mt1883: 0.94 Mt1886: 0.99 Mt1889: 1.04 Mt1892: 1.09 Mt1895: 1.15 Mt1898: 1.21 Mt1901: 1.27 Mt1904: 1.36 Mt1907: 1.44 Mt1910: 1.53 Mt1913: 1.64 Mt1916: 1.79 Mt1919: 1.88 Mt1922: 1.98 Mt1925: 2.16 Mt1928: 2.39 Mt1931: 2.34 Mt1934: 2.49 Mt1937: 2.72 Mt1940: 2.92 Mt1943: 3.31 Mt1946: 3.5 Mt1949: 3.87 Mt1952: 3.52 Mt1955: 3.88 Mt1958: 4.27 Mt1961: 5.21 Mt1964: 5.8 Mt1967: 6.55 Mt1970: 8.99 Mt1973: 8.96 Mt1976: 9.59 Mt1979: 9.34 Mt1982: 9.18 Mt1985: 9.17 Mt1988: 10.04 Mt1991: 10.79 Mt1994: 9.84 Mt1997: 11.2 Mt2000: 11.87 Mt2003: 10.91 Mt2006: 10.88 Mt2009: 11.7 Mt2012: 12.35 Mt2015: 12.13 Mt2018: 11.83 Mt2021: 11.84 Mt2024: 13.3 Mt
Change over the period: +12.77 (+2,391.2%) Average annual rate: 1.87 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 13.3 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,219.5 Mt
Eastern Africa computed 439.59 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,489.63 Mt
Methane emissions — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 13.3 +0.3 +2.34%
2023 13 +0.36 +2.82%
2022 12.64 +0.8 +6.78%
2021 11.84 +0.53 +4.65%
2020 11.31 −0.32 −2.77%
2019 11.64 −0.2 −1.65%
2018 11.83 +0.28 +2.44%
2017 11.55 +0.41 +3.64%
2016 11.14 −0.98 −8.11%
2015 12.13 +0.7 +6.11%
2014 11.43 −0.68 −5.64%
2013 12.11 −0.24 −1.95%
2012 12.35 −0.26 −2.07%
2011 12.61 +0.37 +2.98%
2010 12.25 +0.55 +4.66%
2009 11.7 +0.56 +5.01%
2008 11.15 −0.02 −0.14%
2007 11.16 +0.28 +2.55%
2006 10.88 −0.3 −2.64%
2005 11.18 +0.03 +0.28%
2004 11.15 +0.23 +2.14%
2003 10.91 −0.36 −3.17%
2002 11.27 −1.15 −9.29%
2001 12.42 +0.55 +4.67%
2000 11.87 −0.31 −2.51%
1999 12.18 +0.43 +3.63%
1998 11.75 +0.55 +4.88%
1997 11.2 −0.17 −1.49%
1996 11.37 +1.37 +13.74%
1995 10 +0.16 +1.61%
1994 9.84 +0.19 +1.99%
1993 9.65 −1.78 −15.55%
1992 11.43 +0.64 +5.92%
1991 10.79 −0.8 −6.9%
1990 11.59 +1.33 +12.98%
1989 10.25 +0.21 +2.1%
1988 10.04 −0.39 −3.7%
1987 10.43 +0.83 +8.59%
1986 9.6 +0.43 +4.74%
1985 9.17 +0.24 +2.65%
1984 8.93 −0.21 −2.33%
1983 9.15 −0.04 −0.42%
1982 9.18 +0.5 +5.81%
1981 8.68 −0.15 −1.7%
1980 8.83 −0.51 −5.46%
1979 9.34 −0.12 −1.22%
1978 9.46 −0.47 −4.72%
1977 9.92 +0.34 +3.53%
1976 9.59 +0.17 +1.82%
1975 9.41 +0.47 +5.24%
1974 8.95 −0.02 −0.21%
1973 8.96 +0.27 +3.08%
1972 8.7 +0.03 +0.32%
1971 8.67 −0.32 −3.58%
1970 8.99 +1.29 +16.72%
1969 7.7 +0.82 +11.92%
1968 6.88 +0.34 +5.13%
1967 6.55 +0.44 +7.15%
1966 6.11 +0.17 +2.88%
1965 5.94 +0.14 +2.45%
1964 5.8 +0.33 +6.11%
1963 5.46 +0.15 +2.73%
1962 5.32 +0.11 +2.07%
1961 5.21 +0.66 +14.43%
1960 4.55 +0.15 +3.31%
1959 4.41 +0.14 +3.28%
1958 4.27 +0.14 +3.27%
1957 4.13 +0.13 +3.25%
1956 4 +0.13 +3.22%
1955 3.88 +0.12 +3.25%
1954 3.75 +0.12 +3.22%
1953 3.64 +0.11 +3.21%
1952 3.52 +0.11 +3.19%
1951 3.42 +0.1 +3.11%
1950 3.31 −0.56 −14.42%
1949 3.87 +0.16 +4.4%
1948 3.71 +0.15 +4.25%
1947 3.56 +0.05 +1.51%
1946 3.5 +0.07 +2.01%
1945 3.43 +0.04 +1.24%
1944 3.39 +0.09 +2.63%
1943 3.31 +0.15 +4.65%
1942 3.16 +0.13 +4.16%
1941 3.03 +0.12 +3.98%
1940 2.92 +0.09 +3.26%
1939 2.82 +0.06 +2.17%
1938 2.76 +0.04 +1.47%
1937 2.72 +0.14 +5.5%
1936 2.58 +0.04 +1.53%
1935 2.54 +0.06 +2.33%
1934 2.49 +0.09 +3.93%
1933 2.39 +0.06 +2.4%
1932 2.34 −0.01 −0.26%
1931 2.34 −0.07 −2.98%
1930 2.41 +0 +0.17%
1929 2.41 +0.02 +0.71%
1928 2.39 +0.09 +4.14%
1927 2.3 +0.05 +2.04%
1926 2.25 +0.09 +4.41%
1925 2.16 +0.07 +3.21%
1924 2.09 +0.04 +2.2%
1923 2.04 +0.06 +3.23%
1922 1.98 +0.02 +0.92%
1921 1.96 +0.03 +1.76%
1920 1.93 +0.05 +2.5%
1919 1.88 +0.03 +1.84%
1918 1.85 +0.01 +0.6%
1917 1.84 +0.05 +2.51%
1916 1.79 +0.05 +2.99%
1915 1.74 +0.05 +2.66%
1914 1.69 +0.06 +3.61%
1913 1.64 +0.03 +2.19%
1912 1.6 +0.03 +1.85%
1911 1.57 +0.04 +2.41%
1910 1.53 +0.03 +1.79%
1909 1.51 +0.02 +1.69%
1908 1.48 +0.04 +2.63%
1907 1.44 +0.03 +1.83%
1906 1.42 +0.03 +1.87%
1905 1.39 +0.03 +2.5%
1904 1.36 +0.03 +2.03%
1903 1.33 +0.04 +2.86%
1902 1.29 +0.02 +1.89%
1901 1.27 +0.02 +1.84%
1900 1.25 +0.02 +1.63%
1899 1.23 +0.02 +1.57%
1898 1.21 +0.02 +1.68%
1897 1.19 +0.02 +1.63%
1896 1.17 +0.02 +1.74%
1895 1.15 +0.02 +1.77%
1894 1.13 +0.02 +1.71%
1893 1.11 +0.02 +1.83%
1892 1.09 +0.02 +1.77%
1891 1.07 +0.02 +1.81%
1890 1.05 +0.02 +1.64%
1889 1.04 +0.02 +1.67%
1888 1.02 +0.02 +1.6%
1887 1 +0.02 +1.73%
1886 0.99 +0.02 +1.65%
1885 0.97 +0.02 +1.68%
1884 0.95 +0.02 +1.82%
1883 0.94 +0.02 +1.74%
1882 0.92 +0.02 +1.88%
1881 0.9 +0.02 +1.8%
1880 0.89 +0.01 +1.6%
1879 0.87 +0.01 +1.63%
1878 0.86 +0.01 +1.66%
1877 0.85 +0.01 +1.68%
1876 0.83 +0.01 +1.59%
1875 0.82 +0.01 +1.74%
1874 0.8 +0.01 +1.77%
1873 0.79 +0.01 +1.8%
1872 0.78 +0.01 +1.84%
1871 0.76 +0.01 +1.87%
1870 0.75 +0.01 +1.49%
1869 0.74 +0.01 +1.66%
1868 0.73 +0.01 +1.68%
1867 0.71 +0.01 +1.57%
1866 0.7 +0.01 +1.74%
1865 0.69 +0.01 +1.77%
1864 0.68 +0.01 +1.65%
1863 0.67 +0.01 +1.83%
1862 0.66 +0.01 +1.87%
1861 0.64 +0.01 +1.74%
1860 0.63 +0.01 +1.61%
1859 0.62 +0.01 +1.63%
1858 0.61 +0.01 +1.66%
1857 0.6 +0.01 +1.69%
1856 0.59 +0.01 +1.54%
1855 0.58 +0.01 +1.75%
1854 0.57 +0.01 +1.78%
1853 0.56 +0.01 +1.81%
1852 0.55 +0.01 +1.84%
1851 0.54 +0.01 +1.69%
1850 0.53

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.