Global methane (CH4) emissions reached a high of 11.3 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e) in 2022. This accounted for roughly 21 percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions that year. Methane emissions have risen by more than 32 percent since 1990.
Annual methane (CH4) emissions worldwide from 1970 to 2022
(in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)
Characteristic
Emissions in MtCO₂e
2022
11,294.03
2021
11,098.79
2020
10,927.83
2019
11,040.4
2018
10,952.88
2017
10,765.04
2016
10,615.96
2015
10,570.89
2014
10,531.74
2013
10,456.18
2012
10,412.33
2011
10,304.32
2010
10,057.61
2009
9,850.68
2008
9,875.96
2007
9,715.21
2006
9,619.42
2005
9,427.64
2004
9,244.75
2003
9,040.04
2002
8,770.42
2001
8,776.57
2000
8,771.41
1999
8,651.16
1998
8,616.57
1997
8,719.18
1996
8,727.38
1995
8,632.82
1994
8,519.59
1993
8,460.12
1992
8,477.65
1991
8,478.62
1990
8,527.39
1989
8,526.24
1988
8,348.88
1987
8,181.51
1986
8,118.26
1985
7,999.99
1984
7,923.24
1983
7,794.94
1982
7,765.25
1981
7,724.2
1980
7,853.86
1979
7,896
1978
7,771.28
1977
7,725.98
1976
7,650.33
1975
7,559.19
1974
7,475.35
1973
7,432.14
1972
7,253.78
1971
7,152.81
1970
7,063.99
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EDGAR/JRC. (September 8, 2023). Annual methane (CH4) emissions worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298441/annual-global-methane-emissions/
EDGAR/JRC. "Annual methane (CH4) emissions worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)." Chart. September 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298441/annual-global-methane-emissions/
EDGAR/JRC. (2023). Annual methane (CH4) emissions worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298441/annual-global-methane-emissions/
EDGAR/JRC. "Annual Methane (Ch4) Emissions Worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in Million Metric Tons of Co₂ Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298441/annual-global-methane-emissions/
EDGAR/JRC, Annual methane (CH4) emissions worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298441/annual-global-methane-emissions/ (last visited September 18, 2024)
Annual methane (CH4) emissions worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph], EDGAR/JRC, September 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298441/annual-global-methane-emissions/
