Methane emissions in East Asia and Pacific
East Asia and Pacific emitted 2,697.1 million tonnes of methane (CO2 equivalent) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
East Asia and Pacific is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
East Asia and Pacific, 2024
2,697.1
Change from 2023
+1.1%
World, 2024
9,536.5 Mt CO2e
Methane emissions in East Asia and Pacific over time
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Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | East Asia and Pacific | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,697.1 Mt CO2e | 9,536.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2023 | 2,669.0 Mt CO2e | 9,471.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2022 | 2,602.4 Mt CO2e | 9,335.0 Mt CO2e |
| 2021 | 2,561.2 Mt CO2e | 9,180.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2020 | 2,532.5 Mt CO2e | 9,055.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2019 | 2,551.0 Mt CO2e | 9,180.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2018 | 2,536.1 Mt CO2e | 9,103.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2017 | 2,497.9 Mt CO2e | 8,969.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2016 | 2,444.1 Mt CO2e | 8,847.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2015 | 2,482.1 Mt CO2e | 8,812.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2014 | 2,493.4 Mt CO2e | 8,788.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2013 | 2,477.2 Mt CO2e | 8,719.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2012 | 2,471.2 Mt CO2e | 8,716.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2011 | 2,450.6 Mt CO2e | 8,617.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2010 | 2,310.3 Mt CO2e | 8,413.7 Mt CO2e |
| 2009 | 2,245.1 Mt CO2e | 8,258.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2008 | 2,200.2 Mt CO2e | 8,283.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2007 | 2,170.1 Mt CO2e | 8,153.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2006 | 2,138.6 Mt CO2e | 8,099.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2005 | 2,062.6 Mt CO2e | 7,972.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2004 | 1,991.0 Mt CO2e | 7,839.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2003 | 1,903.4 Mt CO2e | 7,688.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2002 | 1,855.8 Mt CO2e | 7,464.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2001 | 1,855.7 Mt CO2e | 7,498.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2000 | 1,847.7 Mt CO2e | 7,495.1 Mt CO2e |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.1% from 2,669.0 Mt CO2e in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 2,493.4 Mt CO2e, the figure has changed by +8.2%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 9,536.5 Mt CO2e.