Methane emissions in Euro area
The euro area emitted 327.2 million tonnes of methane (CO2 equivalent) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1970.
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2024
327.2
Change from 2023
−0.8%
World, 2024
9,536.5 Mt CO2e
Methane emissions in Euro area over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Euro area | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 327.2 Mt CO2e | 9,536.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2023 | 329.7 Mt CO2e | 9,471.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2022 | 337.3 Mt CO2e | 9,335.0 Mt CO2e |
| 2021 | 342.2 Mt CO2e | 9,180.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2020 | 341.9 Mt CO2e | 9,055.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2019 | 346.2 Mt CO2e | 9,180.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2018 | 351.2 Mt CO2e | 9,103.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2017 | 356.9 Mt CO2e | 8,969.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2016 | 358.5 Mt CO2e | 8,847.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2015 | 359.8 Mt CO2e | 8,812.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2014 | 358.4 Mt CO2e | 8,788.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2013 | 362.3 Mt CO2e | 8,719.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2012 | 368.6 Mt CO2e | 8,716.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2011 | 370.6 Mt CO2e | 8,617.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2010 | 377.7 Mt CO2e | 8,413.7 Mt CO2e |
| 2009 | 379.4 Mt CO2e | 8,258.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2008 | 383.5 Mt CO2e | 8,283.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2007 | 386.4 Mt CO2e | 8,153.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2006 | 384.7 Mt CO2e | 8,099.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2005 | 388.6 Mt CO2e | 7,972.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2004 | 396.7 Mt CO2e | 7,839.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2003 | 402.7 Mt CO2e | 7,688.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2002 | 407.0 Mt CO2e | 7,464.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2001 | 411.4 Mt CO2e | 7,498.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2000 | 417.8 Mt CO2e | 7,495.1 Mt CO2e |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.8% from 329.7 Mt CO2e in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 358.4 Mt CO2e, the figure has changed by −8.7%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 9,536.5 Mt CO2e.