Methane emissions in European Union
The European Union emitted 428.5 million tonnes of methane (CO2 equivalent) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1970.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
428.5
Change from 2023
−0.8%
World, 2024
9,536.5 Mt CO2e
Methane emissions in European Union 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 | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 428.5 Mt CO2e | 9,536.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2023 | 432.0 Mt CO2e | 9,471.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2022 | 442.7 Mt CO2e | 9,335.0 Mt CO2e |
| 2021 | 449.9 Mt CO2e | 9,180.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2020 | 449.1 Mt CO2e | 9,055.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2019 | 455.7 Mt CO2e | 9,180.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2018 | 462.0 Mt CO2e | 9,103.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2017 | 468.1 Mt CO2e | 8,969.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2016 | 470.4 Mt CO2e | 8,847.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2015 | 472.1 Mt CO2e | 8,812.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2014 | 470.8 Mt CO2e | 8,788.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2013 | 476.8 Mt CO2e | 8,719.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2012 | 484.2 Mt CO2e | 8,716.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2011 | 485.8 Mt CO2e | 8,617.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2010 | 495.7 Mt CO2e | 8,413.7 Mt CO2e |
| 2009 | 496.9 Mt CO2e | 8,258.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2008 | 505.9 Mt CO2e | 8,283.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2007 | 512.1 Mt CO2e | 8,153.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2006 | 513.6 Mt CO2e | 8,099.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2005 | 518.0 Mt CO2e | 7,972.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2004 | 528.4 Mt CO2e | 7,839.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2003 | 536.9 Mt CO2e | 7,688.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2002 | 543.0 Mt CO2e | 7,464.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2001 | 547.9 Mt CO2e | 7,498.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2000 | 556.8 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 432.0 Mt CO2e in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 470.8 Mt CO2e, the figure has changed by −9.0%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 9,536.5 Mt CO2e.
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3,017.2 Mt CO2e
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Greenhouse gas emissions per person
7.0 t CO2e per person
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CO2 emissions per person
5.47 t CO2 per person
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