Methane emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa emitted 1,179.9 million tonnes of methane (CO2 equivalent) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
1,179.9
Change from 2023
+1.8%
World, 2024
9,536.5 Mt CO2e
Methane emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,179.9 Mt CO2e | 9,536.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2023 | 1,159.4 Mt CO2e | 9,471.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2022 | 1,130.8 Mt CO2e | 9,335.0 Mt CO2e |
| 2021 | 1,114.6 Mt CO2e | 9,180.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2020 | 1,115.4 Mt CO2e | 9,055.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2019 | 1,115.6 Mt CO2e | 9,180.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2018 | 1,079.2 Mt CO2e | 9,103.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2017 | 1,058.8 Mt CO2e | 8,969.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2016 | 1,040.0 Mt CO2e | 8,847.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2015 | 1,038.4 Mt CO2e | 8,812.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2014 | 1,018.7 Mt CO2e | 8,788.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2013 | 997.3 Mt CO2e | 8,719.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2012 | 993.2 Mt CO2e | 8,716.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2011 | 961.4 Mt CO2e | 8,617.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2010 | 941.4 Mt CO2e | 8,413.7 Mt CO2e |
| 2009 | 908.7 Mt CO2e | 8,258.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2008 | 905.0 Mt CO2e | 8,283.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2007 | 882.2 Mt CO2e | 8,153.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2006 | 875.1 Mt CO2e | 8,099.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2005 | 892.7 Mt CO2e | 7,972.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2004 | 882.3 Mt CO2e | 7,839.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2003 | 868.8 Mt CO2e | 7,688.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2002 | 825.5 Mt CO2e | 7,464.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2001 | 865.7 Mt CO2e | 7,498.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2000 | 857.9 Mt CO2e | 7,495.1 Mt CO2e |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.8% from 1,159.4 Mt CO2e in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1,018.7 Mt CO2e, the figure has changed by +15.8%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 9,536.5 Mt CO2e.