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Per capita methane emissions in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Per capita methane emissions was 0.9658 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9658
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
98th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.13
in 2003
All-time low
0.6477
in 1910
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Burkina Faso, 1850–2024

00.250.50.7511.2185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2024, per capita methane emissions in Burkina Faso stood at 0.9658.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.13 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.6477, in 1910.

That places Burkina Faso 98th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.

Per capita methane emissions in Burkina Faso, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.7175 —
1851 0.7163 -0.2%
1852 0.7153 -0.1%
1853 0.7145 -0.1%
1854 0.7138 -0.1%
1855 0.713 -0.1%
1856 0.7123 -0.1%
1857 0.7115 -0.1%
1858 0.7108 -0.1%
1859 0.7101 -0.1%
1860 0.7094 -0.1%
1861 0.7094 +0.0%
1862 0.7094 +0.0%
1863 0.7096 +0.0%
1864 0.7097 +0.0%
1865 0.7098 +0.0%
1866 0.7098 +0.0%
1867 0.7099 +0.0%
1868 0.7099 +0.0%
1869 0.7097 -0.0%
1870 0.7092 -0.1%
1871 0.7085 -0.1%
1872 0.7074 -0.1%
1873 0.7061 -0.2%
1874 0.7048 -0.2%
1875 0.7035 -0.2%
1876 0.7022 -0.2%
1877 0.7009 -0.2%
1878 0.6996 -0.2%
1879 0.6984 -0.2%
1880 0.6971 -0.2%
1881 0.6958 -0.2%
1882 0.6946 -0.2%
1883 0.6934 -0.2%
1884 0.6921 -0.2%
1885 0.6909 -0.2%
1886 0.6897 -0.2%
1887 0.6885 -0.2%
1888 0.6873 -0.2%
1889 0.6859 -0.2%
1890 0.6845 -0.2%
1891 0.6829 -0.2%
1892 0.6812 -0.2%
1893 0.6794 -0.3%
1894 0.6775 -0.3%
1895 0.6757 -0.3%
1896 0.6739 -0.3%
1897 0.6721 -0.3%
1898 0.6703 -0.3%
1899 0.6677 -0.4%
1900 0.6634 -0.7%
1901 0.6867 +3.5%
1902 0.6795 -1.1%
1903 0.6716 -1.2%
1904 0.6638 -1.1%
1905 0.6563 -1.1%
1906 0.6544 -0.3%
1907 0.6525 -0.3%
1908 0.6505 -0.3%
1909 0.6489 -0.2%
1910 0.6477 -0.2%
1911 0.6609 +2.0%
1912 0.6746 +2.1%
1913 0.6888 +2.1%
1914 0.7032 +2.1%
1915 0.6904 -1.8%
1916 0.6987 +1.2%
1917 0.7068 +1.2%
1918 0.7153 +1.2%
1919 0.7229 +1.1%
1920 0.7297 +0.9%
1921 0.7383 +1.2%
1922 0.7461 +1.0%
1923 0.7529 +0.9%
1924 0.7595 +0.9%
1925 0.7659 +0.8%
1926 0.788 +2.9%
1927 0.79 +0.2%
1928 0.7918 +0.2%
1929 0.7937 +0.2%
1930 0.7956 +0.2%
1931 0.8034 +1.0%
1932 0.8111 +1.0%
1933 0.8188 +0.9%
1934 0.8263 +0.9%
1935 0.8336 +0.9%
1936 0.8422 +1.0%
1937 0.8506 +1.0%
1938 0.8588 +1.0%
1939 0.8662 +0.9%
1940 0.8727 +0.8%
1941 0.8806 +0.9%
1942 0.8876 +0.8%
1943 0.8937 +0.7%
1944 0.8996 +0.7%
1945 0.9029 +0.4%
1946 0.8962 -0.7%
1947 0.89 -0.7%
1948 0.8903 +0.0%
1949 0.8943 +0.4%
1950 0.8965 +0.3%
1951 0.8968 +0.0%
1952 0.8971 +0.0%
1953 0.8979 +0.1%
1954 0.899 +0.1%
1955 0.9003 +0.1%
1956 0.9017 +0.2%
1957 0.903 +0.2%
1958 0.9044 +0.1%
1959 0.9055 +0.1%
1960 0.9072 +0.2%
1961 0.8793 -3.1%
1962 0.8981 +2.1%
1963 0.8479 -5.6%
1964 0.8767 +3.4%
1965 0.9298 +6.1%
1966 0.9302 +0.0%
1967 0.9333 +0.3%
1968 0.9428 +1.0%
1969 0.9356 -0.8%
1970 0.957 +2.3%
1971 0.9504 -0.7%
1972 0.903 -5.0%
1973 0.8749 -3.1%
1974 0.8369 -4.3%
1975 0.8679 +3.7%
1976 0.8762 +1.0%
1977 0.8884 +1.4%
1978 0.8674 -2.4%
1979 0.8882 +2.4%
1980 0.9218 +3.8%
1981 0.8967 -2.7%
1982 0.909 +1.4%
1983 0.8897 -2.1%
1984 0.8889 -0.1%
1985 0.937 +5.4%
1986 0.9279 -1.0%
1987 0.9304 +0.3%
1988 0.9194 -1.2%
1989 0.9265 +0.8%
1990 1.01 +9.5%
1991 1.02 +0.6%
1992 1.02 -0.2%
1993 1.02 -0.3%
1994 1.02 +0.1%
1995 1.02 +0.8%
1996 1.04 +1.6%
1997 1.05 +0.6%
1998 1.03 -1.6%
1999 0.9454 -8.2%
2000 0.9694 +2.5%
2001 0.9873 +1.8%
2002 0.9875 +0.0%
2003 1.13 +14.1%
2004 1.12 -0.2%
2005 1.12 -0.5%
2006 1.09 -3.0%
2007 1.08 -0.7%
2008 1.08 +0.5%
2009 1.09 +0.4%
2010 1.1 +0.9%
2011 1.08 -1.2%
2012 1.06 -2.4%
2013 1.05 -0.5%
2014 1.04 -1.0%
2015 1.02 -2.0%
2016 1.03 +1.1%
2017 1.01 -1.6%
2018 0.9982 -1.6%
2019 1 +0.6%
2020 0.8634 -14.0%
2021 0.9919 +14.9%
2022 0.9638 -2.8%
2023 0.9667 +0.3%
2024 0.9658 -0.1%

Burkina Faso compared with similar countries

  • Burkina Faso's 0.9658 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.7756, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Burkina Faso's 0.9658 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.8668, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.7135 0.7101 0.7175 10
1860s 0.7097 0.7094 0.7099 10
1870s 0.7041 0.6984 0.7092 10
1880s 0.6915 0.6859 0.6971 10
1890s 0.6765 0.6677 0.6845 10
1900s 0.6628 0.6489 0.6867 10
1910s 0.6909 0.6477 0.7229 10
1920s 0.7656 0.7297 0.7937 10
1930s 0.8307 0.7956 0.8662 10
1940s 0.8908 0.8727 0.9029 10
1950s 0.9002 0.8965 0.9055 10
1960s 0.9081 0.8479 0.9428 10
1970s 0.891 0.8369 0.957 10
1980s 0.9147 0.8889 0.937 10
1990s 1.02 0.9454 1.05 10
2000s 1.06 0.9694 1.13 10
2010s 1.04 0.9982 1.1 10
2020s 0.9503 0.8634 0.9919 5

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 95 Greece 0.9865 compare
  2. 96 Hungary 0.9812 compare
  3. 97 Estonia 0.9773 compare
  4. 99 Israel 0.9549 compare
  5. 100 Kenya 0.9537 compare
  6. 101 Guinea-Bissau 0.9511 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Burkina Faso?
Per capita methane emissions in Burkina Faso was 0.9658 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 1.13 in 2003.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6477 in 1910.
How does Burkina Faso rank for per capita methane emissions?
Burkina Faso ranks 98th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita methane emissions
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
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