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Per capita methane emissions in Greece

Greece: Per capita methane emissions was 0.9865 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9865
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
95th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.38
in 1975
All-time low
0.8558
in 1919
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Greece, 1850–2024

00.511.5185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Greece recorded 0.9865 for per capita methane emissions in 2024.

That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Greece peaked at 1.38 in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.8558, in 1919.

Greece ranks 95th of 199 countries on this measure, 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 Greece, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.8636 —
1851 0.8638 +0.0%
1852 0.864 +0.0%
1853 0.8641 +0.0%
1854 0.8641 +0.0%
1855 0.8641 -0.0%
1856 0.864 -0.0%
1857 0.8638 -0.0%
1858 0.8636 -0.0%
1859 0.8633 -0.0%
1860 0.8629 -0.0%
1861 0.8632 +0.0%
1862 0.8634 +0.0%
1863 0.8635 +0.0%
1864 0.8635 +0.0%
1865 0.8635 -0.0%
1866 0.8634 -0.0%
1867 0.8659 +0.3%
1868 0.8643 -0.2%
1869 0.8655 +0.1%
1870 0.8649 -0.1%
1871 0.8669 +0.2%
1872 0.8655 -0.2%
1873 0.8659 +0.0%
1874 0.8653 -0.1%
1875 0.8655 +0.0%
1876 0.863 -0.3%
1877 0.8628 -0.0%
1878 0.8625 -0.0%
1879 0.8622 -0.0%
1880 0.8617 -0.1%
1881 0.862 +0.0%
1882 0.8623 +0.0%
1883 0.8625 +0.0%
1884 0.8625 +0.0%
1885 0.8625 -0.0%
1886 0.8624 -0.0%
1887 0.8622 -0.0%
1888 0.862 -0.0%
1889 0.8616 -0.0%
1890 0.8611 -0.1%
1891 0.8615 +0.0%
1892 0.8662 +0.6%
1893 0.8658 -0.0%
1894 0.8659 +0.0%
1895 0.8656 -0.0%
1896 0.8662 +0.1%
1897 0.8658 -0.0%
1898 0.8666 +0.1%
1899 0.8643 -0.3%
1900 0.8669 +0.3%
1901 0.8657 -0.1%
1902 0.864 -0.2%
1903 0.8645 +0.1%
1904 0.8637 -0.1%
1905 0.8626 -0.1%
1906 0.8621 -0.1%
1907 0.8635 +0.2%
1908 0.8662 +0.3%
1909 0.864 -0.3%
1910 0.8651 +0.1%
1911 0.8668 +0.2%
1912 0.8573 -1.1%
1913 0.8707 +1.6%
1914 0.857 -1.6%
1915 0.8568 -0.0%
1916 0.857 +0.0%
1917 0.8569 -0.0%
1918 0.8569 +0.0%
1919 0.8558 -0.1%
1920 0.8595 +0.4%
1921 0.862 +0.3%
1922 0.8621 +0.0%
1923 0.8647 +0.3%
1924 0.8677 +0.4%
1925 0.8714 +0.4%
1926 0.8692 -0.2%
1927 0.8727 +0.4%
1928 0.8716 -0.1%
1929 0.8727 +0.1%
1930 0.8717 -0.1%
1931 0.8717 -0.0%
1932 0.8714 -0.0%
1933 0.8681 -0.4%
1934 0.8715 +0.4%
1935 0.8709 -0.1%
1936 0.8791 +0.9%
1937 0.885 +0.7%
1938 0.8895 +0.5%
1939 0.8779 -1.3%
1940 0.887 +1.0%
1941 0.8984 +1.3%
1942 0.9122 +1.5%
1943 0.9268 +1.6%
1944 0.9407 +1.5%
1945 0.9538 +1.4%
1946 0.9677 +1.5%
1947 0.9813 +1.4%
1948 1 +2.0%
1949 1.01 +1.3%
1950 1.03 +1.9%
1951 1.05 +1.7%
1952 1.06 +1.4%
1953 1.08 +1.5%
1954 1.1 +1.4%
1955 1.11 +1.6%
1956 1.13 +1.4%
1957 1.15 +1.5%
1958 1.16 +1.4%
1959 1.18 +1.3%
1960 1.19 +1.4%
1961 1.22 +2.6%
1962 1.22 -0.1%
1963 1.23 +0.5%
1964 1.22 -0.3%
1965 1.23 +0.2%
1966 1.23 +0.2%
1967 1.25 +1.5%
1968 1.27 +2.0%
1969 1.28 +0.3%
1970 1.25 -1.8%
1971 1.25 -0.4%
1972 1.26 +1.1%
1973 1.31 +3.7%
1974 1.38 +5.2%
1975 1.38 +0.3%
1976 1.37 -0.8%
1977 1.34 -2.6%
1978 1.3 -2.8%
1979 1.28 -1.3%
1980 1.26 -1.8%
1981 1.25 -0.6%
1982 1.23 -1.5%
1983 1.23 -0.3%
1984 1.22 -0.5%
1985 1.23 +0.4%
1986 1.23 +0.5%
1987 1.26 +1.8%
1988 1.27 +0.8%
1989 1.27 +0.3%
1990 1.28 +0.6%
1991 1.26 -1.0%
1992 1.26 -0.1%
1993 1.27 +0.7%
1994 1.28 +0.9%
1995 1.3 +1.1%
1996 1.3 +0.7%
1997 1.32 +1.5%
1998 1.34 +0.9%
1999 1.33 -0.5%
2000 1.35 +1.2%
2001 1.28 -4.9%
2002 1.3 +1.4%
2003 1.31 +1.1%
2004 1.33 +1.7%
2005 1.35 +1.5%
2006 1.37 +1.0%
2007 1.37 +0.1%
2008 1.36 -0.9%
2009 1.32 -3.1%
2010 1.27 -3.3%
2011 1.25 -1.7%
2012 1.24 -0.8%
2013 1.19 -4.1%
2014 1.19 -0.4%
2015 1.17 -1.5%
2016 1.15 -1.9%
2017 1.16 +1.4%
2018 1.13 -3.1%
2019 1.1 -2.4%
2020 1.03 -6.3%
2021 1.03 +0.0%
2022 1.02 -1.2%
2023 1.01 -1.1%
2024 0.9865 -2.0%

Greece compared with similar countries

  • Greece's 0.9865 is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.02, 97% of the median. (67 countries reporting)
  • Greece's 0.9865 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.02, 96% of the median. (50 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.8638 0.8633 0.8641 10
1860s 0.8639 0.8629 0.8659 10
1870s 0.8644 0.8622 0.8669 10
1880s 0.8622 0.8616 0.8625 10
1890s 0.8649 0.8611 0.8666 10
1900s 0.8643 0.8621 0.8669 10
1910s 0.86 0.8558 0.8707 10
1920s 0.8674 0.8595 0.8727 10
1930s 0.8757 0.8681 0.8895 10
1940s 0.9482 0.887 1.01 10
1950s 1.1 1.03 1.18 10
1960s 1.23 1.19 1.28 10
1970s 1.31 1.25 1.38 10
1980s 1.24 1.22 1.27 10
1990s 1.29 1.26 1.34 10
2000s 1.33 1.28 1.37 10
2010s 1.18 1.1 1.27 10
2020s 1.01 0.9865 1.03 5

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 92 Guatemala 0.999 compare
  2. 93 Singapore 0.9946 compare
  3. 94 Zambia 0.9919 compare
  4. 96 Hungary 0.9812 compare
  5. 97 Estonia 0.9773 compare
  6. 98 Burkina Faso 0.9658 compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Greece?
Per capita methane emissions in Greece was 0.9865 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Greece?
The highest recorded value was 1.38 in 1975.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8558 in 1919.
How does Greece rank for per capita methane emissions?
Greece ranks 95th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Greece 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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