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Per capita methane emissions in Guatemala

Guatemala: Per capita methane emissions was 0.999 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.999
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
92nd
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.999
in 2024
All-time low
0.6889
in 1889
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Guatemala, 1850–2024

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Guatemala recorded 0.999 for per capita methane emissions in 2024. That is the highest value across all 175 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Guatemala peaked at 0.999 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6889, in 1889.

That places Guatemala 92nd 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 Guatemala, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.7776 —
1851 0.7761 -0.2%
1852 0.7754 -0.1%
1853 0.7757 +0.0%
1854 0.7758 +0.0%
1855 0.7758 +0.0%
1856 0.7757 -0.0%
1857 0.7755 -0.0%
1858 0.7752 -0.0%
1859 0.7749 -0.0%
1860 0.7744 -0.1%
1861 0.7738 -0.1%
1862 0.7732 -0.1%
1863 0.7724 -0.1%
1864 0.7716 -0.1%
1865 0.7707 -0.1%
1866 0.7697 -0.1%
1867 0.7686 -0.1%
1868 0.7675 -0.1%
1869 0.7661 -0.2%
1870 0.7647 -0.2%
1871 0.761 -0.5%
1872 0.7572 -0.5%
1873 0.7532 -0.5%
1874 0.7493 -0.5%
1875 0.7453 -0.5%
1876 0.7413 -0.5%
1877 0.7373 -0.5%
1878 0.7333 -0.5%
1879 0.7295 -0.5%
1880 0.726 -0.5%
1881 0.7212 -0.7%
1882 0.7166 -0.6%
1883 0.7123 -0.6%
1884 0.708 -0.6%
1885 0.7037 -0.6%
1886 0.6994 -0.6%
1887 0.6952 -0.6%
1888 0.6909 -0.6%
1889 0.6889 -0.3%
1890 0.6889 +0.0%
1891 0.6913 +0.3%
1892 0.6958 +0.6%
1893 0.7025 +1.0%
1894 0.7092 +1.0%
1895 0.7159 +1.0%
1896 0.7228 +1.0%
1897 0.7297 +1.0%
1898 0.7366 +1.0%
1899 0.7414 +0.6%
1900 0.7439 +0.3%
1901 0.7491 +0.7%
1902 0.752 +0.4%
1903 0.7526 +0.1%
1904 0.7532 +0.1%
1905 0.7536 +0.1%
1906 0.7539 +0.0%
1907 0.7542 +0.0%
1908 0.7544 +0.0%
1909 0.7545 +0.0%
1910 0.7546 +0.0%
1911 0.755 +0.1%
1912 0.7552 +0.0%
1913 0.7555 +0.0%
1914 0.7556 +0.0%
1915 0.7558 +0.0%
1916 0.756 +0.0%
1917 0.7562 +0.0%
1918 0.7567 +0.1%
1919 0.7571 +0.1%
1920 0.7574 +0.0%
1921 0.758 +0.1%
1922 0.7584 +0.1%
1923 0.7588 +0.0%
1924 0.759 +0.0%
1925 0.7592 +0.0%
1926 0.7593 +0.0%
1927 0.7595 +0.0%
1928 0.7595 +0.0%
1929 0.7578 -0.2%
1930 0.7541 -0.5%
1931 0.7587 +0.6%
1932 0.7621 +0.4%
1933 0.7634 +0.2%
1934 0.7627 -0.1%
1935 0.7624 -0.0%
1936 0.7636 +0.2%
1937 0.765 +0.2%
1938 0.7653 +0.0%
1939 0.7638 -0.2%
1940 0.7614 -0.3%
1941 0.7706 +1.2%
1942 0.7777 +0.9%
1943 0.782 +0.6%
1944 0.7889 +0.9%
1945 0.7998 +1.4%
1946 0.8106 +1.3%
1947 0.8205 +1.2%
1948 0.8296 +1.1%
1949 0.8375 +1.0%
1950 0.8467 +1.1%
1951 0.8556 +1.0%
1952 0.8635 +0.9%
1953 0.8709 +0.9%
1954 0.8778 +0.8%
1955 0.8843 +0.7%
1956 0.8908 +0.7%
1957 0.8969 +0.7%
1958 0.9032 +0.7%
1959 0.9091 +0.6%
1960 0.9139 +0.5%
1961 0.9131 -0.1%
1962 0.9188 +0.6%
1963 0.9252 +0.7%
1964 0.9278 +0.3%
1965 0.9284 +0.1%
1966 0.9075 -2.3%
1967 0.8786 -3.2%
1968 0.9097 +3.5%
1969 0.9114 +0.2%
1970 0.9012 -1.1%
1971 0.9483 +5.2%
1972 0.9792 +3.3%
1973 0.9538 -2.6%
1974 0.9071 -4.9%
1975 0.9023 -0.5%
1976 0.8362 -7.3%
1977 0.8727 +4.4%
1978 0.882 +1.1%
1979 0.8915 +1.1%
1980 0.9344 +4.8%
1981 0.9438 +1.0%
1982 0.9111 -3.5%
1983 0.9467 +3.9%
1984 0.9082 -4.1%
1985 0.8942 -1.5%
1986 0.8725 -2.4%
1987 0.8582 -1.6%
1988 0.857 -0.1%
1989 0.8404 -1.9%
1990 0.8363 -0.5%
1991 0.8336 -0.3%
1992 0.8525 +2.3%
1993 0.8631 +1.3%
1994 0.835 -3.3%
1995 0.8284 -0.8%
1996 0.8182 -1.2%
1997 0.8176 -0.1%
1998 0.8147 -0.4%
1999 0.8329 +2.2%
2000 0.8205 -1.5%
2001 0.8265 +0.7%
2002 0.8615 +4.2%
2003 0.8396 -2.5%
2004 0.8428 +0.4%
2005 0.8588 +1.9%
2006 0.8576 -0.1%
2007 0.88 +2.6%
2008 0.8925 +1.4%
2009 0.9113 +2.1%
2010 0.9239 +1.4%
2011 0.9143 -1.0%
2012 0.9207 +0.7%
2013 0.9253 +0.5%
2014 0.9394 +1.5%
2015 0.9484 +1.0%
2016 0.9604 +1.3%
2017 0.9691 +0.9%
2018 0.9729 +0.4%
2019 0.9788 +0.6%
2020 0.9859 +0.7%
2021 0.9935 +0.8%
2022 0.9978 +0.4%
2023 0.9928 -0.5%
2024 0.999 +0.6%

Guatemala compared with similar countries

  • Guatemala's 0.999 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.07, 93% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
  • Guatemala's 0.999 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.03, 97% of the median. (36 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.7758 0.7749 0.7776 10
1860s 0.7708 0.7661 0.7744 10
1870s 0.7472 0.7295 0.7647 10
1880s 0.7062 0.6889 0.726 10
1890s 0.7134 0.6889 0.7414 10
1900s 0.7521 0.7439 0.7545 10
1910s 0.7558 0.7546 0.7571 10
1920s 0.7587 0.7574 0.7595 10
1930s 0.7621 0.7541 0.7653 10
1940s 0.7978 0.7614 0.8375 10
1950s 0.8799 0.8467 0.9091 10
1960s 0.9134 0.8786 0.9284 10
1970s 0.9074 0.8362 0.9792 10
1980s 0.8966 0.8404 0.9467 10
1990s 0.8332 0.8147 0.8631 10
2000s 0.8591 0.8205 0.9113 10
2010s 0.9453 0.9143 0.9788 10
2020s 0.9938 0.9859 0.999 5

Countries ranked near Guatemala

  1. 89 Finland 1.01 compare
  2. 90 Vanuatu 1.01 compare
  3. 91 Tonga 1 compare
  4. 93 Singapore 0.9946 compare
  5. 94 Zambia 0.9919 compare
  6. 95 Greece 0.9865 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Guatemala?
Per capita methane emissions in Guatemala was 0.999 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Guatemala?
The highest recorded value was 0.999 in 2024.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Guatemala?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6889 in 1889.
How does Guatemala rank for per capita methane emissions?
Guatemala ranks 92nd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Guatemala?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guatemala 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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