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Per capita methane emissions in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau: Per capita methane emissions was 0.9511 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9511
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
101st
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.35
in 1982
All-time low
0.4868
in 1910
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Guinea-Bissau, 1850–2024

00.511.5185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Guinea-Bissau recorded 0.9511 for per capita methane emissions in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 1.35 in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.4868, in 1910.

That places Guinea-Bissau 101st 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 Guinea-Bissau, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.5925 —
1851 0.5915 -0.2%
1852 0.59 -0.2%
1853 0.5881 -0.3%
1854 0.5861 -0.3%
1855 0.5842 -0.3%
1856 0.5822 -0.3%
1857 0.5803 -0.3%
1858 0.5784 -0.3%
1859 0.5764 -0.3%
1860 0.5742 -0.4%
1861 0.5727 -0.3%
1862 0.571 -0.3%
1863 0.7047 +23.4%
1864 0.7024 -0.3%
1865 0.7001 -0.3%
1866 0.6978 -0.3%
1867 0.6956 -0.3%
1868 0.6933 -0.3%
1869 0.6906 -0.4%
1870 0.6875 -0.4%
1871 0.6841 -0.5%
1872 0.6802 -0.6%
1873 0.676 -0.6%
1874 0.6718 -0.6%
1875 0.6676 -0.6%
1876 0.6635 -0.6%
1877 0.6593 -0.6%
1878 0.6552 -0.6%
1879 0.6516 -0.6%
1880 0.648 -0.6%
1881 0.6445 -0.5%
1882 0.641 -0.5%
1883 0.6388 -0.3%
1884 0.6367 -0.3%
1885 0.6347 -0.3%
1886 0.6204 -2.3%
1887 0.6072 -2.1%
1888 0.5951 -2.0%
1889 0.584 -1.9%
1890 0.5737 -1.8%
1891 0.5642 -1.7%
1892 0.5553 -1.6%
1893 0.5471 -1.5%
1894 0.5394 -1.4%
1895 0.5323 -1.3%
1896 0.5255 -1.3%
1897 0.5192 -1.2%
1898 0.5132 -1.2%
1899 0.5076 -1.1%
1900 0.5022 -1.1%
1901 0.4984 -0.8%
1902 0.4971 -0.3%
1903 0.4958 -0.3%
1904 0.4944 -0.3%
1905 0.4931 -0.3%
1906 0.4918 -0.3%
1907 0.4905 -0.3%
1908 0.4891 -0.3%
1909 0.4879 -0.2%
1910 0.4868 -0.2%
1911 0.4939 +1.5%
1912 0.5011 +1.4%
1913 0.5082 +1.4%
1914 0.5153 +1.4%
1915 0.5222 +1.3%
1916 0.529 +1.3%
1917 0.5358 +1.3%
1918 0.543 +1.4%
1919 0.5492 +1.1%
1920 0.5542 +0.9%
1921 0.5596 +1.0%
1922 0.5638 +0.7%
1923 0.5668 +0.5%
1924 0.5696 +0.5%
1925 0.5722 +0.5%
1926 0.5746 +0.4%
1927 0.5769 +0.4%
1928 0.5789 +0.4%
1929 0.5809 +0.3%
1930 0.5829 +0.3%
1931 0.5866 +0.6%
1932 0.5901 +0.6%
1933 0.5929 +0.5%
1934 0.5957 +0.5%
1935 0.5983 +0.4%
1936 0.6153 +2.8%
1937 0.6322 +2.8%
1938 0.649 +2.7%
1939 0.6653 +2.5%
1940 0.6808 +2.3%
1941 0.6981 +2.5%
1942 0.7146 +2.4%
1943 0.7304 +2.2%
1944 0.7459 +2.1%
1945 0.7625 +2.2%
1946 0.7788 +2.1%
1947 0.7947 +2.0%
1948 0.8103 +2.0%
1949 0.8271 +2.1%
1950 0.8499 +2.8%
1951 0.8695 +2.3%
1952 0.8912 +2.5%
1953 0.9131 +2.5%
1954 0.9358 +2.5%
1955 0.9593 +2.5%
1956 0.9838 +2.6%
1957 1.01 +2.6%
1958 1.03 +2.5%
1959 1.06 +2.4%
1960 1.08 +2.3%
1961 1.09 +0.5%
1962 1.1 +0.7%
1963 1.09 -0.2%
1964 1.16 +5.8%
1965 1.12 -3.0%
1966 1.09 -2.5%
1967 1.06 -2.8%
1968 1.04 -2.4%
1969 1.04 +0.1%
1970 1.12 +8.1%
1971 1.13 +0.4%
1972 1.15 +2.1%
1973 1.22 +5.7%
1974 1.13 -7.3%
1975 1.2 +6.5%
1976 1.21 +1.1%
1977 1.21 -0.2%
1978 1.04 -14.0%
1979 1.06 +2.2%
1980 1.18 +10.8%
1981 1.17 -1.1%
1982 1.35 +15.9%
1983 1.27 -6.1%
1984 1.22 -4.1%
1985 1.09 -10.1%
1986 1.1 +0.3%
1987 1.12 +2.0%
1988 1.1 -1.2%
1989 1.18 +6.4%
1990 1.26 +7.3%
1991 1.25 -0.9%
1992 1.24 -1.2%
1993 1.21 -1.8%
1994 1.19 -1.7%
1995 1.2 +0.5%
1996 1.15 -3.8%
1997 1.12 -3.1%
1998 1.11 -0.9%
1999 1.18 +6.3%
2000 1.18 +0.2%
2001 1.25 +6.1%
2002 1.25 +0.2%
2003 1.24 -1.2%
2004 1.19 -3.7%
2005 1.17 -1.7%
2006 1.22 +3.8%
2007 1.19 -1.8%
2008 1.15 -3.5%
2009 1.18 +2.1%
2010 1.18 +0.5%
2011 1.14 -3.4%
2012 1.17 +2.8%
2013 1.14 -2.8%
2014 1.08 -5.1%
2015 1.1 +1.5%
2016 1.07 -3.0%
2017 1.04 -2.1%
2018 1.04 +0.1%
2019 1.03 -1.0%
2020 1.01 -2.3%
2021 0.9757 -3.4%
2022 0.9848 +0.9%
2023 0.9708 -1.4%
2024 0.9511 -2.0%

Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries

  • Guinea-Bissau's 0.9511 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.7756, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Guinea-Bissau's 0.9511 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 0.585 0.5764 0.5925 10
1860s 0.6602 0.571 0.7047 10
1870s 0.6697 0.6516 0.6875 10
1880s 0.6251 0.584 0.648 10
1890s 0.5378 0.5076 0.5737 10
1900s 0.494 0.4879 0.5022 10
1910s 0.5184 0.4868 0.5492 10
1920s 0.5697 0.5542 0.5809 10
1930s 0.6108 0.5829 0.6653 10
1940s 0.7543 0.6808 0.8271 10
1950s 0.9506 0.8499 1.06 10
1960s 1.09 1.04 1.16 10
1970s 1.15 1.04 1.22 10
1980s 1.18 1.09 1.35 10
1990s 1.19 1.11 1.26 10
2000s 1.2 1.15 1.25 10
2010s 1.1 1.03 1.18 10
2020s 0.9785 0.9511 1.01 5

Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau

  1. 98 Burkina Faso 0.9658 compare
  2. 99 Israel 0.9549 compare
  3. 100 Kenya 0.9537 compare
  4. 102 Eswatini 0.9452 compare
  5. 103 France 0.9438 compare
  6. 104 Chile 0.9431 compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Guinea-Bissau?
Per capita methane emissions in Guinea-Bissau was 0.9511 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
The highest recorded value was 1.35 in 1982.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4868 in 1910.
How does Guinea-Bissau rank for per capita methane emissions?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 101st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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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