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Per capita methane emissions in Malawi

Malawi: Per capita methane emissions was 0.3867 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.3867
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
180th
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.4011
in 1950
All-time low
0.1576
in 1852
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Malawi, 1850–2024

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for per capita methane emissions in Malawi is 0.3867, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Malawi peaked at 0.4011 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.1576, in 1852.

That places Malawi 180th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Per capita methane emissions in Malawi, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.1593 —
1851 0.1581 -0.8%
1852 0.1576 -0.3%
1853 0.1578 +0.1%
1854 0.1579 +0.1%
1855 0.1581 +0.1%
1856 0.1583 +0.1%
1857 0.1584 +0.1%
1858 0.1586 +0.1%
1859 0.1588 +0.1%
1860 0.1593 +0.3%
1861 0.1599 +0.4%
1862 0.1606 +0.4%
1863 0.1625 +1.2%
1864 0.1632 +0.4%
1865 0.1639 +0.4%
1866 0.1646 +0.4%
1867 0.1654 +0.4%
1868 0.1661 +0.4%
1869 0.1668 +0.5%
1870 0.1676 +0.5%
1871 0.1684 +0.5%
1872 0.1693 +0.5%
1873 0.1702 +0.5%
1874 0.171 +0.5%
1875 0.1719 +0.5%
1876 0.1728 +0.5%
1877 0.1738 +0.5%
1878 0.1747 +0.5%
1879 0.1755 +0.5%
1880 0.1763 +0.4%
1881 0.1769 +0.4%
1882 0.1775 +0.3%
1883 0.1779 +0.3%
1884 0.1784 +0.3%
1885 0.1789 +0.3%
1886 0.1794 +0.3%
1887 0.1799 +0.3%
1888 0.1804 +0.3%
1889 0.1811 +0.4%
1890 0.1812 +0.1%
1891 0.1824 +0.7%
1892 0.1838 +0.8%
1893 0.1854 +0.9%
1894 0.1871 +0.9%
1895 0.1888 +0.9%
1896 0.1905 +0.9%
1897 0.1923 +0.9%
1898 0.1941 +0.9%
1899 0.1961 +1.0%
1900 0.1982 +1.1%
1901 0.2016 +1.7%
1902 0.2077 +3.0%
1903 0.2145 +3.3%
1904 0.222 +3.5%
1905 0.2175 -2.0%
1906 0.2258 +3.8%
1907 0.2291 +1.5%
1908 0.2336 +2.0%
1909 0.2395 +2.5%
1910 0.2387 -0.4%
1911 0.2476 +3.8%
1912 0.2557 +3.3%
1913 0.263 +2.9%
1914 0.2719 +3.4%
1915 0.2797 +2.9%
1916 0.2891 +3.4%
1917 0.2956 +2.2%
1918 0.3082 +4.3%
1919 0.313 +1.6%
1920 0.3164 +1.1%
1921 0.3203 +1.2%
1922 0.3222 +0.6%
1923 0.3221 -0.0%
1924 0.3261 +1.2%
1925 0.3272 +0.3%
1926 0.3338 +2.0%
1927 0.334 +0.1%
1928 0.3383 +1.3%
1929 0.3411 +0.8%
1930 0.344 +0.9%
1931 0.351 +2.0%
1932 0.3538 +0.8%
1933 0.3572 +1.0%
1934 0.3606 +0.9%
1935 0.3638 +0.9%
1936 0.3676 +1.1%
1937 0.3714 +1.0%
1938 0.375 +1.0%
1939 0.3778 +0.7%
1940 0.3788 +0.3%
1941 0.3823 +0.9%
1942 0.3889 +1.7%
1943 0.3925 +0.9%
1944 0.3938 +0.3%
1945 0.3931 -0.2%
1946 0.3922 -0.2%
1947 0.3911 -0.3%
1948 0.3897 -0.4%
1949 0.3878 -0.5%
1950 0.4011 +3.4%
1951 0.3986 -0.6%
1952 0.3957 -0.7%
1953 0.3927 -0.8%
1954 0.3895 -0.8%
1955 0.3862 -0.8%
1956 0.3829 -0.9%
1957 0.3793 -0.9%
1958 0.3757 -1.0%
1959 0.3717 -1.1%
1960 0.3677 -1.1%
1961 0.3777 +2.7%
1962 0.3659 -3.1%
1963 0.3591 -1.8%
1964 0.3552 -1.1%
1965 0.3551 -0.0%
1966 0.3517 -0.9%
1967 0.3507 -0.3%
1968 0.3473 -1.0%
1969 0.3433 -1.2%
1970 0.3576 +4.2%
1971 0.3343 -6.5%
1972 0.3425 +2.4%
1973 0.3414 -0.3%
1974 0.3408 -0.2%
1975 0.3422 +0.4%
1976 0.3462 +1.2%
1977 0.345 -0.3%
1978 0.342 -0.9%
1979 0.3431 +0.3%
1980 0.3244 -5.4%
1981 0.3211 -1.0%
1982 0.318 -1.0%
1983 0.3067 -3.5%
1984 0.2981 -2.8%
1985 0.3011 +1.0%
1986 0.2963 -1.6%
1987 0.3011 +1.6%
1988 0.2654 -11.9%
1989 0.2605 -1.9%
1990 0.3446 +32.3%
1991 0.3373 -2.1%
1992 0.3294 -2.3%
1993 0.3208 -2.6%
1994 0.3209 +0.0%
1995 0.3222 +0.4%
1996 0.3223 +0.0%
1997 0.3151 -2.2%
1998 0.3247 +3.0%
1999 0.3326 +2.4%
2000 0.3365 +1.2%
2001 0.3169 -5.8%
2002 0.317 +0.0%
2003 0.3209 +1.2%
2004 0.3126 -2.6%
2005 0.3154 +0.9%
2006 0.3139 -0.5%
2007 0.3169 +0.9%
2008 0.3251 +2.6%
2009 0.3266 +0.5%
2010 0.3355 +2.7%
2011 0.3361 +0.2%
2012 0.3401 +1.2%
2013 0.3406 +0.2%
2014 0.3425 +0.6%
2015 0.3447 +0.6%
2016 0.3479 +0.9%
2017 0.3462 -0.5%
2018 0.3623 +4.7%
2019 0.387 +6.8%
2020 0.388 +0.2%
2021 0.3819 -1.6%
2022 0.3853 +0.9%
2023 0.3899 +1.2%
2024 0.3867 -0.8%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 0.3867 is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.7756, 50% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 0.3867 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.8668, 45% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Per capita methane emissions in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1990 +32.3% 0.2605 0.3446

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.1583 0.1576 0.1593 10
1860s 0.1632 0.1593 0.1668 10
1870s 0.1715 0.1676 0.1755 10
1880s 0.1787 0.1763 0.1811 10
1890s 0.1882 0.1812 0.1961 10
1900s 0.2189 0.1982 0.2395 10
1910s 0.2763 0.2387 0.313 10
1920s 0.3281 0.3164 0.3411 10
1930s 0.3622 0.344 0.3778 10
1940s 0.389 0.3788 0.3938 10
1950s 0.3873 0.3717 0.4011 10
1960s 0.3574 0.3433 0.3777 10
1970s 0.3435 0.3343 0.3576 10
1980s 0.2993 0.2605 0.3244 10
1990s 0.327 0.3151 0.3446 10
2000s 0.3202 0.3126 0.3365 10
2010s 0.3483 0.3355 0.387 10
2020s 0.3864 0.3819 0.3899 5

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 177 Grenada 0.4204 compare
  2. 178 Cote d'Ivoire 0.4068 compare
  3. 179 Afghanistan 0.3897 compare
  4. 181 Papua New Guinea 0.3613 compare
  5. 182 Solomon Islands 0.3566 compare
  6. 183 Saint Lucia 0.3357 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Malawi?
Per capita methane emissions in Malawi was 0.3867 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 0.4011 in 1950.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1576 in 1852.
How does Malawi rank for per capita methane emissions?
Malawi ranks 180th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi 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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