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Per capita methane emissions in Pakistan

Pakistan: Per capita methane emissions was 0.9098 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.9098
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
113th
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.9471
in 1951
All-time low
0.7218
in 2001
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Pakistan, 1850–2024

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2024, per capita methane emissions in Pakistan stood at 0.9098.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Pakistan peaked at 0.9471 in 1951 and was at its lowest, 0.7218, in 2001.

Pakistan ranks 113th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Per capita methane emissions in Pakistan, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.853 —
1851 0.8583 +0.6%
1852 0.8636 +0.6%
1853 0.8688 +0.6%
1854 0.874 +0.6%
1855 0.8792 +0.6%
1856 0.8843 +0.6%
1857 0.8894 +0.6%
1858 0.8945 +0.6%
1859 0.8996 +0.6%
1860 0.9046 +0.6%
1861 0.9063 +0.2%
1862 0.908 +0.2%
1863 0.9097 +0.2%
1864 0.9113 +0.2%
1865 0.913 +0.2%
1866 0.9146 +0.2%
1867 0.9163 +0.2%
1868 0.9179 +0.2%
1869 0.9191 +0.1%
1870 0.9219 +0.3%
1871 0.9223 +0.0%
1872 0.9223 +0.0%
1873 0.922 -0.0%
1874 0.9216 -0.0%
1875 0.9211 -0.0%
1876 0.9207 -0.0%
1877 0.9203 -0.0%
1878 0.9198 -0.1%
1879 0.9193 -0.1%
1880 0.9188 -0.1%
1881 0.9185 -0.0%
1882 0.9181 -0.0%
1883 0.9177 -0.0%
1884 0.9173 -0.0%
1885 0.9169 -0.0%
1886 0.9165 -0.0%
1887 0.9161 -0.0%
1888 0.9156 -0.0%
1889 0.9152 -0.1%
1890 0.9147 -0.1%
1891 0.9144 -0.0%
1892 0.914 -0.0%
1893 0.9136 -0.0%
1894 0.9133 -0.0%
1895 0.9129 -0.0%
1896 0.9124 -0.0%
1897 0.912 -0.0%
1898 0.9116 -0.0%
1899 0.9111 -0.1%
1900 0.9106 -0.1%
1901 0.9113 +0.1%
1902 0.9119 +0.1%
1903 0.9125 +0.1%
1904 0.9131 +0.1%
1905 0.9137 +0.1%
1906 0.9142 +0.1%
1907 0.9148 +0.1%
1908 0.9153 +0.1%
1909 0.9144 -0.1%
1910 0.912 -0.3%
1911 0.9104 -0.2%
1912 0.9072 -0.3%
1913 0.9027 -0.5%
1914 0.8981 -0.5%
1915 0.8935 -0.5%
1916 0.8888 -0.5%
1917 0.8842 -0.5%
1918 0.8788 -0.6%
1919 0.8726 -0.7%
1920 0.8654 -0.8%
1921 0.8622 -0.4%
1922 0.8582 -0.5%
1923 0.8533 -0.6%
1924 0.8483 -0.6%
1925 0.8432 -0.6%
1926 0.838 -0.6%
1927 0.8327 -0.6%
1928 0.8274 -0.6%
1929 0.822 -0.7%
1930 0.8165 -0.7%
1931 0.8142 -0.3%
1932 0.8116 -0.3%
1933 0.809 -0.3%
1934 0.8061 -0.4%
1935 0.8031 -0.4%
1936 0.8015 -0.2%
1937 0.7998 -0.2%
1938 0.7979 -0.2%
1939 0.7959 -0.3%
1940 0.7937 -0.3%
1941 0.8053 +1.5%
1942 0.8163 +1.4%
1943 0.8269 +1.3%
1944 0.8369 +1.2%
1945 0.846 +1.1%
1946 0.8596 +1.6%
1947 0.8484 -1.3%
1948 0.8548 +0.8%
1949 0.8621 +0.9%
1950 0.9448 +9.6%
1951 0.9471 +0.2%
1952 0.9429 -0.4%
1953 0.9368 -0.6%
1954 0.9308 -0.6%
1955 0.9261 -0.5%
1956 0.9296 +0.4%
1957 0.9243 -0.6%
1958 0.9253 +0.1%
1959 0.9172 -0.9%
1960 0.9239 +0.7%
1961 0.9125 -1.2%
1962 0.9058 -0.7%
1963 0.9116 +0.6%
1964 0.9072 -0.5%
1965 0.9007 -0.7%
1966 0.9117 +1.2%
1967 0.899 -1.4%
1968 0.8993 +0.0%
1969 0.886 -1.5%
1970 0.8586 -3.1%
1971 0.847 -1.4%
1972 0.8403 -0.8%
1973 0.8341 -0.7%
1974 0.8313 -0.3%
1975 0.8278 -0.4%
1976 0.8206 -0.9%
1977 0.8264 +0.7%
1978 0.8221 -0.5%
1979 0.8138 -1.0%
1980 0.7793 -4.2%
1981 0.7717 -1.0%
1982 0.7622 -1.2%
1983 0.7528 -1.2%
1984 0.7482 -0.6%
1985 0.7551 +0.9%
1986 0.8105 +7.3%
1987 0.7955 -1.9%
1988 0.7906 -0.6%
1989 0.7844 -0.8%
1990 0.7853 +0.1%
1991 0.7506 -4.4%
1992 0.7509 +0.0%
1993 0.7503 -0.1%
1994 0.7428 -1.0%
1995 0.7404 -0.3%
1996 0.7491 +1.2%
1997 0.7445 -0.6%
1998 0.7482 +0.5%
1999 0.7419 -0.8%
2000 0.7371 -0.7%
2001 0.7218 -2.1%
2002 0.7298 +1.1%
2003 0.739 +1.3%
2004 0.7397 +0.1%
2005 0.7421 +0.3%
2006 0.7707 +3.9%
2007 0.7637 -0.9%
2008 0.7707 +0.9%
2009 0.7678 -0.4%
2010 0.748 -2.6%
2011 0.7594 +1.5%
2012 0.7616 +0.3%
2013 0.7815 +2.6%
2014 0.795 +1.7%
2015 0.8015 +0.8%
2016 0.8125 +1.4%
2017 0.8247 +1.5%
2018 0.8362 +1.4%
2019 0.844 +0.9%
2020 0.8632 +2.3%
2021 0.876 +1.5%
2022 0.8761 +0.0%
2023 0.9 +2.7%
2024 0.9098 +1.1%

Pakistan compared with similar countries

  • Pakistan's 0.9098 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8299, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Pakistan's 0.9098 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9992, 91% of the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.8765 0.853 0.8996 10
1860s 0.9121 0.9046 0.9191 10
1870s 0.9211 0.9193 0.9223 10
1880s 0.9171 0.9152 0.9188 10
1890s 0.913 0.9111 0.9147 10
1900s 0.9132 0.9106 0.9153 10
1910s 0.8948 0.8726 0.912 10
1920s 0.8451 0.822 0.8654 10
1930s 0.8056 0.7959 0.8165 10
1940s 0.835 0.7937 0.8621 10
1950s 0.9325 0.9172 0.9471 10
1960s 0.9058 0.886 0.9239 10
1970s 0.8322 0.8138 0.8586 10
1980s 0.775 0.7482 0.8105 10
1990s 0.7504 0.7404 0.7853 10
2000s 0.7483 0.7218 0.7707 10
2010s 0.7964 0.748 0.844 10
2020s 0.885 0.8632 0.9098 5

Countries ranked near Pakistan

  1. 110 Peru 0.9257 compare
  2. 111 Montenegro 0.923 compare
  3. 112 Lithuania 0.9156 compare
  4. 114 Tanzania 0.9041 compare
  5. 115 Ethiopia 0.9012 compare
  6. 116 Dominica 0.8818 compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Pakistan?
Per capita methane emissions in Pakistan was 0.9098 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Pakistan?
The highest recorded value was 0.9471 in 1951.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Pakistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7218 in 2001.
How does Pakistan rank for per capita methane emissions?
Pakistan ranks 113th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Pakistan?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Pakistan 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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