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Per capita methane emissions in Singapore

Singapore: Per capita methane emissions was 0.9946 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9946
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
93rd
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.9989
in 2023
All-time low
0.2497
in 1910
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Singapore, 1850–2024

0.20.40.60.81185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2024, per capita methane emissions in Singapore stood at 0.9946.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 19.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Singapore peaked at 0.9989 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2497, in 1910.

Singapore ranks 93rd 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 Singapore, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.2945 —
1851 0.2972 +0.9%
1852 0.2996 +0.8%
1853 0.3019 +0.8%
1854 0.304 +0.7%
1855 0.3058 +0.6%
1856 0.3075 +0.6%
1857 0.309 +0.5%
1858 0.3104 +0.4%
1859 0.3115 +0.4%
1860 0.3125 +0.3%
1861 0.3154 +0.9%
1862 0.318 +0.8%
1863 0.3205 +0.8%
1864 0.3227 +0.7%
1865 0.3247 +0.6%
1866 0.3264 +0.6%
1867 0.328 +0.5%
1868 0.3295 +0.4%
1869 0.3299 +0.1%
1870 0.3295 -0.1%
1871 0.3303 +0.2%
1872 0.3301 -0.1%
1873 0.329 -0.3%
1874 0.3276 -0.4%
1875 0.326 -0.5%
1876 0.3243 -0.5%
1877 0.3223 -0.6%
1878 0.3201 -0.7%
1879 0.3178 -0.7%
1880 0.3154 -0.8%
1881 0.3147 -0.2%
1882 0.3139 -0.3%
1883 0.3129 -0.3%
1884 0.3116 -0.4%
1885 0.3101 -0.5%
1886 0.3085 -0.5%
1887 0.3066 -0.6%
1888 0.3046 -0.7%
1889 0.3024 -0.7%
1890 0.3001 -0.8%
1891 0.2995 -0.2%
1892 0.2986 -0.3%
1893 0.2975 -0.4%
1894 0.2963 -0.4%
1895 0.2948 -0.5%
1896 0.2931 -0.6%
1897 0.2912 -0.6%
1898 0.2892 -0.7%
1899 0.2865 -0.9%
1900 0.2831 -1.2%
1901 0.2809 -0.8%
1902 0.278 -1.0%
1903 0.2745 -1.3%
1904 0.2708 -1.3%
1905 0.2669 -1.4%
1906 0.263 -1.5%
1907 0.2589 -1.5%
1908 0.2548 -1.6%
1909 0.2517 -1.2%
1910 0.2497 -0.8%
1911 0.2502 +0.2%
1912 0.2515 +0.5%
1913 0.2537 +0.9%
1914 0.2557 +0.8%
1915 0.2576 +0.7%
1916 0.2593 +0.7%
1917 0.2608 +0.6%
1918 0.2621 +0.5%
1919 0.262 -0.0%
1920 0.2605 -0.6%
1921 0.2652 +1.8%
1922 0.268 +1.1%
1923 0.2691 +0.4%
1924 0.2697 +0.2%
1925 0.2697 +0.0%
1926 0.2693 -0.2%
1927 0.2685 -0.3%
1928 0.2673 -0.5%
1929 0.2668 -0.2%
1930 0.267 +0.1%
1931 0.2657 -0.5%
1932 0.2652 -0.2%
1933 0.2656 +0.1%
1934 0.2658 +0.1%
1935 0.2658 +0.0%
1936 0.2662 +0.2%
1937 0.2665 +0.1%
1938 0.2666 +0.1%
1939 0.2662 -0.2%
1940 0.2652 -0.4%
1941 0.2692 +1.5%
1942 0.2725 +1.2%
1943 0.2751 +1.0%
1944 0.2774 +0.8%
1945 0.2787 +0.5%
1946 0.2798 +0.4%
1947 0.2805 +0.2%
1948 0.2809 +0.2%
1949 0.2801 -0.3%
1950 0.3505 +25.1%
1951 0.391 +11.6%
1952 0.4191 +7.2%
1953 0.4212 +0.5%
1954 0.4332 +2.9%
1955 0.441 +1.8%
1956 0.4383 -0.6%
1957 0.3023 -31.0%
1958 0.3139 +3.8%
1959 0.3095 -1.4%
1960 0.3063 -1.1%
1961 0.3158 +3.1%
1962 0.3299 +4.5%
1963 0.3286 -0.4%
1964 0.3007 -8.5%
1965 0.311 +3.4%
1966 0.2899 -6.8%
1967 0.3175 +9.6%
1968 0.3333 +5.0%
1969 0.3499 +5.0%
1970 0.3598 +2.8%
1971 0.3684 +2.4%
1972 0.3885 +5.5%
1973 0.4072 +4.8%
1974 0.3962 -2.7%
1975 0.3682 -7.1%
1976 0.3764 +2.2%
1977 0.4043 +7.4%
1978 0.3881 -4.0%
1979 0.3915 +0.9%
1980 0.385 -1.6%
1981 0.3823 -0.7%
1982 0.3639 -4.8%
1983 0.3584 -1.5%
1984 0.4532 +26.5%
1985 0.4443 -2.0%
1986 0.4464 +0.5%
1987 0.4451 -0.3%
1988 0.4232 -4.9%
1989 0.4166 -1.6%
1990 0.4249 +2.0%
1991 0.4168 -1.9%
1992 0.4141 -0.6%
1993 0.4264 +3.0%
1994 0.4927 +15.5%
1995 0.4755 -3.5%
1996 0.4746 -0.2%
1997 0.5246 +10.5%
1998 0.5211 -0.7%
1999 0.5001 -4.0%
2000 0.4776 -4.5%
2001 0.5379 +12.6%
2002 0.5897 +9.6%
2003 0.6563 +11.3%
2004 0.7248 +10.4%
2005 0.7327 +1.1%
2006 0.725 -1.1%
2007 0.7204 -0.6%
2008 0.6657 -7.6%
2009 0.6359 -4.5%
2010 0.7214 +13.5%
2011 0.7168 -0.6%
2012 0.7085 -1.1%
2013 0.808 +14.0%
2014 0.83 +2.7%
2015 0.8538 +2.9%
2016 0.8035 -5.9%
2017 0.881 +9.6%
2018 0.8746 -0.7%
2019 0.8942 +2.2%
2020 0.863 -3.5%
2021 0.9219 +6.8%
2022 0.9433 +2.3%
2023 0.9989 +5.9%
2024 0.9946 -0.4%

Singapore compared with similar countries

  • Singapore's 0.9946 is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.02, 98% of the median. (67 countries reporting)
  • Singapore's 0.9946 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.82, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Per capita methane emissions in Singapore 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
1957 -31.0% 0.4383 0.3023
1984 +26.5% 0.3584 0.4532
1950 +25.1% 0.2801 0.3505

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.3041 0.2945 0.3115 10
1860s 0.3228 0.3125 0.3299 10
1870s 0.3257 0.3178 0.3303 10
1880s 0.3101 0.3024 0.3154 10
1890s 0.2947 0.2865 0.3001 10
1900s 0.2683 0.2517 0.2831 10
1910s 0.2563 0.2497 0.2621 10
1920s 0.2674 0.2605 0.2697 10
1930s 0.266 0.2652 0.267 10
1940s 0.2759 0.2652 0.2809 10
1950s 0.382 0.3023 0.441 10
1960s 0.3183 0.2899 0.3499 10
1970s 0.3849 0.3598 0.4072 10
1980s 0.4118 0.3584 0.4532 10
1990s 0.4671 0.4141 0.5246 10
2000s 0.6466 0.4776 0.7327 10
2010s 0.8092 0.7085 0.8942 10
2020s 0.9444 0.863 0.9989 5

Countries ranked near Singapore

  1. 90 Vanuatu 1.01 compare
  2. 91 Tonga 1 compare
  3. 92 Guatemala 0.999 compare
  4. 94 Zambia 0.9919 compare
  5. 95 Greece 0.9865 compare
  6. 96 Hungary 0.9812 compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Singapore?
Per capita methane emissions in Singapore was 0.9946 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Singapore?
The highest recorded value was 0.9989 in 2023.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Singapore?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2497 in 1910.
How does Singapore rank for per capita methane emissions?
Singapore ranks 93rd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Singapore?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Singapore 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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