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Per capita methane emissions in East Timor

East Timor: Per capita methane emissions was 0.7367 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.7367
Change on year
down 6.5%
World rank
139th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.82
in 2006
All-time low
0.3903
in 1980
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in East Timor, 1850–2024

0.511.52185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2024, per capita methane emissions in East Timor stood at 0.7367.

The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 31.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in East Timor peaked at 1.82 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.3903, in 1980.

That places East Timor 139th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 East Timor, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 1.17 —
1851 1.16 -0.3%
1852 1.16 -0.3%
1853 1.16 -0.3%
1854 1.15 -0.3%
1855 1.15 -0.3%
1856 1.15 -0.3%
1857 1.14 -0.4%
1858 1.14 -0.4%
1859 1.13 -0.4%
1860 1.13 -0.4%
1861 1.12 -0.7%
1862 1.11 -0.7%
1863 1.1 -0.7%
1864 1.1 -0.7%
1865 1.09 -0.7%
1866 1.08 -0.7%
1867 1.07 -0.7%
1868 1.06 -0.7%
1869 1.06 -0.7%
1870 1.05 -0.7%
1871 1.04 -0.7%
1872 1.03 -0.7%
1873 1.02 -0.7%
1874 1.02 -0.7%
1875 1.01 -0.7%
1876 1 -0.7%
1877 0.9949 -0.7%
1878 0.9875 -0.7%
1879 0.9816 -0.6%
1880 0.9771 -0.5%
1881 0.9735 -0.4%
1882 0.9721 -0.1%
1883 0.972 -0.0%
1884 0.972 -0.0%
1885 0.972 -0.0%
1886 0.972 +0.0%
1887 0.972 +0.0%
1888 0.9721 +0.0%
1889 0.9717 -0.0%
1890 0.971 -0.1%
1891 0.9691 -0.2%
1892 0.9669 -0.2%
1893 0.9643 -0.3%
1894 0.9616 -0.3%
1895 0.959 -0.3%
1896 0.9565 -0.3%
1897 0.9539 -0.3%
1898 0.9513 -0.3%
1899 0.9488 -0.3%
1900 0.9464 -0.3%
1901 0.944 -0.3%
1902 0.9421 -0.2%
1903 0.9403 -0.2%
1904 0.9384 -0.2%
1905 0.9366 -0.2%
1906 0.9347 -0.2%
1907 0.9328 -0.2%
1908 0.9309 -0.2%
1909 0.9293 -0.2%
1910 0.9282 -0.1%
1911 0.9269 -0.1%
1912 0.9259 -0.1%
1913 0.9254 -0.1%
1914 0.9248 -0.1%
1915 0.9242 -0.1%
1916 0.9236 -0.1%
1917 0.9231 -0.1%
1918 0.9214 -0.2%
1919 0.9176 -0.4%
1920 0.9117 -0.6%
1921 0.9039 -0.9%
1922 0.8939 -1.1%
1923 0.8821 -1.3%
1924 0.8705 -1.3%
1925 0.859 -1.3%
1926 0.8474 -1.3%
1927 0.8363 -1.3%
1928 0.8253 -1.3%
1929 0.8178 -0.9%
1930 0.8141 -0.5%
1931 0.8142 +0.0%
1932 0.8174 +0.4%
1933 0.8242 +0.8%
1934 0.8311 +0.8%
1935 0.838 +0.8%
1936 0.8452 +0.9%
1937 0.8524 +0.9%
1938 0.8597 +0.9%
1939 0.8665 +0.8%
1940 0.873 +0.7%
1941 0.8793 +0.7%
1942 0.8851 +0.7%
1943 0.8906 +0.6%
1944 0.896 +0.6%
1945 0.8989 +0.3%
1946 0.9019 +0.3%
1947 0.9042 +0.3%
1948 0.9065 +0.3%
1949 0.9056 -0.1%
1950 0.9016 -0.4%
1951 0.9019 +0.0%
1952 0.9013 -0.1%
1953 0.9006 -0.1%
1954 0.8999 -0.1%
1955 0.8992 -0.1%
1956 0.8988 -0.1%
1957 0.8984 -0.0%
1958 0.8981 -0.0%
1959 0.8978 -0.0%
1960 0.8974 -0.0%
1961 0.8978 +0.0%
1962 0.8712 -3.0%
1963 0.8831 +1.4%
1964 0.9074 +2.7%
1965 0.9028 -0.5%
1966 0.9277 +2.8%
1967 0.8523 -8.1%
1968 0.8719 +2.3%
1969 0.8341 -4.3%
1970 0.8706 +4.4%
1971 0.8926 +2.5%
1972 0.942 +5.5%
1973 0.9349 -0.8%
1974 0.9104 -2.6%
1975 0.8201 -9.9%
1976 0.7217 -12.0%
1977 0.6181 -14.4%
1978 0.5382 -12.9%
1979 0.4372 -18.8%
1980 0.3903 -10.7%
1981 0.3912 +0.2%
1982 0.4101 +4.8%
1983 0.4353 +6.2%
1984 0.4622 +6.2%
1985 0.4711 +1.9%
1986 0.476 +1.0%
1987 0.4756 -0.1%
1988 0.4557 -4.2%
1989 0.4809 +5.5%
1990 0.5192 +8.0%
1991 0.5928 +14.2%
1992 0.5689 -4.0%
1993 0.5819 +2.3%
1994 0.6311 +8.5%
1995 0.6381 +1.1%
1996 0.6461 +1.3%
1997 0.6175 -4.4%
1998 0.6251 +1.2%
1999 0.597 -4.5%
2000 0.7565 +26.7%
2001 0.9088 +20.1%
2002 0.8425 -7.3%
2003 0.8252 -2.0%
2004 1.17 +41.2%
2005 1.68 +44.5%
2006 1.82 +7.8%
2007 1.58 -12.9%
2008 1.73 +9.2%
2009 1.6 -7.2%
2010 1.48 -7.6%
2011 1.55 +4.7%
2012 1.63 +5.1%
2013 1.27 -22.1%
2014 1.08 -15.1%
2015 1.12 +4.6%
2016 0.974 -13.4%
2017 0.8983 -7.8%
2018 0.8228 -8.4%
2019 0.9401 +14.3%
2020 0.8099 -13.9%
2021 0.7769 -4.1%
2022 0.7982 +2.7%
2023 0.7876 -1.3%
2024 0.7367 -6.5%

East Timor compared with similar countries

  • East Timor's 0.7367 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8299, 89% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • East Timor's 0.7367 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.82, 90% of the median. (31 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Per capita methane emissions in East Timor 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
2005 +44.5% 1.17 1.68
2004 +41.2% 0.8252 1.17
2000 +26.7% 0.597 0.7565

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 1.15 1.13 1.17 10
1860s 1.09 1.06 1.13 10
1870s 1.01 0.9816 1.05 10
1880s 0.9727 0.9717 0.9771 10
1890s 0.9602 0.9488 0.971 10
1900s 0.9375 0.9293 0.9464 10
1910s 0.9241 0.9176 0.9282 10
1920s 0.8648 0.8178 0.9117 10
1930s 0.8363 0.8141 0.8665 10
1940s 0.8941 0.873 0.9065 10
1950s 0.8998 0.8978 0.9019 10
1960s 0.8846 0.8341 0.9277 10
1970s 0.7686 0.4372 0.942 10
1980s 0.4448 0.3903 0.4809 10
1990s 0.6018 0.5192 0.6461 10
2000s 1.29 0.7565 1.82 10
2010s 1.18 0.8228 1.63 10
2020s 0.7819 0.7367 0.8099 5

Countries ranked near East Timor

  1. 136 Niue 0.7458 compare
  2. 137 Uganda 0.7409 compare
  3. 138 Samoa 0.7382 compare
  4. 140 Cameroon 0.735 compare
  5. 141 Tuvalu 0.7257 compare
  6. 142 North Korea 0.7159 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in East Timor?
Per capita methane emissions in East Timor was 0.7367 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in East Timor?
The highest recorded value was 1.82 in 2006.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in East Timor?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3903 in 1980.
How does East Timor rank for per capita methane emissions?
East Timor ranks 139th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in East Timor?
Over the last ten years it is down 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this East Timor 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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