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Per capita methane emissions in Tuvalu

Tuvalu: Per capita methane emissions was 0.7257 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.7257
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
141st
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.7257
in 2024
All-time low
0.2237
in 1850
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Tuvalu, 1850–2024

0.20.40.60.8185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for per capita methane emissions in Tuvalu is 0.7257, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 175 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Tuvalu peaked at 0.7257 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2237, in 1850.

Tuvalu ranks 141st 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 Tuvalu, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.2237 —
1851 0.2248 +0.5%
1852 0.2258 +0.5%
1853 0.2268 +0.4%
1854 0.2278 +0.4%
1855 0.2287 +0.4%
1856 0.2296 +0.4%
1857 0.2306 +0.4%
1858 0.2315 +0.4%
1859 0.2324 +0.4%
1860 0.2333 +0.4%
1861 0.2342 +0.4%
1862 0.2351 +0.4%
1863 0.2359 +0.4%
1864 0.2368 +0.4%
1865 0.2376 +0.3%
1866 0.2384 +0.4%
1867 0.2393 +0.4%
1868 0.24 +0.3%
1869 0.2408 +0.3%
1870 0.2416 +0.3%
1871 0.2445 +1.2%
1872 0.2474 +1.2%
1873 0.2503 +1.2%
1874 0.2532 +1.1%
1875 0.256 +1.1%
1876 0.2588 +1.1%
1877 0.2616 +1.1%
1878 0.2642 +1.0%
1879 0.267 +1.0%
1880 0.2696 +1.0%
1881 0.272 +0.9%
1882 0.2744 +0.9%
1883 0.2768 +0.9%
1884 0.2791 +0.8%
1885 0.2813 +0.8%
1886 0.2836 +0.8%
1887 0.2858 +0.8%
1888 0.288 +0.8%
1889 0.2901 +0.7%
1890 0.2923 +0.7%
1891 0.2957 +1.2%
1892 0.2989 +1.1%
1893 0.3022 +1.1%
1894 0.3054 +1.1%
1895 0.3086 +1.0%
1896 0.3117 +1.0%
1897 0.3149 +1.0%
1898 0.318 +1.0%
1899 0.3209 +0.9%
1900 0.3239 +0.9%
1901 0.3262 +0.7%
1902 0.3286 +0.7%
1903 0.3308 +0.7%
1904 0.333 +0.7%
1905 0.3352 +0.6%
1906 0.3373 +0.6%
1907 0.3394 +0.6%
1908 0.3416 +0.6%
1909 0.3437 +0.6%
1910 0.3456 +0.6%
1911 0.3471 +0.4%
1912 0.3486 +0.4%
1913 0.3501 +0.4%
1914 0.3514 +0.4%
1915 0.3528 +0.4%
1916 0.3542 +0.4%
1917 0.3555 +0.4%
1918 0.3569 +0.4%
1919 0.3582 +0.4%
1920 0.3595 +0.4%
1921 0.3628 +0.9%
1922 0.366 +0.9%
1923 0.3691 +0.9%
1924 0.3722 +0.8%
1925 0.3752 +0.8%
1926 0.3783 +0.8%
1927 0.3813 +0.8%
1928 0.3842 +0.8%
1929 0.3871 +0.8%
1930 0.39 +0.7%
1931 0.3944 +1.2%
1932 0.399 +1.2%
1933 0.4034 +1.1%
1934 0.4077 +1.1%
1935 0.4121 +1.1%
1936 0.4163 +1.0%
1937 0.4205 +1.0%
1938 0.4247 +1.0%
1939 0.4287 +1.0%
1940 0.4329 +1.0%
1941 0.4373 +1.0%
1942 0.4418 +1.0%
1943 0.4462 +1.0%
1944 0.4506 +1.0%
1945 0.455 +1.0%
1946 0.4593 +1.0%
1947 0.4636 +0.9%
1948 0.4678 +0.9%
1949 0.4714 +0.8%
1950 0.469 -0.5%
1951 0.4648 -0.9%
1952 0.4651 +0.0%
1953 0.4658 +0.2%
1954 0.47 +0.9%
1955 0.4768 +1.5%
1956 0.486 +1.9%
1957 0.4956 +2.0%
1958 0.5042 +1.7%
1959 0.5133 +1.8%
1960 0.5243 +2.2%
1961 0.5152 -1.7%
1962 0.5144 -0.2%
1963 0.5138 -0.1%
1964 0.5181 +0.8%
1965 0.5259 +1.5%
1966 0.5327 +1.3%
1967 0.5402 +1.4%
1968 0.5477 +1.4%
1969 0.5516 +0.7%
1970 0.5475 -0.7%
1971 0.5463 -0.2%
1972 0.5462 -0.0%
1973 0.5476 +0.3%
1974 0.5351 -2.3%
1975 0.5102 -4.7%
1976 0.4872 -4.5%
1977 0.4731 -2.9%
1978 0.4593 -2.9%
1979 0.464 +1.0%
1980 0.4716 +1.6%
1981 0.4342 -7.9%
1982 0.4966 +14.4%
1983 0.4653 -6.3%
1984 0.5259 +13.0%
1985 0.5805 +10.4%
1986 0.567 -2.3%
1987 0.5105 -10.0%
1988 0.4987 -2.3%
1989 0.6332 +27.0%
1990 0.6283 -0.8%
1991 0.6943 +10.5%
1992 0.6906 -0.5%
1993 0.6655 -3.6%
1994 0.6681 +0.4%
1995 0.6629 -0.8%
1996 0.6585 -0.7%
1997 0.6628 +0.7%
1998 0.6596 -0.5%
1999 0.665 +0.8%
2000 0.662 -0.5%
2001 0.6592 -0.4%
2002 0.6703 +1.7%
2003 0.666 -0.6%
2004 0.6582 -1.2%
2005 0.6506 -1.2%
2006 0.643 -1.2%
2007 0.6394 -0.6%
2008 0.6353 -0.6%
2009 0.6312 -0.6%
2010 0.6225 -1.4%
2011 0.6151 -1.2%
2012 0.6087 -1.0%
2013 0.607 -0.3%
2014 0.6119 +0.8%
2015 0.6168 +0.8%
2016 0.6206 +0.6%
2017 0.6256 +0.8%
2018 0.635 +1.5%
2019 0.6489 +2.2%
2020 0.6616 +2.0%
2021 0.6786 +2.6%
2022 0.695 +2.4%
2023 0.7107 +2.3%
2024 0.7257 +2.1%

Tuvalu compared with similar countries

  • Tuvalu's 0.7257 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.07, 68% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
  • Tuvalu's 0.7257 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.82, 88% of the median. (31 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Per capita methane emissions in Tuvalu 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
1989 +27.0% 0.4987 0.6332

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.2282 0.2237 0.2324 10
1860s 0.2371 0.2333 0.2408 10
1870s 0.2545 0.2416 0.267 10
1880s 0.2801 0.2696 0.2901 10
1890s 0.3069 0.2923 0.3209 10
1900s 0.334 0.3239 0.3437 10
1910s 0.3521 0.3456 0.3582 10
1920s 0.3736 0.3595 0.3871 10
1930s 0.4097 0.39 0.4287 10
1940s 0.4526 0.4329 0.4714 10
1950s 0.4811 0.4648 0.5133 10
1960s 0.5284 0.5138 0.5516 10
1970s 0.5116 0.4593 0.5476 10
1980s 0.5183 0.4342 0.6332 10
1990s 0.6656 0.6283 0.6943 10
2000s 0.6515 0.6312 0.6703 10
2010s 0.6212 0.607 0.6489 10
2020s 0.6943 0.6616 0.7257 5

Countries ranked near Tuvalu

  1. 138 Samoa 0.7382 compare
  2. 139 East Timor 0.7367 compare
  3. 140 Cameroon 0.735 compare
  4. 142 North Korea 0.7159 compare
  5. 143 Hong Kong 0.6943 compare
  6. 144 Italy 0.6868 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Tuvalu?
Per capita methane emissions in Tuvalu was 0.7257 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Tuvalu?
The highest recorded value was 0.7257 in 2024.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Tuvalu?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2237 in 1850.
How does Tuvalu rank for per capita methane emissions?
Tuvalu ranks 141st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Tuvalu?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tuvalu 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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