Share global methane emissions in Kenya
Kenya: Share global methane emissions was 0.5826 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.5826
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
31st
of 201 countries
All-time high
0.629
in 2020
All-time low
0.1591
in 1907
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share global methane emissions in Kenya, 1850–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 0.5826 for share global methane emissions in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share global methane emissions in Kenya peaked at 0.629 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1591, in 1907.
That places Kenya 31st out of 201 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.
Share global methane emissions in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.2253 | — |
| 1851 | 0.2247 | -0.3% |
| 1852 | 0.2237 | -0.4% |
| 1853 | 0.2227 | -0.5% |
| 1854 | 0.2208 | -0.9% |
| 1855 | 0.2199 | -0.4% |
| 1856 | 0.2187 | -0.6% |
| 1857 | 0.2179 | -0.4% |
| 1858 | 0.2172 | -0.3% |
| 1859 | 0.2159 | -0.6% |
| 1860 | 0.2144 | -0.7% |
| 1861 | 0.2136 | -0.4% |
| 1862 | 0.213 | -0.3% |
| 1863 | 0.2118 | -0.6% |
| 1864 | 0.2106 | -0.5% |
| 1865 | 0.2096 | -0.5% |
| 1866 | 0.2086 | -0.5% |
| 1867 | 0.2078 | -0.3% |
| 1868 | 0.2073 | -0.3% |
| 1869 | 0.2063 | -0.5% |
| 1870 | 0.2057 | -0.3% |
| 1871 | 0.2043 | -0.7% |
| 1872 | 0.2022 | -1.0% |
| 1873 | 0.2006 | -0.8% |
| 1874 | 0.2004 | -0.1% |
| 1875 | 0.1987 | -0.8% |
| 1876 | 0.1977 | -0.5% |
| 1877 | 0.1967 | -0.5% |
| 1878 | 0.1958 | -0.4% |
| 1879 | 0.1943 | -0.8% |
| 1880 | 0.1923 | -1.1% |
| 1881 | 0.1907 | -0.8% |
| 1882 | 0.1892 | -0.8% |
| 1883 | 0.1875 | -0.9% |
| 1884 | 0.1867 | -0.4% |
| 1885 | 0.1859 | -0.4% |
| 1886 | 0.185 | -0.5% |
| 1887 | 0.1835 | -0.8% |
| 1888 | 0.1815 | -1.1% |
| 1889 | 0.1807 | -0.4% |
| 1890 | 0.1779 | -1.5% |
| 1891 | 0.1766 | -0.7% |
| 1892 | 0.176 | -0.4% |
| 1893 | 0.1758 | -0.1% |
| 1894 | 0.1745 | -0.7% |
| 1895 | 0.173 | -0.9% |
| 1896 | 0.1721 | -0.5% |
| 1897 | 0.1707 | -0.8% |
| 1898 | 0.1693 | -0.8% |
| 1899 | 0.1673 | -1.2% |
| 1900 | 0.1657 | -1.0% |
| 1901 | 0.1662 | +0.3% |
| 1902 | 0.1673 | +0.7% |
| 1903 | 0.1673 | +0.0% |
| 1904 | 0.1653 | -1.2% |
| 1905 | 0.1626 | -1.6% |
| 1906 | 0.1615 | -0.7% |
| 1907 | 0.1591 | -1.5% |
| 1908 | 0.1605 | +0.9% |
| 1909 | 0.1598 | -0.4% |
| 1910 | 0.1593 | -0.3% |
| 1911 | 0.1636 | +2.7% |
| 1912 | 0.1691 | +3.4% |
| 1913 | 0.1742 | +3.0% |
| 1914 | 0.1801 | +3.4% |
| 1915 | 0.1821 | +1.1% |
| 1916 | 0.1807 | -0.8% |
| 1917 | 0.1813 | +0.3% |
| 1918 | 0.1864 | +2.8% |
| 1919 | 0.1892 | +1.5% |
| 1920 | 0.1856 | -1.9% |
| 1921 | 0.1943 | +4.7% |
| 1922 | 0.1954 | +0.6% |
| 1923 | 0.1909 | -2.3% |
| 1924 | 0.1918 | +0.5% |
| 1925 | 0.1938 | +1.1% |
| 1926 | 0.1981 | +2.2% |
| 1927 | 0.1972 | -0.5% |
| 1928 | 0.1994 | +1.1% |
| 1929 | 0.1993 | -0.1% |
| 1930 | 0.2021 | +1.4% |
| 1931 | 0.2065 | +2.2% |
| 1932 | 0.2105 | +1.9% |
| 1933 | 0.2115 | +0.4% |
| 1934 | 0.2096 | -0.9% |
| 1935 | 0.2087 | -0.5% |
| 1936 | 0.2098 | +0.5% |
| 1937 | 0.2101 | +0.1% |
| 1938 | 0.2135 | +1.6% |
| 1939 | 0.2152 | +0.8% |
| 1940 | 0.2148 | -0.2% |
| 1941 | 0.2153 | +0.2% |
| 1942 | 0.219 | +1.7% |
| 1943 | 0.2192 | +0.1% |
| 1944 | 0.2236 | +2.0% |
| 1945 | 0.2302 | +3.0% |
| 1946 | 0.2454 | +6.6% |
| 1947 | 0.242 | -1.4% |
| 1948 | 0.2467 | +2.0% |
| 1949 | 0.2493 | +1.0% |
| 1950 | 0.2464 | -1.2% |
| 1951 | 0.2453 | -0.4% |
| 1952 | 0.2469 | +0.6% |
| 1953 | 0.2478 | +0.4% |
| 1954 | 0.2484 | +0.2% |
| 1955 | 0.244 | -1.8% |
| 1956 | 0.2435 | -0.2% |
| 1957 | 0.2433 | -0.1% |
| 1958 | 0.2452 | +0.8% |
| 1959 | 0.2418 | -1.4% |
| 1960 | 0.2419 | +0.1% |
| 1961 | 0.2469 | +2.1% |
| 1962 | 0.2466 | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 0.232 | -5.9% |
| 1964 | 0.2408 | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 0.2379 | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 0.2341 | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 0.2315 | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 0.2289 | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 0.2221 | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 0.2322 | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 0.2374 | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 0.2395 | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.237 | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.2398 | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2415 | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.2376 | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.2414 | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.2588 | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 0.2741 | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 0.2586 | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 0.2641 | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.2841 | +7.6% |
| 1983 | 0.3124 | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 0.3191 | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 0.3138 | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.318 | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.3179 | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.3317 | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 0.3375 | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.3436 | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.3371 | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.3381 | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.3397 | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.3388 | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.3359 | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.3196 | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 0.3229 | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.3325 | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.3503 | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 0.3268 | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3298 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3452 | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 0.356 | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3702 | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3588 | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3507 | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.5014 | +43.0% |
| 2008 | 0.506 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.4937 | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.491 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.4899 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.4855 | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.4848 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.4887 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4968 | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.53 | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 0.4963 | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 0.5063 | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5617 | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 0.629 | +12.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5687 | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 0.5735 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.5872 | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 0.5826 | -0.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 0.5826 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.125, 4.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 0.5826 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1431, 4.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share global methane emissions in Kenya 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +43.0% | 0.3507 | 0.5014 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.2207 | 0.2159 | 0.2253 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.2103 | 0.2063 | 0.2144 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.1996 | 0.1943 | 0.2057 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.1863 | 0.1807 | 0.1923 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.1733 | 0.1673 | 0.1779 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.1635 | 0.1591 | 0.1673 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.1766 | 0.1593 | 0.1892 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.1946 | 0.1856 | 0.1994 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.2097 | 0.2021 | 0.2152 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.2306 | 0.2148 | 0.2493 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.2453 | 0.2418 | 0.2484 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2363 | 0.2221 | 0.2469 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2439 | 0.2322 | 0.2741 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3057 | 0.2586 | 0.3375 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3358 | 0.3196 | 0.3503 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3939 | 0.3268 | 0.506 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5031 | 0.4848 | 0.5617 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5882 | 0.5687 | 0.629 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 28 Tanzania 0.6713 compare
- 29 Myanmar 0.6184 compare
- 30 Germany 0.5985 compare
- 32 Kazakhstan 0.5767 compare
- 33 Uzbekistan 0.5574 compare
- 34 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5467 compare
More climate change data for Kenya
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 276.34 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 50,641 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 16,186 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 34,454 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 61.08 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,231 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,372 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,116 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 255.67 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.99 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share global methane emissions in Kenya?
- Share global methane emissions in Kenya was 0.5826 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share global methane emissions recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.629 in 2020.
- What is the lowest share global methane emissions recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1591 in 1907.
- How does Kenya rank for share global methane emissions?
- Kenya ranks 31st out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share global methane emissions rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share global methane emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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