Share global methane emissions in Malawi
Malawi: Share global methane emissions was 0.0895 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.0895
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
110th
of 201 countries
All-time high
0.0895
in 2024
All-time low
0.0207
in 1910
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share global methane emissions in Malawi, 1850–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share global methane emissions in Malawi is 0.0895, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 175 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share global methane emissions in Malawi peaked at 0.0895 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0207, in 1910.
Malawi ranks 110th of 201 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.
Share global methane emissions in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.0269 | — |
| 1851 | 0.0269 | -0.3% |
| 1852 | 0.0267 | -0.4% |
| 1853 | 0.0266 | -0.5% |
| 1854 | 0.0264 | -0.9% |
| 1855 | 0.0263 | -0.4% |
| 1856 | 0.0261 | -0.6% |
| 1857 | 0.026 | -0.4% |
| 1858 | 0.0259 | -0.4% |
| 1859 | 0.0258 | -0.6% |
| 1860 | 0.0256 | -0.6% |
| 1861 | 0.0256 | -0.3% |
| 1862 | 0.0255 | -0.1% |
| 1863 | 0.0256 | +0.3% |
| 1864 | 0.0255 | -0.4% |
| 1865 | 0.0254 | -0.4% |
| 1866 | 0.0253 | -0.4% |
| 1867 | 0.0252 | -0.2% |
| 1868 | 0.0252 | -0.1% |
| 1869 | 0.0251 | -0.3% |
| 1870 | 0.0251 | -0.1% |
| 1871 | 0.0249 | -0.6% |
| 1872 | 0.0247 | -0.9% |
| 1873 | 0.0246 | -0.7% |
| 1874 | 0.0246 | +0.0% |
| 1875 | 0.0244 | -0.7% |
| 1876 | 0.0243 | -0.3% |
| 1877 | 0.0242 | -0.4% |
| 1878 | 0.0242 | -0.3% |
| 1879 | 0.024 | -0.6% |
| 1880 | 0.0238 | -1.0% |
| 1881 | 0.0236 | -0.7% |
| 1882 | 0.0235 | -0.7% |
| 1883 | 0.0233 | -0.8% |
| 1884 | 0.0232 | -0.3% |
| 1885 | 0.0231 | -0.3% |
| 1886 | 0.023 | -0.4% |
| 1887 | 0.0229 | -0.7% |
| 1888 | 0.0226 | -1.0% |
| 1889 | 0.0226 | -0.3% |
| 1890 | 0.0222 | -1.5% |
| 1891 | 0.0221 | -0.6% |
| 1892 | 0.0221 | -0.2% |
| 1893 | 0.0221 | +0.1% |
| 1894 | 0.0219 | -0.6% |
| 1895 | 0.0218 | -0.7% |
| 1896 | 0.0217 | -0.4% |
| 1897 | 0.0216 | -0.6% |
| 1898 | 0.0214 | -0.7% |
| 1899 | 0.0212 | -1.1% |
| 1900 | 0.021 | -0.8% |
| 1901 | 0.021 | -0.0% |
| 1902 | 0.0213 | +1.3% |
| 1903 | 0.0214 | +0.6% |
| 1904 | 0.0218 | +1.8% |
| 1905 | 0.021 | -3.9% |
| 1906 | 0.0212 | +1.3% |
| 1907 | 0.0209 | -1.7% |
| 1908 | 0.0211 | +1.1% |
| 1909 | 0.0212 | +0.4% |
| 1910 | 0.0207 | -2.2% |
| 1911 | 0.0212 | +2.1% |
| 1912 | 0.0215 | +1.6% |
| 1913 | 0.0216 | +0.6% |
| 1914 | 0.0225 | +4.0% |
| 1915 | 0.0229 | +2.0% |
| 1916 | 0.0232 | +1.1% |
| 1917 | 0.0233 | +0.5% |
| 1918 | 0.0243 | +4.1% |
| 1919 | 0.0249 | +2.8% |
| 1920 | 0.0246 | -1.3% |
| 1921 | 0.0255 | +3.7% |
| 1922 | 0.0254 | -0.4% |
| 1923 | 0.025 | -1.7% |
| 1924 | 0.0254 | +1.5% |
| 1925 | 0.0256 | +0.9% |
| 1926 | 0.0264 | +3.1% |
| 1927 | 0.0261 | -1.2% |
| 1928 | 0.0266 | +2.1% |
| 1929 | 0.0267 | +0.1% |
| 1930 | 0.0272 | +2.2% |
| 1931 | 0.0283 | +3.9% |
| 1932 | 0.0289 | +2.3% |
| 1933 | 0.0291 | +0.7% |
| 1934 | 0.0291 | -0.1% |
| 1935 | 0.0293 | +0.5% |
| 1936 | 0.0292 | -0.3% |
| 1937 | 0.0293 | +0.3% |
| 1938 | 0.0299 | +2.1% |
| 1939 | 0.03 | +0.3% |
| 1940 | 0.0299 | -0.3% |
| 1941 | 0.0301 | +0.9% |
| 1942 | 0.0308 | +2.3% |
| 1943 | 0.031 | +0.7% |
| 1944 | 0.0313 | +0.7% |
| 1945 | 0.0321 | +2.7% |
| 1946 | 0.0317 | -1.2% |
| 1947 | 0.0312 | -1.6% |
| 1948 | 0.0312 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.0313 | +0.2% |
| 1950 | 0.0322 | +2.9% |
| 1951 | 0.0316 | -1.9% |
| 1952 | 0.0313 | -0.9% |
| 1953 | 0.031 | -1.1% |
| 1954 | 0.0306 | -1.3% |
| 1955 | 0.0296 | -3.3% |
| 1956 | 0.0291 | -1.7% |
| 1957 | 0.0286 | -1.6% |
| 1958 | 0.0284 | -0.7% |
| 1959 | 0.0276 | -2.9% |
| 1960 | 0.0272 | -1.5% |
| 1961 | 0.0284 | +4.6% |
| 1962 | 0.0277 | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0272 | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0271 | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0271 | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0265 | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0268 | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0268 | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0264 | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0275 | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0262 | -4.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0271 | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 0.027 | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0276 | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0282 | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0289 | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0294 | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0301 | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0305 | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 0.0301 | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0318 | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0324 | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0325 | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0325 | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0337 | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0339 | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0359 | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0327 | -8.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0329 | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0445 | +35.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0452 | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0455 | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.045 | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0439 | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0436 | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.044 | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.044 | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0468 | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0488 | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0499 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0483 | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0498 | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0505 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0496 | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0506 | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.051 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0527 | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0553 | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0576 | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0601 | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0603 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0624 | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0647 | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0663 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0686 | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0709 | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0714 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0758 | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0827 | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 0.086 | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0853 | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0865 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0886 | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0895 | +0.9% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.0895 is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.196, 46% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.0895 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1431, 63% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share global methane emissions in Malawi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +35.3% | 0.0329 | 0.0445 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0264 | 0.0258 | 0.0269 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.0254 | 0.0251 | 0.0256 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.0245 | 0.024 | 0.0251 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.0232 | 0.0226 | 0.0238 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.0218 | 0.0212 | 0.0222 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.0212 | 0.0209 | 0.0218 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.0226 | 0.0207 | 0.0249 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.0257 | 0.0246 | 0.0267 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.029 | 0.0272 | 0.03 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.0311 | 0.0299 | 0.0321 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.03 | 0.0276 | 0.0322 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.0271 | 0.0264 | 0.0284 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0283 | 0.0262 | 0.0305 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0328 | 0.0301 | 0.0359 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0451 | 0.0436 | 0.0488 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0515 | 0.0483 | 0.0576 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0683 | 0.0601 | 0.0827 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0872 | 0.0853 | 0.0895 | 5 |
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More climate change data for Malawi
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 415.04 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4,106 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,605 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,501 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 6.06 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 89.31 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,185 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,819 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 366.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 10.64 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share global methane emissions in Malawi?
- Share global methane emissions in Malawi was 0.0895 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share global methane emissions recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0895 in 2024.
- What is the lowest share global methane emissions recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0207 in 1910.
- How does Malawi rank for share global methane emissions?
- Malawi ranks 110th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share global methane emissions rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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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