Share global methane emissions in Mongolia
Mongolia: Share global methane emissions was 0.4496 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.4496
Change on year
down 10.9%
World rank
42nd
of 201 countries
All-time high
0.5047
in 2023
All-time low
0.1119
in 2004
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share global methane emissions in Mongolia, 1850–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 0.4496 for share global methane emissions in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.9% on the previous year and up 48.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share global methane emissions in Mongolia peaked at 0.5047 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1119, in 2004.
Mongolia ranks 42nd of 201 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 175 years of available data.
Share global methane emissions in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.3285 | — |
| 1851 | 0.3278 | -0.2% |
| 1852 | 0.3266 | -0.4% |
| 1853 | 0.3252 | -0.4% |
| 1854 | 0.3227 | -0.8% |
| 1855 | 0.3216 | -0.3% |
| 1856 | 0.32 | -0.5% |
| 1857 | 0.3191 | -0.3% |
| 1858 | 0.3182 | -0.3% |
| 1859 | 0.3165 | -0.5% |
| 1860 | 0.3145 | -0.6% |
| 1861 | 0.3131 | -0.5% |
| 1862 | 0.3121 | -0.3% |
| 1863 | 0.31 | -0.6% |
| 1864 | 0.3082 | -0.6% |
| 1865 | 0.3065 | -0.5% |
| 1866 | 0.3048 | -0.6% |
| 1867 | 0.3035 | -0.4% |
| 1868 | 0.3025 | -0.3% |
| 1869 | 0.3009 | -0.5% |
| 1870 | 0.2999 | -0.3% |
| 1871 | 0.2978 | -0.7% |
| 1872 | 0.2948 | -1.0% |
| 1873 | 0.2925 | -0.8% |
| 1874 | 0.2923 | -0.1% |
| 1875 | 0.2899 | -0.8% |
| 1876 | 0.2885 | -0.5% |
| 1877 | 0.287 | -0.5% |
| 1878 | 0.2858 | -0.4% |
| 1879 | 0.2837 | -0.7% |
| 1880 | 0.2805 | -1.1% |
| 1881 | 0.2801 | -0.2% |
| 1882 | 0.2796 | -0.2% |
| 1883 | 0.2788 | -0.3% |
| 1884 | 0.2794 | +0.2% |
| 1885 | 0.2799 | +0.2% |
| 1886 | 0.2802 | +0.1% |
| 1887 | 0.2797 | -0.2% |
| 1888 | 0.2781 | -0.6% |
| 1889 | 0.2785 | +0.2% |
| 1890 | 0.2768 | -0.6% |
| 1891 | 0.2765 | -0.1% |
| 1892 | 0.2771 | +0.2% |
| 1893 | 0.2785 | +0.5% |
| 1894 | 0.2781 | -0.2% |
| 1895 | 0.2772 | -0.3% |
| 1896 | 0.2772 | +0.0% |
| 1897 | 0.2765 | -0.2% |
| 1898 | 0.2757 | -0.3% |
| 1899 | 0.2737 | -0.7% |
| 1900 | 0.2724 | -0.5% |
| 1901 | 0.2723 | -0.1% |
| 1902 | 0.2725 | +0.1% |
| 1903 | 0.2706 | -0.7% |
| 1904 | 0.2711 | +0.2% |
| 1905 | 0.2703 | -0.3% |
| 1906 | 0.2688 | -0.6% |
| 1907 | 0.265 | -1.4% |
| 1908 | 0.2674 | +0.9% |
| 1909 | 0.2663 | -0.4% |
| 1910 | 0.2654 | -0.3% |
| 1911 | 0.2617 | -1.4% |
| 1912 | 0.2579 | -1.5% |
| 1913 | 0.2522 | -2.2% |
| 1914 | 0.2539 | +0.7% |
| 1915 | 0.2518 | -0.8% |
| 1916 | 0.2463 | -2.2% |
| 1917 | 0.242 | -1.7% |
| 1918 | 0.2418 | -0.1% |
| 1919 | 0.2439 | +0.9% |
| 1920 | 0.2364 | -3.1% |
| 1921 | 0.2396 | +1.3% |
| 1922 | 0.2338 | -2.4% |
| 1923 | 0.2255 | -3.5% |
| 1924 | 0.2221 | -1.5% |
| 1925 | 0.2192 | -1.3% |
| 1926 | 0.2176 | -0.7% |
| 1927 | 0.2108 | -3.1% |
| 1928 | 0.2086 | -1.0% |
| 1929 | 0.2033 | -2.5% |
| 1930 | 0.2022 | -0.5% |
| 1931 | 0.2024 | +0.1% |
| 1932 | 0.2017 | -0.3% |
| 1933 | 0.1977 | -2.0% |
| 1934 | 0.1923 | -2.7% |
| 1935 | 0.1882 | -2.1% |
| 1936 | 0.1848 | -1.8% |
| 1937 | 0.1825 | -1.3% |
| 1938 | 0.1834 | +0.5% |
| 1939 | 0.1815 | -1.1% |
| 1940 | 0.1791 | -1.3% |
| 1941 | 0.1776 | -0.9% |
| 1942 | 0.1769 | -0.4% |
| 1943 | 0.1748 | -1.2% |
| 1944 | 0.1737 | -0.6% |
| 1945 | 0.1766 | +1.7% |
| 1946 | 0.1729 | -2.1% |
| 1947 | 0.1686 | -2.5% |
| 1948 | 0.1673 | -0.8% |
| 1949 | 0.1663 | -0.6% |
| 1950 | 0.1648 | -0.9% |
| 1951 | 0.1643 | -0.3% |
| 1952 | 0.1656 | +0.8% |
| 1953 | 0.1665 | +0.6% |
| 1954 | 0.1672 | +0.4% |
| 1955 | 0.1646 | -1.6% |
| 1956 | 0.1649 | +0.2% |
| 1957 | 0.1655 | +0.3% |
| 1958 | 0.1692 | +2.2% |
| 1959 | 0.1685 | -0.4% |
| 1960 | 0.1694 | +0.5% |
| 1961 | 0.1785 | +5.3% |
| 1962 | 0.1618 | -9.3% |
| 1963 | 0.1577 | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.1661 | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 0.1659 | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.166 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.1607 | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 0.1585 | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 0.1496 | -5.6% |
| 1970 | 0.1367 | -8.6% |
| 1971 | 0.1422 | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 0.14 | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.1386 | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.1396 | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1434 | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 0.1433 | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.1405 | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1384 | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.1391 | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.1402 | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.1397 | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.1403 | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1422 | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 0.1384 | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 0.1361 | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.1366 | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.1389 | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.1383 | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.1376 | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.1423 | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 0.1583 | +11.3% |
| 1992 | 0.1532 | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.1485 | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1432 | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 0.1515 | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 0.1507 | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.1592 | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 0.165 | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 0.1714 | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 0.1717 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.1479 | -13.9% |
| 2002 | 0.1213 | -18.0% |
| 2003 | 0.119 | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.1119 | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1414 | +26.4% |
| 2006 | 0.1569 | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 0.1793 | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 0.1828 | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2135 | +16.8% |
| 2010 | 0.2418 | +13.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2812 | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 0.2739 | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2783 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3026 | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2952 | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3621 | +22.6% |
| 2017 | 0.4052 | +11.9% |
| 2018 | 0.4113 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.4337 | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4036 | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3875 | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3636 | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 0.5047 | +38.8% |
| 2024 | 0.4496 | -10.9% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 0.4496 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1213, 3.7× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 0.4496 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0554, 8.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share global methane emissions in Mongolia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +38.8% | 0.3636 | 0.5047 |
| 2005 | +26.4% | 0.1119 | 0.1414 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.3226 | 0.3165 | 0.3285 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.3076 | 0.3009 | 0.3145 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.2912 | 0.2837 | 0.2999 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.2795 | 0.2781 | 0.2805 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.2767 | 0.2737 | 0.2785 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.2697 | 0.265 | 0.2725 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.2517 | 0.2418 | 0.2654 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.2217 | 0.2033 | 0.2396 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.1917 | 0.1815 | 0.2024 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.1734 | 0.1663 | 0.1791 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.1661 | 0.1643 | 0.1692 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1634 | 0.1496 | 0.1785 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1402 | 0.1367 | 0.1434 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1388 | 0.1361 | 0.1422 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1543 | 0.1423 | 0.1714 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1546 | 0.1119 | 0.2135 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3285 | 0.2418 | 0.4337 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4218 | 0.3636 | 0.5047 | 5 |
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More climate change data for Mongolia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 9.80 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 17,853 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 4,940 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 12,913 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 18.64 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 461.19 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 67.54 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 64.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.2444 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share global methane emissions in Mongolia?
- Share global methane emissions in Mongolia was 0.4496 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share global methane emissions recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5047 in 2023.
- What is the lowest share global methane emissions recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1119 in 2004.
- How does Mongolia rank for share global methane emissions?
- Mongolia ranks 42nd out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share global methane emissions rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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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