Share global methane emissions in Mozambique
Mozambique: Share global methane emissions was 0.2852 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.2852
Change on year
up 3.0%
World rank
60th
of 201 countries
All-time high
0.2886
in 2018
All-time low
0.0626
in 1913
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share global methane emissions in Mozambique, 1850–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share global methane emissions in Mozambique is 0.2852, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share global methane emissions in Mozambique peaked at 0.2886 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0626, in 1913.
That places Mozambique 60th out of 201 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Mozambique, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.0851 | — |
| 1851 | 0.0855 | +0.4% |
| 1852 | 0.0856 | +0.2% |
| 1853 | 0.0858 | +0.2% |
| 1854 | 0.0856 | -0.2% |
| 1855 | 0.0858 | +0.2% |
| 1856 | 0.0858 | +0.1% |
| 1857 | 0.0861 | +0.3% |
| 1858 | 0.0863 | +0.3% |
| 1859 | 0.0863 | +0.0% |
| 1860 | 0.0862 | -0.1% |
| 1861 | 0.0861 | -0.2% |
| 1862 | 0.086 | -0.1% |
| 1863 | 0.0857 | -0.3% |
| 1864 | 0.0854 | -0.3% |
| 1865 | 0.0852 | -0.3% |
| 1866 | 0.085 | -0.3% |
| 1867 | 0.0849 | -0.1% |
| 1868 | 0.0848 | -0.0% |
| 1869 | 0.0846 | -0.3% |
| 1870 | 0.0846 | -0.1% |
| 1871 | 0.0842 | -0.5% |
| 1872 | 0.0835 | -0.8% |
| 1873 | 0.083 | -0.6% |
| 1874 | 0.0831 | +0.1% |
| 1875 | 0.0826 | -0.6% |
| 1876 | 0.0824 | -0.3% |
| 1877 | 0.0821 | -0.3% |
| 1878 | 0.0819 | -0.2% |
| 1879 | 0.0815 | -0.6% |
| 1880 | 0.0807 | -0.9% |
| 1881 | 0.0802 | -0.6% |
| 1882 | 0.0797 | -0.7% |
| 1883 | 0.0791 | -0.7% |
| 1884 | 0.0788 | -0.3% |
| 1885 | 0.0786 | -0.3% |
| 1886 | 0.0784 | -0.3% |
| 1887 | 0.0779 | -0.6% |
| 1888 | 0.0771 | -1.0% |
| 1889 | 0.0769 | -0.3% |
| 1890 | 0.0761 | -1.0% |
| 1891 | 0.0753 | -1.0% |
| 1892 | 0.0749 | -0.6% |
| 1893 | 0.0746 | -0.3% |
| 1894 | 0.0739 | -0.9% |
| 1895 | 0.0731 | -1.1% |
| 1896 | 0.0726 | -0.8% |
| 1897 | 0.0718 | -1.0% |
| 1898 | 0.0711 | -1.0% |
| 1899 | 0.0701 | -1.5% |
| 1900 | 0.0693 | -1.2% |
| 1901 | 0.0687 | -0.7% |
| 1902 | 0.0683 | -0.6% |
| 1903 | 0.0674 | -1.4% |
| 1904 | 0.0671 | -0.5% |
| 1905 | 0.0665 | -0.9% |
| 1906 | 0.0657 | -1.2% |
| 1907 | 0.0643 | -2.0% |
| 1908 | 0.0645 | +0.3% |
| 1909 | 0.0638 | -1.0% |
| 1910 | 0.0632 | -1.0% |
| 1911 | 0.0632 | -0.0% |
| 1912 | 0.0631 | -0.1% |
| 1913 | 0.0626 | -0.9% |
| 1914 | 0.0639 | +2.0% |
| 1915 | 0.0649 | +1.5% |
| 1916 | 0.065 | +0.2% |
| 1917 | 0.0654 | +0.7% |
| 1918 | 0.0669 | +2.3% |
| 1919 | 0.0692 | +3.3% |
| 1920 | 0.0687 | -0.6% |
| 1921 | 0.072 | +4.7% |
| 1922 | 0.0727 | +0.9% |
| 1923 | 0.0725 | -0.2% |
| 1924 | 0.0739 | +1.9% |
| 1925 | 0.0749 | +1.4% |
| 1926 | 0.0764 | +2.0% |
| 1927 | 0.076 | -0.5% |
| 1928 | 0.0773 | +1.6% |
| 1929 | 0.0772 | -0.1% |
| 1930 | 0.0788 | +2.1% |
| 1931 | 0.0816 | +3.6% |
| 1932 | 0.0842 | +3.2% |
| 1933 | 0.0853 | +1.3% |
| 1934 | 0.086 | +0.8% |
| 1935 | 0.0871 | +1.3% |
| 1936 | 0.0932 | +6.9% |
| 1937 | 0.0997 | +7.0% |
| 1938 | 0.1081 | +8.5% |
| 1939 | 0.1149 | +6.3% |
| 1940 | 0.1217 | +5.8% |
| 1941 | 0.1263 | +3.8% |
| 1942 | 0.1315 | +4.1% |
| 1943 | 0.1355 | +3.0% |
| 1944 | 0.1401 | +3.4% |
| 1945 | 0.1477 | +5.4% |
| 1946 | 0.1496 | +1.3% |
| 1947 | 0.1508 | +0.8% |
| 1948 | 0.1544 | +2.4% |
| 1949 | 0.1583 | +2.5% |
| 1950 | 0.1622 | +2.5% |
| 1951 | 0.1649 | +1.6% |
| 1952 | 0.1693 | +2.7% |
| 1953 | 0.1733 | +2.4% |
| 1954 | 0.177 | +2.2% |
| 1955 | 0.1771 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.1799 | +1.6% |
| 1957 | 0.183 | +1.7% |
| 1958 | 0.1877 | +2.5% |
| 1959 | 0.1882 | +0.3% |
| 1960 | 0.1913 | +1.7% |
| 1961 | 0.1812 | -5.3% |
| 1962 | 0.1805 | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.1776 | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 0.1764 | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 0.1741 | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 0.1702 | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 0.1693 | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 0.169 | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 0.1656 | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 0.2262 | +36.5% |
| 1971 | 0.1379 | -39.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1417 | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 0.148 | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 0.1321 | -10.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1508 | +14.2% |
| 1976 | 0.1325 | -12.1% |
| 1977 | 0.1453 | +9.6% |
| 1978 | 0.1496 | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1862 | +24.4% |
| 1980 | 0.1573 | -15.5% |
| 1981 | 0.1428 | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 0.1545 | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 0.1504 | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1164 | -22.6% |
| 1985 | 0.117 | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.1087 | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 0.1452 | +33.6% |
| 1988 | 0.1014 | -30.2% |
| 1989 | 0.1111 | +9.6% |
| 1990 | 0.1536 | +38.2% |
| 1991 | 0.1534 | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.1549 | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.1569 | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.1561 | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.1555 | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.1538 | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.1444 | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 0.1658 | +14.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1594 | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 0.1509 | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 0.1604 | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 0.1812 | +13.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1788 | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.1715 | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1856 | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 0.1732 | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 0.1767 | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1774 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1609 | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 0.1693 | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 0.2023 | +19.5% |
| 2012 | 0.2261 | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 0.2422 | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2455 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.2381 | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2287 | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 0.2528 | +10.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2886 | +14.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2537 | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 0.2384 | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2551 | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2773 | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 0.2769 | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.2852 | +3.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 0.2852 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.196, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 0.2852 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1431, 2.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share global methane emissions in Mozambique 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | -39.0% | 0.2262 | 0.1379 |
| 1990 | +38.2% | 0.1111 | 0.1536 |
| 1970 | +36.5% | 0.1656 | 0.2262 |
| 1987 | +33.6% | 0.1087 | 0.1452 |
| 1988 | -30.2% | 0.1452 | 0.1014 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0858 | 0.0851 | 0.0863 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.0854 | 0.0846 | 0.0862 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.0829 | 0.0815 | 0.0846 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.0787 | 0.0769 | 0.0807 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.0734 | 0.0701 | 0.0761 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.0666 | 0.0638 | 0.0693 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.0647 | 0.0626 | 0.0692 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.0742 | 0.0687 | 0.0773 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.0919 | 0.0788 | 0.1149 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.1416 | 0.1217 | 0.1583 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.1763 | 0.1622 | 0.1882 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1755 | 0.1656 | 0.1913 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.155 | 0.1321 | 0.2262 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1305 | 0.1014 | 0.1573 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1554 | 0.1444 | 0.1658 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1717 | 0.1509 | 0.1856 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2347 | 0.1693 | 0.2886 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2666 | 0.2384 | 0.2852 | 5 |
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More climate change data for Mozambique
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 81.74 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,495 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 6,629 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 5,867 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 25.01 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 209.52 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,596 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 923.79 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,672 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.49 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share global methane emissions in Mozambique?
- Share global methane emissions in Mozambique was 0.2852 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share global methane emissions recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2886 in 2018.
- What is the lowest share global methane emissions recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0626 in 1913.
- How does Mozambique rank for share global methane emissions?
- Mozambique ranks 60th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share global methane emissions rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique 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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