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Germany: Methane (CH4) emissions from Building

2.87Mt CO2e · 2024-4.9% since 2014

A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5). Reported as: Energy. Annual figures for Germany from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Mt CO2e)Note
20242.871
20232.868
20223.388
20213.456
20202.975
20193.123
20183.125
20172.968
20162.925
20153.105
20143.02
20133.751
20123.596
20113.176
20103.686
20093.025
20083.308
20072.805
20062.775
20052.404
20042.433
20032.453
20022.061
20012.125
20002.085
19992.036
19982.141
19972.339
19962.085
19952.003
19942.352
19932.585
19922.768
19913.804
19904.925
19894.936
19885.546
19875.951
19866.039
19855.986
19845.522
19835.254
19825.801
19815.825
19805.776
19795.675
19785.145
19775.331
19765.482
19755.564
19746.125
19736.262
19726.722
19717.095
19708.261

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, International Energy Agency. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Methane (CH4) emissions from Building. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-methane-ch4-emissions-from-building (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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