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India: Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport

2.40Mt CO2e · 2024+60.0% since 2014

A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the transportation sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.3.a Civil Aviation, 1.A.3.b_noRES Road Transportation no resuspension, 1.A.3.c Railways, 1.A.3.d Water-borne Navigation, 1.A.3.e Other Transportation. 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 India from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Mt CO2e)Note
20242.405
20232.27
20222.128
20211.964
20201.672
20191.857
20181.778
20171.771
20161.724
20151.539
20141.503
20131.479
20121.509
20111.547
20101.544
20091.422
20081.265
20071.2
20061.263
20051.368
20041.242
20031.209
20021.298
20011.049
20001.19
19991.037
19980.941
19970.859
19960.796
19950.716
19940.587
19930.495
19920.433
19910.4
19900.367
19890.357
19880.306
19870.278
19860.246
19850.222
19840.199
19830.179
19820.161
19810.181
19800.166
19790.157
19780.143
19770.131
19760.123
19750.118
19740.112
19730.116
19720.115
19710.106
19700.102

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, International Energy Agency. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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

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