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Sri Lanka: Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport

0.06Mt CO2e · 2024+30.6% 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 Sri Lanka from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Mt CO2e)Note
20240.063
20230.06
20220.054
20210.063
20200.057
20190.065
20180.063
20170.072
20160.077
20150.052
20140.048
20130.047
20120.058
20110.05
20100.049
20090.04
20080.041
20070.046
20060.054
20050.064
20040.05
20030.051
20020.05
20010.042
20000.046
19990.043
19980.039
19970.036
19960.037
19950.03
19940.027
19930.022
19920.019
19910.017
19900.017
19890.017
19880.015
19870.014
19860.013
19850.012
19840.012
19830.011
19820.01
19810.009
19800.009
19790.008
19780.008
19770.007
19760.006
19750.006
19740.006
19730.008
19720.009
19710.007
19700.007

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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