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How much do you fart?
The average person farts about 10 to 20 times a day and in doing so produces around
0.6 to 1.8 liters of gas (0.13 to 0.4 gallons), or an average of 1.2 liters (0.26 gallons) per
day. There is some variation in this of course and the precise amount depends on what
you eat and other factors, but men and women tend to produce about the same amount
of gas, all other things being equal. Children pass wind about the same number of times
as adults, but produce less gas due to their smaller size.
Adding it all up
Taking the average figure from the above, in a year we each
produce about 440 liters, or about 97 gallons of bottom gas. A
standard drum used for shipping bulk liquid cargo such as oil
has a volume of 55 gallons, so in a year each adult can fill
about 1.8 such drums with windy pop gas.
In 2024 the average life expectancy was a little over 73 years.
Over this time the average person will therefore produce
around 32,100 liters (or about 7100 gallons) of gas. That’s
almost 130 oil drums.
I’ve saved mine!
A world full of fart
If there’s one thing that unites humanity it’s that we all fart, even
if we sometimes pretend someone else or the dog did it.
Whether it’s a little SBD or creating our very own bubbles of
delight in the bath we are all gas factories. But how much bottom
gas do all of the world’s people actually produce?
From the section above we know that an average person
produces about 1.2 liters of bottom gas every day, and in 2024
the world’s population was about 8.1 billion. So, each and every
day the people of the world produce around 9.7 billion liters (2.1
billion gallons) of bottom gas.
That’s an awful lot of awful smell, but such figures are so huge
that it’s difficult to know what they really mean, so let’s put them
into context by being all grown up and mature about it and
farting into a balloon -- a very, very big balloon, such as this one:
The Hindenburg, a Boeing 747 and the Titanic
The airship Hindenburg was the largest aircraft of any type ever
to fly. It flew by being filled with a lighter-than-air gas which was
stored in vast bags within its body. The total capacity was just
over 7 million cubic feet, which converts to almost 200 million
liters (44 million gallons).
Using the figures above, a quick calculation shows that the good
farting people of Earth could fill almost 48 Hindenburgs full of
gas every single day.
Finally, in a single year the people of planet Earth produce
around 3,500 billion liters (770 billion gallons) of bottom burp,
which is enough to fill almost 17,500 Hindenburg airships full of
stink. Lined up end-to-end the Hindenburgs would stretch out to
almost 4,300 kilometers (2700 miles)!
“Fact me, and fact
me till I fart”
Chris Morris
“We are all in the
gutter, but some of
us are farting at the
stars.”
Oscar Wilde
How much do you fart?
The average person farts about 10 to 20 times a day and in
doing so produces around 0.6 to 1.8 liters of gas (0.13 to 0.4
gallons), or an average of 1.2 liters (0.26 gallons) per day.
There is some variation in this of course and the precise
amount depends on what you eat and other factors, but men
and women tend to produce about the same amount of gas, all
other things being equal. Children pass wind about the same
number of times as adults, but produce less gas due to their
smaller size.
Adding it all up
Taking the average figure from the
above, in a year we each produce
about 440 liters, or about 97
gallons of bottom gas. A standard
drum used for shipping bulk liquid
cargo such as oil has a volume of
55 gallons, so in a year each adult
can fill about 1.8 such drums with
windy pop gas.
In 2024 the average life expectancy
was a little over 73 years. Over this
time the average person will
therefore produce around 32,100
liters (or about 7100 gallons) of
gas. That’s almost 130 oil drums.
A world full of fart
If there’s one thing that unites humanity it’s that we all fart, even
if we sometimes pretend someone else or the dog did it. Whether
it’s a little SBD or creating our very own bubbles of delight in the
bath we are all gas factories. But how much bottom gas do all of
the world’s people actually produce?
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From the section above we know that an average person
produces about 1.2 liters of bottom gas every day, and in 2024
the world’s population was about 8.1 billion. So, each and every
day the people of the world produce around 9.7 billion liters (2.1
billion gallons) of bottom gas.
That’s an awful lot of awful smell, but such figures are so huge
that it’s difficult to know what they really mean, so let’s put them
into context by being all grown up and mature about it and farting
into a balloon -- a very, very big balloon, such as this one:
The Hindenburg, a Boeing 747 and the Titanic
The airship Hindenburg was the largest aircraft of any type ever
to fly. It flew by being filled with a lighter-than-air gas which was
stored in vast bags within its body. The total capacity was just
over 7 million cubic feet, which converts to almost 200 million
liters (44 million gallons).
Using the figures above, a quick calculation shows that the good
farting people of Earth could fill almost 48 Hindenburgs full of
gas every single day.
Finally, in a single year the people of planet Earth produce
around 3,500 billion liters (770 billion gallons) of bottom burp,
which is enough to fill almost 17,500 Hindenburg airships full of
stink. Lined up end-to-end the Hindenburgs would stretch out to
almost 4,300 kilometers (2700 miles)!
“Fact me, and fact
me till I fart”
Chris Morris
I’ve saved mine!
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