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Methane emissions, Mt CO₂e: ranking of countries

203 countries ranked by their latest value. China is highest at 1,485.3 Mt; Nauru is lowest at 0.0 Mt.

World 9,536.5 Mt (2024)Median country 9.9 Mt203 countries
Methane: world and regions, 1994–2024
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
0.02,5005,0007,50010,0001994199920042009201420192024WorldWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
Highest ten
China1,485.3 MtIndia861.6 MtUnited States843.4 MtBrazil621.2 MtIndonesia429.5 MtRussia416.9 MtPakistan250.9 MtIran175.7 MtNigeria175.1 MtIraq163.2 Mt
Lowest tenof 203
US Virgin Islands0.0 MtGibraltar0.0 MtGuam0.0 MtBritish Virgin Islands0.0 MtAmerican Samoa0.0 MtTurks and Caicos Islands0.0 MtNorthern Mariana Islands0.0 MtMarshall Islands0.0 MtTuvalu0.0 MtNauru0.0 Mt
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All 203 countries

Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.

203 shown
#CountryRegionMethaneYearRelative
1ChinaEast Asia & Pacific1,485.3 Mt2024
2IndiaSouth Asia861.6 Mt2024
3United StatesNorth America843.4 Mt2024
4BrazilLatin America & Caribbean621.2 Mt2024
5IndonesiaEast Asia & Pacific429.5 Mt2024
6RussiaEurope & Central Asia416.9 Mt2024
7PakistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan250.9 Mt2024
8IranMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan175.7 Mt2024
9NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa175.1 Mt2024
10IraqMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan163.2 Mt2024
11MexicoLatin America & Caribbean150.7 Mt2024
12AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific144.6 Mt2024
13ArgentinaLatin America & Caribbean136.7 Mt2024
14CanadaNorth America133.1 Mt2024
15EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa131.6 Mt2024
16VietnamEast Asia & Pacific116.5 Mt2024
17Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan113.1 Mt2024
18ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean94.7 Mt2024
19South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa93.2 Mt2024
20SudanSub-Saharan Africa84.9 Mt2024
21ThailandEast Asia & Pacific81.1 Mt2024
22TürkiyeEurope & Central Asia78.6 Mt2024
23ChadSub-Saharan Africa75.1 Mt2024
24MyanmarEast Asia & Pacific72.7 Mt2024
25BangladeshSouth Asia70.5 Mt2024
26PhilippinesEast Asia & Pacific69.3 Mt2024
27FranceEurope & Central Asia67.0 Mt2024
28KenyaSub-Saharan Africa64.9 Mt2024
29MongoliaEast Asia & Pacific64.5 Mt2024
30UzbekistanEurope & Central Asia64.3 Mt2024
31UkraineEurope & Central Asia60.7 Mt2024
32TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa59.7 Mt2024
33United KingdomEurope & Central Asia58.9 Mt2024
34EgyptMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan57.5 Mt2024
35KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia57.3 Mt2024
36AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan56.3 Mt2024
37GermanyEurope & Central Asia55.5 Mt2024
38VenezuelaLatin America & Caribbean53.0 Mt2024
39JapanEast Asia & Pacific50.9 Mt2024
40ItalyEurope & Central Asia44.9 Mt2024
41South KoreaEast Asia & Pacific44.7 Mt2024
42PolandEurope & Central Asia43.1 Mt2024
43SpainEurope & Central Asia42.8 Mt2024
44Democratic Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa42.2 Mt2024
45KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan38.7 Mt2024
46UgandaSub-Saharan Africa38.2 Mt2024
47United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan37.1 Mt2024
48New ZealandEast Asia & Pacific34.4 Mt2024
49AngolaSub-Saharan Africa34.3 Mt2024
50OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan31.2 Mt2024
51MoroccoMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan31.0 Mt2024
52MaliSub-Saharan Africa29.4 Mt2024
53UruguayLatin America & Caribbean28.5 Mt2024
54LibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan27.4 Mt2024
55NigerSub-Saharan Africa27.3 Mt2024
56TurkmenistanEurope & Central Asia27.2 Mt2024
57SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa26.9 Mt2024
58CambodiaEast Asia & Pacific26.7 Mt2024
59BoliviaLatin America & Caribbean26.5 Mt2024
60ParaguayLatin America & Caribbean26.4 Mt2024
61MalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific26.3 Mt2024
62PeruLatin America & Caribbean25.8 Mt2024
63MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa25.4 Mt2024
64BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan24.0 Mt2024
65ChileLatin America & Caribbean23.3 Mt2024
66QatarMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan23.2 Mt2024
67CameroonSub-Saharan Africa21.8 Mt2024
68EcuadorLatin America & Caribbean21.7 Mt2024
69Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa21.0 Mt2024
70NepalSouth Asia20.6 Mt2024
71North KoreaEast Asia & Pacific20.1 Mt2024
72GuineaSub-Saharan Africa19.0 Mt2024
73MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa18.7 Mt2024
74BelarusEurope & Central Asia18.4 Mt2024
75ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa18.3 Mt2024
76RomaniaEurope & Central Asia18.2 Mt2024
77GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean18.2 Mt2024
78GhanaSub-Saharan Africa18.1 Mt2024
79IrelandEurope & Central Asia18.1 Mt2024
80NetherlandsEurope & Central Asia17.1 Mt2024
81AfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan16.2 Mt2024
82Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa15.0 Mt2024
83AzerbaijanEurope & Central Asia15.0 Mt2024
84GabonSub-Saharan Africa14.9 Mt2024
85Côte d'IvoireSub-Saharan Africa13.6 Mt2024
86CzechiaEurope & Central Asia13.1 Mt2024
87ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa12.8 Mt2024
88SenegalSub-Saharan Africa12.3 Mt2024
89LaosEast Asia & Pacific12.3 Mt2024
90Dominican RepublicLatin America & Caribbean12.2 Mt2024
91YemenMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan11.8 Mt2024
92CubaLatin America & Caribbean11.8 Mt2024
93BelgiumEurope & Central Asia11.7 Mt2024
94PortugalEurope & Central Asia11.4 Mt2024
95GreeceEurope & Central Asia11.3 Mt2024
96Sri LankaSouth Asia11.1 Mt2024
97FinlandEurope & Central Asia10.8 Mt2024
98HungaryEurope & Central Asia10.7 Mt2024
99NicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean10.5 Mt2024
100TajikistanEurope & Central Asia10.3 Mt2024
101IsraelMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan9.9 Mt2024
102KyrgyzstanEurope & Central Asia9.9 Mt2024
103HondurasLatin America & Caribbean9.4 Mt2024
104MalawiSub-Saharan Africa9.3 Mt2024
105MauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa9.3 Mt2024
106HaitiLatin America & Caribbean8.8 Mt2024
107NorwayEurope & Central Asia8.8 Mt2024
108TunisiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan8.4 Mt2024
109Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa8.2 Mt2024
110AustriaEurope & Central Asia8.2 Mt2024
111SwedenEurope & Central Asia8.1 Mt2024
112DenmarkEurope & Central Asia8.1 Mt2024
113NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa7.8 Mt2024
114BeninSub-Saharan Africa7.6 Mt2024
115BulgariaEurope & Central Asia7.4 Mt2024
116SyriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan6.4 Mt2024
117Costa RicaLatin America & Caribbean6.4 Mt2024
118JordanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan6.2 Mt2024
119TogoSub-Saharan Africa6.0 Mt2024
120SwitzerlandEurope & Central Asia5.9 Mt2024
121BurundiSub-Saharan Africa5.7 Mt2024
122Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa5.6 Mt2024
123Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope & Central Asia5.4 Mt2024
124SlovakiaEurope & Central Asia5.1 Mt2024
125Hong KongEast Asia & Pacific4.9 Mt2024
126PanamaLatin America & Caribbean4.8 Mt2024
127SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific4.8 Mt2024
128RwandaSub-Saharan Africa4.7 Mt2024
129Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & Caribbean4.7 Mt2024
130EritreaSub-Saharan Africa4.5 Mt2024
131GuyanaLatin America & Caribbean4.5 Mt2024
132GeorgiaEurope & Central Asia4.3 Mt2024
133LebanonMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan4.2 Mt2024
134CroatiaEurope & Central Asia3.9 Mt2024
135El SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean3.8 Mt2024
136Papua New GuineaEast Asia & Pacific3.7 Mt2024
137BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa3.4 Mt2024
138LithuaniaEurope & Central Asia3.2 Mt2024
139LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa3.1 Mt2024
140Equatorial GuineaSub-Saharan Africa3.0 Mt2024
141SloveniaEurope & Central Asia2.9 Mt2024
142ArmeniaEurope & Central Asia2.5 Mt2024
143Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa2.3 Mt2024
144MoldovaEurope & Central Asia2.2 Mt2024
145LatviaEurope & Central Asia2.1 Mt2024
146AlbaniaEurope & Central Asia1.9 Mt2024
147BruneiEast Asia & Pacific1.8 Mt2024
148EstoniaEurope & Central Asia1.6 Mt2024
149LesothoSub-Saharan Africa1.6 Mt2024
150Puerto RicoLatin America & Caribbean1.5 Mt2024
151EswatiniSub-Saharan Africa1.4 Mt2024
152North MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia1.3 Mt2024
153DjiboutiMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan1.3 Mt2024
154CyprusEurope & Central Asia1.3 Mt2024
155The GambiaSub-Saharan Africa1.2 Mt2024
156BhutanSouth Asia1.0 Mt2024
157Timor-LesteEast Asia & Pacific1.0 Mt2024
158SurinameLatin America & Caribbean0.9 Mt2024
159JamaicaLatin America & Caribbean0.8 Mt2024
160FijiEast Asia & Pacific0.8 Mt2024
161LuxembourgEurope & Central Asia0.6 Mt2024
162MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa0.6 Mt2024
163BelizeLatin America & Caribbean0.5 Mt2024
164IcelandEurope & Central Asia0.5 Mt2024
165ComorosSub-Saharan Africa0.4 Mt2024
166BahamasLatin America & Caribbean0.3 Mt2024
167VanuatuEast Asia & Pacific0.3 Mt2024
168Solomon IslandsEast Asia & Pacific0.3 Mt2024
169MaltaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan0.2 Mt2024
170New CaledoniaEast Asia & Pacific0.2 Mt2024
171Cabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa0.2 Mt2024
172MaldivesSouth Asia0.2 Mt2024
173BarbadosLatin America & Caribbean0.2 Mt2024
174SamoaEast Asia & Pacific0.1 Mt2024
175TongaEast Asia & Pacific0.1 Mt2024
176São Tomé and PríncipeSub-Saharan Africa0.1 Mt2024
177SeychellesSub-Saharan Africa0.1 Mt2024
178French PolynesiaEast Asia & Pacific0.1 Mt2024
179Saint LuciaLatin America & Caribbean0.1 Mt2024
180Antigua and BarbudaLatin America & Caribbean0.1 Mt2024
181GreenlandEurope & Central Asia0.1 Mt2024
182DominicaLatin America & Caribbean0.1 Mt2024
183GrenadaLatin America & Caribbean0.1 Mt2024
184MacaoEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
185MicronesiaEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
186Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesLatin America & Caribbean0.0 Mt2024
187Saint Kitts and NevisLatin America & Caribbean0.0 Mt2024
188Faroe IslandsEurope & Central Asia0.0 Mt2024
189PalauEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
190BermudaNorth America0.0 Mt2024
191KiribatiEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
192Cayman IslandsLatin America & Caribbean0.0 Mt2024
193ArubaLatin America & Caribbean0.0 Mt2024
194US Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean0.0 Mt2024
195GibraltarEurope & Central Asia0.0 Mt2024
196GuamEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
197British Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean0.0 Mt2024
198American SamoaEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
199Turks and Caicos IslandsLatin America & Caribbean0.0 Mt2024
200Northern Mariana IslandsEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
201Marshall IslandsEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
202TuvaluEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
203NauruEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
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