China vs United States: Methane emissions

How they compare

China currently reports 1.59 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 818.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in United States, a difference of 772.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes China's figure about 1.9 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was China ahead.

China ranks 1st and United States ranks 3rd of 199 countries.