Statizoid

AFOLU — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
238
Highest
28,113 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Median
79.95 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,129

What the numbers show

AFOLU — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 is currently reported for 238 countries. The highest value is 28,113 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 79.95 kt, and the mean is 819.09 kt.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in French Guiana (up 1,267.9%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 71.1%).

AFOLU — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 28,113 kt 2023 up 5.0% falling
2 India 21,066 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
3 Brazil 14,886 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
4 China 14,267 kt 2023 up 4.3% flat
5 China, mainland 14,181 kt 2023 up 4.4% flat
6 Pakistan 6,165 kt 2023 up 36.2% rising
7 Indonesia 5,904 kt 2023 up 13.1% falling
8 Australia and New Zealand 5,522 kt 2023 up 25.2% falling
9 Australia 4,494 kt 2023 up 37.5% falling
10 Argentina 3,373 kt 2023 up 3.4% flat
11 Ethiopia 3,235 kt 2023 up 29.9% rising
12 Sudan (former) 2,709 kt 2011 up 12.4% rising
13 Mexico 2,545 kt 2023 up 10.3% rising
14 Bangladesh 2,452 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
15 Chad 2,423 kt 2023 up 72.9% rising
16 Thailand 2,227 kt 2023 down 4.1% flat
17 Nigeria 2,057 kt 2023 up 22.4% rising
18 Myanmar 2,024 kt 2023 down 19.5% rising
19 Philippines 2,008 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
20 Russian Federation 2,007 kt 2023 down 9.2% falling
21 Colombia 1,990 kt 2023 up 24.3% rising
22 United Republic of Tanzania 1,933 kt 2023 up 29.7% rising
23 Viet Nam 1,915 kt 2023 down 5.8% rising
24 Sudan 1,884 kt 2023 up 1.7% flat
25 France 1,492 kt 2023 down 12.8% falling
26 Canada 1,300 kt 2023 up 26.4% falling
27 Kenya 1,295 kt 2023 up 25.5% rising
28 Germany 1,167 kt 2023 down 14.9% falling
29 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,123 kt 2023 down 1.2% rising
30 South Sudan 1,092 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,070 kt 2023 down 1.5% falling
32 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,062 kt 2023 up 39.7% rising
33 New Zealand 1,028 kt 2023 down 9.9% flat
34 Uzbekistan 996.34 kt 2023 up 39.6% rising
35 Mali 986.03 kt 2023 up 44.8% rising
36 Democratic Republic of the Congo 981.38 kt 2023 down 16.0% flat
37 Türkiye 961.82 kt 2023 up 24.3% rising
38 Spain 934.96 kt 2023 up 4.5% rising
39 Angola 905.29 kt 2023 down 13.4% flat
40 Niger 891.98 kt 2023 up 45.8% rising
41 Paraguay 842.48 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
42 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 825.1 kt 2023 down 1.2% falling
43 Cambodia 811.99 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
44 Italy 801.34 kt 2023 down 2.2% falling
45 Uruguay 770.37 kt 2023 up 0.0% flat
46 Zambia 734.52 kt 2023 down 19.4% rising
47 Peru 729.45 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
48 Uganda 710.77 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
49 Mongolia 702.63 kt 2023 up 60.7% rising
50 Madagascar 698.62 kt 2023 up 13.9% flat
51 Caribbean 667.55 kt 2023 down 8.8% flat
52 Guinea 650.55 kt 2023 up 37.8% rising
53 Somalia 643.24 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
54 Mozambique 637.73 kt 2023 down 27.4% rising
55 Nepal 616.38 kt 2023 down 22.8% rising
56 Kazakhstan 584.8 kt 2023 up 13.6% falling
57 Poland 582.87 kt 2023 up 3.1% falling
58 Burkina Faso 574.92 kt 2023 up 14.1% rising
59 Japan 572.97 kt 2023 down 5.9% falling
60 Ireland 566.13 kt 2023 down 2.1% flat
61 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 452.19 kt 2023 down 7.6% falling
62 Afghanistan 437.47 kt 2023 down 3.1% rising
63 Lao People's Democratic Republic 435.61 kt 2023 up 39.9% rising
64 Egypt 434.37 kt 2023 down 32.5% falling
65 Republic of Korea 386.65 kt 2023 up 2.8% flat
66 Nicaragua 359.25 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
67 Belarus 357.97 kt 2023 down 4.9% falling
68 Belgium-Luxembourg 330.13 kt 1999 up 0.2% flat
69 Ecuador 311.81 kt 2023 down 24.9% falling
70 Senegal 305.86 kt 2023 up 19.7% rising
71 Cameroon 299.59 kt 2023 down 0.6% flat
72 Romania 295.65 kt 2023 down 9.3% falling
73 Algeria 293.44 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
74 Ukraine 286.88 kt 2023 down 46.6% volatile
75 Morocco 281.74 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
76 Botswana 280.79 kt 2023 up 68.1% falling
77 Mauritania 273.81 kt 2023 up 16.0% rising
78 Zimbabwe 271.23 kt 2023 down 5.0% flat
79 Guatemala 270.8 kt 2023 up 17.8% rising
80 Turkmenistan 267.52 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
81 Dominican Republic 257.1 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
82 Saudi Arabia 255.07 kt 2023 up 127.2% rising
83 Cuba 249.18 kt 2023 down 24.7% falling
84 Ghana 236.97 kt 2023 up 19.4% rising
85 Chile 234.51 kt 2023 up 7.4% falling
86 Belgium 227.59 kt 2023 down 7.2% falling
87 Denmark 223.43 kt 2023 down 8.3% falling
88 Yemen 203.63 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
89 Honduras 201.73 kt 2023 up 9.2% rising
90 Tajikistan 196.31 kt 2023 up 20.2% rising
91 Sri Lanka 193.23 kt 2023 down 2.9% flat
92 Malaysia 185.65 kt 2023 down 28.7% falling
93 Namibia 184.4 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
94 Austria 180.57 kt 2023 down 6.5% falling
95 Portugal 180.02 kt 2023 down 0.6% falling
96 Malawi 175.42 kt 2023 up 75.2% rising
97 Serbia and Montenegro 171.25 kt 2005 down 36.5% falling
98 Kyrgyzstan 158.35 kt 2023 up 23.5% rising
99 Greece 153.36 kt 2023 down 12.9% falling
100 Iraq 152.59 kt 2023 down 17.3% rising
101 Switzerland 151.66 kt 2023 down 5.1% falling
102 Syrian Arab Republic 147.01 kt 2023 down 6.1% rising
103 Benin 144.82 kt 2023 up 25.8% rising
104 Côte d'Ivoire 144.39 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
105 Costa Rica 143.37 kt 2023 up 51.3% flat
106 Azerbaijan 142.84 kt 2023 down 11.2% rising
107 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 128.76 kt 2023 down 17.9% falling
108 Haiti 124.91 kt 2023 up 3.9% rising
109 Eritrea 122.48 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
110 Sweden 121.59 kt 2023 down 12.9% falling
111 Czechia 115.07 kt 2023 down 1.4% falling
112 Sierra Leone 110.96 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
113 Serbia 109.14 kt 2023 down 19.7% falling
114 Hungary 97.21 kt 2023 up 0.9% falling
115 Norway 96.42 kt 2023 down 1.9% falling
116 Panama 94.75 kt 2023 down 11.1% rising
117 China, Taiwan Province of 84.93 kt 2023 down 13.4% falling
118 Burundi 82.56 kt 2023 up 72.8% volatile
119 Tunisia 81.86 kt 2023 down 7.2% flat
120 Finland 78.05 kt 2023 down 15.7% falling
121 Melanesia 74.07 kt 2023 down 14.8% volatile
122 Togo 69.93 kt 2023 up 19.6% rising
123 Libya 66.96 kt 2023 up 4.8% rising
124 Bulgaria 66.48 kt 2023 down 7.2% falling
125 Rwanda 66.06 kt 2023 up 4.4% rising
126 Lithuania 62.28 kt 2023 down 21.5% falling
127 United Arab Emirates 55.74 kt 2023 up 28.5% rising
128 Congo 54.92 kt 2023 down 15.0% rising
129 Guyana 54.08 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
130 El Salvador 52.34 kt 2023 down 12.3% falling
131 Albania 51.81 kt 2023 down 37.5% falling
132 Oman 47.82 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
133 Guinea-Bissau 46.09 kt 2023 down 10.9% rising
134 Croatia 45.07 kt 2023 down 21.2% falling
135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.26 kt 2023 down 28.5% falling
136 Papua New Guinea 44.1 kt 2023 up 11.4% volatile
137 Georgia 41.8 kt 2023 down 24.3% falling
138 Slovenia 38.98 kt 2023 down 6.1% falling
139 Slovakia 38.97 kt 2023 down 17.1% falling
140 Latvia 36.48 kt 2023 down 12.6% falling
141 Gambia 32.11 kt 2023 down 11.2% rising
142 Timor-Leste 31.83 kt 2023 up 25.4% rising
143 Lesotho 28.68 kt 2023 down 14.9% falling
144 Israel 25.67 kt 2023 up 15.7% rising
145 Estonia 24.41 kt 2023 down 8.8% falling
146 Armenia 24 kt 2023 down 20.7% rising
147 Jordan 23.99 kt 2023 up 17.1% rising
148 North Macedonia 23.67 kt 2023 down 31.2% falling
149 Eswatini 22.39 kt 2023 down 16.5% falling
150 Republic of Moldova 19.16 kt 2023 down 38.2% falling
151 Djibouti 19.09 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
152 Suriname 16.78 kt 2023 down 13.7% falling
153 Luxembourg 16.23 kt 2023 down 2.0% flat
154 Puerto Rico 14.5 kt 2023 down 12.4% falling
155 Bhutan 14.35 kt 2023 down 14.3% falling
156 Fiji 14.33 kt 2023 down 43.4% falling
157 Qatar 13.51 kt 2023 up 78.1% volatile
158 Jamaica 13.05 kt 2023 down 6.0% falling
159 Iceland 11.25 kt 2023 down 3.3% falling
160 Liberia 10.63 kt 2023 up 3.4% volatile
161 Lebanon 10.07 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
162 Montenegro 10.01 kt 2023 down 17.8% falling
163 Belize 9.31 kt 2023 down 12.2% rising
164 Gabon 9.23 kt 2023 down 10.9% rising
165 Polynesia 8.33 kt 2023 down 17.0% rising
166 Kuwait 8.19 kt 2023 up 42.9% rising
167 Vanuatu 7.54 kt 2023 down 43.1% falling
168 Palestine 7.3 kt 2023 up 16.5% rising
169 New Caledonia 5.83 kt 2023 down 10.8% falling
170 Cyprus 4.51 kt 2023 down 32.1% rising
171 Samoa 4.15 kt 2023 down 29.3% rising
172 Trinidad and Tobago 3.75 kt 2023 down 3.5% falling
173 Comoros 2.67 kt 2023 up 1.7% falling
174 Tonga 2.35 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
175 Cabo Verde 2.35 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
176 Solomon Islands 2.28 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
177 Micronesia 2.22 kt 2023 up 9.7% rising
178 Malta 2.16 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
179 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.92 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
180 French Polynesia 1.13 kt 2023 up 4.9% falling
181 Dominica 1.03 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
182 Barbados 1.01 kt 2023 down 0.3% falling
183 Bahrain 0.932 kt 2023 up 13.5% rising
184 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.9188 kt 2023 down 25.7% falling
185 Faroe Islands 0.8459 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
186 Brunei Darussalam 0.8207 kt 2023 down 4.2% volatile
187 Saint Lucia 0.8195 kt 2023 down 2.0% falling
188 Mauritius 0.7348 kt 2023 down 20.2% falling
189 Bahamas 0.6174 kt 2023 down 71.1% volatile
190 Grenada 0.6045 kt 2023 up 21.5% rising
191 Antigua and Barbuda 0.4916 kt 2023 down 18.6% falling
192 Equatorial Guinea 0.4904 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
193 Cook Islands 0.3896 kt 2023 down 26.8% flat
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2618 kt 2023 down 29.8% falling
195 Kiribati 0.2458 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
196 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2351 kt 2023 up 2.7% falling
197 Tuvalu 0.2237 kt 2023 up 5.1% rising
198 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2038 kt 2023 up 21.8% flat
199 French Guiana 0.0725 kt 2023 up 1,267.9% volatile
200 Singapore 0.0708 kt 2023 down 15.4% volatile
201 Seychelles 0.0707 kt 2023 up 30.9% falling
202 Niue 0.047 kt 2023 up 6.3% rising
203 Nauru 0.0458 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
204 Tokelau 0.0352 kt 2023 up 131.6% rising
205 China, Macao SAR 0.0164 kt 2023 up 12.3% rising
206 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0006 kt 2023 — volatile
207 Maldives 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
208 Aruba 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Andorra 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Bermuda 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Channel Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Cayman Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 Gibraltar 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 Greenland 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 Guam 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Isle of Man 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 Liechtenstein 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 Monaco 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Palau 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 San Marino 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 British Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 Martinique 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 Mayotte 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 Western Sahara 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Anguilla 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Montserrat 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Norfolk Island 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Pitcairn 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt 2023 — flat
208 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 kt 2010 — flat
208 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
AFOLU — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
275 places, 9,129 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf