AFOLU — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre by country
AFOLU — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
0.0189 kt per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.001 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,749
What the numbers show
AFOLU — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 0.0189 kt per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.001 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0017 kt per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 127.2%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 71.1%).
AFOLU — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 0.0189 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 2 | Ireland | 0.0082 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 3 | Pakistan | 0.008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium | 0.0075 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 5 | Tuvalu | 0.0075 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 6 | India | 0.0071 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 7 | Malta | 0.0068 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 8 | Philippines | 0.0067 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 0.0063 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 10 | Vietnam | 0.0061 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 0.0056 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 13 | Cambodia | 0.0046 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 14 | Haiti | 0.0045 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 16 | Uruguay | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 17 | Thailand | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 18 | Nepal | 0.0043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 19 | New Zealand | 0.0039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 20 | Switzerland | 0.0038 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 21 | Uganda | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 23 | Tonga | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 24 | Burundi | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Gambia | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 0.0031 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 27 | Indonesia | 0.0031 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 28 | Myanmar | 0.0031 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 0.003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.3% | flat |
| 32 | France | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 33 | Italy | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 34 | Rwanda | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 35 | Guinea | 0.0026 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 36 | Guatemala | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 37 | El Salvador | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 38 | Cuba | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 39 | Barbados | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 40 | Nauru | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 42 | Nigeria | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 43 | Kenya | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 44 | Austria | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 45 | East Timor | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 46 | Paraguay | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 49 | Slovenia | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 50 | Chad | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 51 | Poland | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 52 | Albania | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 53 | Laos | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 55 | Malawi | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 56 | Honduras | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 57 | Colombia | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 58 | Brazil | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 59 | Grenada | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 60 | Belarus | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 61 | South Sudan | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 63 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 64 | Puerto Rico | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 65 | Senegal | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 66 | Japan | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 67 | Sierra Leone | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 68 | China | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 69 | Samoa | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 70 | Czechia | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 71 | Comoros | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 73 | Dominica | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 74 | Saint Lucia | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 75 | Mexico | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 76 | Eswatini | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 77 | Serbia | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 78 | Togo | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 79 | Romania | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 80 | Benin | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 81 | Panama | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 82 | Ecuador | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 83 | Turkey | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 84 | Argentina | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 85 | Palestine | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 86 | Jamaica | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 87 | Madagascar | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 88 | Greece | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 89 | Israel | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 90 | Qatar | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Bahrain | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 92 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 93 | Hungary | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 94 | Ghana | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 95 | Somalia | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 96 | Central African Republic | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 97 | Eritrea | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 98 | Sudan | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 99 | Lithuania | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 100 | Zambia | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 101 | Lebanon | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 102 | Lesotho | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 104 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 106 | Armenia | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 107 | United States | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 109 | Djibouti | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 110 | Mozambique | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 111 | Slovakia | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 112 | Mali | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 113 | Croatia | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 114 | Syria | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 116 | Fiji | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 117 | Montenegro | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 119 | Angola | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 120 | Niger | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 123 | Afghanistan | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 124 | Cameroon | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 125 | Morocco | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 126 | Vanuatu | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 127 | Faroe Islands | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 128 | Bulgaria | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 129 | Georgia | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 130 | Latvia | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 131 | Australia | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 132 | Moldova | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 133 | Estonia | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 134 | Peru | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 135 | Turkmenistan | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 136 | Malaysia | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 137 | South Africa | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 138 | Tunisia | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 139 | Botswana | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.1% | falling |
| 140 | Ukraine | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Cyprus | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 142 | Kuwait | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 143 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 144 | Mongolia | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 145 | Egypt | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 146 | Belize | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 147 | Yemen | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 148 | Bhutan | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 150 | Iraq | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 151 | French Polynesia | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 152 | New Caledonia | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 153 | Chile | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 154 | Kiribati | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 155 | Sweden | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 156 | Jordan | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 157 | Mauritania | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 158 | Norway | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 159 | Finland | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 160 | Guyana | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 161 | Namibia | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 162 | Kazakhstan | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 164 | Congo | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 165 | Brunei | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Oman | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 167 | Seychelles | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 168 | Canada | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 169 | Algeria | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 170 | Russia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 171 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 127.2% | rising |
| 172 | Iceland | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 173 | Liberia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Suriname | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 175 | Singapore | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Solomon Islands | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 178 | Bahamas | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Libya | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 180 | Gabon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 182 | Maldives | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Gibraltar | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Greenland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Isle of Man | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Liechtenstein | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0012 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
AFOLU — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
AFOLU — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- AFOLU — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
AFOLU — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.