AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre by country
AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) 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
0.5283 kt per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.0287 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,749
What the numbers show
AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 0.5283 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 0.0287 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0467 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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 0.5283 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 2 | Ireland | 0.2301 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 3 | Pakistan | 0.2239 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium | 0.209 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 5 | Tuvalu | 0.2088 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 6 | India | 0.1984 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 7 | Malta | 0.1891 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 8 | Philippines | 0.1886 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 0.1765 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 10 | Vietnam | 0.1711 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 0.1564 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 0.1494 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 13 | Cambodia | 0.1288 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 14 | Haiti | 0.1269 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 0.1239 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 16 | Uruguay | 0.1232 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 17 | Thailand | 0.1221 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 18 | Nepal | 0.1204 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 19 | New Zealand | 0.1094 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 20 | Switzerland | 0.1075 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 21 | Uganda | 0.0992 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 0.0935 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 23 | Tonga | 0.0915 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 24 | Burundi | 0.09 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Gambia | 0.0888 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 0.0875 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 27 | Indonesia | 0.0873 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 28 | Myanmar | 0.0868 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 0.0836 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 0.0803 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 0.0786 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.3% | flat |
| 32 | France | 0.0775 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 33 | Italy | 0.0759 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 34 | Rwanda | 0.075 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 35 | Guinea | 0.0741 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 36 | Guatemala | 0.0708 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 37 | El Salvador | 0.0707 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 38 | Cuba | 0.0672 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 39 | Barbados | 0.0658 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 40 | Nauru | 0.0641 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 0.0633 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 42 | Nigeria | 0.0632 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 43 | Kenya | 0.0624 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 44 | Austria | 0.0613 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 45 | East Timor | 0.0599 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 46 | Paraguay | 0.0596 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 0.0588 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 0.055 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 49 | Slovenia | 0.0542 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 50 | Chad | 0.0539 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 51 | Poland | 0.0533 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 52 | Albania | 0.0529 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 53 | Laos | 0.0528 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 0.0524 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 55 | Malawi | 0.0521 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 56 | Honduras | 0.0505 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 57 | Colombia | 0.0502 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 58 | Brazil | 0.0499 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 59 | Grenada | 0.0498 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 60 | Belarus | 0.0494 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 61 | South Sudan | 0.0484 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 0.0484 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 63 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0459 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 64 | Puerto Rico | 0.0458 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 65 | Senegal | 0.0445 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 66 | Japan | 0.044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 67 | Sierra Leone | 0.043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 68 | China | 0.0426 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 69 | Samoa | 0.0418 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 70 | Czechia | 0.0418 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 71 | Comoros | 0.0402 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 0.0396 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 73 | Dominica | 0.0383 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 74 | Saint Lucia | 0.0376 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 75 | Mexico | 0.0367 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 76 | Eswatini | 0.0364 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 77 | Serbia | 0.0363 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 78 | Togo | 0.036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 79 | Romania | 0.036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 80 | Benin | 0.036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 81 | Panama | 0.0358 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 82 | Ecuador | 0.0352 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 83 | Turkey | 0.035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 84 | Argentina | 0.0345 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 85 | Palestine | 0.0339 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 86 | Jamaica | 0.0337 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 87 | Madagascar | 0.0336 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 88 | Greece | 0.0333 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 89 | Israel | 0.0332 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 90 | Qatar | 0.0329 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Bahrain | 0.0326 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 92 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0313 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 93 | Hungary | 0.0298 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 94 | Ghana | 0.0292 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 95 | Somalia | 0.0287 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 96 | Central African Republic | 0.0287 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 97 | Eritrea | 0.0283 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 98 | Sudan | 0.0282 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 99 | Lithuania | 0.0279 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 100 | Zambia | 0.0277 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 101 | Lebanon | 0.0276 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 102 | Lesotho | 0.0264 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 0.0263 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 104 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0253 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0242 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 106 | Armenia | 0.0238 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 107 | United States | 0.0236 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0231 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 109 | Djibouti | 0.0231 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 110 | Mozambique | 0.0227 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 111 | Slovakia | 0.0227 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 112 | Mali | 0.0226 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 113 | Croatia | 0.0225 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 114 | Syria | 0.0224 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 0.022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 116 | Fiji | 0.022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 117 | Montenegro | 0.0208 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0205 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 119 | Angola | 0.0203 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 120 | Niger | 0.0197 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 0.0196 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0188 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 123 | Afghanistan | 0.0188 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 124 | Cameroon | 0.0177 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 125 | Morocco | 0.0177 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 126 | Vanuatu | 0.0173 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 127 | Faroe Islands | 0.0173 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 128 | Bulgaria | 0.0171 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 129 | Georgia | 0.0168 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 130 | Latvia | 0.0164 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 131 | Australia | 0.0164 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 132 | Moldova | 0.0163 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 133 | Estonia | 0.016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 134 | Peru | 0.016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 135 | Turkmenistan | 0.0159 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 136 | Malaysia | 0.0158 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 137 | South Africa | 0.0149 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 138 | Tunisia | 0.0148 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 139 | Botswana | 0.0139 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.1% | falling |
| 140 | Ukraine | 0.0139 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Cyprus | 0.0137 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 142 | Kuwait | 0.0129 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 143 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0127 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 144 | Mongolia | 0.0126 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 145 | Egypt | 0.0122 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 146 | Belize | 0.0114 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 147 | Yemen | 0.0108 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 148 | Bhutan | 0.0105 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 0.0103 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 150 | Iraq | 0.0098 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 151 | French Polynesia | 0.0091 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 152 | New Caledonia | 0.0089 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 153 | Chile | 0.0088 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 154 | Kiribati | 0.0085 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 155 | Sweden | 0.0084 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 156 | Jordan | 0.0076 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 157 | Mauritania | 0.0074 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 158 | Norway | 0.0074 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 159 | Finland | 0.0072 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 160 | Guyana | 0.0072 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 161 | Namibia | 0.0063 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 162 | Kazakhstan | 0.0061 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0059 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 164 | Congo | 0.0045 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 165 | Brunei | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Oman | 0.0043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 167 | Seychelles | 0.0043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 168 | Canada | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 169 | Algeria | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 170 | Russia | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 171 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 127.2% | rising |
| 172 | Iceland | 0.0031 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 173 | Liberia | 0.0031 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Suriname | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 175 | Singapore | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Solomon Islands | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 178 | Bahamas | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Libya | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 180 | Gabon | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0005 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 0.0328 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) 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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) 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.