AFOLU — Emissions Share (CH4) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.
Countries reporting
209
Highest
100 %
Mayotte
Lowest
0 %
Netherlands Antilles (former)
Median
46.79 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,018
What the numbers show
AFOLU — Emissions Share (CH4) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Mayotte; the lowest is 0 % in Netherlands Antilles (former).
The median across all reporting countries is 46.79 %, and the mean is 45.73 %.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 194.1%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 74.7%).
AFOLU — Emissions Share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayotte | 100 % | 1999 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Niue | 94.19 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 3 | Chad | 92.67 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 4 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 91.88 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | Paraguay | 91.51 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 6 | Niger | 90.57 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 90.41 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 90.29 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 9 | South Sudan | 89.72 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 10 | Ireland | 89.47 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 11 | Tuvalu | 88.11 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 12 | Cambodia | 87.96 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 13 | Myanmar | 87.26 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 14 | Nicaragua | 85.02 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 15 | New Zealand | 83.45 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 16 | Uruguay | 83.08 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 83.06 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 18 | Mauritania | 82.87 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 82.47 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan (former) | 81.51 % | 2011 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 21 | Argentina | 81.16 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 22 | Botswana | 81.13 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 23 | Guinea | 80.69 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 24 | Namibia | 80.21 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 25 | Tokelau | 79.82 % | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 26 | United Republic of Tanzania | 78.07 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 27 | Sudan | 77.53 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 28 | Timor-Leste | 77.39 % | 2023 | up 56.9% | falling |
| 29 | Pakistan | 76.79 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 76.41 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 31 | Senegal | 76 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 32 | Nepal | 75.59 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 33 | Samoa | 75.46 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 75.25 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 74.98 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | Zambia | 74.53 % | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 37 | Polynesia | 74.31 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 38 | Madagascar | 74.17 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 73.94 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 40 | Eritrea | 72.61 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 41 | Kenya | 72.55 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 42 | Brazil | 71.74 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 43 | Switzerland | 71.44 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 44 | Philippines | 70.91 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 45 | Somalia | 70.71 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 46 | Cook Islands | 70.48 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 47 | Australia and New Zealand | 70.3 % | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 48 | Vanuatu | 68.71 % | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 49 | India | 68.48 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 50 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 68.42 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 68.28 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 52 | Australia | 67.85 % | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 53 | Nauru | 66.67 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 54 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 65.69 % | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 55 | France | 65.47 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 56 | Peru | 65.22 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 57 | Thailand | 65.17 % | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 64.52 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 59 | Syrian Arab Republic | 64.33 % | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Lithuania | 64.23 % | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 61 | Albania | 64 % | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 62 | Tonga | 63.96 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 63 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 63.72 % | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 64 | Gambia | 63.49 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 65 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.06 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 66 | Panama | 63.05 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 67 | Colombia | 62.4 % | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 68 | Denmark | 61.87 % | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 60.52 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 70 | Spain | 60.31 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 71 | Honduras | 60.23 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 72 | Malawi | 59.81 % | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 73 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 58.62 % | 1999 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 58.4 % | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 75 | Germany | 57.96 % | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 76 | Zimbabwe | 57.79 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 77 | Viet Nam | 57.26 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.93 % | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 56.6 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 80 | Eswatini | 56.31 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 81 | Austria | 56.3 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 82 | Serbia and Montenegro | 56.17 % | 2005 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 83 | Mozambique | 55.78 % | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 84 | Japan | 55.63 % | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 85 | Italy | 55.4 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 86 | Uganda | 55.15 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 87 | Belgium | 54.9 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 88 | Belarus | 54.65 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 88 | Lesotho | 54.65 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 90 | Iceland | 54.43 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 91 | Benin | 53.36 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 92 | Suriname | 53.08 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 52.57 % | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 94 | Yemen | 50.75 % | 2023 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 50.57 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 96 | Angola | 50.43 % | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 97 | Dominica | 50.17 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 98 | Portugal | 49.06 % | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 99 | El Salvador | 48.77 % | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 100 | Jamaica | 48.62 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 101 | Mexico | 47.93 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 102 | Caribbean | 47.21 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 103 | Burundi | 47.11 % | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 104 | Fiji | 47.06 % | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 105 | Belize | 46.79 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 105 | Serbia | 46.79 % | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 107 | Latvia | 46.61 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 108 | Montenegro | 46.06 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 109 | Slovenia | 45.63 % | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 110 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.32 % | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 111 | Sweden | 45.11 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 112 | Djibouti | 44.93 % | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 113 | Guyana | 44.45 % | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 114 | Armenia | 43.87 % | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 115 | North Macedonia | 43.81 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 116 | Cabo Verde | 43.78 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 117 | Mongolia | 43.68 % | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 118 | Guatemala | 42.92 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 119 | Micronesia | 42.71 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 120 | Greece | 41.52 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 121 | OECD | 41.18 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 122 | Cameroon | 40.67 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 123 | Ecuador | 40.61 % | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 124 | Estonia | 40.54 % | 2023 | up 36.1% | falling |
| 125 | Croatia | 40.38 % | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 126 | Rwanda | 39.92 % | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 127 | Haiti | 39.82 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 128 | Saint Lucia | 39.37 % | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 129 | Romania | 39.36 % | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 130 | Finland | 39.23 % | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 131 | Melanesia | 38.47 % | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 132 | Georgia | 38.37 % | 2023 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 133 | Malta | 37.67 % | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 134 | Poland | 37.57 % | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 135 | Bhutan | 36.64 % | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 136 | Indonesia | 35.65 % | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 137 | Ghana | 35.4 % | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 138 | Togo | 34.19 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 139 | Chile | 34.04 % | 2023 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 33.96 % | 2023 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 141 | Norway | 33.95 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 33.38 % | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 143 | Turkmenistan | 32.96 % | 2023 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 32.55 % | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 145 | Côte d'Ivoire | 32.52 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 146 | Grenada | 32.21 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 147 | Republic of Korea | 30.72 % | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 148 | Hungary | 30.07 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 149 | Canada | 29.4 % | 2023 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 150 | Nigeria | 28.78 % | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 151 | Tunisia | 28.64 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 152 | Morocco | 27.99 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 153 | Republic of Moldova | 27.75 % | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 154 | Czechia | 26.85 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 155 | China, mainland | 26.39 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 156 | China | 26.21 % | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 157 | Türkiye | 26.15 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 158 | Egypt | 25.57 % | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 159 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.23 % | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 160 | Kiribati | 23.47 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 23.25 % | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 162 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.87 % | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 163 | Bulgaria | 22.3 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 164 | Slovakia | 20.02 % | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 165 | Comoros | 19.59 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 166 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 19.22 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 167 | Malaysia | 18.72 % | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 168 | Barbados | 18.51 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 169 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.88 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 170 | China, Taiwan Province of | 16.3 % | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 171 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.9 % | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 172 | Ukraine | 15.62 % | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 173 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 14.39 % | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 174 | Algeria | 12.83 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 175 | Russian Federation | 12.59 % | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 176 | Jordan | 12.21 % | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 177 | Liberia | 12.04 % | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 178 | Congo | 9.87 % | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 179 | Israel | 8.9 % | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.72 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 181 | Lebanon | 7.6 % | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 182 | Libya | 7.05 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Saudi Arabia | 6.74 % | 2023 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 184 | Cyprus | 6.08 % | 2023 | down 74.7% | falling |
| 185 | Bahamas | 5.23 % | 2023 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 186 | United Arab Emirates | 4.48 % | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 187 | Oman | 4.44 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 188 | Mauritius | 3.82 % | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 189 | Iraq | 2.84 % | 2023 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Seychelles | 2.84 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.11 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 192 | Gabon | 1.83 % | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 193 | Qatar | 1.79 % | 2023 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 194 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.3 % | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 195 | China, Macao SAR | 0.95 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 196 | Kuwait | 0.62 % | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 197 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.54 % | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 198 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.5 % | 2023 | up 194.1% | volatile |
| 199 | Bahrain | 0.12 % | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 200 | Singapore | 0.04 % | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 201 | Aruba | 0 % | 2023 | — | flat |
| 201 | Maldives | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Marshall Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | flat |
| 201 | Palau | 0 % | 2023 | — | flat |
| 201 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 201 | British Virgin Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | flat |
| 201 | Anguilla | 0 % | 2023 | — | flat |
| 201 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0 % | 2023 | — | flat |
| 201 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 0 % | 2010 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central African Republic 94.13 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 73.68 %
- South America 71.31 %
- Eastern Africa 71.15 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 69.88 %
- Oceania 69.52 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 69.07 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 68.6 %
- Northern Europe 64.22 %
- Southern Asia 64.11 %
- Western Europe 61.98 %
- Middle Africa 58.04 %
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.