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
216
Highest
100 %
Mayotte
Lowest
0 %
Turks and Caicos Islands
Median
47.57 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,422
What the numbers show
AFOLU — Emissions Share (CH4) is currently reported for 216 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Mayotte; the lowest is 0 % in Turks and Caicos Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 47.57 %, and the mean is 47.31 %.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 137 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 | Central African Republic | 94.13 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 4 | Chad | 92.67 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 5 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 91.88 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 6 | Paraguay | 91.51 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 7 | Niger | 90.57 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 90.41 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 9 | Mali | 90.29 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 10 | South Sudan | 89.72 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 11 | Ireland | 89.47 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 12 | Tuvalu | 88.11 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 13 | Cambodia | 87.96 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 14 | Myanmar | 87.26 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 15 | Nicaragua | 85.02 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 16 | New Zealand | 83.45 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 17 | Uruguay | 83.08 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 83.06 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 19 | Mauritania | 82.87 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Laos | 82.47 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 20 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 82.47 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 22 | Sudan (former) | 81.51 % | 2011 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 23 | Argentina | 81.16 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 24 | Botswana | 81.13 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 25 | Guinea | 80.69 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 26 | Namibia | 80.21 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 27 | Tokelau | 79.82 % | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 28 | United Republic of Tanzania | 78.07 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 29 | Sudan | 77.53 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 30 | East Timor | 77.39 % | 2023 | up 56.9% | falling |
| 30 | Timor-Leste | 77.39 % | 2023 | up 56.9% | falling |
| 32 | Pakistan | 76.79 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 76.41 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 34 | Senegal | 76 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 35 | Nepal | 75.59 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 36 | Samoa | 75.46 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 75.25 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 74.98 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 39 | Zambia | 74.53 % | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 40 | Polynesia | 74.31 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 41 | Madagascar | 74.17 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 73.94 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 43 | Eritrea | 72.61 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 44 | Kenya | 72.55 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 45 | Brazil | 71.74 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 46 | Switzerland | 71.44 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 47 | Philippines | 70.91 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 48 | Somalia | 70.71 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 49 | Cook Islands | 70.48 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 50 | Australia and New Zealand | 70.3 % | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 51 | Vanuatu | 68.71 % | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 52 | India | 68.48 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 53 | United Kingdom | 68.42 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 53 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 68.42 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 68.28 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 56 | Australia | 67.85 % | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 57 | Nauru | 66.67 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 57 | Nauru | 66.67 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 59 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 65.69 % | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 60 | France | 65.47 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 61 | Peru | 65.22 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 62 | Thailand | 65.17 % | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 64.52 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 64 | Syria | 64.33 % | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Syrian Arab Republic | 64.33 % | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Lithuania | 64.23 % | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 67 | Albania | 64 % | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 68 | Tonga | 63.96 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 69 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 63.72 % | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 70 | Gambia | 63.49 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 71 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.06 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 72 | Panama | 63.05 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 73 | Colombia | 62.4 % | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 74 | Denmark | 61.87 % | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 60.52 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 76 | Spain | 60.31 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 77 | Honduras | 60.23 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 78 | Malawi | 59.81 % | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 79 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 58.62 % | 1999 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 80 | Cuba | 58.4 % | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 81 | Germany | 57.96 % | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 57.79 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 83 | Vietnam | 57.26 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 83 | Viet Nam | 57.26 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.93 % | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 56.6 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 87 | Eswatini | 56.31 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 88 | Austria | 56.3 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 89 | Serbia and Montenegro | 56.17 % | 2005 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 90 | Mozambique | 55.78 % | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 91 | Japan | 55.63 % | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 92 | Italy | 55.4 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 93 | Uganda | 55.15 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 94 | Belgium | 54.9 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 95 | Belarus | 54.65 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 95 | Lesotho | 54.65 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 97 | Iceland | 54.43 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 98 | Benin | 53.36 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 99 | Suriname | 53.08 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 52.57 % | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 101 | Yemen | 50.75 % | 2023 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 50.57 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 103 | Angola | 50.43 % | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 104 | Dominica | 50.17 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 105 | Portugal | 49.06 % | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 106 | El Salvador | 48.77 % | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 107 | Jamaica | 48.62 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 108 | Mexico | 47.93 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 109 | Caribbean | 47.21 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 110 | Burundi | 47.11 % | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 111 | Fiji | 47.06 % | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 112 | Belize | 46.79 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 112 | Serbia | 46.79 % | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 114 | Latvia | 46.61 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 115 | Montenegro | 46.06 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 116 | Slovenia | 45.63 % | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 117 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.32 % | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 118 | Sweden | 45.11 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 119 | Djibouti | 44.93 % | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 120 | Guyana | 44.45 % | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 121 | Armenia | 43.87 % | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 122 | North Macedonia | 43.81 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 123 | Cabo Verde | 43.78 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 124 | Mongolia | 43.68 % | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 125 | Guatemala | 42.92 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 126 | Micronesia | 42.71 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 127 | Greece | 41.52 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 128 | OECD | 41.18 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 129 | Cameroon | 40.67 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 130 | Ecuador | 40.61 % | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 131 | Estonia | 40.54 % | 2023 | up 36.1% | falling |
| 132 | Croatia | 40.38 % | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 133 | Rwanda | 39.92 % | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 134 | Haiti | 39.82 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 135 | Saint Lucia | 39.37 % | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 136 | Romania | 39.36 % | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 137 | Finland | 39.23 % | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 138 | Melanesia | 38.47 % | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 139 | Georgia | 38.37 % | 2023 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 140 | Malta | 37.67 % | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 141 | Poland | 37.57 % | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 142 | Bhutan | 36.64 % | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 143 | Indonesia | 35.65 % | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 144 | Ghana | 35.4 % | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 145 | Togo | 34.19 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 146 | Chile | 34.04 % | 2023 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 33.96 % | 2023 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 148 | Norway | 33.95 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 149 | Azerbaijan | 33.38 % | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 150 | Turkmenistan | 32.96 % | 2023 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 151 | Papua New Guinea | 32.55 % | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 152 | Cote d'Ivoire | 32.52 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 152 | Côte d'Ivoire | 32.52 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 154 | Grenada | 32.21 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 155 | Republic of Korea | 30.72 % | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 156 | Hungary | 30.07 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 157 | Canada | 29.4 % | 2023 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 158 | Nigeria | 28.78 % | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 159 | Tunisia | 28.64 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 160 | Morocco | 27.99 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 161 | Moldova | 27.75 % | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 161 | Republic of Moldova | 27.75 % | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 163 | United States | 27.52 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 164 | Czechia | 26.85 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 165 | China, mainland | 26.39 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 166 | China | 26.21 % | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 167 | Turkey | 26.15 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 167 | Türkiye | 26.15 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 169 | Egypt | 25.57 % | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 170 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.23 % | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 171 | Kiribati | 23.47 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 23.25 % | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 173 | South Africa | 23 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 174 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.87 % | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 175 | Bulgaria | 22.3 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 176 | Slovakia | 20.02 % | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 177 | Comoros | 19.59 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 178 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 19.22 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 179 | Malaysia | 18.72 % | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 180 | Barbados | 18.51 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.88 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 182 | China, Taiwan Province of | 16.3 % | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.9 % | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 184 | Ukraine | 15.62 % | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 185 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 14.39 % | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 186 | Algeria | 12.83 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 187 | Russia | 12.59 % | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 187 | Russian Federation | 12.59 % | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 189 | Jordan | 12.21 % | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 190 | Liberia | 12.04 % | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 191 | Congo | 9.87 % | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 192 | Israel | 8.9 % | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 193 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.72 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 194 | Lebanon | 7.6 % | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 195 | Libya | 7.05 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Saudi Arabia | 6.74 % | 2023 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 197 | Cyprus | 6.08 % | 2023 | down 74.7% | falling |
| 198 | Bahamas | 5.23 % | 2023 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 199 | United Arab Emirates | 4.48 % | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 200 | Oman | 4.44 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 201 | Mauritius | 3.82 % | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 202 | Iraq | 2.84 % | 2023 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 202 | Seychelles | 2.84 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 204 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.11 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 205 | Gabon | 1.83 % | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 206 | Qatar | 1.79 % | 2023 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 207 | Brunei | 1.3 % | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 207 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.3 % | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 209 | China, Macao SAR | 0.95 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 210 | Kuwait | 0.62 % | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 211 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.54 % | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 212 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.5 % | 2023 | up 194.1% | volatile |
| 213 | Bahrain | 0.12 % | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 214 | Singapore | 0.04 % | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 215 | Maldives | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 215 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- 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 %
- Africa 54.15 %
- European Union (27) 53.4 %
- Southern Europe 52.98 %
- Central America 51.08 %
- Americas 50.55 %
- South-Eastern Asia 49.8 %
- Non-Annex I countries 48.38 %
- Western Africa 48.32 %
- World 45.15 %
- Central Asia 44.11 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 42.57 %
- Asia 41.1 %
- Northern Africa 35.14 %
- Annex I countries 34.87 %
- Europe 33.93 %
- Southern Africa 33.42 %
- Northern America 27.78 %
- United States of America 27.52 %
- Eastern Asia 27.22 %
- Eastern Europe 17.54 %
- Western Asia 10.66 %
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.