All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre by country
All sectors without LULUCF — 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.
What the numbers show
All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 28.09 kt per square kilometre in Bahrain; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0777 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.3445 kt per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 168.5%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 63.8%).
All sectors without LULUCF: Emissions (CO2eq) … CH4 square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 28.09 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 7.56 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 3 | Monaco | 6.06 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 4 | Kuwait | 2.07 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 5 | Qatar | 1.84 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.9713 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 0.6912 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 8 | Maldives | 0.5211 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 9 | Malta | 0.5021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4907 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 0.3807 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 12 | Israel | 0.3731 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 13 | Lebanon | 0.3629 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 14 | Barbados | 0.3554 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 15 | Iraq | 0.3466 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 16 | Brunei | 0.3344 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 17 | Haiti | 0.3187 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 18 | Vietnam | 0.2978 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 0.2916 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 20 | India | 0.2891 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 21 | Mauritius | 0.2696 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 0.2659 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 23 | Ireland | 0.2572 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 24 | Denmark | 0.2528 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 0.2464 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 26 | Tuvalu | 0.237 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 27 | Cyprus | 0.2249 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 168.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Nigeria | 0.2195 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 0.2125 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 30 | Indonesia | 0.2094 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 31 | Comoros | 0.2051 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 32 | Burundi | 0.1911 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 33 | Rwanda | 0.1877 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 34 | Thailand | 0.1842 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 0.1811 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 36 | Uganda | 0.1799 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 0.173 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 38 | San Marino | 0.1664 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 39 | Guatemala | 0.1643 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 40 | China | 0.1623 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 41 | Germany | 0.1613 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 42 | Czechia | 0.1555 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 43 | Grenada | 0.1546 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 44 | Nepal | 0.1543 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 45 | Seychelles | 0.1515 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 46 | Switzerland | 0.1504 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 47 | Uruguay | 0.1483 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 48 | El Salvador | 0.145 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 0.145 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 50 | Tonga | 0.1431 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 51 | Poland | 0.1418 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 52 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1416 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 53 | Cambodia | 0.1404 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 54 | Gambia | 0.14 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 0.1369 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 56 | Turkey | 0.1338 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 57 | New Zealand | 0.1311 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 58 | Marshall Islands | 0.1302 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1291 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 0.1218 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 0.1204 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 62 | Slovenia | 0.1188 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 63 | France | 0.1184 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 64 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1182 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 65 | Cuba | 0.1144 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 66 | Aruba | 0.1139 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Slovakia | 0.1134 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 68 | Portugal | 0.1119 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 69 | Austria | 0.1088 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 70 | Ethiopia | 0.1081 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1058 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 72 | Togo | 0.1052 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 73 | Hungary | 0.0992 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 74 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0982 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.8% | rising |
| 75 | Oman | 0.0974 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 0.0965 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 77 | Nauru | 0.0961 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 0.0955 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 79 | Guinea | 0.0918 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 80 | Romania | 0.0914 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 81 | Belarus | 0.0903 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 82 | Myanmar | 0.09 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 83 | Ukraine | 0.0887 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 84 | Spain | 0.0867 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 85 | Ecuador | 0.0865 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 86 | Kenya | 0.086 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 87 | Malawi | 0.0859 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 88 | United States | 0.0856 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 89 | Malaysia | 0.0831 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 90 | Albania | 0.0827 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 91 | Ghana | 0.0823 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 92 | Honduras | 0.0806 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 93 | Colombia | 0.0804 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 94 | Greece | 0.0796 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 95 | Japan | 0.0791 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 96 | Burkina Faso | 0.0785 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 97 | Serbia | 0.0777 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 98 | East Timor | 0.0772 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 0.0769 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 100 | Dominica | 0.0764 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 101 | Mexico | 0.076 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 0.0759 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 103 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0716 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 104 | Palau | 0.0694 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Jamaica | 0.0694 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 106 | Brazil | 0.0689 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 107 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0682 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 108 | Benin | 0.0673 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 109 | Paraguay | 0.0649 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 110 | South Africa | 0.0649 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 111 | Eswatini | 0.0644 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 112 | Morocco | 0.0631 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 113 | Jordan | 0.0619 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 114 | North Macedonia | 0.06 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 115 | Moldova | 0.0587 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 116 | Senegal | 0.0585 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 0.058 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 118 | Chad | 0.0579 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 119 | Panama | 0.0567 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 120 | Croatia | 0.0558 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 121 | Andorra | 0.0558 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 122 | Samoa | 0.0554 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 123 | Gabon | 0.0548 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 124 | Armenia | 0.0543 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 125 | South Sudan | 0.0526 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 126 | Tunisia | 0.0515 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 127 | Djibouti | 0.0513 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 128 | Laos | 0.0509 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 129 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0493 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 130 | Lesotho | 0.0484 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 131 | Turkmenistan | 0.0484 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 132 | Egypt | 0.0478 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 133 | Liechtenstein | 0.0474 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.1% | falling |
| 134 | Fiji | 0.0465 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 0.0458 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 136 | Montenegro | 0.0452 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 137 | Congo | 0.0452 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 138 | Madagascar | 0.0447 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 139 | Georgia | 0.0438 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 140 | Lithuania | 0.0434 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 141 | Cameroon | 0.0429 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 142 | Argentina | 0.0425 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0406 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 144 | Somalia | 0.0406 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 145 | Estonia | 0.0395 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 146 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0391 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 147 | Eritrea | 0.039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 148 | Sudan | 0.0364 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 149 | Kiribati | 0.0362 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 150 | Angola | 0.036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 151 | Latvia | 0.0352 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 152 | Syria | 0.0348 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 153 | Palestine | 0.0339 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 154 | Zimbabwe | 0.0339 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 155 | Bahamas | 0.0321 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 156 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0315 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 157 | Mozambique | 0.0311 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 158 | Mongolia | 0.0289 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 94.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Bhutan | 0.0284 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 160 | Russia | 0.0272 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 161 | Algeria | 0.0269 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 162 | Zambia | 0.0263 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 163 | Liberia | 0.0252 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 0.0252 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.5% | flat |
| 165 | Mali | 0.0251 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 166 | Afghanistan | 0.025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 167 | Chile | 0.0248 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 168 | Peru | 0.0244 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 169 | Australia | 0.024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 170 | Norway | 0.0218 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 171 | Niger | 0.0218 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 172 | Belize | 0.0218 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 173 | Yemen | 0.0213 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 174 | Sweden | 0.0185 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 175 | Finland | 0.0183 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 176 | Kazakhstan | 0.0179 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 177 | Faroe Islands | 0.0173 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 178 | Botswana | 0.0171 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.4% | flat |
| 179 | Central African Republic | 0.0169 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 180 | Guyana | 0.0161 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 181 | Libya | 0.0151 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 182 | Canada | 0.0132 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 183 | Solomon Islands | 0.0098 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 184 | French Polynesia | 0.0091 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 185 | Mauritania | 0.009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 186 | New Caledonia | 0.0089 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0083 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 188 | Namibia | 0.0078 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 189 | Iceland | 0.0057 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 190 | Suriname | 0.0055 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 191 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0051 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 192 | Gibraltar | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Greenland | 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 0.0715 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
All sectors without LULUCF — 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.
All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- All sectors without LULUCF — 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
All sectors without LULUCF — 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.