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Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases...

Countries reporting
219
Highest
2,294 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0125 kt
Tuvalu
Median
9.17 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,319

What the numbers show

Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 219 countries. The highest value is 2,294 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0125 kt in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.17 kt, and the mean is 67.83 kt.

Over the past decade 186 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 46.6%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French Part) (down 26.5%).

Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CH4): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 2,294 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
2 China 2,125 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
3 China, mainland 2,087 kt 2023 up 3.2% rising
4 India 1,918 kt 2023 up 11.0% rising
5 Indonesia 365.22 kt 2023 up 9.9% rising
6 Pakistan 327 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
7 Brazil 276.36 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
8 Nigeria 273.05 kt 2023 up 25.9% rising
9 Bangladesh 229.04 kt 2023 up 9.5% rising
10 Mexico 171.44 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
11 Russian Federation 165.68 kt 2023 up 0.6% flat
12 Ethiopia 152.98 kt 2023 up 30.7% rising
13 Philippines 149.23 kt 2023 up 12.6% rising
14 Germany 134.19 kt 2023 up 4.3% flat
15 Egypt 133.63 kt 2023 up 20.1% rising
16 Viet Nam 130.34 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
17 Japan 129.49 kt 2023 down 2.6% flat
18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 126.05 kt 2023 up 39.6% rising
19 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 120.52 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
20 Türkiye 111.48 kt 2023 up 14.2% rising
21 France 107.29 kt 2023 up 3.2% rising
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 105.94 kt 2023 up 6.7% rising
23 Italy 100.12 kt 2023 down 1.9% rising
24 Thailand 93.13 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
25 Spain 80.62 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
26 United Republic of Tanzania 79.19 kt 2023 up 36.4% rising
27 South Africa 75.99 kt 2023 up 15.6% rising
28 Myanmar 70.31 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
29 Colombia 68.48 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
30 Canada 68.46 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
31 Kenya 65.78 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
32 Republic of Korea 63.41 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
33 Poland 62.34 kt 2023 up 1.3% flat
34 Ukraine 60.68 kt 2023 down 18.2% falling
35 Iraq 59.96 kt 2023 up 27.8% rising
36 Argentina 59.61 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
37 Sudan 58.39 kt 2023 up 32.4% rising
38 Uganda 57.84 kt 2023 up 37.7% rising
39 Algeria 53.86 kt 2023 up 20.2% rising
40 Afghanistan 52.96 kt 2023 up 31.1% rising
41 Australia and New Zealand 51.99 kt 2023 up 14.2% rising
42 Caribbean 51.38 kt 2023 up 6.6% rising
43 Yemen 50.32 kt 2023 up 34.4% rising
44 Malaysia 45.62 kt 2023 up 16.4% rising
45 Uzbekistan 45.54 kt 2023 up 19.9% rising
46 Peru 44.3 kt 2023 up 13.5% rising
47 Morocco 44 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
48 Angola 43.79 kt 2023 up 40.5% rising
49 Australia 43.49 kt 2023 up 13.8% rising
50 Saudi Arabia 42.49 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
51 Ghana 40.48 kt 2023 up 23.4% rising
52 Mozambique 39.98 kt 2023 up 34.3% rising
53 Nepal 39.5 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
54 Côte d'Ivoire 37.34 kt 2023 up 30.2% rising
55 Madagascar 37.08 kt 2023 up 29.4% rising
56 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 37.04 kt 2023 down 5.4% rising
57 Cameroon 33.81 kt 2023 up 32.6% rising
58 Niger 31.34 kt 2023 up 41.3% rising
59 Romania 30.75 kt 2023 down 4.7% falling
60 Sri Lanka 30.56 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
61 Syrian Arab Republic 30.14 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
62 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 28.8 kt 2023 up 6.6% rising
63 China, Taiwan Province of 28.57 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
64 Mali 28.48 kt 2023 up 36.1% rising
65 Burkina Faso 27.59 kt 2023 up 30.1% rising
66 Kazakhstan 25.97 kt 2023 up 15.8% rising
67 Chile 25.73 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
68 Malawi 25.09 kt 2023 up 30.6% rising
69 Zambia 24.64 kt 2023 up 34.6% rising
70 Guatemala 23.95 kt 2023 up 17.8% rising
71 Ecuador 23.53 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
72 Cambodia 22.63 kt 2023 up 14.9% rising
73 Chad 22.54 kt 2023 up 41.1% rising
74 Somalia 21.82 kt 2023 up 42.7% rising
75 Senegal 21.66 kt 2023 up 31.8% rising
76 Zimbabwe 19.43 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
77 Belgium 18.64 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
78 Portugal 17.55 kt 2023 down 0.3% flat
79 Czechia 17.38 kt 2023 up 2.8% flat
80 Guinea 17.26 kt 2023 up 28.7% rising
81 Greece 17.24 kt 2023 down 6.6% flat
82 Benin 16.91 kt 2023 up 31.8% rising
83 Rwanda 16.59 kt 2023 up 25.8% rising
84 Sweden 16.27 kt 2023 up 9.9% rising
85 Burundi 16.27 kt 2023 up 31.1% rising
86 Melanesia 16.25 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
87 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 16.03 kt 2023 up 14.6% rising
88 Hungary 15.58 kt 2023 down 2.1% falling
89 Haiti 14.87 kt 2023 up 13.8% rising
90 Belarus 14.66 kt 2023 down 3.7% falling
91 Jordan 14.61 kt 2023 up 43.1% rising
92 Austria 14.53 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
93 Dominican Republic 14.47 kt 2023 up 11.2% rising
94 Tunisia 14.23 kt 2023 up 9.5% rising
95 Switzerland 14.12 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
96 Cuba 14.08 kt 2023 down 2.5% flat
97 Honduras 13.93 kt 2023 up 19.7% rising
98 South Sudan 13.65 kt 2023 up 2.8% flat
99 United Arab Emirates 13.59 kt 2023 up 35.9% rising
100 Tajikistan 13.27 kt 2023 up 26.4% rising
101 Papua New Guinea 13.27 kt 2023 up 25.1% rising
102 Azerbaijan 13.18 kt 2023 up 8.6% rising
103 Israel 11.82 kt 2023 up 19.4% rising
104 Serbia 11.4 kt 2023 down 6.9% falling
105 Togo 11.15 kt 2023 up 27.7% rising
106 Bulgaria 10.93 kt 2023 down 6.5% falling
107 Sierra Leone 10.14 kt 2023 up 26.0% rising
108 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.96 kt 2023 up 15.9% rising
109 Turkmenistan 9.41 kt 2023 up 24.0% rising
110 Denmark 9.17 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
111 China, Hong Kong SAR 9.12 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
112 Kyrgyzstan 9.04 kt 2023 up 22.0% rising
113 Nicaragua 9.02 kt 2023 up 14.0% rising
114 Paraguay 8.96 kt 2023 up 14.4% rising
115 Slovakia 8.87 kt 2023 up 2.0% flat
116 Finland 8.64 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
117 Libya 8.52 kt 2023 up 15.9% rising
118 Norway 8.51 kt 2023 up 8.6% rising
119 New Zealand 8.5 kt 2023 up 16.1% rising
120 El Salvador 8.34 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
121 Ireland 8.02 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
122 Lebanon 7.68 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
123 Singapore 7.52 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
124 Congo 7.37 kt 2023 up 27.3% rising
125 Palestine 6.91 kt 2023 up 25.4% rising
126 Costa Rica 6.75 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
127 Liberia 6.58 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
128 Croatia 6.56 kt 2023 down 8.2% falling
129 Oman 6.45 kt 2023 up 31.7% rising
130 Kuwait 6.44 kt 2023 up 37.9% rising
131 Central African Republic 6.14 kt 2023 up 11.0% rising
132 Mauritania 6.02 kt 2023 up 34.5% rising
133 Panama 5.89 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.36 kt 2023 down 11.8% falling
135 Republic of Moldova 4.93 kt 2023 down 10.0% falling
136 Georgia 4.86 kt 2023 down 0.0% falling
137 Albania 4.73 kt 2023 down 3.3% falling
138 Uruguay 4.43 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
139 Lithuania 4.4 kt 2023 down 3.5% falling
140 Mongolia 4.21 kt 2023 up 20.3% rising
141 Eritrea 4.13 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
142 Qatar 3.81 kt 2023 up 46.6% volatile
143 Armenia 3.76 kt 2023 up 0.7% falling
144 Jamaica 3.63 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
145 Slovenia 3.56 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
146 Namibia 3.56 kt 2023 up 31.5% rising
147 Gambia 3.23 kt 2023 up 28.2% rising
148 North Macedonia 3.08 kt 2023 down 9.0% falling
149 Botswana 2.98 kt 2023 up 15.9% rising
150 Gabon 2.96 kt 2023 up 29.9% rising
151 Latvia 2.9 kt 2023 down 6.5% falling
152 Lesotho 2.78 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
153 Guinea-Bissau 2.58 kt 2023 up 27.0% rising
154 Equatorial Guinea 2.2 kt 2023 up 37.2% rising
155 Estonia 2.2 kt 2023 up 3.7% falling
156 Bahrain 2.01 kt 2023 up 24.9% rising
157 Trinidad and Tobago 1.92 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
158 Timor-Leste 1.8 kt 2023 up 19.5% rising
159 Cyprus 1.72 kt 2023 up 13.6% rising
160 Mauritius 1.51 kt 2023 down 1.3% rising
161 Eswatini 1.48 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
162 Djibouti 1.37 kt 2023 up 17.1% rising
163 Fiji 1.18 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
164 Guyana 1.08 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
165 Luxembourg 1.06 kt 2023 up 22.4% rising
166 Bhutan 1.05 kt 2023 up 8.4% rising
167 Solomon Islands 1.02 kt 2023 up 34.5% rising
168 Comoros 1.01 kt 2023 up 22.1% rising
169 Montenegro 0.9772 kt 2023 up 0.1% flat
170 Malta 0.8968 kt 2023 up 24.4% rising
171 China, Macao SAR 0.8747 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
172 Polynesia 0.8427 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
173 Suriname 0.8232 kt 2023 up 10.5% rising
174 Maldives 0.6997 kt 2023 up 31.5% rising
175 Micronesia 0.671 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
176 Cabo Verde 0.6259 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
177 Iceland 0.5978 kt 2023 up 19.7% rising
178 Brunei Darussalam 0.5961 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
179 Belize 0.5432 kt 2023 up 20.3% rising
180 Bahamas 0.5103 kt 2023 up 5.4% rising
181 Vanuatu 0.4093 kt 2023 up 25.9% rising
182 New Caledonia 0.3703 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
183 Barbados 0.3607 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
184 French Polynesia 0.3591 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
185 Samoa 0.2768 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
186 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2751 kt 2023 up 19.5% rising
187 Curaçao 0.2369 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
188 Saint Lucia 0.229 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
189 Guam 0.2127 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
190 Kiribati 0.1693 kt 2023 up 16.4% rising
191 Seychelles 0.1521 kt 2023 up 25.3% rising
192 Grenada 0.1496 kt 2023 up 3.2% rising
193 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.1439 kt 2023 up 4.2% flat
194 Aruba 0.1379 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
195 Andorra 0.1361 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
196 Tonga 0.1336 kt 2023 down 2.3% rising
197 Isle of Man 0.1298 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
198 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1294 kt 2023 down 6.3% falling
199 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1192 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
200 United States Virgin Islands 0.1095 kt 2023 down 16.9% falling
201 Cayman Islands 0.0933 kt 2023 up 24.5% rising
202 Greenland 0.0899 kt 2023 down 1.0% flat
203 Dominica 0.085 kt 2023 down 4.6% flat
204 Faroe Islands 0.0844 kt 2023 up 13.3% rising
205 Gibraltar 0.0647 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
206 Liechtenstein 0.063 kt 2023 up 7.3% rising
207 Monaco 0.062 kt 2023 up 9.9% rising
208 American Samoa 0.0607 kt 2023 down 12.0% flat
209 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0597 kt 2023 down 0.7% rising
210 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.059 kt 2023 up 37.3% rising
211 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0577 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
212 San Marino 0.0568 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
213 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0546 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
214 British Virgin Islands 0.0498 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
215 Marshall Islands 0.0496 kt 2023 down 23.4% falling
216 Saint Martin (French Part) 0.0351 kt 2023 down 26.5% falling
217 Palau 0.0226 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
218 Nauru 0.0152 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
219 Tuvalu 0.0125 kt 2023 down 10.8% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
251 places, 8,319 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.