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Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Countries reporting
216
Highest
2,294 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0125 kt
Tuvalu
Median
9.29 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,319

What the numbers show

Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 216 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 9.29 kt, and the mean is 68.39 kt.

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

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

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
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.