Electricity — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Energy use in agriculture contains data on energy used in agriculture (including forestry, aquaculture and fisheries), for instance to operate machinery, irrigate, heat stables, operate aquaculture ponds and fishing vessels, and related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It also...

Countries reporting
153
Highest
288.95 kt
India
Lowest
0 kt
China, Macao SAR
Median
0.4227 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,248

What the numbers show

Electricity — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 153 countries. The highest value is 288.95 kt in India; the lowest is 0 kt in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4227 kt, and the mean is 8.84 kt.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 13,906.4%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 98.7%).

Electricity — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 288.95 kt 2023 up 50.2% rising
2 OECD 236.28 kt 2023 up 49.2% rising
3 China 214.71 kt 2023 up 69.7% rising
4 China, mainland 210.8 kt 2023 up 71.1% rising
5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 54.07 kt 2023 up 36.1% volatile
6 Brazil 40.54 kt 2023 up 42.0% rising
7 Russian Federation 28.03 kt 2023 up 51.8% volatile
8 Republic of Korea 22.15 kt 2023 up 41.3% volatile
9 Mexico 16.28 kt 2023 up 32.0% rising
10 Türkiye 16.11 kt 2023 up 173.3% volatile
11 Canada 12.72 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
12 Egypt 10.37 kt 2023 up 36.9% volatile
13 Viet Nam 10.11 kt 2023 up 460.9% volatile
14 Pakistan 9.7 kt 2023 down 2.5% rising
15 France 9.39 kt 2023 down 12.0% rising
16 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 8.36 kt 2023 down 11.7% rising
17 Uzbekistan 8.3 kt 2023 down 20.7% falling
18 Italy 7.94 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
19 Spain 6.28 kt 2023 up 16.1% rising
20 Germany 6.24 kt 2023 up 16.3% falling
21 Saudi Arabia 6.08 kt 2023 up 18.0% rising
22 Turkmenistan 5.81 kt 2023 up 47.3% rising
23 Australia and New Zealand 5.03 kt 2023 down 9.5% rising
24 Morocco 4.74 kt 2023 up 24.0% volatile
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.61 kt 2023 down 0.8% flat
26 United Arab Emirates 4.36 kt 2023 up 43.8% rising
27 Japan 4.24 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
28 Chile 4.01 kt 2023 up 2,172.8% volatile
29 China, Taiwan Province of 3.91 kt 2023 up 18.6% rising
30 Ecuador 3.71 kt 2005 up 115.8% rising
31 Algeria 3.6 kt 2023 up 313.1% volatile
32 Ukraine 3.57 kt 2023 down 25.0% volatile
33 Philippines 3.3 kt 2023 up 48.1% volatile
34 Jordan 3.24 kt 2023 up 30.0% volatile
35 Tajikistan 3.08 kt 2023 down 37.5% falling
36 New Zealand 2.91 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
37 Israel 2.9 kt 2023 up 24.9% rising
38 Panama 2.84 kt 2023 up 13,906.4% volatile
39 Norway 2.75 kt 2023 up 11.2% rising
40 Greece 2.66 kt 2023 down 18.0% rising
41 Azerbaijan 2.56 kt 2023 up 134.6% volatile
42 Poland 2.22 kt 2023 up 20.0% volatile
43 Belarus 2.13 kt 2023 up 9.6% falling
44 Australia 2.12 kt 2023 down 20.7% falling
45 Libya 2.03 kt 2023 up 17.0% rising
46 Bangladesh 2.01 kt 2023 up 33.6% volatile
47 Denmark 1.99 kt 2023 down 9.0% falling
48 Peru 1.97 kt 2023 up 45.2% rising
49 Sweden 1.91 kt 2023 up 28.0% falling
50 Kuwait 1.81 kt 2023 up 39.8% rising
51 Caribbean 1.8 kt 2023 down 7.9% rising
52 Tunisia 1.78 kt 2023 up 47.1% volatile
53 Kazakhstan 1.7 kt 2023 up 76.6% volatile
54 Dominican Republic 1.54 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
55 Austria 1.54 kt 2023 up 9.8% rising
56 Argentina 1.5 kt 2023 up 17.7% rising
57 Finland 1.5 kt 2023 down 17.1% rising
58 Sudan 1.35 kt 2023 up 109.8% rising
59 Belgium 1.31 kt 2023 down 26.6% rising
60 Czechia 1.28 kt 2023 up 31.2% falling
61 Portugal 1.23 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
62 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.21 kt 2023 up 56.1% rising
63 Iraq 1.21 kt 2023 up 43.5% rising
64 Hungary 1.17 kt 2023 up 35.2% falling
65 Switzerland 1.14 kt 2023 down 4.0% flat
66 Colombia 1.04 kt 2023 up 57.2% volatile
67 Indonesia 0.7427 kt 2023 up 27.1% volatile
68 Oman 0.6532 kt 2023 up 82.1% rising
69 Romania 0.6423 kt 2023 down 34.9% volatile
70 Ireland 0.6032 kt 2023 down 9.9% rising
71 Malaysia 0.6016 kt 2023 up 33.7% rising
72 Zimbabwe 0.5903 kt 2023 down 44.6% falling
73 Thailand 0.5724 kt 2023 up 35.5% rising
74 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.4653 kt 2023 up 9.9% rising
75 Serbia 0.4374 kt 2023 up 21.1% rising
76 Costa Rica 0.4343 kt 2023 up 12.8% volatile
77 Iceland 0.4227 kt 2023 up 32.4% rising
78 Nepal 0.378 kt 2023 up 253.9% volatile
79 Zambia 0.3746 kt 2023 up 15.6% rising
80 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.3738 kt 2023 down 42.8% volatile
81 Sudan (former) 0.3696 kt 2011 up 651.2% volatile
82 Eswatini 0.348 kt 2023 up 33.0% rising
83 Bulgaria 0.3335 kt 2023 up 9.8% volatile
84 Senegal 0.3302 kt 2023 up 1,518.6% volatile
85 Honduras 0.318 kt 1997 up 66.7% rising
86 Côte d'Ivoire 0.3103 kt 2023 volatile
87 Uruguay 0.2855 kt 2023 down 23.5% rising
88 Afghanistan 0.2664 kt 2023 up 48.0% volatile
89 Serbia and Montenegro 0.2484 kt 2004 up 16.3% rising
90 Namibia 0.2378 kt 2023 up 126.0% rising
91 Slovakia 0.2352 kt 2023 down 22.5% volatile
92 Lithuania 0.2326 kt 2023 up 11.4% volatile
93 Kyrgyzstan 0.2304 kt 2023 down 24.4% volatile
94 Latvia 0.2245 kt 2023 up 21.5% volatile
95 Cuba 0.2134 kt 2023 down 45.0% rising
96 Botswana 0.21 kt 2023 down 1.1% flat
97 Armenia 0.2079 kt 2023 up 14.7% volatile
98 Cyprus 0.1936 kt 2023 up 13.6% rising
99 Croatia 0.1782 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
100 Estonia 0.1774 kt 2023 down 28.2% volatile
101 Nicaragua 0.1434 kt 2023 up 35.8% rising
102 United Republic of Tanzania 0.1301 kt 2023 down 42.3% falling
103 Georgia 0.1284 kt 2023 up 205.7% volatile
104 Faroe Islands 0.1192 kt 2023 up 239.6% volatile
105 Republic of Moldova 0.1128 kt 2023 up 77.4% volatile
106 Mongolia 0.1095 kt 2023 up 82.8% volatile
107 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.108 kt 2023 up 155.3% volatile
108 Papua New Guinea 0.1 kt 2023 up 53.1% rising
108 Melanesia 0.1 kt 2023 up 53.1% rising
110 El Salvador 0.096 kt 2011 up 27.0% rising
111 Cameroon 0.0874 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0768 kt 2023 up 30.6% falling
113 South Sudan 0.0762 kt 2023 down 11.8% falling
114 Bahrain 0.0636 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
115 Benin 0.0632 kt 2023 up 953.3% volatile
116 Burkina Faso 0.054 kt 2023 up 227.3% volatile
117 Singapore 0.048 kt 2004 up 73.9% rising
117 Brunei Darussalam 0.048 kt 1994 rising
119 Ghana 0.047 kt 2023 up 1,858.3% volatile
120 Kenya 0.0432 kt 2008 down 20.0% rising
121 Luxembourg 0.0416 kt 2023 down 13.3% flat
122 Palestine 0.0408 kt 2023 down 9.1% volatile
123 Gabon 0.0407 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
124 Guyana 0.0385 kt 2023 down 26.1% volatile
125 Madagascar 0.0384 kt 2023 up 60.0% rising
126 Puerto Rico 0.0379 kt 2023 up 14.8% falling
127 North Macedonia 0.0373 kt 2023 down 11.2% rising
128 Jamaica 0.036 kt 2018 up 54.5% volatile
129 Slovenia 0.032 kt 2023 up 58.4% rising
130 Mauritius 0.0224 kt 2023 down 26.6% rising
131 Malta 0.0206 kt 2023 up 56.1% rising
132 Guatemala 0.0204 kt 1998 up 70.0% rising
133 Suriname 0.0203 kt 2009 up 12.8% rising
134 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0192 kt 1999 up 6.7% rising
135 Belize 0.0181 kt 2023 up 33.1% rising
135 Montenegro 0.0181 kt 2023 up 25.7% falling
137 Niger 0.014 kt 2023 up 75.0% rising
138 Guinea-Bissau 0.0134 kt 2023 up 235.0% volatile
139 Dominica 0.006 kt 2023 up 39.5% rising
139 Malawi 0.006 kt 2023 down 11.8% volatile
141 Martinique 0.0052 kt 2010 up 44.4% rising
142 Bhutan 0.0028 kt 2023 up 27.3% rising
142 Togo 0.0028 kt 2023 up 366.7% rising
144 Albania 0.0026 kt 2023 down 98.7% volatile
145 Sri Lanka 0.0025 kt 2023 volatile
146 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0019 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
147 Lesotho 0.0013 kt 2023 down 23.5% falling
147 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0013 kt 2023 down 13.3% rising
149 Uganda 0.0012 kt 2010 up 500.0% volatile
150 Greenland 0.0007 kt 2023 unchanged falling
151 Mozambique 0.0004 kt 2023 down 98.7% volatile
152 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt 2001 flat
152 China, Macao SAR 0 kt 1999 flat

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
Electricity — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
187 places, 5,248 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Energy use in agriculture contains data on energy used in agriculture (including forestry, aquaculture and fisheries), for instance to operate machinery, irrigate, heat stables, operate aquaculture ponds and fishing vessels, and related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It also includes on-farm use of, and related GHG emissions from, electricity and heat generated off-farm. Data are available by country and regional groups with global coverage and are updated annually.