Energy — Emissions (CH4), annual growth rate by country

The year-on-year percentage change in Energy — Emissions (CH4). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

Countries reporting
229
Highest
107.73 % change on previous year
Mongolia
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Niue
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
62
1962–2023
Data points
14,774

What the numbers show

Energy — Emissions (CH4), annual growth rate is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 107.73 % change on previous year in Mongolia; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is -0.6182 % change on previous year.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in China (up 88,098.0%), and the largest decrease in Netherlands Antilles (former) (down 1,695.5%).

Energy — Emissions (CH4), annual growth rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 107.73 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,973.5% volatile
2 Gabon 16.23 % change on previous year 2023 up 510.2% volatile
3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13.44 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 13.23 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,515.7% volatile
5 Indonesia 11.5 % change on previous year 2023 up 671.9% volatile
6 Libya 10.92 % change on previous year 2023 up 137.1% volatile
7 Ethiopia PDR 10.56 % change on previous year 1992 up 181.4% volatile
8 Kyrgyzstan 6.97 % change on previous year 2023 down 35.9% volatile
9 Zimbabwe 6.67 % change on previous year 2023 up 246.7% volatile
10 China, Hong Kong SAR 6.43 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,314.7% volatile
11 Pakistan 6.17 % change on previous year 2023 up 40.4% volatile
12 Israel 6.1 % change on previous year 2023 down 73.9% volatile
13 India 5.98 % change on previous year 2023 up 126.8% volatile
14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.21 % change on previous year 2023 down 65.9% volatile
15 Grenada 5.17 % change on previous year 2023 down 82.2% volatile
16 Antigua and Barbuda 5.04 % change on previous year 2023 down 68.4% volatile
16 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 5.04 % change on previous year 2023 down 77.1% volatile
18 Nauru 5 % change on previous year 2023 up 25.0% volatile
18 Nauru 5 % change on previous year 2023 up 25.0% volatile
20 Panama 4.93 % change on previous year 2023 up 745.1% volatile
21 Switzerland 4.8 % change on previous year 2023 down 44.3% volatile
22 Marshall Islands 4.6 % change on previous year 2023 down 43.8% volatile
23 Liechtenstein 4.46 % change on previous year 2023 down 46.0% volatile
24 Argentina 4.21 % change on previous year 2023 up 424.0% volatile
25 Brazil 3.68 % change on previous year 2023 up 249.5% volatile
26 Mexico 3.63 % change on previous year 2023 up 294.1% volatile
27 United States 3.38 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
28 Nigeria 3.33 % change on previous year 2023 up 149.2% volatile
28 Cook Islands 3.33 % change on previous year 2023 up 13.3% volatile
30 Ghana 3.25 % change on previous year 2023 down 73.3% volatile
31 Congo 3.25 % change on previous year 2023 up 128.9% volatile
32 Portugal 3.23 % change on previous year 2023 down 32.5% volatile
33 Chad 3.2 % change on previous year 2023 up 158.7% volatile
34 Iceland 2.93 % change on previous year 2023 down 81.2% volatile
35 Afghanistan 2.85 % change on previous year 2023 down 53.4% volatile
36 Anguilla 2.78 % change on previous year 2023 down 58.3% volatile
37 Tajikistan 2.66 % change on previous year 2023 down 75.1% volatile
38 Canada 2.61 % change on previous year 2023 up 120.9% volatile
39 Seychelles 2.59 % change on previous year 2023 up 143.7% volatile
40 Australia 2.4 % change on previous year 2023 up 316.8% volatile
41 Costa Rica 2.33 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,026.8% volatile
42 China, mainland 2.32 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
43 China 2.31 % change on previous year 2023 up 88,098.0% volatile
44 Australia and New Zealand 2.28 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,539.0% volatile
45 Jordan 2.19 % change on previous year 2023 up 163.8% volatile
46 Botswana 2.08 % change on previous year 2023 up 66.8% volatile
47 OECD 2.02 % change on previous year 2023 up 988.1% volatile
48 Belarus 1.91 % change on previous year 2023 up 219.8% volatile
49 Maldives 1.9 % change on previous year 2023 down 69.7% volatile
50 Laos 1.75 % change on previous year 2023 up 572.7% volatile
50 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.75 % change on previous year 2023 up 572.7% volatile
52 Ukraine 1.72 % change on previous year 2023 down 39.0% volatile
53 Azerbaijan 1.7 % change on previous year 2023 up 44.0% volatile
54 Chile 1.68 % change on previous year 2023 down 90.7% volatile
55 China, Macao SAR 1.65 % change on previous year 2023 up 66.4% volatile
56 El Salvador 1.65 % change on previous year 2023 up 114.9% volatile
57 Qatar 1.63 % change on previous year 2023 up 119.0% volatile
58 Cuba 1.56 % change on previous year 2023 down 69.8% volatile
59 Philippines 1.56 % change on previous year 2023 up 28.6% volatile
60 Aruba 1.52 % change on previous year 2023 up 111.0% volatile
61 Malaysia 1.47 % change on previous year 2023 up 156.6% volatile
62 Lebanon 1.45 % change on previous year 2023 up 137.7% volatile
63 Latvia 1.42 % change on previous year 2023 up 122.7% volatile
63 United Republic of Tanzania 1.42 % change on previous year 2023 down 60.7% volatile
65 Jamaica 1.41 % change on previous year 2023 up 307.5% volatile
66 Denmark 1.32 % change on previous year 2023 down 61.7% volatile
67 Belgium-Luxembourg 1.25 % change on previous year 1999 up 173.5% volatile
68 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 1.22 % change on previous year 1990 up 1,903.7% volatile
69 Bahamas 1.22 % change on previous year 2023 up 247.6% volatile
70 South Sudan 1.09 % change on previous year 2023 down 89.5% volatile
71 Belgium 0.9709 % change on previous year 2023 down 64.3% volatile
72 Austria 0.9311 % change on previous year 2023 up 374.2% volatile
73 Mozambique 0.9153 % change on previous year 2023 down 88.8% volatile
74 British Virgin Islands 0.8721 % change on previous year 2023 up 132.1% volatile
75 Georgia 0.8294 % change on previous year 2023 down 97.4% volatile
76 Andorra 0.7692 % change on previous year 2023 down 59.1% volatile
77 Armenia 0.7143 % change on previous year 2023 up 192.1% volatile
78 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.678 % change on previous year 2023 down 81.8% volatile
79 Saint Lucia 0.6623 % change on previous year 2023 up 6.6% volatile
79 Tonga 0.6623 % change on previous year 2023 down 74.0% volatile
81 Norway 0.6452 % change on previous year 2023 down 87.0% volatile
82 Estonia 0.6356 % change on previous year 2023 down 29.8% volatile
83 Fiji 0.5825 % change on previous year 2023 down 91.4% volatile
84 Dominican Republic 0.5682 % change on previous year 2023 down 3.4% volatile
85 Cyprus 0.5574 % change on previous year 2023 up 105.5% volatile
86 Honduras 0.5236 % change on previous year 2023 down 69.0% volatile
87 Polynesia 0.4244 % change on previous year 2023 down 95.3% volatile
88 Mauritius 0.3396 % change on previous year 2023 up 21.7% volatile
89 Samoa 0.3344 % change on previous year 2023 down 96.7% volatile
90 Kiribati 0.3268 % change on previous year 2023 down 94.2% volatile
91 Dominica 0.3141 % change on previous year 2023 up 117.3% volatile
92 Vanuatu 0.277 % change on previous year 2023 down 97.5% volatile
93 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.2639 % change on previous year 2023 down 94.8% volatile
94 Malawi 0.2625 % change on previous year 2023 down 36.5% volatile
95 Niger 0.1953 % change on previous year 2023 down 99.3% volatile
96 Solomon Islands 0.1681 % change on previous year 2023 down 98.4% volatile
97 Burundi 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Burkina Faso 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
97 Central African Republic 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
97 Comoros 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Djibouti 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Eritrea 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Ethiopia 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Finland 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
97 France 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Guinea 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
97 Gambia 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Guinea-Bissau 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
97 Guatemala 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Haiti 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Kenya 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Cambodia 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Liberia 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Lesotho 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
97 Lithuania 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Morocco 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
97 Moldova 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
97 Madagascar 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Mali 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Myanmar 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
97 Mauritania 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Namibia 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
97 Nicaragua 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
97 Nepal 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Peru 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Paraguay 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Rwanda 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Senegal 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
97 Sierra Leone 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Somalia 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
97 Sao Tome and Principe 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Eswatini 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Togo 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Uganda 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
97 Zambia 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% falling
97 Republic of Moldova 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
138 Benin -0.1244 % change on previous year 2023 down 101.0% volatile
139 Uruguay -0.225 % change on previous year 2023 down 114.5% volatile
140 Colombia -0.2268 % change on previous year 2023 down 111.1% volatile
141 Caribbean -0.2334 % change on previous year 2023 down 122.5% volatile
142 Slovakia -0.2755 % change on previous year 2023 down 192.8% volatile
143 Bahrain -0.3906 % change on previous year 2023 down 103.0% volatile
144 Cote d'Ivoire -0.4762 % change on previous year 2023 down 114.0% volatile
144 Côte d'Ivoire -0.4762 % change on previous year 2023 down 114.0% volatile
146 Bhutan -0.5128 % change on previous year 2023 down 104.9% volatile
147 Hungary -0.5353 % change on previous year 2023 up 43.3% volatile
148 Cabo Verde -0.5734 % change on previous year 2023 up 84.2% volatile
149 Spain -0.5774 % change on previous year 2023 up 86.1% volatile
150 Luxembourg -0.5848 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
151 Albania -0.6098 % change on previous year 2023 down 107.6% volatile
152 Russia -0.6522 % change on previous year 2023 down 262.4% volatile
152 Russian Federation -0.6522 % change on previous year 2023 down 262.4% volatile
154 Sri Lanka -0.6645 % change on previous year 2023 up 84.0% volatile
155 Thailand -0.7042 % change on previous year 2023 down 132.2% volatile
155 South Africa -0.7042 % change on previous year 2023 up 41.9% volatile
157 Monaco -0.7874 % change on previous year 2023 down 111.8% volatile
158 Oman -0.7955 % change on previous year 2023 down 127.2% volatile
159 Croatia -0.7968 % change on previous year 2023 up 28.8% volatile
160 Sweden -0.8451 % change on previous year 2023 up 88.7% volatile
161 Sudan (former) -0.9252 % change on previous year 2011 down 116.5% volatile
162 Ecuador -0.9967 % change on previous year 2023 down 122.7% volatile
163 Italy -1.1 % change on previous year 2023 down 211.0% volatile
164 Republic of Korea -1.23 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
165 China, Taiwan Province of -1.36 % change on previous year 2023 down 2.5% volatile
166 Algeria -1.52 % change on previous year 2023 up 59.1% volatile
167 Singapore -1.66 % change on previous year 2023 up 69.6% volatile
168 Tunisia -1.71 % change on previous year 2023 up 62.1% volatile
169 Sudan -1.74 % change on previous year 2023 down 119.5% volatile
170 United Arab Emirates -2 % change on previous year 2023 down 144.2% volatile
171 Kazakhstan -2.01 % change on previous year 2023 down 116.7% volatile
172 San Marino -2.05 % change on previous year 2023 down 206.2% volatile
173 Egypt -2.19 % change on previous year 2023 down 21.3% volatile
174 Belize -2.3 % change on previous year 2023 up 91.6% volatile
175 Melanesia -2.3 % change on previous year 2023 down 119.6% volatile
176 Bangladesh -2.3 % change on previous year 2023 down 200.9% volatile
177 Japan -2.34 % change on previous year 2023 down 291.6% volatile
178 Papua New Guinea -2.36 % change on previous year 2023 down 120.0% volatile
179 Vietnam -2.37 % change on previous year 2023 down 35.4% volatile
179 Viet Nam -2.37 % change on previous year 2023 down 35.4% volatile
181 North Macedonia -2.42 % change on previous year 2023 up 77.7% volatile
182 Bosnia and Herzegovina -2.52 % change on previous year 2023 up 13.4% volatile
183 Angola -2.64 % change on previous year 2023 down 390.2% volatile
184 Trinidad and Tobago -2.64 % change on previous year 2023 down 474.7% volatile
185 Brunei -2.78 % change on previous year 2023 up 71.3% volatile
185 Brunei Darussalam -2.78 % change on previous year 2023 up 71.3% volatile
187 Greece -2.9 % change on previous year 2023 up 67.0% volatile
188 Micronesia -3.1 % change on previous year 2023 up 92.2% volatile
189 Turkmenistan -3.17 % change on previous year 2023 down 136.4% volatile
190 Ireland -3.29 % change on previous year 2023 down 350.2% volatile
191 Kuwait -3.46 % change on previous year 2023 down 81.4% volatile
192 New Zealand -3.53 % change on previous year 2023 up 72.0% volatile
193 Barbados -3.75 % change on previous year 2023 up 76.8% volatile
194 Iraq -3.8 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
195 Syria -4.05 % change on previous year 2023 up 92.9% volatile
195 Syrian Arab Republic -4.05 % change on previous year 2023 up 92.9% volatile
197 Cameroon -4.15 % change on previous year 2023 down 155.3% volatile
198 Malta -4.29 % change on previous year 2023 up 54.3% volatile
198 Romania -4.29 % change on previous year 2023 up 37.1% volatile
200 Holy See -4.55 % change on previous year 2023 down 22.7% volatile
201 Germany -4.82 % change on previous year 2023 up 12.0% volatile
202 Montenegro -4.92 % change on previous year 2023 down 571.8% volatile
203 Serbia -4.94 % change on previous year 2023 down 1,197.1% volatile
204 Democratic People's Republic of Korea -5.12 % change on previous year 2023 down 320.7% volatile
205 Uzbekistan -5.16 % change on previous year 2023 down 28.5% volatile
206 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) -5.31 % change on previous year 2023 down 418.7% volatile
207 United Kingdom -5.59 % change on previous year 2023 up 32.7% volatile
207 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -5.59 % change on previous year 2023 up 32.7% volatile
209 Slovenia -5.64 % change on previous year 2023 down 357.6% volatile
210 Czechia -6.4 % change on previous year 2023 down 5.6% volatile
211 Saudi Arabia -6.64 % change on previous year 2023 down 295.1% volatile
212 Suriname -6.74 % change on previous year 2023 down 930.3% volatile
213 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) -6.92 % change on previous year 2023 down 166.0% volatile
214 USSR -7.4 % change on previous year 1991 down 1,643.2% volatile
215 East Timor -7.82 % change on previous year 2023 up 75.4% volatile
215 Timor-Leste -7.82 % change on previous year 2023 up 75.4% volatile
217 Czechoslovakia -8.31 % change on previous year 1992 down 1,650.5% volatile
218 Palau -8.43 % change on previous year 2023 up 83.7% volatile
219 Poland -8.43 % change on previous year 2023 down 755.0% volatile
220 Guyana -8.44 % change on previous year 2023 down 1.0% volatile
221 Yugoslav SFR -9.68 % change on previous year 1991 down 167.7% volatile
222 Serbia and Montenegro -10.59 % change on previous year 2005 down 221.7% volatile
223 Turkey -10.73 % change on previous year 2023 down 13.4% volatile
223 Türkiye -10.73 % change on previous year 2023 down 13.4% volatile
225 Bulgaria -23.19 % change on previous year 2023 down 153.2% volatile
226 Equatorial Guinea -23.82 % change on previous year 2023 down 115.1% volatile
227 Yemen -46.17 % change on previous year 2023 down 426.8% volatile
228 Netherlands Antilles (former) -48.49 % change on previous year 2010 down 1,695.5% volatile
229 Niue -100 % change on previous year 1993 — volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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The year-on-year percentage change in Energy — Emissions (CH4). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

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Indicator
Energy — Emissions (CH4), annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
262 places, 14,774 data points, 1962–2023
Last refreshed

The year-on-year percentage change in Energy — Emissions (CH4). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.