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Energy — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
229
Highest
26,548 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Niue
Median
60.3 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
15,109

What the numbers show

Energy — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 26,548 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 60.3 kt, and the mean is 847.63 kt.

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 5,419.1%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 83.5%).

Energy — Emissions (CH4): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 26,548 kt 2023 up 16.2% rising
2 China, mainland 26,500 kt 2023 up 16.2% rising
3 OECD 23,587 kt 2023 up 3.0% falling
4 United States 15,300 kt 2023 up 13.3% rising
5 USSR 11,328 kt 1991 up 19.0% rising
6 Russia 9,140 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
6 Russian Federation 9,140 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
8 Indonesia 8,920 kt 2023 up 63.7% volatile
9 India 4,960 kt 2023 up 35.5% rising
10 Iraq 4,810 kt 2023 up 44.4% rising
11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,390 kt 2023 up 29.9% rising
12 Nigeria 4,030 kt 2023 down 25.0% rising
13 Saudi Arabia 2,390 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
14 Canada 2,360 kt 2023 down 8.2% rising
15 Australia and New Zealand 1,743 kt 2023 down 3.3% rising
16 Australia 1,710 kt 2023 down 2.3% rising
17 Brazil 1,410 kt 2023 up 18.5% rising
17 South Africa 1,410 kt 2023 down 13.5% rising
19 Algeria 1,300 kt 2023 unchanged rising
20 Ukraine 1,180 kt 2023 down 35.2% falling
21 Pakistan 981 kt 2023 up 21.4% volatile
22 Kazakhstan 977 kt 2023 down 8.7% rising
23 Kuwait 950 kt 2023 down 7.8% falling
24 United Arab Emirates 932 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
25 Mongolia 887 kt 2023 up 135.3% volatile
26 Oman 873 kt 2023 up 12.9% volatile
27 Vietnam 864 kt 2023 down 9.3% volatile
27 Viet Nam 864 kt 2023 down 9.3% volatile
29 Libya 782 kt 2023 up 16.2% volatile
30 Angola 775 kt 2023 down 30.2% volatile
31 Bahrain 765 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo 760 kt 2023 up 23.2% volatile
33 Egypt 716 kt 2023 down 6.2% rising
34 Ethiopia 702 kt 2023 up 23.8% rising
35 Poland 641 kt 2023 down 29.1% volatile
36 Uzbekistan 625 kt 2023 down 12.8% rising
37 Qatar 622 kt 2023 down 7.9% volatile
38 Mexico 542 kt 2023 down 26.2% rising
39 Turkmenistan 489 kt 2023 down 13.0% rising
40 Gabon 487 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
41 Congo 476 kt 2023 up 14.1% volatile
42 Germany 474 kt 2023 down 14.1% volatile
43 Philippines 456 kt 2023 up 36.5% rising
44 Uganda 443 kt 2023 up 80.1% volatile
45 Mozambique 441 kt 2023 up 45.1% volatile
46 Colombia 440 kt 2023 down 26.9% rising
47 United Republic of Tanzania 429 kt 2023 up 35.8% volatile
48 Argentina 421 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
49 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 389 kt 2023 down 26.5% rising
50 Kenya 386 kt 2023 up 14.2% rising
51 Sudan (former) 385.5 kt 2011 up 12.8% rising
52 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 368 kt 2023 down 65.3% volatile
53 Ghana 349 kt 2023 up 46.0% volatile
54 Malaysia 346 kt 2023 down 8.0% volatile
55 Yugoslav SFR 325.38 kt 1991 up 39.1% rising
56 Cameroon 323 kt 2023 up 2.5% volatile
57 Turkey 316 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
57 Türkiye 316 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
59 Ethiopia PDR 298.5 kt 1992 up 45.8% rising
60 Ecuador 298 kt 2023 down 10.5% volatile
61 Sudan 282 kt 2023 up 15.6% rising
61 Thailand 282 kt 2023 down 59.7% rising
63 Italy 269 kt 2023 down 4.3% rising
64 Czechoslovakia 260.3 kt 1992 down 33.9% falling
65 Caribbean 229.98 kt 2023 down 8.9% rising
66 France 218 kt 2023 down 6.8% volatile
67 Zambia 217 kt 2023 up 26.2% rising
68 Bangladesh 212 kt 2023 down 5.4% rising
69 Cote d'Ivoire 209 kt 2023 down 1.9% volatile
69 Japan 209 kt 2023 down 16.1% falling
69 Côte d'Ivoire 209 kt 2023 down 1.9% volatile
72 Azerbaijan 179 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
73 Somalia 178 kt 2023 up 9.9% volatile
74 Myanmar 172 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
75 United Kingdom 169 kt 2023 down 27.2% volatile
75 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 169 kt 2023 down 27.2% volatile
77 Madagascar 162 kt 2023 up 20.0% volatile
78 Republic of Korea 160 kt 2023 up 5.3% falling
79 Norway 156 kt 2023 down 7.7% volatile
80 Haiti 150 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
81 Zimbabwe 144 kt 2023 up 35.8% rising
82 Romania 134 kt 2023 down 18.3% falling
83 Chad 129 kt 2023 up 24.0% volatile
84 Nepal 127 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
85 Czechia 117 kt 2023 down 24.5% falling
85 Peru 117 kt 2023 down 13.3% flat
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 116 kt 2023 up 58.0% rising
88 Burkina Faso 110 kt 2023 up 1.9% volatile
89 Guatemala 108 kt 2023 up 30.8% rising
90 Belgium 104 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
91 Togo 103 kt 2023 up 31.9% volatile
92 Hungary 92.9 kt 2023 down 11.5% flat
93 Tunisia 92 kt 2023 down 27.6% rising
94 Belarus 90.8 kt 2023 down 2.0% falling
95 Spain 86.1 kt 2023 down 8.8% falling
96 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 84.8 kt 2023 down 26.9% volatile
97 Equatorial Guinea 83.8 kt 2023 down 67.4% volatile
98 Benin 80.3 kt 2023 up 25.3% volatile
99 Greece 77 kt 2023 down 32.5% rising
100 Malawi 76.4 kt 2023 up 4.8% volatile
101 Afghanistan 75.7 kt 2023 up 67.8% volatile
101 Laos 75.7 kt 2023 up 96.1% volatile
101 Lao People's Democratic Republic 75.7 kt 2023 up 96.1% volatile
104 Belgium-Luxembourg 75.52 kt 1999 down 31.7% falling
105 Guinea 75.2 kt 2023 down 6.5% rising
106 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 71.3 kt 2023 down 41.6% falling
107 Serbia and Montenegro 69.5 kt 2005 down 27.9% falling
108 Chile 66.5 kt 2023 down 53.8% falling
109 Serbia 65.4 kt 2023 down 2.2% flat
110 South Sudan 64.7 kt 2023 down 10.3% falling
111 Cambodia 64.6 kt 2023 up 0.2% volatile
112 Melanesia 63.48 kt 2023 up 120.7% volatile
113 Rwanda 63.1 kt 2023 up 21.8% falling
114 Papua New Guinea 62 kt 2023 up 126.3% volatile
115 Sierra Leone 60.3 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
116 Liberia 59.5 kt 2023 up 13.5% volatile
117 Burundi 58.5 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
118 Mali 58.2 kt 2023 up 61.7% volatile
119 Paraguay 57.1 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
120 Austria 54.2 kt 2023 down 7.7% falling
121 Brunei 52.5 kt 2023 down 27.8% volatile
121 Brunei Darussalam 52.5 kt 2023 down 27.8% volatile
123 Switzerland 52.4 kt 2023 up 66.3% rising
124 Guyana 52.1 kt 2023 up 5,419.1% volatile
125 Niger 51.3 kt 2023 up 33.6% volatile
126 Yemen 50.6 kt 2023 down 83.5% volatile
127 Botswana 49.1 kt 2023 up 51.1% volatile
128 Ireland 47 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
129 Syria 45 kt 2023 down 28.8% volatile
129 Syrian Arab Republic 45 kt 2023 down 28.8% volatile
131 Portugal 44.8 kt 2023 up 57.2% rising
132 China, Taiwan Province of 43.6 kt 2023 down 2.5% falling
133 Bulgaria 43.4 kt 2023 down 10.7% falling
134 Tajikistan 42.5 kt 2023 up 141.5% volatile
135 Trinidad and Tobago 36.9 kt 2023 down 35.5% rising
136 Slovakia 36.2 kt 2023 up 7.1% falling
137 Kyrgyzstan 35.3 kt 2023 up 130.7% volatile
138 Sweden 35.2 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
139 Finland 34.4 kt 2023 down 2.3% falling
140 Namibia 34.1 kt 2023 up 121.4% volatile
141 Senegal 33.7 kt 2023 down 39.5% rising
142 New Zealand 32.8 kt 2023 down 36.9% rising
143 Slovenia 31.8 kt 2023 down 33.9% falling
144 Denmark 30.6 kt 2023 up 2.3% volatile
145 Sri Lanka 29.9 kt 2023 down 23.7% rising
146 Mauritania 28.3 kt 2023 up 2.9% volatile
147 Central African Republic 25.7 kt 2023 down 2.3% rising
148 Croatia 24.9 kt 2023 down 6.0% falling
149 Eritrea 23 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
150 Morocco 22.7 kt 2023 down 15.6% rising
151 Israel 22.6 kt 2023 up 86.8% volatile
152 Cuba 19.5 kt 2023 down 20.1% falling
153 Bhutan 19.4 kt 2023 up 14.8% volatile
154 Honduras 19.2 kt 2023 down 20.3% rising
155 Lesotho 17.8 kt 2023 down 7.8% rising
155 Singapore 17.8 kt 2023 down 6.8% rising
157 Dominican Republic 17.7 kt 2023 up 3.5% falling
158 Lithuania 17.3 kt 2023 down 4.9% rising
159 Guinea-Bissau 15.6 kt 2023 down 3.1% rising
160 Nicaragua 15.5 kt 2023 up 6.2% rising
161 Latvia 14.3 kt 2023 down 4.7% flat
162 Armenia 14.1 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
163 Moldova 13.2 kt 2023 up 13.8% rising
163 Republic of Moldova 13.2 kt 2023 up 13.8% rising
165 Eswatini 11.9 kt 2023 down 9.8% rising
166 Albania 9.78 kt 2023 up 3.5% volatile
167 Estonia 9.5 kt 2023 up 21.8% rising
168 Uruguay 8.87 kt 2023 up 13.3% rising
169 Gambia 8.69 kt 2023 up 1.2% volatile
170 Georgia 8.51 kt 2023 down 26.6% falling
171 Jordan 7.47 kt 2023 up 89.6% volatile
172 North Macedonia 6.85 kt 2023 down 27.5% falling
173 Suriname 6.64 kt 2023 down 10.9% volatile
174 Montenegro 6.18 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
175 Djibouti 6.1 kt 2023 down 1.6% volatile
176 East Timor 5.89 kt 2023 down 74.7% volatile
176 Timor-Leste 5.89 kt 2023 down 74.7% volatile
178 Comoros 5.58 kt 2023 up 9.0% volatile
179 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 5.04 kt 1990 up 9.4% volatile
180 Jamaica 4.33 kt 2023 down 25.6% volatile
181 China, Hong Kong SAR 4.14 kt 2023 up 10.1% volatile
182 Panama 3.62 kt 2023 up 4.9% falling
183 Lebanon 3.51 kt 2023 unchanged rising
184 El Salvador 3.08 kt 2023 down 43.6% falling
185 Costa Rica 2.63 kt 2023 down 33.6% rising
186 Micronesia 1.8 kt 2023 up 34.7% volatile
187 Luxembourg 1.7 kt 2023 up 11.1% flat
188 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1.54 kt 2010 down 54.6% volatile
189 Sao Tome and Principe 1.23 kt 2023 down 2.4% volatile
190 Palau 0.989 kt 2023 up 14.6% volatile
191 Cyprus 0.902 kt 2023 up 51.6% rising
192 Cabo Verde 0.867 kt 2023 up 2.0% volatile
193 Belize 0.807 kt 2023 down 37.0% volatile
194 Marshall Islands 0.75 kt 2023 up 77.3% volatile
195 Solomon Islands 0.596 kt 2023 up 6.6% volatile
196 Mauritius 0.591 kt 2023 down 17.8% falling
197 Bahamas 0.581 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
198 Maldives 0.536 kt 2023 up 58.1% volatile
199 Fiji 0.518 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
200 China, Macao SAR 0.369 kt 2023 up 21.0% rising
201 Vanuatu 0.362 kt 2023 up 6.2% volatile
202 Polynesia 0.3549 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
203 Iceland 0.316 kt 2023 down 14.6% rising
204 Barbados 0.308 kt 2023 down 41.1% volatile
205 Samoa 0.3 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
206 Andorra 0.262 kt 2023 down 3.3% falling
207 Liechtenstein 0.234 kt 2023 up 62.5% volatile
208 Seychelles 0.198 kt 2023 up 55.9% volatile
209 Saint Lucia 0.152 kt 2023 down 6.2% volatile
210 San Marino 0.143 kt 2023 down 3.4% rising
211 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.135 kt 2023 down 9.4% rising
212 Aruba 0.134 kt 2023 down 26.0% volatile
213 Monaco 0.126 kt 2023 down 1.6% volatile
214 Dominica 0.0958 kt 2023 down 11.3% rising
215 Malta 0.0871 kt 2023 down 24.9% rising
216 Kiribati 0.0614 kt 2023 up 20.6% volatile
217 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0594 kt 2023 up 12.3% volatile
218 Tonga 0.0456 kt 2023 up 13.2% rising
219 British Virgin Islands 0.0347 kt 2023 up 7.8% volatile
220 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0271 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
220 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.0271 kt 2023 up 25.5% volatile
222 Grenada 0.0122 kt 2023 up 9.9% volatile
223 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0101 kt 2023 up 21.7% volatile
224 Cook Islands 0.0093 kt 2023 up 32.9% rising
225 Nauru 0.0042 kt 2023 up 61.5% rising
225 Nauru 0.0042 kt 2023 up 61.5% rising
227 Anguilla 0.0037 kt 2023 down 22.9% volatile
228 Holy See 0.0021 kt 2023 down 19.2% rising
229 Niue 0 kt 2023 — 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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Indicator
Energy — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
262 places, 15,109 data points, 1961–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood 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). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf