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Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) 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
198
Highest
743,347 kt
China (People’s Republic of)
Lowest
0.0591 kt
Holy See
Median
1,614 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,415

What the numbers show

Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 743,347 kt in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 0.0591 kt in Holy See.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,614 kt, and the mean is 22,580 kt.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 5,419.1%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 83.5%).

Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China (People’s Republic of) 743,347 kt 2023 up 16.2% rising
2 China, mainland 742,000 kt 2023 up 16.2% rising
3 OECD 660,425 kt 2023 up 3.0% falling
4 USSR 317,186 kt 1991 up 19.0% rising
5 Russian Federation 255,920 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
6 Indonesia 249,760 kt 2023 up 63.7% volatile
7 India 138,880 kt 2023 up 35.5% rising
8 Iraq 134,680 kt 2023 up 44.4% rising
9 Nigeria 112,840 kt 2023 down 25.0% rising
10 Saudi Arabia 66,920 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
11 Canada 66,080 kt 2023 down 8.2% rising
12 Australia and New Zealand 48,798 kt 2023 down 3.3% rising
13 Australia 47,880 kt 2023 down 2.3% rising
14 Brazil 39,480 kt 2023 up 18.5% rising
14 South Africa 39,480 kt 2023 down 13.5% rising
16 Algeria 36,400 kt 2023 unchanged rising
17 Ukraine 33,040 kt 2023 down 35.2% falling
18 Pakistan 27,468 kt 2023 up 21.4% volatile
19 Kazakhstan 27,356 kt 2023 down 8.7% rising
20 Kuwait 26,600 kt 2023 down 7.8% falling
21 United Arab Emirates 26,096 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
22 Mongolia 24,836 kt 2023 up 135.3% volatile
23 Oman 24,444 kt 2023 up 12.9% volatile
24 Libya 21,896 kt 2023 up 16.2% volatile
25 Angola 21,700 kt 2023 down 30.2% volatile
26 Bahrain 21,420 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
27 Egypt 20,048 kt 2023 down 6.2% rising
28 Ethiopia 19,656 kt 2023 up 23.8% rising
29 Poland 17,948 kt 2023 down 29.1% volatile
30 Uzbekistan 17,500 kt 2023 down 12.8% rising
31 Qatar 17,416 kt 2023 down 7.9% volatile
32 Mexico 15,176 kt 2023 down 26.2% rising
33 Turkmenistan 13,692 kt 2023 down 13.0% rising
34 Gabon 13,636 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
35 Congo 13,328 kt 2023 up 14.1% volatile
36 Germany 13,272 kt 2023 down 14.1% volatile
37 Philippines 12,768 kt 2023 up 36.5% rising
38 Uganda 12,404 kt 2023 up 80.1% volatile
39 Mozambique 12,348 kt 2023 up 45.1% volatile
40 Colombia 12,320 kt 2023 down 26.9% rising
40 Cook Islands 0.259 kt 2023 up 33.1% rising
41 Argentina 11,788 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
42 Kenya 10,808 kt 2023 up 14.2% rising
42 Niue 0.0013 kt 2023 up 160.0% volatile
43 Sudan (former) 10,794 kt 2011 up 12.8% rising
44 Ghana 9,772 kt 2023 up 46.0% volatile
45 Malaysia 9,688 kt 2023 down 8.0% volatile
46 Yugoslav SFR 9,111 kt 1991 up 39.1% rising
47 Cameroon 9,044 kt 2023 up 2.5% volatile
48 Ethiopia PDR 8,358 kt 1992 up 45.8% rising
49 Ecuador 8,344 kt 2023 down 10.5% volatile
50 Sudan 7,896 kt 2023 up 15.6% rising
50 Thailand 7,896 kt 2023 down 59.7% rising
52 Italy 7,532 kt 2023 down 4.3% rising
53 Czechoslovakia 7,288 kt 1992 down 33.9% falling
54 France 6,104 kt 2023 down 6.8% volatile
55 Zambia 6,076 kt 2023 up 26.2% rising
56 Bangladesh 5,936 kt 2023 down 5.4% rising
57 Japan 5,852 kt 2023 down 16.1% falling
58 Azerbaijan 5,012 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
59 Somalia 4,984 kt 2023 up 9.9% volatile
60 Myanmar 4,816 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
61 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4,732 kt 2023 down 27.2% volatile
62 Madagascar 4,536 kt 2023 up 20.0% volatile
63 Republic of Korea 4,480 kt 2023 up 5.3% falling
64 Norway 4,368 kt 2023 down 7.7% volatile
65 Haiti 4,200 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
66 Zimbabwe 4,032 kt 2023 up 35.8% rising
67 Romania 3,752 kt 2023 down 18.3% falling
68 Chad 3,612 kt 2023 up 24.0% volatile
69 Nepal 3,556 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
70 Czechia 3,276 kt 2023 down 24.5% falling
70 Peru 3,276 kt 2023 down 13.3% flat
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,248 kt 2023 up 58.0% rising
73 Burkina Faso 3,080 kt 2023 up 1.9% volatile
74 Guatemala 3,024 kt 2023 up 30.8% rising
75 Belgium 2,912 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
76 Togo 2,884 kt 2023 up 31.9% volatile
77 Hungary 2,601 kt 2023 down 11.5% flat
78 Tunisia 2,576 kt 2023 down 27.6% rising
79 Belarus 2,542 kt 2023 down 2.0% falling
80 Spain 2,411 kt 2023 down 8.8% falling
81 Equatorial Guinea 2,346 kt 2023 down 67.4% volatile
82 Benin 2,248 kt 2023 up 25.3% volatile
83 Greece 2,156 kt 2023 down 32.5% rising
84 Malawi 2,139 kt 2023 up 4.8% volatile
85 Afghanistan 2,120 kt 2023 up 67.8% volatile
86 Belgium-Luxembourg 2,115 kt 1999 down 31.7% falling
87 Guinea 2,106 kt 2023 down 6.5% rising
88 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,996 kt 2023 down 41.6% falling
89 Serbia and Montenegro 1,946 kt 2005 down 27.9% falling
90 Chile 1,862 kt 2023 down 53.8% falling
91 Serbia 1,831 kt 2023 down 2.2% flat
92 South Sudan 1,812 kt 2023 down 10.3% falling
93 Cambodia 1,809 kt 2023 up 0.2% volatile
94 Rwanda 1,767 kt 2023 up 21.8% falling
95 Papua New Guinea 1,736 kt 2023 up 126.3% volatile
96 Sierra Leone 1,688 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
97 Liberia 1,666 kt 2023 up 13.5% volatile
98 Burundi 1,638 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
99 Mali 1,630 kt 2023 up 61.7% volatile
100 Paraguay 1,599 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
101 Austria 1,518 kt 2023 down 7.7% falling
102 Brunei Darussalam 1,470 kt 2023 down 27.8% volatile
103 Switzerland 1,467 kt 2023 up 66.3% rising
104 Guyana 1,459 kt 2023 up 5,419.1% volatile
105 Niger 1,436 kt 2023 up 33.6% volatile
106 Yemen 1,417 kt 2023 down 83.5% volatile
107 Botswana 1,375 kt 2023 up 51.1% volatile
108 Ireland 1,316 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
109 Portugal 1,254 kt 2023 up 57.2% rising
110 China, Taiwan Province of 1,221 kt 2023 down 2.5% falling
111 Bulgaria 1,215 kt 2023 down 10.7% falling
112 Tajikistan 1,190 kt 2023 up 141.5% volatile
113 Trinidad and Tobago 1,033 kt 2023 down 35.5% rising
114 Slovak Republic 1,014 kt 2023 up 7.1% falling
115 Kyrgyzstan 988.4 kt 2023 up 130.7% volatile
116 Sweden 985.6 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
117 Finland 963.2 kt 2023 down 2.3% falling
118 Namibia 954.8 kt 2023 up 121.4% volatile
119 Senegal 943.6 kt 2023 down 39.5% rising
120 New Zealand 918.4 kt 2023 down 36.9% rising
121 Slovenia 890.4 kt 2023 down 33.9% falling
122 Denmark 856.8 kt 2023 up 2.3% volatile
123 Sri Lanka 837.2 kt 2023 down 23.7% rising
124 Mauritania 792.4 kt 2023 up 2.9% volatile
125 Central African Republic 719.6 kt 2023 down 2.3% rising
126 Croatia 697.2 kt 2023 down 6.0% falling
127 Eritrea 644 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
128 Morocco 635.6 kt 2023 down 15.6% rising
129 Israel 632.8 kt 2023 up 86.8% volatile
130 Cuba 546 kt 2023 down 20.1% falling
131 Bhutan 543.2 kt 2023 up 14.8% volatile
132 Honduras 537.6 kt 2023 down 20.3% rising
133 Lesotho 498.4 kt 2023 down 7.8% rising
133 Singapore 498.4 kt 2023 down 6.8% rising
135 Dominican Republic 495.6 kt 2023 up 3.5% falling
136 Lithuania 484.4 kt 2023 down 4.9% rising
137 Guinea-Bissau 436.8 kt 2023 down 3.1% rising
138 Nicaragua 434 kt 2023 up 6.2% rising
139 Latvia 400.4 kt 2023 down 4.7% flat
140 Armenia 394.8 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
141 Eswatini 333.2 kt 2023 down 9.8% rising
142 Albania 273.84 kt 2023 up 3.5% volatile
143 Estonia 266 kt 2023 up 21.8% rising
144 Uruguay 248.36 kt 2023 up 13.3% rising
145 Gambia 243.32 kt 2023 up 1.2% volatile
146 Georgia 238.28 kt 2023 down 26.6% falling
147 Jordan 209.16 kt 2023 up 89.6% volatile
148 North Macedonia 191.8 kt 2023 down 27.5% falling
149 Suriname 185.92 kt 2023 down 10.9% volatile
150 Montenegro 173.04 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
151 Djibouti 170.8 kt 2023 down 1.6% volatile
152 Comoros 156.24 kt 2023 up 9.0% volatile
153 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 141 kt 1990 up 9.4% volatile
154 Jamaica 121.24 kt 2023 down 25.6% volatile
155 China, Hong Kong SAR 115.92 kt 2023 up 10.1% volatile
156 Panama 101.36 kt 2023 up 4.9% falling
157 Lebanon 98.28 kt 2023 unchanged rising
158 El Salvador 86.24 kt 2023 down 43.6% falling
159 Costa Rica 73.64 kt 2023 down 33.6% rising
160 Luxembourg 47.6 kt 2023 up 11.1% flat
161 Netherlands Antilles (former) 43.12 kt 2010 down 54.6% volatile
162 Sao Tome and Principe 34.44 kt 2023 down 2.4% volatile
163 Palau 27.69 kt 2023 up 14.6% volatile
164 Cyprus 25.26 kt 2023 up 51.6% rising
165 Belize 22.6 kt 2023 down 37.0% volatile
166 Marshall Islands 21 kt 2023 up 77.3% volatile
167 Solomon Islands 16.69 kt 2023 up 6.6% volatile
168 Mauritius 16.55 kt 2023 down 17.8% falling
169 Bahamas 16.27 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
170 Maldives 15.01 kt 2023 up 58.1% volatile
171 Fiji 14.5 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
172 China, Macao SAR 10.33 kt 2023 up 21.0% rising
173 Vanuatu 10.14 kt 2023 up 6.2% volatile
174 Iceland 8.85 kt 2023 down 14.6% rising
175 Barbados 8.62 kt 2023 down 41.1% volatile
176 Samoa 8.4 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
177 Andorra 7.34 kt 2023 down 3.3% falling
178 Liechtenstein 6.55 kt 2023 up 62.5% volatile
179 Seychelles 5.54 kt 2023 up 55.9% volatile
180 Saint Lucia 4.26 kt 2023 down 6.2% volatile
181 San Marino 4 kt 2023 down 3.4% rising
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.78 kt 2023 down 9.4% rising
183 Aruba 3.75 kt 2023 down 26.0% volatile
184 Monaco 3.53 kt 2023 down 1.6% volatile
185 Dominica 2.68 kt 2023 down 11.3% rising
186 Malta 2.44 kt 2023 down 24.9% rising
187 Kiribati 1.72 kt 2023 up 20.6% volatile
188 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.66 kt 2023 up 12.3% volatile
189 Tonga 1.28 kt 2023 up 13.2% rising
190 British Virgin Islands 0.9716 kt 2023 up 7.8% volatile
191 Antigua and Barbuda 0.7588 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
191 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.7588 kt 2023 up 25.5% volatile
193 Grenada 0.3416 kt 2023 up 9.9% volatile
194 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2828 kt 2023 up 22.3% volatile
195 Nauru 0.1162 kt 2023 up 57.9% rising
196 Holy See 0.0591 kt 2023 down 18.8% 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
Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
250 places, 14,415 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