Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre by country
Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
185
Highest
26.77 kt per square kilometre
Bahrain
Lowest
0.0001 kt per square kilometre
Iceland
Median
0.0129 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,671
What the numbers show
Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 26.77 kt per square kilometre in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.0001 kt per square kilometre in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0129 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.2007 kt per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 5,045.5%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 83.5%).
Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 26.77 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 2 | Monaco | 1.69 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Qatar | 1.52 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Kuwait | 1.49 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 5 | Singapore | 0.6942 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3674 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 7 | Iraq | 0.3102 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 8 | Brunei | 0.2789 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 10 | Haiti | 0.1524 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 11 | Indonesia | 0.132 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Nigeria | 0.1239 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 13 | Marshall Islands | 0.1167 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Belgium | 0.0955 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 15 | Comoros | 0.084 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0837 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 17 | China | 0.0792 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 18 | Oman | 0.079 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Vietnam | 0.0772 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Rwanda | 0.0716 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 21 | San Marino | 0.0667 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 22 | Burundi | 0.0638 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0634 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 24 | Uganda | 0.0619 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 0.0606 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 26 | Palau | 0.0602 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Poland | 0.0586 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Ukraine | 0.057 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 29 | Togo | 0.053 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Gabon | 0.0529 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 31 | Maldives | 0.0504 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 32 | United States | 0.0468 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 33 | India | 0.0467 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 0.0457 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 35 | Slovenia | 0.0442 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 36 | Ghana | 0.0429 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Philippines | 0.0428 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 38 | Czechia | 0.0425 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 39 | Liechtenstein | 0.041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 0.0397 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 41 | Congo | 0.039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Germany | 0.038 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Switzerland | 0.0371 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 44 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0359 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Pakistan | 0.0356 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Ecuador | 0.0336 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 47 | South Africa | 0.0325 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0311 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 49 | Malaysia | 0.0295 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Israel | 0.0292 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Turkmenistan | 0.0291 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 52 | Hungary | 0.0285 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 53 | Guatemala | 0.0282 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 54 | Italy | 0.0255 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 55 | Nepal | 0.0248 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 56 | Gambia | 0.024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Sierra Leone | 0.0234 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 58 | Malawi | 0.0227 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Serbia | 0.0218 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 60 | Denmark | 0.0214 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Slovakia | 0.0211 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 62 | Aruba | 0.0208 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Egypt | 0.0201 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 64 | Barbados | 0.0201 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Benin | 0.0199 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 66 | United Kingdom | 0.0196 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Eswatini | 0.0194 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 68 | Cameroon | 0.0191 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Ireland | 0.0191 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 70 | Kenya | 0.0186 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 71 | Luxembourg | 0.0185 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 72 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0184 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Austria | 0.0184 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 0.0174 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 75 | Angola | 0.0174 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Liberia | 0.0173 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Greece | 0.0167 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 78 | Tunisia | 0.0166 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 79 | Lesotho | 0.0164 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 80 | Romania | 0.0163 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 81 | Japan | 0.0161 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 82 | Mongolia | 0.0159 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Mozambique | 0.0157 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Russia | 0.0156 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 85 | Andorra | 0.0156 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 86 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0155 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 87 | Thailand | 0.0155 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.7% | rising |
| 88 | Algeria | 0.0153 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 89 | Bhutan | 0.0142 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Armenia | 0.014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 91 | Portugal | 0.0137 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 0.0135 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 93 | Montenegro | 0.0129 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 94 | Belarus | 0.0125 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 95 | Croatia | 0.0125 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 96 | Libya | 0.0124 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Seychelles | 0.0121 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Norway | 0.012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Turkey | 0.0115 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 100 | France | 0.0113 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Burkina Faso | 0.0113 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Moldova | 0.0112 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 103 | Jamaica | 0.0112 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 0.0112 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 105 | Colombia | 0.0111 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 106 | East Timor | 0.0111 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Zimbabwe | 0.0104 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 0.0103 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 109 | Cambodia | 0.0102 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Kazakhstan | 0.0101 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 111 | Albania | 0.01 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0097 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 113 | Lebanon | 0.0096 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Laos | 0.0092 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 0.0086 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 143.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Guinea | 0.0086 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 117 | Mauritius | 0.0083 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 118 | Zambia | 0.0082 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 119 | Somalia | 0.0079 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Mexico | 0.0078 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 121 | Madagascar | 0.0078 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Lithuania | 0.0077 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 123 | Malta | 0.0076 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 0.0076 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 125 | Canada | 0.0075 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 126 | Myanmar | 0.0074 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 127 | Djibouti | 0.0074 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Saint Lucia | 0.007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Guyana | 0.0069 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,045.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Syria | 0.0069 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 131 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0065 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Latvia | 0.0064 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 133 | Estonia | 0.0062 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 134 | Australia | 0.0062 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 135 | Nauru | 0.0058 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 136 | Eritrea | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 137 | Cuba | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0052 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Senegal | 0.0049 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.5% | rising |
| 140 | Spain | 0.0048 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 141 | Honduras | 0.0048 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 142 | Brazil | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 143 | Argentina | 0.0043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 144 | Sudan | 0.0042 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 145 | El Salvador | 0.0042 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 146 | Paraguay | 0.004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 147 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0038 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 126.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Nicaragua | 0.0036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 149 | Dominica | 0.0036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 150 | New Zealand | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.9% | rising |
| 151 | Georgia | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 152 | Afghanistan | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Finland | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 154 | Samoa | 0.003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 155 | Chad | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 156 | South Sudan | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 157 | Cyprus | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 158 | Yemen | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Peru | 0.0026 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 160 | Chile | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 161 | Botswana | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Sweden | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 163 | Jordan | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Kiribati | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Tonga | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 168 | Bahamas | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 169 | Costa Rica | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 170 | Morocco | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 171 | Uruguay | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 172 | Panama | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 173 | Mali | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Namibia | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Suriname | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Central African Republic | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 177 | Niger | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Grenada | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Belize | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Vanuatu | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Fiji | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 183 | Mauritania | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Solomon Islands | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Iceland | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0255 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.