Energy — Emissions Share (CH4) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.
Countries reporting
219
Highest
96.37 %
Gabon
Lowest
0 %
Niue
Median
17.18 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,311
What the numbers show
Energy — Emissions Share (CH4) is currently reported for 219 countries. The highest value is 96.37 % in Gabon; the lowest is 0 % in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 17.18 %, and the mean is 25.48 %.
Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 3,025.6%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 74.2%).
Energy — Emissions Share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabon | 96.37 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Bahrain | 95.31 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 89.57 % | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 4 | Iraq | 89.5 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 5 | Palau | 86.75 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 6 | Congo | 85.5 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 7 | Equatorial Guinea | 85.16 % | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 8 | Brunei | 83.4 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 8 | Brunei Darussalam | 83.4 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 10 | Libya | 82.31 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 11 | Qatar | 82.21 % | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 12 | Oman | 81.09 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 13 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 76.56 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 74.88 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 15 | Kuwait | 72.14 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 16 | Liberia | 67.44 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 17 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 64.52 % | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Ukraine | 64.26 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 63.18 % | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 20 | Turkmenistan | 60.25 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 59.94 % | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 22 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 58.07 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 23 | Russia | 57.36 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 57.36 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 25 | Algeria | 56.85 % | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 56.73 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 27 | Nigeria | 56.39 % | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 28 | Mongolia | 55.14 % | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Norway | 54.93 % | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 30 | United States | 54.64 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 31 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 54.61 % | 2010 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 32 | Indonesia | 53.87 % | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 33 | Canada | 53.35 % | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52.61 % | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 35 | Ghana | 52.14 % | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 36 | Togo | 50.36 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 37 | South Africa | 50.14 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 38 | Bhutan | 49.53 % | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 39 | China, mainland | 49.31 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 40 | China | 48.77 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 41 | Haiti | 47.81 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 42 | Cote d'Ivoire | 47.07 % | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 42 | Côte d'Ivoire | 47.07 % | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 45.76 % | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 45 | Cameroon | 43.85 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 46 | Angola | 43.17 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 47 | Guyana | 42.82 % | 2023 | up 3,025.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Egypt | 42.15 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 41.83 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 50 | Poland | 41.32 % | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 51 | Comoros | 40.94 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 52 | Ecuador | 38.81 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 53 | Mozambique | 38.57 % | 2023 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 54 | Rwanda | 38.14 % | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 55 | Slovenia | 37.23 % | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 56 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 35.1 % | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 57 | Malaysia | 34.89 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 58 | Micronesia | 34.79 % | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 59 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 34.66 % | 2023 | up 143.1% | volatile |
| 60 | OECD | 34.55 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 61 | Uganda | 34.37 % | 2023 | up 31.2% | flat |
| 62 | Lesotho | 33.92 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 63 | Burundi | 33.38 % | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 32.97 % | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 65 | Melanesia | 32.96 % | 2023 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 66 | Tunisia | 32.18 % | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 67 | Sierra Leone | 30.76 % | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 30.68 % | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 69 | Eswatini | 29.93 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 70 | Benin | 29.59 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 71 | Hungary | 28.73 % | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 72 | Montenegro | 28.44 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 73 | Serbia | 28.04 % | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 74 | Czechia | 27.3 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 75 | Malawi | 26.05 % | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 76 | Vietnam | 25.84 % | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 76 | Viet Nam | 25.84 % | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 78 | Australia | 25.82 % | 2023 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 79 | Armenia | 25.77 % | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 80 | Belgium | 25.09 % | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 81 | Switzerland | 24.68 % | 2023 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 82 | Germany | 23.54 % | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 83 | Serbia and Montenegro | 22.79 % | 2005 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 84 | Croatia | 22.31 % | 2023 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 85 | Australia and New Zealand | 22.19 % | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 86 | Zambia | 22.02 % | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 87 | Kenya | 21.63 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 88 | China, Macao SAR | 21.39 % | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 89 | Guinea-Bissau | 21.34 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 90 | Suriname | 21.01 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 91 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 20.87 % | 2023 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 92 | Greece | 20.84 % | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.74 % | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 94 | British Virgin Islands | 20.57 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 95 | Japan | 20.29 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 96 | Syria | 19.69 % | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Syrian Arab Republic | 19.69 % | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Somalia | 19.57 % | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 99 | Moldova | 19.11 % | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Republic of Moldova | 19.11 % | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Italy | 18.6 % | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 102 | Slovakia | 18.59 % | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 103 | Aruba | 18.31 % | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Latvia | 18.27 % | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 105 | Lithuania | 17.84 % | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 105 | Romania | 17.84 % | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 107 | United Republic of Tanzania | 17.32 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 108 | Finland | 17.29 % | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 109 | Madagascar | 17.2 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 110 | Gambia | 17.18 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 111 | Guatemala | 17.12 % | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 112 | Austria | 16.9 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 113 | Caribbean | 16.27 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 114 | Cabo Verde | 16.16 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 115 | Jamaica | 16.13 % | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 116 | India | 16.12 % | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 117 | Philippines | 16.1 % | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 118 | Ethiopia | 16.05 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 119 | Estonia | 15.78 % | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 120 | Nepal | 15.57 % | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 121 | Namibia | 14.83 % | 2023 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 14.78 % | 2023 | up 82.5% | rising |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 14.56 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 124 | Djibouti | 14.36 % | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 125 | Burkina Faso | 14.35 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 126 | Laos | 14.33 % | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 126 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 14.33 % | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 128 | East Timor | 14.32 % | 2023 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Timor-Leste | 14.32 % | 2023 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Botswana | 14.19 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Belarus | 13.86 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 132 | Colombia | 13.8 % | 2023 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 133 | Eritrea | 13.63 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 134 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 13.41 % | 1999 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 135 | Sweden | 13.06 % | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 136 | Afghanistan | 13.02 % | 2023 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 137 | Republic of Korea | 12.71 % | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.69 % | 2023 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 139 | North Macedonia | 12.68 % | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 140 | Yemen | 12.61 % | 2023 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 141 | Pakistan | 12.22 % | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 142 | Portugal | 12.21 % | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 143 | Albania | 12.08 % | 2023 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Sudan | 11.61 % | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 145 | Sudan (former) | 11.6 % | 2011 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 146 | United Kingdom | 10.8 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 146 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.8 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 148 | Peru | 10.46 % | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 149 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 10.36 % | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 150 | Mexico | 10.21 % | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 151 | Argentina | 10.13 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 152 | Maldives | 9.66 % | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 153 | Chile | 9.65 % | 2023 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 154 | France | 9.57 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 155 | Guinea | 9.33 % | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 156 | Singapore | 9.18 % | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 8.7 % | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 158 | Turkey | 8.59 % | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 158 | Türkiye | 8.59 % | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 160 | Mauritania | 8.57 % | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 161 | Denmark | 8.47 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 162 | Senegal | 8.37 % | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 162 | China, Taiwan Province of | 8.37 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 164 | Thailand | 8.25 % | 2023 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 165 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.2 % | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 166 | Seychelles | 7.96 % | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 167 | Israel | 7.84 % | 2023 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 168 | Sri Lanka | 7.82 % | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 169 | Georgia | 7.81 % | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 170 | Ireland | 7.43 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 171 | Myanmar | 7.42 % | 2023 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 172 | Saint Lucia | 7.3 % | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 173 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 7.22 % | 2023 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Cambodia | 7 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 175 | Brazil | 6.79 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 176 | Bangladesh | 6.61 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 177 | Paraguay | 6.2 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 178 | Nauru | 6.11 % | 2023 | up 55.9% | falling |
| 178 | Nauru | 6.11 % | 2023 | up 55.9% | falling |
| 180 | Solomon Islands | 6.07 % | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 181 | Kiribati | 5.86 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 182 | Honduras | 5.73 % | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 183 | Barbados | 5.64 % | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 184 | Spain | 5.55 % | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 185 | Samoa | 5.45 % | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 186 | Mali | 5.33 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 187 | South Sudan | 5.31 % | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 188 | Niger | 5.21 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 189 | Chad | 4.93 % | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 190 | Bahamas | 4.92 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 191 | Dominica | 4.68 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 192 | Cuba | 4.57 % | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 193 | Dominican Republic | 4.17 % | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 194 | Belize | 4.06 % | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 195 | Anguilla | 3.95 % | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 196 | Jordan | 3.8 % | 2023 | up 40.2% | flat |
| 197 | Central African Republic | 3.79 % | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 198 | Nicaragua | 3.67 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 199 | Vanuatu | 3.3 % | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 200 | Polynesia | 3.17 % | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 201 | Mauritius | 3.07 % | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 202 | El Salvador | 2.87 % | 2023 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 203 | New Zealand | 2.66 % | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 204 | Lebanon | 2.65 % | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 205 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.42 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 206 | Panama | 2.41 % | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 207 | Morocco | 2.26 % | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 208 | Fiji | 1.7 % | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 209 | Cook Islands | 1.68 % | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 210 | Iceland | 1.53 % | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 211 | Malta | 1.52 % | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 212 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.34 % | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 213 | Tonga | 1.24 % | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 214 | Cyprus | 1.22 % | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 215 | Costa Rica | 1.18 % | 2023 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 216 | Uruguay | 0.96 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 217 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.77 % | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 218 | Grenada | 0.65 % | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 219 | Niue | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Asia 60.09 %
- United States of America 54.64 %
- Northern America 54.47 %
- Eastern Europe 52.12 %
- Eastern Asia 47.79 %
- Southern Africa 43.76 %
- Central Asia 43.42 %
- Annex I countries 41.52 %
- Asia 39.1 %
- Western Africa 38.96 %
- Europe 38.02 %
- Northern Africa 36.9 %
- South-Eastern Asia 36.06 %
- World 35.12 %
- Middle Africa 33.44 %
- Non-Annex I countries 33.11 %
- Africa 32.07 %
- Americas 28.59 %
- Oceania 22.42 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 22.12 %
- Southern Asia 21.78 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 20.75 %
- Eastern Africa 20.64 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 18.74 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 18.53 %
- European Union (27) 18.08 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 16.89 %
- Western Europe 16.41 %
- Southern Europe 16.33 %
- Northern Europe 14.4 %
- Central America 9.65 %
- South America 9.35 %
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.