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Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC 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
87
Highest
11,620 kt
Brazil
Lowest
0.0013 kt
Nauru
Median
149.32 kt
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
2,025

What the numbers show

Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 11,620 kt in Brazil; the lowest is 0.0013 kt in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 149.32 kt, and the mean is 605.22 kt.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Dominica (up 237.8%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 95.2%).

Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC (UNFCCC CH4): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 11,620 kt 2015 up 3.6% rising
2 United States 7,007 kt 2020 up 2.8% flat
3 Argentina 2,246 kt 2012 down 18.0% falling
4 Ethiopia 2,084 kt 2013 up 40.3% rising
5 Australia 1,850 kt 2020 down 6.3% falling
6 Mexico 1,829 kt 2013 up 2.2% rising
7 Colombia 1,584 kt 2004 up 15.7% rising
8 Russia 1,562 kt 2020 down 3.6% falling
8 Russian Federation 1,562 kt 2020 down 3.6% falling
10 Turkey 1,385 kt 2020 up 65.3% rising
10 Türkiye 1,385 kt 2020 up 65.3% rising
12 France 1,330 kt 2020 down 6.9% falling
13 New Zealand 1,153 kt 2020 up 1.9% flat
14 Germany 954.7 kt 2020 down 5.2% falling
15 Canada 947.08 kt 2020 down 6.3% falling
16 Kazakhstan 874.14 kt 2020 up 35.9% rising
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 837.5 kt 2020 down 1.7% falling
17 United Kingdom 837.5 kt 2020 down 1.7% falling
19 Paraguay 815.51 kt 2015 up 43.6% rising
20 Kenya 692 kt 2010 up 35.2% rising
21 Spain 643.4 kt 2020 down 0.4% rising
22 Uzbekistan 573.41 kt 2012 up 74.7% rising
23 Italy 541.39 kt 2020 up 5.1% falling
24 Myanmar 519.23 kt 2005 up 28.4% rising
25 Poland 516.66 kt 2020 up 9.1% falling
26 Ireland 504.21 kt 2020 up 16.9% flat
27 Peru 443.66 kt 2014 down 10.5% rising
28 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 428.4 kt 2004 up 6.3% rising
29 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 327.85 kt 2020 up 2.9% falling
30 Belarus 310.47 kt 2020 up 0.4% falling
31 Japan 305.32 kt 2020 down 6.9% falling
32 Ukraine 297.88 kt 2020 down 25.9% volatile
33 Romania 289.07 kt 2020 down 1.0% falling
34 Mongolia 280.72 kt 2006 up 1.6% rising
35 Central African Republic 220.44 kt 2010 down 45.2% rising
36 Chile 198.8 kt 2018 down 8.1% falling
37 Mauritania 197.44 kt 2018 up 31.7% rising
38 Republic of Korea 192.74 kt 2016 up 16.8% rising
39 Namibia 190.5 kt 2016 up 27.4% rising
40 Dominican Republic 190.1 kt 2010 up 65.8% rising
41 Azerbaijan 176.81 kt 2013 up 21.4% rising
42 Cambodia 168 kt 2016 down 11.6% flat
43 Belgium 161.43 kt 2020 down 1.9% falling
44 Austria 149.32 kt 2020 down 4.6% falling
45 Denmark 148.37 kt 2020 up 1.3% falling
46 Greece 144.4 kt 2020 down 11.6% falling
47 Portugal 142.96 kt 2020 up 5.0% falling
48 Haiti 135.69 kt 2000 up 45.7% rising
49 Switzerland 130.17 kt 2020 down 3.9% flat
50 Kyrgyzstan 123.72 kt 2010 up 33.2% rising
51 Czechia 123.65 kt 2020 up 13.6% falling
52 Sweden 117.49 kt 2020 down 4.2% falling
53 Tajikistan 116 kt 2010 up 73.1% rising
54 Ghana 114.66 kt 2016 up 39.7% rising
55 Norway 89.31 kt 2020 down 1.3% falling
56 Hungary 83.8 kt 2020 up 19.3% falling
57 Finland 83.14 kt 2020 down 0.8% falling
58 Georgia 64.33 kt 2013 down 4.0% falling
59 Bulgaria 59.71 kt 2020 down 4.7% falling
60 Lithuania 57.82 kt 2020 down 12.4% falling
61 Malaysia 54.82 kt 2016 down 5.5% flat
62 Albania 50.75 kt 2009 down 27.4% falling
63 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50 kt 2010 down 5.0% falling
64 Croatia 39.02 kt 2020 down 14.0% falling
65 Slovakia 38.65 kt 2020 down 7.3% falling
66 Slovenia 37.66 kt 2020 up 4.3% rising
67 Israel 37.29 kt 2015 up 15.0% rising
68 Latvia 34.24 kt 2020 up 12.2% falling
69 Moldova 25.77 kt 2013 down 37.5% falling
69 Republic of Moldova 25.77 kt 2013 down 37.5% falling
71 North Macedonia 25.01 kt 2014 down 6.5% falling
72 Estonia 20.94 kt 2020 up 2.4% falling
73 Luxembourg 16.09 kt 2020 up 5.5% rising
74 Guyana 16 kt 2004 up 60.0% rising
75 Sierra Leone 14.33 kt 2005 up 37.2% rising
76 Lebanon 12.64 kt 2013 up 109.6% rising
77 Cyprus 11.77 kt 2020 up 25.0% rising
78 Iceland 11.65 kt 2020 down 3.9% flat
79 Jamaica 8.23 kt 2012 down 0.4% volatile
80 Belize 5.07 kt 2009 up 85.1% rising
81 Malta 1.38 kt 2020 down 6.6% falling
82 Mauritius 0.8 kt 2013 down 71.7% falling
83 Dominica 0.748 kt 2005 up 237.8% rising
84 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.224 kt 2004 down 63.8% falling
85 Palau 0.0022 kt 2005 down 95.2% volatile
86 Nauru 0.0013 kt 2010 down 53.6% volatile
86 Nauru 0.0013 kt 2010 down 53.6% volatile

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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
Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
92 places, 2,025 data points, 1990–2020
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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