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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
80
Highest
11,620 kt
Brazil
Lowest
0.0013 kt
Nauru
Median
146.39 kt
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,876

What the numbers show

Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 80 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 146.39 kt, and the mean is 520.22 kt.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Dominica (up 237.8%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 95.2%).

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

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

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

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
86 places, 1,876 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

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