Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
What the numbers show
Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), annual growth rate is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 19.55 % change on previous year in Costa Rica; the lowest is -46.23 % change on previous year in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.0578 % change on previous year, and the mean is -0.9587 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium-Luxembourg (up 26,316.6%), and the largest decrease in French Polynesia (down 24,260.9%).
Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), annual: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 19.55 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,202.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Madagascar | 17.5 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 23,472.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia | 16.46 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 568.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Fiji | 14.35 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,941.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Namibia | 12.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 214.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Australia and New Zealand | 10.78 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 569.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 10.03 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 2,694.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Kenya | 9.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 747.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Martinique | 7.55 % change on previous year | 2006 | up 266.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.26 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 129.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Benin | 7.06 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 176.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Chad | 6.3 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Malawi | 5.84 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 5.79 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 15 | French Guiana | 5.29 % change on previous year | 2006 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Greece | 5.26 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 232.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 5.12 % change on previous year | 1999 | up 26,316.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Togo | 4.27 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 4.17 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 359.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Mali | 3.56 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 306.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Ghana | 3.51 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Pakistan | 3.17 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Guadeloupe | 3.07 % change on previous year | 2006 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Ethiopia PDR | 2.69 % change on previous year | 1992 | up 223.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Faroe Islands | 2.61 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 376.6% | volatile |
| 26 | South Sudan | 2.48 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 600.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Uruguay | 2.28 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 126.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 2.18 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 2.18 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Algeria | 2.12 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Oman | 1.98 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Iraq | 1.96 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.93 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.84 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Brazil | 1.77 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 555.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 1.71 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Timor-Leste | 1.69 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 38 | China, mainland | 1.65 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 269.6% | volatile |
| 39 | China | 1.65 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 268.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 1.61 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Sudan | 1.59 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 131.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Argentina | 1.55 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Central African Republic | 1.53 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 1.47 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Kiribati | 1.32 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Guatemala | 1.29 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Libya | 1.2 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Cabo Verde | 1.19 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.1 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 1.06 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 285.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Japan | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 142.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 0.9806 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 201.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.9803 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Angola | 0.887 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 56 | India | 0.8863 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 214.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Niue | 0.885 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Senegal | 0.8727 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Nigeria | 0.8464 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Mexico | 0.7129 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Tunisia | 0.6745 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 515.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Gabon | 0.6711 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 0.6484 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Rwanda | 0.6073 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 819.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Honduras | 0.5673 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 0.5556 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Montenegro | 0.4573 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,817.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.452 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Haiti | 0.3795 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 9,501.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Belize | 0.3621 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Cameroon | 0.3538 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Mozambique | 0.3532 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 0.3334 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 0.3228 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Uganda | 0.3116 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Tonga | 0.2986 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Bahamas | 0.298 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2783 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Iceland | 0.2741 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Eritrea | 0.2649 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Peru | 0.2642 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 489.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Liberia | 0.2263 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Djibouti | 0.2132 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Philippines | 0.1881 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 121.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Indonesia | 0.1875 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 101.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Mauritania | 0.1838 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 87 | OECD | 0.1799 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Grenada | 0.1572 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Réunion | 0.1388 % change on previous year | 2006 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Jamaica | 0.1104 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 113.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Paraguay | 0.1079 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Panama | 0.1016 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 153.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Comoros | 0.099 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Dominica | 0.06 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Naoero | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Singapore | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Tuvalu | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 98 | South Africa | -0.022 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 153.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | -0.0521 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 105.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Myanmar | -0.0578 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 101.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Vanuatu | -0.1093 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 118.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Somalia | -0.1214 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 398.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Russian Federation | -0.1337 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Lebanon | -0.1796 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 105.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Switzerland | -0.2316 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Malta | -0.2921 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | -0.2985 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 110.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Belarus | -0.3106 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 114.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Congo | -0.3154 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 210.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Tajikistan | -0.3209 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 108.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Barbados | -0.3364 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 120.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Jordan | -0.3373 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 108.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Poland | -0.3697 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 509.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | -0.4113 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Samoa | -0.4198 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 116.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Guyana | -0.4864 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,187.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Malaysia | -0.5216 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 168.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Kuwait | -0.5237 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 106.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Gambia | -0.6686 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 106.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Germany | -0.6711 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 161.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Ireland | -0.7915 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 147.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Romania | -0.848 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 176.8% | volatile |
| 123 | New Caledonia | -0.8513 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 111.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Qatar | -0.9065 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 105.5% | volatile |
| 125 | El Salvador | -0.9862 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 95.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Chile | -1.05 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 94.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Viet Nam | -1.08 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Yemen | -1.1 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 167.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Eswatini | -1.13 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Italy | -1.15 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Colombia | -1.16 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Slovenia | -1.29 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 113.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Slovakia | -1.34 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 200.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Mauritius | -1.38 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Bulgaria | -1.42 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Zambia | -1.44 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 155.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Thailand | -1.45 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 138 | China, Taiwan Province of | -1.47 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Austria | -1.49 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 140 | France | -1.63 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 481.6% | volatile |
| 141 | China, Hong Kong SAR | -1.64 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 429.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Canada | -1.7 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,856.0% | volatile |
| 143 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -1.73 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 692.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Czechia | -1.74 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,285.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Republic of Korea | -1.79 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Bahrain | -1.8 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 186.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Sweden | -1.92 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 214.1% | volatile |
| 148 | USSR | -2.01 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 1,090.1% | volatile |
| 149 | New Zealand | -2.06 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 434.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Israel | -2.19 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 146.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Hungary | -2.26 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 134.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Luxembourg | -2.3 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 169.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Burundi | -2.4 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 110.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Cambodia | -2.4 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 393.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Denmark | -2.45 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 707.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Norway | -2.49 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 383.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Belgium | -2.66 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Estonia | -2.73 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 232.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Finland | -2.88 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 9,943.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -2.91 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -3 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 633.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Sudan (former) | -3.05 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 177.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Cuba | -3.08 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 798.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Ecuador | -3.14 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 103.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Spain | -3.14 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 181.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Antigua and Barbuda | -3.19 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,040.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Palestine, State of | -3.24 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Lithuania | -3.61 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Niger | -3.73 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 173.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Guinea | -3.77 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 167.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Yugoslav SFR | -3.79 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 1,024.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Türkiye | -3.91 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 136.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Portugal | -4.07 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 123.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Egypt | -4.44 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Croatia | -5 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Azerbaijan | -5.07 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 614.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Cook Islands | -5.62 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,490.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Morocco | -5.78 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 327.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Suriname | -5.96 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Mongolia | -6 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 154.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Latvia | -6.22 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 380.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Georgia | -6.67 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 467.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Bhutan | -7.19 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 312.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Saudi Arabia | -7.36 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 193.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Botswana | -7.84 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Seychelles | -8.18 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 176.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Serbia | -8.3 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 303.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Armenia | -8.88 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 186.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Albania | -10.45 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,652.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Serbia and Montenegro | -10.5 % change on previous year | 2005 | down 321.8% | volatile |
| 191 | North Macedonia | -11.56 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,027.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Czechoslovakia | -11.57 % change on previous year | 1992 | down 948.4% | volatile |
| 193 | French Polynesia | -11.88 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 24,260.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Ukraine | -12.17 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 507.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Brunei Darussalam | -12.38 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 480.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Lesotho | -31.56 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 319.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Nepal | -32.4 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 2,123.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Tokelau | -36.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Cyprus | -46.23 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 717.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Oceania 10.7 % change on previous year
- Middle Africa 5.09 % change on previous year
- Melanesia 4.65 % change on previous year
- United Republic of Tanzania 3.58 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa 4.62 % change on previous year
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.14 % change on previous year
- Africa 2.88 % change on previous year
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.6 % change on previous year
- Syrian Arab Republic 2.83 % change on previous year
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.4281 % change on previous year
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.47 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.1 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.62 % change on previous year
- Micronesia 1.6 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.44 % change on previous year
- Central America 1.44 % change on previous year
- Central Asia 1.38 % change on previous year
- South America 1.3 % change on previous year
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.27 % change on previous year
- Non-Annex I countries 1.24 % change on previous year
- World 0.9868 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia 0.9308 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.8706 % change on previous year
- Americas 0.5182 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 0.4106 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia 0.339 % change on previous year
- Asia 0.2968 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 0.2669 % change on previous year
- Annex I countries -0.0667 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia -0.1471 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa -0.1658 % change on previous year
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) -0.2227 % change on previous year
- Small island developing states (SIDS) -0.4259 % change on previous year
- Caribbean -0.8358 % change on previous year
- Côte d'Ivoire -1.12 % change on previous year
- Western Europe -1.18 % change on previous year
- Eastern Europe -1.32 % change on previous year
- European Union (27) -1.43 % change on previous year
- Europe -1.58 % change on previous year
- Northern Europe -1.74 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.