Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre by country
Enteric Fermentation — 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
170
Highest
0.2538 kt per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.0003 kt per square kilometre
Suriname
Median
0.0235 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,815
What the numbers show
Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 0.2538 kt per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.0003 kt per square kilometre in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0235 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0339 kt per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 745.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 130.5%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 49.6%).
Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 0.2538 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 2 | Ireland | 0.2011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 0.1883 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Belgium | 0.1545 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 0.1509 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 6 | India | 0.1372 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 7 | Malta | 0.1195 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 8 | Haiti | 0.1159 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 9 | Uruguay | 0.1141 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 0.1131 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 11 | New Zealand | 0.0965 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 12 | Denmark | 0.093 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 13 | Uganda | 0.0906 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Switzerland | 0.0886 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 15 | Nepal | 0.0787 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 0.0776 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 0.0763 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 0.0754 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 0.0717 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 20 | Burundi | 0.068 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 21 | Rwanda | 0.0679 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 22 | El Salvador | 0.0674 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 23 | Guatemala | 0.0666 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 24 | France | 0.0636 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 25 | Cuba | 0.0603 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 26 | Kenya | 0.0599 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 0.0579 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 28 | Paraguay | 0.0544 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 29 | Barbados | 0.054 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 30 | Italy | 0.0515 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 31 | Chad | 0.0499 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Austria | 0.0491 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 0.0481 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Grenada | 0.0472 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | flat |
| 35 | Brazil | 0.0471 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 36 | Azerbaijan | 0.0461 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 37 | Slovenia | 0.0459 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 38 | Colombia | 0.0449 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 39 | Albania | 0.0444 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 40 | Honduras | 0.0444 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 41 | Puerto Rico | 0.0439 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 42 | Nigeria | 0.0437 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 43 | Poland | 0.0435 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 44 | Tonga | 0.0431 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 45 | Malawi | 0.0426 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Belarus | 0.0424 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 47 | Comoros | 0.038 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 48 | Portugal | 0.0376 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 49 | Guinea | 0.0375 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Dominica | 0.0373 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 51 | Gambia | 0.0368 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 0.0363 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 53 | Czechia | 0.0355 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 54 | Saint Lucia | 0.0352 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 55 | Mexico | 0.0343 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 56 | Panama | 0.0339 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 57 | Eswatini | 0.0336 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 58 | Argentina | 0.0327 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 59 | Spain | 0.0323 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 60 | Palestine, State of | 0.0323 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 61 | South Sudan | 0.0321 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 0.0315 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 63 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0315 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 64 | Jamaica | 0.0314 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 65 | Israel | 0.0302 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 66 | Bahrain | 0.0299 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 67 | Qatar | 0.0299 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Benin | 0.0297 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Romania | 0.0297 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 70 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0293 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 71 | Togo | 0.0291 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Philippines | 0.0289 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 73 | Myanmar | 0.0289 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 0.0276 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 75 | Somalia | 0.0274 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 76 | Eritrea | 0.0272 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 77 | Serbia | 0.0268 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 78 | Samoa | 0.0268 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 79 | Cambodia | 0.0261 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 80 | Sudan | 0.0261 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 81 | Greece | 0.0259 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 82 | Ecuador | 0.0259 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 83 | Lesotho | 0.0253 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 84 | Lebanon | 0.0242 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 85 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0239 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 86 | China | 0.023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 87 | Armenia | 0.0227 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 0.0226 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 89 | Lithuania | 0.0225 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 90 | Djibouti | 0.0222 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0211 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 0.0209 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0207 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0199 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 95 | Ghana | 0.019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 96 | Slovakia | 0.019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 97 | Niger | 0.0188 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Mali | 0.0188 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Montenegro | 0.0177 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 100 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0175 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 101 | Fiji | 0.0171 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.0% | rising |
| 102 | Zimbabwe | 0.0171 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 103 | Japan | 0.017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 104 | Croatia | 0.017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 105 | Indonesia | 0.0169 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 106 | Afghanistan | 0.0168 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 107 | Morocco | 0.0165 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 108 | Faroe Islands | 0.0164 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 109 | Georgia | 0.016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 110 | Sierra Leone | 0.0156 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Thailand | 0.0155 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 0.0146 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 114 | Cameroon | 0.0144 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 115 | Tunisia | 0.0138 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 0.0137 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 117 | Tuvalu | 0.0137 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 0.0137 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.6% | rising |
| 119 | Latvia | 0.0132 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 120 | Peru | 0.0132 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 121 | Madagascar | 0.0131 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.6% | flat |
| 122 | Estonia | 0.0129 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 123 | South Africa | 0.0123 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 124 | Mongolia | 0.0118 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 125 | Kuwait | 0.0106 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Cyprus | 0.0104 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 127 | Yemen | 0.0103 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 128 | Ukraine | 0.0099 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Iraq | 0.009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 130 | Australia | 0.0089 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 131 | Bhutan | 0.0087 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 132 | Central African Republic | 0.0085 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 133 | New Caledonia | 0.0077 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 134 | Belize | 0.0075 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 135 | Chile | 0.0072 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 136 | Jordan | 0.0071 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 137 | Sweden | 0.0069 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 138 | Egypt | 0.0067 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.1% | rising |
| 139 | Zambia | 0.0065 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 140 | Mauritania | 0.0064 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 141 | Norway | 0.0063 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 142 | Finland | 0.0057 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 143 | French Polynesia | 0.0054 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 144 | Kazakhstan | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | flat |
| 145 | Namibia | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 146 | Angola | 0.0045 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 147 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 148 | Mauritius | 0.0043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Naoero | 0.0042 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Oman | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Malaysia | 0.0036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 152 | Mozambique | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 153 | Seychelles | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 154 | Algeria | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 155 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0031 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Iceland | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 157 | Canada | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 158 | Botswana | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 159 | Liberia | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 161 | Congo | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Libya | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 163 | Guyana | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 164 | Kiribati | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 165 | Singapore | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 167 | Bahamas | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 169 | Gabon | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 170 | Suriname | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0227 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Enteric Fermentation — 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.
Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Enteric Fermentation — 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
Enteric Fermentation — 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.