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Industrial Wastewater — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Countries reporting
222
Highest
2,045 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Palau
Median
1.31 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,553

What the numbers show

Industrial Wastewater — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 2,045 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.31 kt, and the mean is 26.81 kt.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 196 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 254.3%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 95.2%).

Industrial Wastewater — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 2,045 kt 2023 down 20.6% falling
2 Mexico 700.43 kt 2023 up 16.8% volatile
3 Brazil 547.2 kt 2023 down 15.7% rising
4 China 322.71 kt 2023 down 40.1% rising
5 China, mainland 316.43 kt 2023 down 40.2% rising
6 Türkiye 272.52 kt 2023 up 26.7% volatile
7 Poland 225.78 kt 2023 up 23.9% volatile
8 Republic of Korea 180.34 kt 2023 down 18.3% falling
9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 82.88 kt 2023 down 1.3% volatile
10 Russian Federation 72.27 kt 2023 down 33.6% flat
11 Hungary 65.12 kt 2023 up 12.1% volatile
12 Greece 60.46 kt 2023 down 1.6% volatile
13 Belgium-Luxembourg 60 kt 1999 down 10.3% flat
14 Colombia 58.45 kt 2023 down 7.6% rising
15 Portugal 45.8 kt 2023 up 18.0% rising
16 Germany 45.32 kt 2023 down 56.5% volatile
17 India 39.55 kt 2023 down 51.4% falling
18 France 33.9 kt 2023 down 83.7% volatile
19 Italy 33.68 kt 2023 down 89.5% volatile
20 Japan 29.71 kt 2023 down 20.4% falling
21 Austria 28.71 kt 2023 down 8.9% rising
22 Spain 27.37 kt 2023 down 44.9% volatile
23 Indonesia 25.73 kt 2023 down 16.0% rising
24 Pakistan 25.42 kt 2023 down 35.9% falling
25 Australia and New Zealand 25.04 kt 2023 down 26.2% falling
26 Argentina 23.08 kt 2023 down 36.5% flat
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 20.62 kt 2023 down 35.4% volatile
28 Australia 20.5 kt 2023 down 36.0% falling
29 Ecuador 18.88 kt 2023 up 254.3% volatile
30 Ukraine 16.93 kt 2023 down 35.1% falling
31 Saudi Arabia 15.99 kt 2023 up 78.5% rising
32 Syrian Arab Republic 14.87 kt 2023 down 5.9% rising
33 Republic of Moldova 14.77 kt 2023 down 2.6% volatile
34 Kazakhstan 14.75 kt 2023 down 37.9% rising
35 Sudan (former) 14.66 kt 2011 up 17.5% rising
36 Egypt 14.55 kt 2023 down 58.6% rising
37 Panama 13.73 kt 2023 down 2.5% rising
38 Thailand 13.28 kt 2023 down 56.6% falling
39 Viet Nam 13.07 kt 2023 down 35.9% rising
40 Canada 12.99 kt 2023 down 41.1% falling
41 Uzbekistan 11.58 kt 2023 up 168.3% rising
42 Philippines 10.87 kt 2023 down 43.3% flat
43 Romania 10.12 kt 2023 down 30.0% rising
44 Peru 8.98 kt 2023 down 31.3% rising
45 Morocco 8.86 kt 2023 down 15.4% rising
46 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 8.77 kt 2023 down 13.8% volatile
47 Caribbean 8.61 kt 2023 down 32.2% falling
48 Serbia and Montenegro 8.46 kt 2005 up 31.6% rising
49 Chile 8.27 kt 2023 down 43.0% volatile
50 Iraq 8.18 kt 2023 down 49.0% volatile
51 Malaysia 7.92 kt 2023 down 27.8% rising
52 Sudan 7.84 kt 2023 up 3.8% flat
53 Azerbaijan 7.71 kt 2023 up 23.1% volatile
54 Mozambique 7.48 kt 2023 down 6.7% volatile
55 Belgium 7.33 kt 2023 down 89.0% volatile
56 Albania 7.31 kt 2023 up 38.2% volatile
57 Belize 6.68 kt 2023 down 1.9% rising
58 Slovenia 6.33 kt 2023 up 3.6% falling
59 Belarus 5.66 kt 2023 down 18.0% falling
60 Lithuania 5.37 kt 2023 down 14.4% rising
61 Kenya 5.31 kt 2023 down 11.7% rising
62 Myanmar 5.17 kt 2023 down 32.7% volatile
63 Estonia 4.94 kt 2023 down 3.5% volatile
64 Cuba 4.87 kt 2023 down 24.1% falling
65 Guatemala 4.71 kt 2023 down 40.2% rising
66 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.68 kt 2023 down 55.4% falling
67 Sweden 4.67 kt 2023 down 13.6% volatile
68 New Zealand 4.54 kt 2023 up 143.5% volatile
69 Armenia 4.33 kt 2023 down 29.0% volatile
70 Ireland 4.21 kt 2023 down 22.1% falling
71 Latvia 4.06 kt 2023 down 21.3% volatile
72 Niger 4.01 kt 2023 down 0.5% volatile
73 China, Hong Kong SAR 3.69 kt 2023 down 2.5% rising
74 Algeria 3.57 kt 2023 down 17.8% volatile
75 Nigeria 3.49 kt 2023 down 39.4% falling
76 Czechia 3.24 kt 2023 down 49.0% falling
77 Bulgaria 2.83 kt 2023 down 14.4% volatile
78 Uganda 2.82 kt 2023 down 27.0% rising
79 Israel 2.81 kt 2023 down 28.1% rising
80 Serbia 2.79 kt 2023 down 22.8% falling
81 Denmark 2.77 kt 2023 down 26.9% volatile
82 Tunisia 2.77 kt 2023 down 16.6% falling
83 United Republic of Tanzania 2.71 kt 2023 down 30.6% rising
84 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.65 kt 2023 down 31.6% falling
85 Kyrgyzstan 2.6 kt 2023 down 50.4% rising
86 Iceland 2.44 kt 2023 down 3.6% falling
87 Croatia 2.4 kt 2023 down 27.6% volatile
88 Switzerland 2.22 kt 2023 down 34.4% falling
89 Kuwait 2.12 kt 2023 up 9.7% rising
90 Georgia 2.07 kt 2023 down 10.8% rising
91 Sri Lanka 2 kt 2023 down 10.1% falling
92 China, Taiwan Province of 1.99 kt 2023 down 60.7% falling
93 Dominican Republic 1.96 kt 2023 down 44.5% falling
94 Finland 1.94 kt 2023 down 21.6% volatile
95 Turkmenistan 1.92 kt 2023 down 20.6% rising
96 Honduras 1.89 kt 2023 down 29.8% rising
97 Oman 1.89 kt 2023 down 4.3% rising
98 Yemen 1.79 kt 2023 down 27.1% rising
99 Ethiopia 1.77 kt 2023 down 73.3% rising
100 Tajikistan 1.75 kt 2023 down 47.1% rising
101 Bangladesh 1.75 kt 2023 down 38.8% rising
102 Norway 1.73 kt 2023 down 95.2% volatile
103 Slovakia 1.72 kt 2023 down 41.2% volatile
104 Melanesia 1.71 kt 2023 down 23.5% flat
105 Nicaragua 1.7 kt 2023 down 41.7% flat
106 Uruguay 1.68 kt 2023 down 44.4% falling
107 Nepal 1.66 kt 2023 down 32.6% falling
108 El Salvador 1.41 kt 2023 down 41.7% flat
109 Chad 1.41 kt 2023 up 5.1% rising
110 Madagascar 1.36 kt 2023 down 33.2% volatile
111 Paraguay 1.35 kt 2023 down 47.8% falling
112 Côte d'Ivoire 1.27 kt 2023 down 23.9% rising
113 Lebanon 1.25 kt 2023 down 10.9% falling
114 Angola 1.21 kt 2023 down 46.6% falling
115 Malawi 1.21 kt 2023 down 6.3% rising
116 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.19 kt 2023 up 186.1% volatile
117 Costa Rica 1.18 kt 2023 down 47.4% falling
118 Cameroon 1.18 kt 2023 down 7.2% rising
119 Senegal 1.17 kt 2023 down 32.7% rising
120 Libya 1.12 kt 2023 down 23.7% falling
121 Papua New Guinea 1.11 kt 2023 down 14.1% rising
122 Ghana 1.1 kt 2023 down 13.8% rising
123 Jordan 1.02 kt 2023 down 29.5% falling
124 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.9581 kt 2023 down 18.6% rising
125 Mali 0.8457 kt 2023 down 41.2% rising
126 Zimbabwe 0.8227 kt 2023 down 56.0% falling
127 Zambia 0.8139 kt 2023 down 58.8% rising
128 Mongolia 0.7655 kt 2023 down 16.9% volatile
129 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.757 kt 2023 down 47.1% falling
130 Jamaica 0.7367 kt 2023 down 30.8% falling
131 Seychelles 0.7194 kt 2023 down 0.4% flat
132 Mauritius 0.7052 kt 2023 down 44.1% falling
133 Singapore 0.6215 kt 2023 up 3.9% falling
134 United Arab Emirates 0.6125 kt 2023 down 18.9% rising
135 Cambodia 0.6081 kt 2023 down 34.2% rising
136 China, Macao SAR 0.6055 kt 2023 down 1.3% rising
137 Burkina Faso 0.5441 kt 2023 down 8.4% flat
138 Cyprus 0.5293 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
139 Eswatini 0.513 kt 2023 down 63.1% falling
140 Fiji 0.5027 kt 2023 down 37.9% falling
141 Botswana 0.464 kt 2023 down 20.4% rising
142 Afghanistan 0.4507 kt 2023 down 57.9% volatile
143 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4337 kt 2023 down 27.8% falling
144 Congo 0.4231 kt 2023 down 12.5% rising
145 Eritrea 0.4182 kt 2023 down 16.3% falling
146 South Sudan 0.3697 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
147 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.3372 kt 2023 down 39.5% rising
148 Mauritania 0.3274 kt 2023 down 39.0% flat
149 Guyana 0.3182 kt 2023 down 53.9% volatile
150 Rwanda 0.2896 kt 2023 down 32.7% rising
151 Burundi 0.2877 kt 2023 down 5.5% rising
152 Gabon 0.2862 kt 2023 down 9.5% rising
153 Somalia 0.2657 kt 2023 down 69.7% falling
154 Togo 0.2507 kt 2023 down 39.0% rising
155 Guinea 0.2304 kt 2023 down 41.7% rising
156 Lesotho 0.2249 kt 2023 down 17.1% rising
157 North Macedonia 0.209 kt 2023 down 18.8% falling
158 Liberia 0.2019 kt 2023 down 17.8% rising
159 Benin 0.1937 kt 2023 down 38.6% rising
160 Namibia 0.1869 kt 2023 down 63.4% falling
161 Bahrain 0.1819 kt 2023 down 10.6% rising
162 Qatar 0.1745 kt 2023 down 13.4% rising
163 Luxembourg 0.1694 kt 2023 down 12.2% falling
164 Sierra Leone 0.1665 kt 2023 down 31.5% rising
165 Haiti 0.1659 kt 2023 down 54.4% falling
166 Guadeloupe 0.1642 kt 2023 down 7.4% falling
167 Malta 0.1469 kt 2023 down 14.5% flat
168 Montenegro 0.1453 kt 2023 down 14.2% falling
169 Palestine 0.1097 kt 2023 down 57.9% falling
170 Suriname 0.0883 kt 2023 down 21.0% rising
171 Puerto Rico 0.0778 kt 2023 down 67.3% falling
172 Barbados 0.0696 kt 2023 down 48.0% falling
173 New Caledonia 0.0541 kt 2023 down 20.9% falling
174 Cabo Verde 0.0527 kt 2023 down 16.8% falling
175 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0513 kt 2023 up 0.0% falling
176 Bhutan 0.0513 kt 2023 down 26.5% falling
177 Timor-Leste 0.0507 kt 2023 down 27.9% falling
178 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.0408 kt 2010 up 0.6% rising
179 Guinea-Bissau 0.0374 kt 2023 down 58.3% falling
180 Polynesia 0.0293 kt 2023 down 45.7% falling
181 Brunei Darussalam 0.0289 kt 2023 down 64.4% rising
182 Solomon Islands 0.0288 kt 2023 down 19.2% falling
183 Faroe Islands 0.025 kt 2023 down 4.8% rising
184 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0218 kt 2023 down 2.5% volatile
185 Gambia 0.0154 kt 2023 down 44.8% falling
186 Saint Lucia 0.0152 kt 2023 down 30.3% rising
187 Martinique 0.0149 kt 2023 down 49.1% falling
188 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0146 kt 2023 down 11.4% rising
189 Grenada 0.0143 kt 2023 down 13.2% falling
190 Maldives 0.0134 kt 2023 down 13.6% volatile
191 Djibouti 0.0131 kt 2023 down 77.0% falling
192 French Polynesia 0.0109 kt 2023 down 37.8% falling
193 Samoa 0.0106 kt 2023 down 50.9% falling
194 Vanuatu 0.0105 kt 2023 down 58.5% falling
195 Micronesia 0.0099 kt 2023 down 27.8% flat
196 Greenland 0.0094 kt 2023 down 6.7% rising
197 Bahamas 0.0092 kt 2023 down 58.6% falling
198 Dominica 0.0055 kt 2023 down 31.3% falling
199 Tonga 0.0052 kt 2023 down 46.6% falling
200 Kiribati 0.005 kt 2023 down 38.1% rising
201 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.0043 kt 2023 down 0.2% flat
202 Comoros 0.0034 kt 2023 down 55.8% falling
203 Western Sahara 0.0032 kt 2023 down 60.7% falling
204 French Guiana 0.0023 kt 2023 down 44.9% falling
205 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0021 kt 2023 down 49.0% rising
206 Equatorial Guinea 0.0021 kt 2023 down 36.6% flat
207 Montserrat 0.0012 kt 2023 down 60.9% falling
208 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0009 kt 2023 down 30.7% falling
209 United States Virgin Islands 0.0009 kt 2023 down 63.6% falling
210 Cook Islands 0.0007 kt 2023 down 63.6% falling
211 Guam 0.0005 kt 2023 down 55.5% falling
212 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.0005 kt 2023 down 62.8% falling
213 Bermuda 0.0004 kt 2023 down 55.5% falling
214 British Virgin Islands 0.0003 kt 2023 down 59.7% falling
215 Tuvalu 0.0002 kt 2023 down 57.6% falling
216 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0002 kt 2023 down 3.7% volatile
217 Liechtenstein 0.0002 kt 2023 up 25.4% rising
218 Niue 0.0001 kt 2023 down 61.1% falling
219 Nauru 0.0001 kt 2023 down 61.2% falling
220 Tokelau 0 kt 2023 down 63.3% falling
221 Cayman Islands 0 kt 2023 unchanged flat
222 Palau 0 kt 2023 unchanged flat

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
Industrial Wastewater — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
258 places, 8,553 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food 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). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.