IPPU — Emissions (CH4) 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
117
Highest
271.58 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Holy See
Median
0.586 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,289
What the numbers show
IPPU — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 271.58 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Holy See.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.586 kt, and the mean is 10.99 kt.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 23,992.7%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 100.0%).
IPPU — Emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 271.58 kt | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 266 kt | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 242 kt | 2023 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 4 | OECD | 111.2 kt | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 62.4 kt | 2023 | up 23,992.7% | volatile |
| 6 | United States | 38 kt | 2023 | up 108.8% | rising |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 27.8 kt | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Oman | 20.7 kt | 2023 | up 120.9% | volatile |
| 9 | USSR | 20.22 kt | 1991 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 10 | Russia | 18.2 kt | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 18.2 kt | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 12 | Japan | 17 kt | 2023 | up 44.1% | falling |
| 13 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 15.1 kt | 2023 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Caribbean | 11.3 kt | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.3 kt | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 11 kt | 2023 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Germany | 8.51 kt | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 18 | Malaysia | 6.92 kt | 2023 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Canada | 6.1 kt | 2023 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 20 | Brunei | 5.88 kt | 2023 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Brunei Darussalam | 5.88 kt | 2023 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 22 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5.58 kt | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Brazil | 5.32 kt | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 24 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 4.87 kt | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 25 | Indonesia | 4.74 kt | 2023 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 26 | South Africa | 4.36 kt | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 27 | Norway | 4.29 kt | 2023 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 28 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.92 kt | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.72 kt | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Qatar | 3.13 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 31 | New Zealand | 3.12 kt | 2023 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 3.04 kt | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 33 | Singapore | 3 kt | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Thailand | 2.44 kt | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 2.31 kt | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 36 | Yugoslav SFR | 2.24 kt | 1991 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 37 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.11 kt | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 2.09 kt | 1999 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 1.97 kt | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 39 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.97 kt | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 41 | Belgium | 1.78 kt | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 41 | France | 1.78 kt | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 43 | Romania | 1.44 kt | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 44 | Ukraine | 1.3 kt | 2023 | down 72.9% | falling |
| 45 | Egypt | 1.29 kt | 2023 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Finland | 1.2 kt | 2023 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Argentina | 1.19 kt | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Spain | 1.17 kt | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 49 | Bahrain | 1 kt | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Italy | 1 kt | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 51 | Chile | 0.912 kt | 2023 | up 124.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Czechoslovakia | 0.908 kt | 1992 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 0.839 kt | 2023 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Australia | 0.804 kt | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 55 | Turkey | 0.783 kt | 2023 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 55 | Türkiye | 0.783 kt | 2023 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 57 | Sweden | 0.756 kt | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 58 | Kuwait | 0.753 kt | 2023 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Austria | 0.586 kt | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 60 | Poland | 0.58 kt | 2023 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Slovakia | 0.511 kt | 2023 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 62 | Czechia | 0.469 kt | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 63 | Algeria | 0.417 kt | 2023 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 64 | Myanmar | 0.368 kt | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Colombia | 0.308 kt | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 0.259 kt | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Georgia | 0.246 kt | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Slovenia | 0.237 kt | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 69 | Serbia | 0.217 kt | 2023 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 70 | Belarus | 0.216 kt | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 71 | Hungary | 0.205 kt | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 72 | Iceland | 0.147 kt | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 0.147 kt | 2023 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.1401 kt | 2005 | up 196.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Libya | 0.116 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 76 | Bhutan | 0.114 kt | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 0.111 kt | 2023 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 78 | Denmark | 0.102 kt | 2023 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 79 | Nigeria | 0.0992 kt | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Lithuania | 0.0886 kt | 2023 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 81 | Switzerland | 0.0872 kt | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 82 | Portugal | 0.0832 kt | 2023 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Paraguay | 0.0789 kt | 2023 | up 2,365.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Guatemala | 0.0763 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 0.0728 kt | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 86 | Albania | 0.066 kt | 2023 | up 142.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Israel | 0.066 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 88 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.0642 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0621 kt | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Croatia | 0.048 kt | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 0.0426 kt | 2023 | up 131.5% | rising |
| 92 | Gabon | 0.0407 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Greece | 0.0404 kt | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Montenegro | 0.0205 kt | 2023 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 95 | Philippines | 0.0081 kt | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Armenia | 0.0074 kt | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Bangladesh | 0.0028 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 98 | Andorra | 0.0022 kt | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 99 | Monaco | 0.001 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 100 | Cuba | 0.0008 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 101 | San Marino | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 102 | Burundi | 0.0004 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Liechtenstein | 0.0004 kt | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 102 | Morocco | 0.0004 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 105 | Peru | 0.0003 kt | 2023 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Estonia | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Uruguay | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 108 | Ecuador | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 110 | Iraq | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Latvia | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Mauritania | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Rwanda | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Tunisia | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Vietnam | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Viet Nam | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Holy See | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 835.33 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 717.59 kt
- Asia 700.37 kt
- Southern Asia 319.62 kt
- Eastern Asia 299.64 kt
- Annex I countries 117.73 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 79.24 kt
- Americas 70.05 kt
- Western Asia 55.37 kt
- Europe 52.41 kt
- Northern America 44.1 kt
- United States of America 38 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 25.95 kt
- European Union (27) 25.72 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 23.36 kt
- Eastern Europe 23.18 kt
- Western Europe 17.61 kt
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 14.3 kt
- South America 11.53 kt
- Africa 8.58 kt
- Northern Europe 8.55 kt
- Southern Africa 4.36 kt
- Oceania 3.92 kt
- Central America 3.12 kt
- Southern Europe 3.06 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.88 kt
- Central Asia 2.38 kt
- Middle Africa 2.15 kt
- Northern Africa 1.82 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.3713 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.2845 kt
- Eastern Africa 0.1474 kt
- Western Africa 0.0992 kt
About this data
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