IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) 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
118
Highest
7,604 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Viet Nam
Median
16.32 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,289
What the numbers show
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 118 countries. The highest value is 7,604 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Viet Nam.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.32 kt, and the mean is 305.09 kt.
Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 23,992.7%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 100.0%).
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 7,604 kt | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 7,448 kt | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 6,776 kt | 2023 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 4 | OECD | 3,114 kt | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 1,747 kt | 2023 | up 23,992.7% | volatile |
| 6 | United States | 1,064 kt | 2023 | up 108.8% | rising |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 778.4 kt | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Oman | 579.6 kt | 2023 | up 120.9% | volatile |
| 9 | USSR | 566.05 kt | 1991 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 10 | Russia | 509.6 kt | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 509.6 kt | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 12 | Japan | 476 kt | 2023 | up 44.1% | falling |
| 13 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 422.8 kt | 2023 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Caribbean | 316.42 kt | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Trinidad and Tobago | 316.4 kt | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 308 kt | 2023 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Germany | 238.28 kt | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 18 | Malaysia | 193.76 kt | 2023 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Canada | 170.8 kt | 2023 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 20 | Brunei | 164.64 kt | 2023 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Brunei Darussalam | 164.64 kt | 2023 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 22 | China, Taiwan Province of | 156.24 kt | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Brazil | 148.96 kt | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 24 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 136.36 kt | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 25 | Indonesia | 132.72 kt | 2023 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 26 | South Africa | 122.08 kt | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 27 | Norway | 120.12 kt | 2023 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 28 | Australia and New Zealand | 109.87 kt | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 104.16 kt | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Qatar | 87.64 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 31 | New Zealand | 87.36 kt | 2023 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 85.12 kt | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 33 | Singapore | 84 kt | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Thailand | 68.32 kt | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 64.68 kt | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 36 | Yugoslav SFR | 62.76 kt | 1991 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 37 | Equatorial Guinea | 59.08 kt | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 58.52 kt | 1999 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 55.16 kt | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 39 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 55.16 kt | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 41 | Belgium | 49.84 kt | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 41 | France | 49.84 kt | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 43 | Romania | 40.32 kt | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 44 | Ukraine | 36.4 kt | 2023 | down 72.9% | falling |
| 45 | Egypt | 36.12 kt | 2023 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Finland | 33.6 kt | 2023 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Argentina | 33.32 kt | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Spain | 32.76 kt | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 49 | Bahrain | 28 kt | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Italy | 28 kt | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 51 | Chile | 25.54 kt | 2023 | up 124.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Czechoslovakia | 25.42 kt | 1992 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 23.49 kt | 2023 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Australia | 22.51 kt | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 55 | Turkey | 21.92 kt | 2023 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 55 | Türkiye | 21.92 kt | 2023 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 57 | Sweden | 21.17 kt | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 58 | Kuwait | 21.08 kt | 2023 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Austria | 16.41 kt | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 60 | Poland | 16.24 kt | 2023 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Slovakia | 14.31 kt | 2023 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 62 | Czechia | 13.13 kt | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 63 | Algeria | 11.68 kt | 2023 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 64 | Myanmar | 10.3 kt | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Colombia | 8.62 kt | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 7.25 kt | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Georgia | 6.89 kt | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Slovenia | 6.64 kt | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 69 | Serbia | 6.08 kt | 2023 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 70 | Belarus | 6.05 kt | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 71 | Hungary | 5.74 kt | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 72 | Iceland | 4.12 kt | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 4.12 kt | 2023 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3.92 kt | 2005 | up 197.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Libya | 3.25 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 76 | Bhutan | 3.19 kt | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 3.11 kt | 2023 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 78 | Denmark | 2.86 kt | 2023 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 79 | Nigeria | 2.78 kt | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Lithuania | 2.48 kt | 2023 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 81 | Switzerland | 2.44 kt | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 82 | Portugal | 2.33 kt | 2023 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Paraguay | 2.21 kt | 2023 | up 2,404.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Guatemala | 2.14 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 2.04 kt | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 86 | Albania | 1.85 kt | 2023 | up 142.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Israel | 1.85 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 88 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.8 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.74 kt | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Croatia | 1.34 kt | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 1.19 kt | 2023 | up 131.5% | rising |
| 92 | Gabon | 1.14 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Greece | 1.13 kt | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Montenegro | 0.574 kt | 2023 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 95 | Philippines | 0.2262 kt | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Armenia | 0.2069 kt | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Bangladesh | 0.0784 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 98 | Andorra | 0.0602 kt | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 99 | Monaco | 0.0291 kt | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 100 | Cuba | 0.0211 kt | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 101 | San Marino | 0.0159 kt | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 102 | Burundi | 0.0114 kt | 2023 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Liechtenstein | 0.0109 kt | 2023 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 104 | Morocco | 0.0098 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 105 | Peru | 0.0084 kt | 2023 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Uruguay | 0.0062 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Estonia | 0.0047 kt | 2023 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Ecuador | 0.0034 kt | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 109 | Turkmenistan | 0.0023 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 110 | Mauritania | 0.0012 kt | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Rwanda | 0.0009 kt | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Holy See | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Ireland | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Iraq | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Latvia | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Tunisia | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Vietnam | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Viet Nam | 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 23,389 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 20,092 kt
- Asia 19,610 kt
- Southern Asia 8,949 kt
- Eastern Asia 8,390 kt
- Annex I countries 3,297 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2,219 kt
- Americas 1,961 kt
- Western Asia 1,550 kt
- Europe 1,467 kt
- Northern America 1,235 kt
- United States of America 1,064 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 726.5 kt
- European Union (27) 720.03 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 653.97 kt
- Eastern Europe 649.04 kt
- Western Europe 493.21 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 400.42 kt
- South America 322.83 kt
- Africa 240.26 kt
- Northern Europe 239.5 kt
- Southern Africa 122.08 kt
- Oceania 109.87 kt
- Central America 87.26 kt
- Southern Europe 85.62 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 80.76 kt
- Central Asia 66.72 kt
- Middle Africa 60.22 kt
- Northern Africa 51.05 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 10.4 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 7.97 kt
- Eastern Africa 4.13 kt
- Western Africa 2.78 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