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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
138
Highest
7,604 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
China, Macao SAR
Median
3.15 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,847

What the numbers show

IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 7,604 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.15 kt, and the mean is 244.55 kt.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 49 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: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Saudi Arabia 778.4 kt 2023 up 4.5% volatile
7 Oman 579.6 kt 2023 up 120.9% volatile
8 USSR 566.05 kt 1991 down 18.8% falling
9 Russian Federation 509.6 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
10 Japan 476 kt 2023 up 44.1% falling
11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 422.8 kt 2023 up 45.2% volatile
13 Trinidad and Tobago 316.4 kt 2023 down 18.7% volatile
14 Republic of Korea 308 kt 2023 up 35.3% volatile
15 Germany 238.28 kt 2023 down 10.0% falling
16 Malaysia 193.76 kt 2023 up 65.6% volatile
17 Canada 170.8 kt 2023 up 19.8% falling
18 Brunei Darussalam 164.64 kt 2023 down 52.2% volatile
19 China, Taiwan Province of 156.24 kt 2023 up 6.5% volatile
20 Brazil 148.96 kt 2023 down 3.8% rising
21 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 136.36 kt 2023 down 1.8% rising
22 Indonesia 132.72 kt 2023 up 108.8% volatile
23 Norway 120.12 kt 2023 up 11.4% falling
24 Australia and New Zealand 109.87 kt 2023 down 6.2% volatile
25 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 104.16 kt 2023 down 4.1% volatile
26 Qatar 87.64 kt 2023 up 5.4% volatile
27 New Zealand 87.36 kt 2023 down 5.7% volatile
28 Mexico 85.12 kt 2023 up 20.2% rising
29 Singapore 84 kt 2023 up 19.5% volatile
30 Thailand 68.32 kt 2023 up 29.1% volatile
31 Kazakhstan 64.68 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
32 Yugoslav SFR 62.76 kt 1991 down 54.3% falling
33 Equatorial Guinea 59.08 kt 2023 down 25.7% volatile
34 Belgium-Luxembourg 58.52 kt 1999 up 11.7% falling
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 55.16 kt 2023 down 19.6% falling
36 Belgium 49.84 kt 2023 down 19.5% falling
36 France 49.84 kt 2023 down 19.5% falling
38 Romania 40.32 kt 2023 down 7.7% falling
39 Ukraine 36.4 kt 2023 down 72.9% falling
40 Egypt 36.12 kt 2023 down 34.8% volatile
41 Finland 33.6 kt 2023 down 19.5% volatile
42 Argentina 33.32 kt 2023 down 11.2% volatile
43 Spain 32.76 kt 2023 down 14.0% falling
44 Bahrain 28 kt 2023 down 6.5% volatile
44 Italy 28 kt 2023 down 30.6% falling
46 Chile 25.54 kt 2023 up 124.6% volatile
47 Czechoslovakia 25.42 kt 1992 down 45.5% falling
48 United Arab Emirates 23.49 kt 2023 up 24.1% volatile
49 Australia 22.51 kt 2023 down 8.0% falling
50 Türkiye 21.92 kt 2023 up 27.7% falling
51 Sweden 21.17 kt 2023 up 6.6% falling
52 Kuwait 21.08 kt 2023 up 38.4% volatile
53 Austria 16.41 kt 2023 down 13.8% rising
54 Poland 16.24 kt 2023 down 31.1% volatile
55 Slovakia 14.31 kt 2023 up 17.5% flat
56 Czechia 13.13 kt 2023 down 16.2% falling
57 Algeria 11.68 kt 2023 up 66.8% rising
58 Myanmar 10.3 kt 2023 up 25.6% volatile
59 Colombia 8.62 kt 2023 up 22.7% rising
60 Bulgaria 7.25 kt 2023 down 0.8% volatile
61 Georgia 6.89 kt 2023 down 11.8% volatile
62 Slovenia 6.64 kt 2023 up 3.0% flat
63 Serbia 6.08 kt 2023 up 61.9% rising
64 Belarus 6.05 kt 2023 down 6.1% rising
65 Hungary 5.74 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
66 Iceland 4.12 kt 2023 up 5.8% falling
66 Zimbabwe 4.12 kt 2023 down 10.9% volatile
68 Serbia and Montenegro 3.92 kt 2005 up 197.1% volatile
69 Libya 3.25 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
70 Bhutan 3.19 kt 2023 up 26.0% volatile
71 North Macedonia 3.11 kt 2023 down 36.2% rising
72 Denmark 2.86 kt 2023 down 22.7% rising
73 Nigeria 2.78 kt 2023 down 0.5% volatile
74 Lithuania 2.48 kt 2023 down 31.3% rising
75 Switzerland 2.44 kt 2023 down 20.0% rising
76 Portugal 2.33 kt 2023 down 7.5% volatile
77 Paraguay 2.21 kt 2023 up 2,404.8% volatile
78 Guatemala 2.14 kt 2023 — volatile
79 Uzbekistan 2.04 kt 2023 up 56.2% rising
80 Albania 1.85 kt 2023 up 142.6% volatile
80 Israel 1.85 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
82 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.8 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.74 kt 2023 up 21.1% volatile
84 Croatia 1.34 kt 2023 down 2.4% falling
85 Azerbaijan 1.19 kt 2023 up 131.5% rising
86 Gabon 1.14 kt 2023 — volatile
87 Greece 1.13 kt 2023 down 60.8% volatile
88 Montenegro 0.574 kt 2023 up 76.7% rising
89 Philippines 0.2262 kt 2023 up 34.6% volatile
90 Armenia 0.2069 kt 2023 up 1.5% volatile
91 Bangladesh 0.0784 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
92 Andorra 0.0602 kt 2023 down 16.0% falling
93 Monaco 0.0291 kt 2023 down 14.9% falling
94 Cuba 0.0211 kt 2023 down 1.4% volatile
95 San Marino 0.0159 kt 2023 down 29.0% falling
96 Burundi 0.0114 kt 2023 up 103.6% volatile
97 Liechtenstein 0.0109 kt 2023 down 21.6% rising
98 Morocco 0.0098 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
99 Peru 0.0084 kt 2023 down 84.2% volatile
100 Uruguay 0.0062 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
101 Estonia 0.0047 kt 2023 up 46.9% volatile
102 Ecuador 0.0034 kt 2023 up 17.2% rising
103 Turkmenistan 0.0023 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
104 Mauritania 0.0012 kt 2023 down 33.3% volatile
105 Rwanda 0.0009 kt 2023 down 30.8% volatile
106 Holy See 0.0002 kt 2023 down 50.0% volatile
107 Afghanistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Cyprus 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Dominican Republic 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Guinea 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Grenada 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Guyana 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Ireland 0 kt 2023 — volatile
107 Iraq 0 kt 2023 — volatile
107 Jamaica 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Lebanon 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Saint Lucia 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Luxembourg 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Latvia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
107 Maldives 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Malta 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Mauritius 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Panama 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Tajikistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Tunisia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
107 Samoa 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Zambia 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Micronesia 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Melanesia 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Polynesia 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Republic of Moldova 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 Viet Nam 0 kt 2023 — volatile
107 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 0 kt 1990 — flat
107 Côte d'Ivoire 0 kt 2023 — flat
107 China, Macao SAR 0 kt 2023 — flat

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
173 places, 9,847 data points, 1961–2023
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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