Land-use change — 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
103
Highest
2,404 kt
Indonesia
Lowest
0 kt
Polynesia
Median
0.5189 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,465
What the numbers show
Land-use change — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 2,404 kt in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 kt in Polynesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5189 kt, and the mean is 45.34 kt.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 712.1%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).
Land-use change — Emissions (CH4): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 2,404 kt | 2023 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 420.66 kt | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 286.29 kt | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 4 | Zambia | 262.34 kt | 2023 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 193.16 kt | 2023 | up 202.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Angola | 189.34 kt | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 7 | Myanmar | 185.69 kt | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 169.44 kt | 2023 | up 480.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Mozambique | 63.97 kt | 2023 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 10 | Laos | 61.85 kt | 2023 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 61.85 kt | 2023 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 50.58 kt | 2023 | down 47.2% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 40.38 kt | 2023 | up 80.1% | falling |
| 14 | Sudan (former) | 34.19 kt | 2011 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 15 | South Sudan | 30.91 kt | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 16 | Cambodia | 25.84 kt | 2023 | down 52.4% | flat |
| 17 | Nepal | 24.85 kt | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Malaysia | 16 kt | 2023 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 19 | India | 15.17 kt | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Honduras | 12.1 kt | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Cameroon | 11.93 kt | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 22 | OECD | 11.88 kt | 2023 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Chad | 11.49 kt | 2023 | down 54.4% | flat |
| 24 | Mexico | 9.68 kt | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 7.57 kt | 2023 | up 261.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Madagascar | 6.9 kt | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 27 | Nigeria | 6.51 kt | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Congo | 5.52 kt | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 29 | Malawi | 3.53 kt | 2023 | down 56.8% | rising |
| 30 | Colombia | 3.37 kt | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.15 kt | 2023 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 3.07 kt | 2023 | down 62.1% | flat |
| 33 | Argentina | 2.45 kt | 2023 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Caribbean | 2.43 kt | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Vietnam | 2.35 kt | 2023 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Viet Nam | 2.35 kt | 2023 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Australia | 2.19 kt | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.19 kt | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Peru | 2.18 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Belize | 2.17 kt | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Cuba | 2.11 kt | 2023 | up 129.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Paraguay | 2.08 kt | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Guatemala | 1.86 kt | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Liberia | 1.46 kt | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Melanesia | 1.35 kt | 2023 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 1.25 kt | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.17 kt | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Guinea | 0.9577 kt | 2023 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 0.9218 kt | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Ghana | 0.8112 kt | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Gabon | 0.7313 kt | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 52 | Senegal | 0.5189 kt | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Sierra Leone | 0.4788 kt | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Guyana | 0.4415 kt | 2023 | up 151.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Philippines | 0.378 kt | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Bahamas | 0.3145 kt | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Benin | 0.3006 kt | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.3006 kt | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.3006 kt | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Uganda | 0.2021 kt | 2023 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Togo | 0.1942 kt | 2023 | up 305.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Suriname | 0.1941 kt | 2023 | up 712.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Panama | 0.1117 kt | 2023 | up 281.2% | volatile |
| 63 | East Timor | 0.1117 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Timor-Leste | 0.1117 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Fiji | 0.0852 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 0.0532 kt | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Ecuador | 0.0266 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Bhutan | 0.024 kt | 2023 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 70 | French Guiana | 0.0239 kt | 2023 | up 350.9% | volatile |
| 71 | United States | 0.016 kt | 2023 | up 492.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0133 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 72 | South Africa | 0.0133 kt | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 74 | New Caledonia | 0.0107 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 0.008 kt | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Brunei | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | China | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 76 | Sudan | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 76 | El Salvador | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 76 | China, mainland | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 76 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Burundi | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Comoros | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Gambia | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Grenada | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Haiti | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Jamaica | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Kenya | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Mali | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | French Polynesia | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Singapore | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Vanuatu | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Samoa | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Mayotte | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Montserrat | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Polynesia | 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 4,554 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 4,551 kt
- Asia 2,777 kt
- South-eastern Asia 2,736 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1,654 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,634 kt
- Africa 1,360 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 932.57 kt
- Middle Africa 925.98 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 856.08 kt
- Eastern Africa 421.51 kt
- Americas 412.53 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 412.51 kt
- South America 376.51 kt
- Southern Asia 40.97 kt
- Central America 33.56 kt
- Western Africa 12.7 kt
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 7.87 kt
- Oceania 3.53 kt
- Annex I countries 2.24 kt
- Northern America 0.016 kt
- United States of America 0.016 kt
- Southern Africa 0.0133 kt
- Northern Africa 0.0053 kt
- Eastern Asia 0.0053 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