Land-use change — Emissions Share (CH4) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.
Countries reporting
92
Highest
100 %
Mayotte
Lowest
0 %
Polynesia
Median
0.135 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,422
What the numbers show
Land-use change — Emissions Share (CH4) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Mayotte; the lowest is 0 % in Polynesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.135 %, and the mean is 3.42 %.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 771.4%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).
Land-use change — Emissions Share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayotte | 100 % | 1999 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 42.24 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 3 | Zambia | 26.62 % | 2023 | down 26.5% | flat |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19.43 % | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 5 | Indonesia | 14.52 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 14.42 % | 2023 | up 343.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Laos | 11.71 % | 2023 | up 50.5% | falling |
| 7 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 11.71 % | 2023 | up 50.5% | falling |
| 9 | Belize | 10.92 % | 2023 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Angola | 10.55 % | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 11 | Myanmar | 8.01 % | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 12 | Mozambique | 5.6 % | 2023 | down 51.1% | flat |
| 13 | Honduras | 3.61 % | 2023 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Nepal | 3.05 % | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Cambodia | 2.8 % | 2023 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 16 | Bahamas | 2.67 % | 2023 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 17 | South Sudan | 2.54 % | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 18 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.04 % | 2023 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 1.79 % | 2023 | up 198.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Liberia | 1.65 % | 2023 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Cameroon | 1.62 % | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Malaysia | 1.61 % | 2023 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.59 % | 2023 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Malawi | 1.2 % | 2023 | down 70.3% | falling |
| 25 | Thailand | 1.18 % | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 26 | Sudan (former) | 1.03 % | 2011 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Congo | 0.99 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 28 | Brazil | 0.93 % | 2023 | up 165.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Papua New Guinea | 0.92 % | 2023 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Madagascar | 0.73 % | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 31 | Melanesia | 0.7 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Suriname | 0.61 % | 2023 | up 771.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Cuba | 0.5 % | 2023 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Chad | 0.44 % | 2023 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Guyana | 0.36 % | 2023 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Guatemala | 0.3 % | 2023 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Fiji | 0.28 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 38 | East Timor | 0.27 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Timor-Leste | 0.27 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 0.24 % | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Paraguay | 0.23 % | 2023 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Peru | 0.19 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 43 | Mexico | 0.18 % | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.18 % | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Caribbean | 0.17 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 46 | Gabon | 0.14 % | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 47 | Senegal | 0.13 % | 2023 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Ghana | 0.12 % | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Guinea | 0.12 % | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Benin | 0.11 % | 2023 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Colombia | 0.11 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 52 | Nigeria | 0.09 % | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Togo | 0.09 % | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.07 % | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 0.07 % | 2023 | down 70.8% | falling |
| 54 | Panama | 0.07 % | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Vietnam | 0.07 % | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Viet Nam | 0.07 % | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.07 % | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Argentina | 0.06 % | 2023 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Bhutan | 0.06 % | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 62 | India | 0.05 % | 2023 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 63 | Australia | 0.03 % | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 0.03 % | 2023 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.03 % | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 0.02 % | 2023 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Uganda | 0.02 % | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 66 | OECD | 0.02 % | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Brunei | 0.01 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.01 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Philippines | 0.01 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 69 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.01 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Burundi | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Comoros | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Ecuador | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Gambia | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Grenada | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Jamaica | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Kenya | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Mali | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | El Salvador | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | United States | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Vanuatu | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Samoa | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | South Africa | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Polynesia | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 10.12 %
- South-Eastern Asia 8.77 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4.26 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.19 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.79 %
- Africa 2.65 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.6 %
- Eastern Africa 2.56 %
- Non-Annex I countries 1.78 %
- Asia 1.69 %
- World 1.35 %
- South America 1.06 %
- Americas 0.54 %
- Central America 0.47 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.37 %
- Western Africa 0.09 %
- Southern Asia 0.08 %
- Oceania 0.04 %
- Northern America 0 %
- Northern Africa 0 %
- Southern Africa 0 %
- United States of America 0 %
- Annex I countries 0 %
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.