Methane emissions from agriculture by country
Emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
588.17 million tonnes
India
Lowest
0 tonnes
Niue
Median
4.25 million tonnes
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,559
What the numbers show
Methane emissions from agriculture is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 588.17 million tonnes in India; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.25 million tonnes, and the mean is 21.61 million tonnes.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 127.4%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 50.0%).
Methane emissions from agriculture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 588.17 million tonnes | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 411.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 3 | China | 396.71 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 4 | United States | 214.90 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 5 | Pakistan | 172.62 million tonnes | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 6 | Australia | 125.30 million tonnes | 2023 | up 39.4% | falling |
| 7 | Indonesia | 97.96 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 8 | Argentina | 94.33 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 90.10 million tonnes | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 70.25 million tonnes | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 68.64 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 12 | Chad | 67.52 million tonnes | 2023 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 60.75 million tonnes | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 14 | Nigeria | 57.42 million tonnes | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 56.21 million tonnes | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 55.62 million tonnes | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 17 | Russia | 54.77 million tonnes | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 18 | Vietnam | 53.33 million tonnes | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 19 | Sudan | 52.74 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 20 | Tanzania | 51.92 million tonnes | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 21 | Myanmar | 50.44 million tonnes | 2023 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 22 | France | 41.76 million tonnes | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 23 | Kenya | 36.25 million tonnes | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 24 | Germany | 32.68 million tonnes | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 25 | Venezuela | 31.34 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 29.97 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 27 | South Sudan | 29.71 million tonnes | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 28 | Canada | 28.94 million tonnes | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 29 | New Zealand | 28.80 million tonnes | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 27.90 million tonnes | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 31 | Mali | 27.61 million tonnes | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 32 | Turkey | 26.93 million tonnes | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 33 | Spain | 26.10 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 34 | Niger | 24.98 million tonnes | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 35 | Bolivia | 24.81 million tonnes | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 36 | Paraguay | 23.51 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 37 | Iran | 23.10 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 38 | Italy | 22.43 million tonnes | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 39 | Cambodia | 21.66 million tonnes | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 40 | Uruguay | 21.57 million tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Peru | 20.35 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 42 | Angola | 19.90 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 43 | Uganda | 19.89 million tonnes | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 44 | Mongolia | 19.67 million tonnes | 2023 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 45 | Madagascar | 19.17 million tonnes | 2023 | up 15.1% | flat |
| 46 | Guinea | 18.19 million tonnes | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 47 | South Africa | 18.06 million tonnes | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 48 | Somalia | 18.01 million tonnes | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 49 | Nepal | 16.54 million tonnes | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 16.37 million tonnes | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 51 | Poland | 16.32 million tonnes | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 16.10 million tonnes | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 53 | Japan | 16.04 million tonnes | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 55 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.60 million tonnes | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 56 | Netherlands | 12.66 million tonnes | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 57 | Zambia | 12.55 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 12.25 million tonnes | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 59 | Egypt | 12.16 million tonnes | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 60 | South Korea | 10.82 million tonnes | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 61 | Mozambique | 10.28 million tonnes | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 62 | Belarus | 10.02 million tonnes | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 9.85 million tonnes | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 64 | Central African Republic | 9.42 million tonnes | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 65 | Laos | 9.16 million tonnes | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 66 | Ecuador | 8.73 million tonnes | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 67 | Senegal | 8.55 million tonnes | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 68 | Romania | 8.28 million tonnes | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 69 | Algeria | 8.18 million tonnes | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 70 | Cameroon | 8.05 million tonnes | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 71 | Ukraine | 8.02 million tonnes | 2023 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Morocco | 7.89 million tonnes | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 73 | Botswana | 7.86 million tonnes | 2023 | up 67.9% | falling |
| 74 | Mauritania | 7.67 million tonnes | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 7.57 million tonnes | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 76 | Guatemala | 7.53 million tonnes | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 7.49 million tonnes | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 7.18 million tonnes | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 79 | Saudi Arabia | 7.14 million tonnes | 2023 | up 127.4% | rising |
| 80 | Cuba | 6.90 million tonnes | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 81 | Ghana | 6.61 million tonnes | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 82 | Belgium | 6.37 million tonnes | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 83 | Denmark | 6.26 million tonnes | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 84 | Yemen | 5.70 million tonnes | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 85 | Chile | 5.68 million tonnes | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 5.50 million tonnes | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 5.41 million tonnes | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 88 | Honduras | 5.29 million tonnes | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 89 | Namibia | 5.16 million tonnes | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 90 | Austria | 5.06 million tonnes | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 91 | Portugal | 5.02 million tonnes | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 92 | Malawi | 4.80 million tonnes | 2023 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Malaysia | 4.75 million tonnes | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.43 million tonnes | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 95 | Iraq | 4.27 million tonnes | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 96 | Switzerland | 4.25 million tonnes | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 97 | Greece | 4.21 million tonnes | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 98 | Syria | 4.11 million tonnes | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 99 | Benin | 4.05 million tonnes | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 100 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.03 million tonnes | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 4.01 million tonnes | 2023 | up 53.1% | flat |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 4.00 million tonnes | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 103 | North Korea | 3.60 million tonnes | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 104 | Haiti | 3.50 million tonnes | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 105 | Eritrea | 3.43 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 106 | Sweden | 3.40 million tonnes | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 107 | Czechia | 3.22 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 3.09 million tonnes | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 109 | Serbia | 3.06 million tonnes | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 110 | Hungary | 2.72 million tonnes | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 111 | Norway | 2.70 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 112 | Panama | 2.65 million tonnes | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 113 | Burundi | 2.31 million tonnes | 2023 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Tunisia | 2.29 million tonnes | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 115 | Finland | 2.19 million tonnes | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 116 | Togo | 1.95 million tonnes | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 117 | Libya | 1.87 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 1.86 million tonnes | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 119 | Rwanda | 1.85 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 120 | Lithuania | 1.74 million tonnes | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 1.56 million tonnes | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 122 | Guyana | 1.50 million tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | El Salvador | 1.47 million tonnes | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 124 | Albania | 1.45 million tonnes | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 125 | Congo | 1.38 million tonnes | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 126 | Oman | 1.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.26 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 127 | Croatia | 1.26 million tonnes | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.24 million tonnes | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 130 | Papua New Guinea | 1.18 million tonnes | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 131 | Georgia | 1.17 million tonnes | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 132 | Slovakia | 1.09 million tonnes | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 132 | Slovenia | 1.09 million tonnes | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 134 | Latvia | 1.02 million tonnes | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 135 | Gambia | 900,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 136 | East Timor | 890,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 137 | Lesotho | 800,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 138 | Israel | 720,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 139 | Estonia | 680,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 140 | Armenia | 670,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 140 | Jordan | 670,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 660,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 143 | Eswatini | 620,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 144 | Moldova | 540,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Djibouti | 530,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 146 | Suriname | 460,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 148 | Fiji | 400,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 149 | Bhutan | 390,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 150 | Qatar | 380,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 81.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Jamaica | 370,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 152 | Iceland | 310,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 153 | Lebanon | 280,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Montenegro | 280,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 155 | Liberia | 259,999 tonnes | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 156 | Gabon | 240,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 157 | Kuwait | 230,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 210,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 159 | Belize | 200,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 160 | Cyprus | 129,999 tonnes | 2023 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 161 | Samoa | 120,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 163 | Comoros | 70,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 70,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 163 | Tonga | 70,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 60,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Micronesia (country) | 50,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Bahrain | 30,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 169 | Barbados | 30,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 169 | Dominica | 30,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Brunei | 20,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Grenada | 20,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 172 | Saint Lucia | 20,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | Mauritius | 20,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 176 | Bahamas | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Kiribati | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Tuvalu | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Cook Islands | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 185 | Andorra | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 185 | Maldives | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 185 | Marshall Islands | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 185 | Nauru | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 185 | Palau | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 185 | Singapore | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Seychelles | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 185 | Niue | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
Emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents.