Methane emissions agriculture by country
Countries reporting
185
Highest
588.17 million
India
Lowest
0
Singapore
Median
4.75 million
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,559
What the numbers show
Methane emissions agriculture is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 588.17 million in India; the lowest is 0 in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.75 million, and the mean is 22.17 million.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 127.4%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 50.0%).
Methane emissions agriculture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 588.17 million | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 411.34 million | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 3 | China | 396.71 million | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 4 | United States | 214.90 million | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 5 | Pakistan | 172.62 million | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 6 | Australia | 125.30 million | 2023 | up 39.4% | falling |
| 7 | Indonesia | 97.96 million | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 8 | Argentina | 94.33 million | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 90.10 million | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 70.25 million | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 68.64 million | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 12 | Chad | 67.52 million | 2023 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 60.75 million | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 14 | Nigeria | 57.42 million | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 56.21 million | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 55.62 million | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 17 | Russia | 54.77 million | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 18 | Vietnam | 53.33 million | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 19 | Sudan | 52.74 million | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 20 | Tanzania | 51.92 million | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 21 | Myanmar | 50.44 million | 2023 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 22 | France | 41.76 million | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 23 | Kenya | 36.25 million | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 24 | Germany | 32.68 million | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 25 | Venezuela | 31.34 million | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 29.97 million | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 27 | South Sudan | 29.71 million | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 28 | Canada | 28.94 million | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 29 | New Zealand | 28.80 million | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 27.90 million | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 31 | Mali | 27.61 million | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 32 | Turkey | 26.93 million | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 33 | Spain | 26.10 million | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 34 | Niger | 24.98 million | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 35 | Bolivia | 24.81 million | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 36 | Paraguay | 23.51 million | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 37 | Iran | 23.10 million | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 38 | Italy | 22.43 million | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 39 | Cambodia | 21.66 million | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 40 | Uruguay | 21.57 million | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Peru | 20.35 million | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 42 | Angola | 19.90 million | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 43 | Uganda | 19.89 million | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 44 | Mongolia | 19.67 million | 2023 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 45 | Madagascar | 19.17 million | 2023 | up 15.1% | flat |
| 46 | Guinea | 18.19 million | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 47 | South Africa | 18.06 million | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 48 | Somalia | 18.01 million | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 49 | Nepal | 16.54 million | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 16.37 million | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 51 | Poland | 16.32 million | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 16.10 million | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 53 | Japan | 16.04 million | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 54 | Ireland | 15.85 million | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 55 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.60 million | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 56 | Netherlands | 12.66 million | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 57 | Zambia | 12.55 million | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 12.25 million | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 59 | Egypt | 12.16 million | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 60 | South Korea | 10.82 million | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 61 | Mozambique | 10.28 million | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 62 | Belarus | 10.02 million | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 9.85 million | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 64 | Central African Republic | 9.42 million | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 65 | Laos | 9.16 million | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 66 | Ecuador | 8.73 million | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 67 | Senegal | 8.55 million | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 68 | Romania | 8.28 million | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 69 | Algeria | 8.18 million | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 70 | Cameroon | 8.05 million | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 71 | Ukraine | 8.02 million | 2023 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Morocco | 7.89 million | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 73 | Botswana | 7.86 million | 2023 | up 67.9% | falling |
| 74 | Mauritania | 7.67 million | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 7.57 million | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 76 | Guatemala | 7.53 million | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 7.49 million | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 7.18 million | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 79 | Saudi Arabia | 7.14 million | 2023 | up 127.4% | rising |
| 80 | Cuba | 6.90 million | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 81 | Ghana | 6.61 million | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 82 | Belgium | 6.37 million | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 83 | Denmark | 6.26 million | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 84 | Yemen | 5.70 million | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 85 | Chile | 5.68 million | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 5.50 million | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 5.41 million | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 88 | Honduras | 5.29 million | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 89 | Namibia | 5.16 million | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 90 | Austria | 5.06 million | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 91 | Portugal | 5.02 million | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 92 | Malawi | 4.80 million | 2023 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Malaysia | 4.75 million | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.43 million | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 95 | Iraq | 4.27 million | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 96 | Switzerland | 4.25 million | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 97 | Greece | 4.21 million | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 98 | Syria | 4.11 million | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 99 | Benin | 4.05 million | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 100 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.03 million | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 4.01 million | 2023 | up 53.1% | flat |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 4.00 million | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 103 | North Korea | 3.60 million | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 104 | Haiti | 3.50 million | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 105 | Eritrea | 3.43 million | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 106 | Sweden | 3.40 million | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 107 | Czechia | 3.22 million | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 3.09 million | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 109 | Serbia | 3.06 million | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 110 | Hungary | 2.72 million | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 111 | Norway | 2.70 million | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 112 | Panama | 2.65 million | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 113 | Burundi | 2.31 million | 2023 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Tunisia | 2.29 million | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 115 | Finland | 2.19 million | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 116 | Togo | 1.95 million | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 117 | Libya | 1.87 million | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 1.86 million | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 119 | Rwanda | 1.85 million | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 120 | Lithuania | 1.74 million | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 1.56 million | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 122 | Guyana | 1.50 million | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | El Salvador | 1.47 million | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 124 | Albania | 1.45 million | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 125 | Congo | 1.38 million | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 126 | Oman | 1.34 million | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.26 million | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 127 | Croatia | 1.26 million | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.24 million | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 130 | Papua New Guinea | 1.18 million | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 131 | Georgia | 1.17 million | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 132 | Slovakia | 1.09 million | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 132 | Slovenia | 1.09 million | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 134 | Latvia | 1.02 million | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 135 | Gambia | 900,000 | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 136 | East Timor | 890,000 | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 137 | Lesotho | 800,000 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 138 | Israel | 720,000 | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 139 | Estonia | 680,000 | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 140 | Armenia | 670,000 | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 140 | Jordan | 670,000 | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 660,000 | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 143 | Eswatini | 620,000 | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 144 | Moldova | 540,000 | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Djibouti | 530,000 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 146 | Suriname | 460,000 | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 147 | Luxembourg | 450,000 | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 148 | Fiji | 400,000 | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 149 | Bhutan | 390,000 | 2023 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 150 | Qatar | 380,000 | 2023 | up 81.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Jamaica | 370,000 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 152 | Iceland | 310,000 | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 153 | Lebanon | 280,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Montenegro | 280,000 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 155 | Liberia | 259,999 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 156 | Gabon | 240,000 | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 157 | Kuwait | 230,000 | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 210,000 | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 159 | Belize | 200,000 | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 160 | Cyprus | 129,999 | 2023 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 161 | Samoa | 120,000 | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100,000 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 163 | Comoros | 70,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 70,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 163 | Tonga | 70,000 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 166 | Malta | 60,000 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 60,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Micronesia (country) | 50,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Bahrain | 30,000 | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 169 | Barbados | 30,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 169 | Dominica | 30,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Brunei | 20,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Grenada | 20,000 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 172 | Saint Lucia | 20,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | Mauritius | 20,000 | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10,000 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 176 | Bahamas | 10,000 | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Kiribati | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10,000 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Tuvalu | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Cook Islands | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 185 | Singapore | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |