Methane emissions, per capita by country
Methane emissions divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
Methane emissions, per capita is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 14.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.0757 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9526 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, and the mean is 1.49 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 197.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 161.8%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 75.6%).
Methane emissions, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 14.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Mongolia | 12.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 3 | Kuwait | 8.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Qatar | 7.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Uruguay | 7.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | New Zealand | 6.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 7 | Oman | 6.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 8 | Gabon | 5.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 4.99 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 10 | Guyana | 4.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 11 | Botswana | 4.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 97.1% | falling |
| 12 | Libya | 3.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 14 | Chad | 3.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 15 | Paraguay | 3.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 3.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Brunei | 3.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 57.7% | rising |
| 18 | Iraq | 3.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 3.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 20 | Russia | 3.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 22.3% | flat |
| 21 | Ireland | 3.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 22 | Turkmenistan | 3.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 23 | Canada | 2.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 24 | Brazil | 2.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 2.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 26 | South Sudan | 2.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 27 | Argentina | 2.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 2.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 29 | United States | 2.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 30 | Congo | 2.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 31 | Bolivia | 2.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 32 | Palau | 2.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Namibia | 2.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 34 | Belarus | 2.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 35 | Iran | 1.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritania | 1.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 38 | Cyprus | 1.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 161.8% | rising |
| 39 | Colombia | 1.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 40 | Denmark | 1.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 41 | Venezuela | 1.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 1.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 43 | Norway | 1.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 44 | Algeria | 1.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 45 | Laos | 1.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 46 | Guinea | 1.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 47 | Indonesia | 1.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 48 | Suriname | 1.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 1.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 50 | Iceland | 1.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 51 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Bhutan | 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 54 | Ukraine | 1.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 55 | Sudan | 1.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 56 | Cambodia | 1.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 57 | Eritrea | 1.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 58 | Thailand | 1.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 59 | Somalia | 1.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 60 | Turkey | 1.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 1.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 62 | South Africa | 1.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 63 | Latvia | 1.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 64 | Poland | 1.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 65 | Belize | 1.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 66 | Ecuador | 1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 67 | Mali | 1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 68 | Mexico | 1.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 69 | Czechia | 1.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 70 | Angola | 1.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 71 | Romania | 1.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 72 | China | 1.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 73 | Niger | 1.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 75 | Slovenia | 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 52.1% | flat |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 78 | Slovakia | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 80 | Cuba | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 81 | Netherlands | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 82 | Serbia | 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 83 | Djibouti | 1.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 84 | Myanmar | 1.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 85 | Austria | 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 86 | Finland | 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 87 | Portugal | 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 89 | Belgium | 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 90 | Tonga | 1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 91 | Guatemala | 0.999 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 92 | Hungary | 0.9929 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 93 | Zambia | 0.9919 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 94 | Estonia | 0.9689 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | 0.9658 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 96 | Singapore | 0.9609 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 97 | Kenya | 0.9537 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 98 | Greece | 0.9526 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.9511 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 100 | Eswatini | 0.9452 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 101 | Montenegro | 0.9451 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 102 | Chile | 0.9431 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 103 | Nepal | 0.9411 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 104 | Vietnam | 0.9405 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 105 | Andorra | 0.9399 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 106 | Panama | 0.9368 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 107 | Peru | 0.9257 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 108 | France | 0.9162 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 109 | Albania | 0.9145 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 110 | Spain | 0.9129 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 111 | Pakistan | 0.9098 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 112 | Lithuania | 0.9064 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 113 | Tanzania | 0.9041 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 0.9012 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 115 | Israel | 0.8962 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Dominica | 0.882 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 117 | Moldova | 0.8625 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 118 | Bahamas | 0.8559 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 119 | Georgia | 0.8548 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 0.8377 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 121 | Nigeria | 0.8323 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 122 | Honduras | 0.8275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 123 | Fiji | 0.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 124 | Croatia | 0.8173 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 125 | Zimbabwe | 0.7997 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 126 | Morocco | 0.7966 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 127 | Malaysia | 0.7963 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 128 | Luxembourg | 0.7898 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 129 | Mozambique | 0.782 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 130 | Madagascar | 0.7756 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 131 | South Korea | 0.7665 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 35.6% | falling |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 0.7647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 133 | Haiti | 0.7588 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 134 | Togo | 0.7563 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 135 | Sweden | 0.7498 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 136 | Uganda | 0.7409 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 137 | Samoa | 0.7383 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 138 | East Timor | 0.7367 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 139 | Cameroon | 0.735 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 140 | Tuvalu | 0.7274 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 141 | North Korea | 0.7159 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 142 | Italy | 0.6913 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 143 | Lebanon | 0.6859 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 144 | Hong Kong | 0.6842 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 145 | Tunisia | 0.6839 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 146 | Philippines | 0.6813 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 147 | Germany | 0.6722 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 148 | Switzerland | 0.669 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 149 | United Kingdom | 0.6324 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 0.6269 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 151 | Seychelles | 0.6237 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 152 | Senegal | 0.6147 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 153 | Liechtenstein | 0.6071 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 154 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.6009 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 155 | India | 0.5922 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 156 | Barbados | 0.5675 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 157 | Ghana | 0.5673 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 158 | Lesotho | 0.5625 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 159 | Bangladesh | 0.5506 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 160 | Armenia | 0.5433 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 161 | Micronesia (country) | 0.5253 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Benin | 0.5234 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 163 | Jordan | 0.5138 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 164 | Sri Lanka | 0.5064 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 165 | El Salvador | 0.5058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 166 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.4799 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 167 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.4781 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 168 | Comoros | 0.4623 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 169 | Liberia | 0.4608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 170 | Mauritius | 0.4577 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 171 | Gambia | 0.4351 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 172 | Egypt | 0.4277 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 173 | Grenada | 0.4204 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 174 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.4068 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 0.3897 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 176 | Malawi | 0.3867 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3613 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 178 | Solomon Islands | 0.3566 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 0.3357 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 180 | Burundi | 0.3349 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 181 | Rwanda | 0.3331 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 182 | Maldives | 0.3233 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 183 | Cape Verde | 0.3013 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 184 | British Virgin Islands | 0.2965 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 185 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2955 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 186 | Malta | 0.2901 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 187 | Yemen | 0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 49.7% | rising |
| 188 | Jamaica | 0.2674 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Syria | 0.2487 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Japan | 0.2325 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 191 | Kiribati | 0.2304 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 192 | Aruba | 0.2165 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Nauru | 0.1614 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0967 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 64.8% | flat |
| 195 | Macao | 0.0757 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Methane emissions divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Methane emissions ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Methane emissions Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Methane emissions divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.