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.

Countries reporting
195
Highest
14.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Bahrain
Lowest
0.0757 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Macao
Median
0.9526 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
12,675

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Methane emissions, per capita
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
195 places, 12,675 data points, 1960–2024
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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.