Methane emissions by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
1.59 billion
China
Lowest
1,373
Niue
Median
10.22 million
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
34,825
What the numbers show
Methane emissions is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 1.59 billion in China; the lowest is 1,373 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.22 million, and the mean is 47.73 million.
Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 195.8%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 67.0%).
Methane emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.59 billion | 2024 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 859.29 million | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 818.35 million | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 579.99 million | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 474.07 million | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 6 | Indonesia | 412.01 million | 2024 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Pakistan | 228.61 million | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Nigeria | 193.67 million | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Iran | 171.00 million | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Iraq | 156.21 million | 2024 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Mexico | 151.80 million | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 135.64 million | 2024 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 119.02 million | 2024 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 117.01 million | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Canada | 115.34 million | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Argentina | 114.12 million | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Turkey | 111.80 million | 2024 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Thailand | 95.82 million | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 95.57 million | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 20 | Vietnam | 94.98 million | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Colombia | 91.30 million | 2024 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 22 | South Africa | 79.29 million | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Philippines | 78.93 million | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Chad | 73.70 million | 2024 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Sudan | 69.70 million | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Algeria | 69.21 million | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 27 | France | 62.81 million | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 28 | Tanzania | 61.98 million | 2024 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Myanmar | 56.52 million | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Germany | 56.14 million | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 54.97 million | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 53.82 million | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 52.57 million | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 52.44 million | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Ukraine | 52.38 million | 2024 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 36 | Egypt | 49.84 million | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Venezuela | 47.63 million | 2024 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Spain | 44.59 million | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Poland | 44.50 million | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 43.81 million | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 41 | Angola | 43.54 million | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Mongolia | 42.42 million | 2024 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Italy | 40.76 million | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 44 | South Korea | 39.67 million | 2024 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Kuwait | 39.53 million | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 37.57 million | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Uganda | 37.06 million | 2024 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 48 | New Zealand | 34.60 million | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Oman | 32.88 million | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 31.68 million | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 51 | South Sudan | 31.28 million | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Morocco | 30.34 million | 2024 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Niger | 30.24 million | 2024 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Mali | 29.05 million | 2024 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Japan | 28.82 million | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Malaysia | 28.31 million | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Libya | 28.20 million | 2024 | up 89.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Nepal | 27.91 million | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Bolivia | 27.60 million | 2024 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Mozambique | 27.08 million | 2024 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Somalia | 25.28 million | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Uruguay | 24.95 million | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Paraguay | 24.88 million | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Madagascar | 24.79 million | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Cambodia | 23.83 million | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Bahrain | 23.76 million | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Turkmenistan | 23.49 million | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 22.74 million | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Qatar | 22.49 million | 2024 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Ecuador | 21.65 million | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Romania | 21.65 million | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 72 | Guinea | 21.53 million | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Cameroon | 21.40 million | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Zambia | 21.14 million | 2024 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Ghana | 19.53 million | 2024 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Netherlands | 19.05 million | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 77 | North Korea | 18.97 million | 2024 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 78 | Chile | 18.64 million | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Belarus | 18.58 million | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 80 | Guatemala | 18.39 million | 2024 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Ireland | 17.63 million | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 82 | Afghanistan | 16.62 million | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 83 | Taiwan | 15.46 million | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Congo | 15.13 million | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Gabon | 14.32 million | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 13.30 million | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Central African Republic | 13.13 million | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12.99 million | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 12.68 million | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Czechia | 12.62 million | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 12.23 million | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Belgium | 11.92 million | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 93 | Cuba | 11.73 million | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 94 | Yemen | 11.58 million | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 11.55 million | 2024 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Laos | 11.41 million | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Senegal | 11.37 million | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 11.10 million | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Portugal | 10.83 million | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 100 | Botswana | 10.22 million | 2024 | up 128.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Denmark | 10.22 million | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Greece | 9.91 million | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Hungary | 9.49 million | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 104 | Austria | 9.31 million | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritania | 9.09 million | 2024 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Israel | 8.96 million | 2024 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 8.96 million | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 108 | Honduras | 8.96 million | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Haiti | 8.93 million | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Norway | 8.40 million | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Tunisia | 8.40 million | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Malawi | 8.37 million | 2024 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 8.10 million | 2024 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.97 million | 2024 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Sweden | 7.93 million | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Benin | 7.57 million | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Serbia | 6.90 million | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Togo | 6.36 million | 2024 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Namibia | 6.17 million | 2024 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Syria | 6.13 million | 2024 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Switzerland | 6.02 million | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 122 | Jordan | 5.94 million | 2024 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Slovakia | 5.80 million | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Singapore | 5.80 million | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Finland | 5.70 million | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.60 million | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 5.54 million | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Sierra Leone | 5.42 million | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.16 million | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Hong Kong | 5.15 million | 2024 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Rwanda | 4.75 million | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Eritrea | 4.74 million | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Burundi | 4.70 million | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Panama | 4.23 million | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Lebanon | 3.98 million | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Guyana | 3.91 million | 2024 | up 89.4% | rising |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 3.82 million | 2024 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Georgia | 3.26 million | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 139 | El Salvador | 3.21 million | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Croatia | 3.16 million | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.70 million | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Lithuania | 2.62 million | 2024 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 143 | Liberia | 2.59 million | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Cyprus | 2.37 million | 2024 | up 195.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Slovenia | 2.34 million | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Latvia | 2.28 million | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 147 | Albania | 2.17 million | 2024 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.09 million | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Moldova | 2.07 million | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 150 | Armenia | 1.65 million | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Brunei | 1.58 million | 2024 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 1.53 million | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Estonia | 1.33 million | 2024 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Lesotho | 1.31 million | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Djibouti | 1.22 million | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Gambia | 1.20 million | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Eswatini | 1.17 million | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Bhutan | 1.10 million | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 159 | East Timor | 1.03 million | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Suriname | 919,984 | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Fiji | 761,601 | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Jamaica | 759,063 | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Montenegro | 589,323 | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Mauritius | 570,183 | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Iceland | 556,822 | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 534,672 | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 167 | Belize | 501,003 | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Comoros | 400,656 | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Bahamas | 343,478 | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 331,705 | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 292,103 | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Maldives | 170,638 | 2024 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Malta | 165,034 | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Samoa | 160,960 | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Barbados | 160,307 | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 176 | Cape Verde | 158,124 | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Tonga | 104,449 | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Andorra | 77,012 | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Seychelles | 75,688 | 2024 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69,594 | 2024 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Saint Lucia | 60,343 | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Micronesia (country) | 59,442 | 2024 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Dominica | 58,396 | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 56,344 | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Macao | 52,040 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 51,481 | 2024 | up 51.3% | falling |
| 187 | Grenada | 49,275 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48,106 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 189 | Palau | 37,506 | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Kiribati | 31,000 | 2024 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Liechtenstein | 24,556 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 192 | Aruba | 23,380 | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 193 | Cook Islands | 14,054 | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 194 | British Virgin Islands | 11,705 | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 195 | Tuvalu | 7,017 | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,500 | 2024 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Saint Helena | 2,311 | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 198 | Nauru | 1,928 | 2024 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Niue | 1,373 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |