Per capita methane emissions by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
14.78
Bahrain
Lowest
0.0723
Macao
Median
0.9537
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
34,079
What the numbers show
Per capita methane emissions is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 14.78 in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.0723 in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9537, and the mean is 1.47.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 205.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 161.8%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 75.6%).
Per capita methane emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 14.78 | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Mongolia | 12.21 | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 3 | Kuwait | 8.01 | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Qatar | 7.38 | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Uruguay | 7.37 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | New Zealand | 6.64 | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Oman | 6.22 | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Gabon | 5.64 | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia | 5.08 | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 10 | Guyana | 4.71 | 2024 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Botswana | 4.06 | 2024 | up 97.1% | rising |
| 12 | Libya | 3.82 | 2024 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Chad | 3.63 | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 14 | Paraguay | 3.59 | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 3.45 | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.42 | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Brunei | 3.41 | 2024 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 3.41 | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Iraq | 3.39 | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Ireland | 3.36 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 21 | Russia | 3.27 | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 22 | Turkmenistan | 3.13 | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Canada | 2.9 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 24 | Brazil | 2.74 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 2.67 | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 26 | South Sudan | 2.62 | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Argentina | 2.5 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 2.46 | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Congo | 2.39 | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 30 | United States | 2.37 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 31 | Bolivia | 2.22 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 32 | Palau | 2.12 | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Belarus | 2.05 | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 34 | Namibia | 2.04 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 35 | Iran | 1.87 | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.77 | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritania | 1.76 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 38 | Cyprus | 1.74 | 2024 | up 161.8% | falling |
| 39 | Colombia | 1.73 | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 40 | Denmark | 1.71 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 41 | Venezuela | 1.68 | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 1.67 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 43 | Norway | 1.51 | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 44 | Algeria | 1.48 | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Laos | 1.47 | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 46 | Guinea | 1.46 | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 47 | Indonesia | 1.45 | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 48 | Suriname | 1.45 | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 1.45 | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 50 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.43 | 2024 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Iceland | 1.42 | 2024 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 52 | Bhutan | 1.39 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 53 | Ukraine | 1.38 | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 54 | Sudan | 1.38 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 55 | Cambodia | 1.35 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 56 | Eritrea | 1.34 | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Thailand | 1.34 | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 58 | Somalia | 1.33 | 2024 | down 27.5% | flat |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 1.33 | 2024 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 60 | Turkey | 1.28 | 2024 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 61 | South Africa | 1.24 | 2024 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 1.23 | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 63 | Latvia | 1.22 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 64 | Belize | 1.2 | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 65 | Ecuador | 1.19 | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 66 | Mali | 1.19 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 67 | Czechia | 1.18 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 68 | Mexico | 1.16 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 69 | Poland | 1.15 | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Angola | 1.15 | 2024 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Romania | 1.14 | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 72 | China | 1.12 | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 73 | Niger | 1.12 | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.11 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 75 | Slovenia | 1.11 | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.1 | 2024 | up 52.1% | falling |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 1.08 | 2024 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 1.07 | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 79 | Cuba | 1.07 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 80 | Slovakia | 1.05 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 81 | Netherlands | 1.05 | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 82 | Djibouti | 1.04 | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 83 | Portugal | 1.04 | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 84 | Myanmar | 1.04 | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 85 | Serbia | 1.02 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 86 | Cook Islands | 1.02 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 87 | Austria | 1.02 | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 88 | Belgium | 1.02 | 2024 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 89 | Finland | 1.01 | 2024 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 90 | Vanuatu | 1.01 | 2024 | down 41.4% | flat |
| 91 | Tonga | 1 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 92 | Guatemala | 0.999 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 93 | Singapore | 0.9946 | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 94 | Zambia | 0.9919 | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Greece | 0.9865 | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 96 | Hungary | 0.9812 | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 97 | Estonia | 0.9773 | 2024 | down 52.9% | rising |
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 0.9658 | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 99 | Israel | 0.9549 | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Kenya | 0.9537 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.9511 | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 102 | Eswatini | 0.9452 | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 103 | France | 0.9438 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 104 | Chile | 0.9431 | 2024 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 105 | Nepal | 0.9411 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 106 | Vietnam | 0.9405 | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 107 | Andorra | 0.9397 | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 108 | Panama | 0.9368 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 109 | Spain | 0.9308 | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 110 | Peru | 0.9257 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 111 | Montenegro | 0.923 | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 112 | Lithuania | 0.9156 | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 113 | Pakistan | 0.9098 | 2024 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 114 | Tanzania | 0.9041 | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 115 | Ethiopia | 0.9012 | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 116 | Dominica | 0.8818 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 117 | Bahamas | 0.856 | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Georgia | 0.8559 | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 0.8383 | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 120 | Nigeria | 0.8323 | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Honduras | 0.8275 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 122 | Fiji | 0.82 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 123 | Croatia | 0.8154 | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 0.7997 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 125 | Morocco | 0.7966 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 126 | Malaysia | 0.7963 | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 0.7944 | 2024 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 128 | Mozambique | 0.782 | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Albania | 0.7787 | 2024 | down 26.2% | flat |
| 130 | Madagascar | 0.7756 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 131 | South Korea | 0.767 | 2024 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 0.7647 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 133 | Haiti | 0.7588 | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 134 | Togo | 0.7563 | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 135 | Sweden | 0.7472 | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 136 | Niue | 0.7458 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 137 | Uganda | 0.7409 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 138 | Samoa | 0.7382 | 2024 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 139 | East Timor | 0.7367 | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 140 | Cameroon | 0.735 | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Tuvalu | 0.7257 | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 142 | North Korea | 0.7159 | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 143 | Hong Kong | 0.6943 | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Italy | 0.6868 | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 145 | Lebanon | 0.6859 | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 146 | Tunisia | 0.6839 | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 147 | Moldova | 0.6827 | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 148 | Philippines | 0.6813 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 149 | Switzerland | 0.6753 | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 150 | Taiwan | 0.6662 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 151 | Germany | 0.6639 | 2024 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 152 | United Kingdom | 0.6337 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 0.6269 | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 154 | Liechtenstein | 0.6155 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 155 | Senegal | 0.6147 | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 156 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.6008 | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 157 | India | 0.5922 | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 158 | Seychelles | 0.5803 | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Barbados | 0.5675 | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 160 | Ghana | 0.5673 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 161 | Lesotho | 0.5625 | 2024 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 162 | Armenia | 0.5542 | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 163 | Bangladesh | 0.5506 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 164 | Micronesia (country) | 0.5252 | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Benin | 0.5234 | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 166 | Jordan | 0.5138 | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 167 | El Salvador | 0.5058 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 168 | Sri Lanka | 0.4803 | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.4799 | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 170 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.478 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 171 | Comoros | 0.4623 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 172 | Liberia | 0.4608 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 173 | Mauritius | 0.4485 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 174 | Saint Helena | 0.4391 | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 175 | Gambia | 0.4351 | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 176 | Egypt | 0.4277 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 177 | Grenada | 0.4204 | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 178 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.4068 | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 179 | Afghanistan | 0.3897 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 180 | Malawi | 0.3867 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3613 | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Solomon Islands | 0.3566 | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 0.3357 | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Burundi | 0.3349 | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 185 | Rwanda | 0.3331 | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Maldives | 0.3233 | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Malta | 0.3058 | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 188 | Cape Verde | 0.3013 | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 189 | British Virgin Islands | 0.2963 | 2024 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2955 | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 191 | Yemen | 0.2854 | 2024 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 192 | Jamaica | 0.2674 | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Syria | 0.2487 | 2024 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Japan | 0.2329 | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 195 | Kiribati | 0.2304 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 196 | Aruba | 0.2163 | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Nauru | 0.1611 | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 198 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0966 | 2024 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 199 | Macao | 0.0723 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |