Per capita methane emissions by country
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
14.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Bahrain
Lowest
0.0723 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Macao
Median
0.9549 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
34,079
What the numbers show
Per capita methane emissions is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 14.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.0723 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9549 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, and the mean is 1.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 205.
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%).
Per capita methane emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 14.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Mongolia | 12.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 3 | Kuwait | 8.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Qatar | 7.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Uruguay | 7.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | New Zealand | 6.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Oman | 6.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Gabon | 5.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia | 5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 10 | Guyana | 4.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Botswana | 4.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 97.1% | rising |
| 12 | Libya | 3.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Chad | 3.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 14 | Paraguay | 3.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 3.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Brunei | 3.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 3.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Iraq | 3.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Russia | 3.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 22 | Turkmenistan | 3.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Canada | 2.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.5% | 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% | volatile |
| 26 | South Sudan | 2.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 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 0.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Congo | 2.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 30 | United States | 2.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 31 | Bolivia | 2.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 32 | Palau | 2.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Belarus | 2.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 34 | Namibia | 2.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 35 | Iran | 1.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 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% | falling |
| 39 | Colombia | 1.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 40 | Denmark | 1.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 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 6.8% | rising |
| 44 | Algeria | 1.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 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% | rising |
| 50 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Iceland | 1.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 52 | Bhutan | 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 53 | Ukraine | 1.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 54 | Sudan | 1.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 55 | Cambodia | 1.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 56 | Eritrea | 1.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Thailand | 1.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 58 | Somalia | 1.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 27.5% | flat |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 1.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 60 | Turkey | 1.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 61 | South Africa | 1.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 1.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 63 | Latvia | 1.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 64 | Belize | 1.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 65 | Ecuador | 1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 66 | Mali | 1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 67 | Czechia | 1.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 68 | Mexico | 1.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 69 | Poland | 1.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Angola | 1.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Romania | 1.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 72 | China | 1.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 73 | Niger | 1.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 75 | Slovenia | 1.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 52.1% | falling |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 79 | Cuba | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 80 | Slovakia | 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 81 | Netherlands | 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 82 | Djibouti | 1.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 83 | Portugal | 1.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 84 | Myanmar | 1.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 85 | Serbia | 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 86 | Cook Islands | 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 87 | Austria | 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 88 | Belgium | 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 89 | Finland | 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 90 | Vanuatu | 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 41.4% | flat |
| 91 | Tonga | 1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 92 | Guatemala | 0.999 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 93 | Singapore | 0.9946 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 94 | Zambia | 0.9919 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Greece | 0.9865 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 96 | Hungary | 0.9812 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 97 | Estonia | 0.9773 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 52.9% | rising |
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 0.9658 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 99 | Israel | 0.9549 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Kenya | 0.9537 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.9511 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 102 | Eswatini | 0.9452 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 103 | France | 0.9438 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 104 | Chile | 0.9431 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 105 | Nepal | 0.9411 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 106 | Vietnam | 0.9405 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 107 | Andorra | 0.9397 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 108 | Panama | 0.9368 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 109 | Spain | 0.9308 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 110 | Peru | 0.9257 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 111 | Montenegro | 0.923 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 112 | Lithuania | 0.9156 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 113 | Pakistan | 0.9098 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 114 | Tanzania | 0.9041 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 115 | Ethiopia | 0.9012 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 116 | Dominica | 0.8818 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 117 | Bahamas | 0.856 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Georgia | 0.8559 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 0.8383 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 120 | Nigeria | 0.8323 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Honduras | 0.8275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 122 | Fiji | 0.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 123 | Croatia | 0.8154 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 0.7997 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 125 | Morocco | 0.7966 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 126 | Malaysia | 0.7963 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 128 | Mozambique | 0.782 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Albania | 0.7787 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 26.2% | flat |
| 130 | Madagascar | 0.7756 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 131 | South Korea | 0.767 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 0.7647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 133 | Haiti | 0.7588 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 134 | Togo | 0.7563 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 135 | Sweden | 0.7472 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 136 | Niue | 0.7458 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 137 | Uganda | 0.7409 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 138 | Samoa | 0.7382 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 139 | East Timor | 0.7367 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 140 | Cameroon | 0.735 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Tuvalu | 0.7257 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 142 | North Korea | 0.7159 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 143 | Hong Kong | 0.6943 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Italy | 0.6868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 145 | Lebanon | 0.6859 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 146 | Tunisia | 0.6839 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 147 | Moldova | 0.6827 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 148 | Philippines | 0.6813 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 149 | Switzerland | 0.6753 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 150 | Taiwan | 0.6662 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 151 | Germany | 0.6639 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 152 | United Kingdom | 0.6337 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 0.6269 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 155 | Senegal | 0.6147 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 156 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.6008 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 157 | India | 0.5922 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 158 | Seychelles | 0.5803 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Barbados | 0.5675 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 160 | Ghana | 0.5673 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 161 | Lesotho | 0.5625 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 162 | Armenia | 0.5542 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 163 | Bangladesh | 0.5506 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 164 | Micronesia (country) | 0.5252 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Benin | 0.5234 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 166 | Jordan | 0.5138 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 167 | El Salvador | 0.5058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 168 | Sri Lanka | 0.4803 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.4799 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 170 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.478 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 171 | Comoros | 0.4623 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 172 | Liberia | 0.4608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 173 | Mauritius | 0.4485 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 174 | Saint Helena | 0.4391 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 175 | Gambia | 0.4351 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 176 | Egypt | 0.4277 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 177 | Grenada | 0.4204 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 178 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.4068 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 179 | Afghanistan | 0.3897 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 180 | Malawi | 0.3867 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3613 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Solomon Islands | 0.3566 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 0.3357 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Burundi | 0.3349 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 185 | Rwanda | 0.3331 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Maldives | 0.3233 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 188 | Cape Verde | 0.3013 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 189 | British Virgin Islands | 0.2963 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2955 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 191 | Yemen | 0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 192 | Jamaica | 0.2674 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Syria | 0.2487 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Japan | 0.2329 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 195 | Kiribati | 0.2304 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 196 | Aruba | 0.2163 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Nauru | 0.1611 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 198 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0966 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 199 | Macao | 0.0723 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
About this data
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.