Per capita methane sector by country
Countries reporting
147
Highest
18,311
Turkmenistan
Lowest
0
Seychelles
Median
85.16
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,562
What the numbers show
Per capita methane sector is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 18,311 in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0 in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 85.16, and the mean is 696.78.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 829.0%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).
Per capita methane sector: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 18,311 | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 2 | Qatar | 9,469 | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 3 | Libya | 5,363 | 2023 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 4 | Kuwait | 5,026 | 2023 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 4,019 | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 6 | Oman | 3,739 | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 7 | Venezuela | 3,189 | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,001 | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 9 | Brunei | 2,898 | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 10 | Bahrain | 2,848 | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 2,557 | 2023 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 12 | Gabon | 2,487 | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 13 | Russia | 2,426 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 14 | Guyana | 2,202 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Australia | 2,100 | 2023 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,938 | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Canada | 1,899 | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 18 | Iran | 1,754 | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 19 | Algeria | 1,563 | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 20 | United States | 1,477 | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 1,421 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 22 | Iraq | 1,352 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 23 | Congo | 1,281 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 24 | East Timor | 1,134 | 2023 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Jamaica | 908.52 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Argentina | 824.36 | 2023 | up 35.0% | flat |
| 27 | Georgia | 701.25 | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | 693.92 | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Ecuador | 644.05 | 2023 | down 21.6% | flat |
| 30 | Ukraine | 628.89 | 2023 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 31 | Malaysia | 628.59 | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 32 | Angola | 626.67 | 2023 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 33 | Papua New Guinea | 626.59 | 2023 | up 829.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Serbia | 611.23 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 595.14 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 36 | Syria | 573.01 | 2023 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 511.05 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 38 | Armenia | 499.42 | 2023 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 39 | Poland | 483.45 | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 40 | Colombia | 447.81 | 2023 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 433.27 | 2023 | up 59.6% | falling |
| 42 | China | 428.39 | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 43 | Suriname | 349.82 | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Panama | 340.9 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Romania | 338.42 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 46 | Belarus | 332.39 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 47 | Indonesia | 322.34 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 48 | Mongolia | 291.38 | 2023 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Mexico | 285.88 | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | 284.16 | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 51 | Bolivia | 280.95 | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 52 | North Korea | 246.8 | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 53 | Nigeria | 227.62 | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 54 | South Sudan | 214.22 | 2023 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Czechia | 213.7 | 2023 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 56 | Malta | 206.39 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Vietnam | 196.61 | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 195.71 | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 59 | Thailand | 194 | 2023 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 60 | Hungary | 168.28 | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 61 | Moldova | 166.28 | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 62 | Egypt | 164.58 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 63 | Brazil | 157.81 | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 64 | Tunisia | 141.8 | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 65 | New Zealand | 133.39 | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 131.02 | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 67 | Mozambique | 123.68 | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Turkey | 117.91 | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 69 | Yemen | 116.27 | 2023 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Eswatini | 113.77 | 2023 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Peru | 108.43 | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 72 | Chad | 103.53 | 2023 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Cameroon | 93.75 | 2023 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Norway | 85.16 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 75 | Ghana | 83.17 | 2023 | up 101.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Estonia | 80.46 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 77 | United Kingdom | 76 | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 78 | Israel | 72.38 | 2023 | up 133.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Barbados | 70.83 | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 80 | Slovakia | 70.68 | 2023 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 81 | India | 64.34 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 82 | Montenegro | 63.14 | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Lithuania | 63.07 | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 84 | Pakistan | 60.93 | 2023 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 85 | Denmark | 58.84 | 2023 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 86 | South Korea | 55.27 | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Cuba | 50.82 | 2023 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 88 | Greece | 45.89 | 2023 | down 64.8% | falling |
| 89 | Luxembourg | 45.11 | 2023 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 90 | Latvia | 42.5 | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 91 | Bangladesh | 41.29 | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 92 | Croatia | 41.07 | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 93 | Italy | 40.67 | 2023 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 94 | Belgium | 36.71 | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 95 | Chile | 33.06 | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 29.84 | 2023 | up 172.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Albania | 28.45 | 2023 | up 313.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Germany | 27.79 | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 99 | Japan | 27.18 | 2023 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 100 | Sudan | 26.98 | 2023 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 101 | France | 25.29 | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 102 | Austria | 24.1 | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 103 | Netherlands | 23.21 | 2023 | down 87.3% | falling |
| 104 | Cote d'Ivoire | 22.78 | 2023 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 105 | Uruguay | 20.66 | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 106 | Switzerland | 20.29 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 107 | Jordan | 19.23 | 2023 | up 119.6% | rising |
| 108 | Slovenia | 18.88 | 2023 | down 22.3% | flat |
| 109 | Ireland | 15.39 | 2023 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Zimbabwe | 12.85 | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Spain | 11.69 | 2023 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 112 | El Salvador | 9.51 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Niger | 9.17 | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.89 | 2023 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Singapore | 8.64 | 2023 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Portugal | 8.63 | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 117 | Tanzania | 7.66 | 2023 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Philippines | 7.31 | 2023 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Sweden | 6.63 | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 120 | Laos | 6.52 | 2023 | up 331.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Morocco | 5.83 | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 122 | Afghanistan | 5.79 | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Myanmar | 5.36 | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 124 | Lebanon | 5.2 | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 125 | Rwanda | 3.58 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Togo | 2.43 | 2023 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Benin | 2.13 | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Finland | 1.79 | 2023 | down 75.7% | falling |
| 129 | Paraguay | 1.46 | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Malawi | 0.9477 | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 131 | Senegal | 0.5532 | 2023 | down 62.1% | flat |
| 132 | Kenya | 0.5421 | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 133 | Zambia | 0.4825 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | 0.4353 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Nepal | 0.3368 | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Madagascar | 0.3206 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Ethiopia | 0.2331 | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 138 | Uganda | 0.2055 | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Belize | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Guinea | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Gambia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Guatemala | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Iceland | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Liberia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Mauritania | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Seychelles | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |