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Per capita methane emissions by sector by country

Emissions are measured in kilograms of carbon dioxide-equivalents per person.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
18,311 kilograms per person
Turkmenistan
Lowest
0 kilograms per person
Niue
Median
28.45 kilograms per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,562

What the numbers show

Per capita methane emissions by sector is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 18,311 kilograms per person in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0 kilograms per person in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.45 kilograms per person, and the mean is 540.52 kilograms per person.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 829.0%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).

Per capita methane emissions by sector: full country ranking

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

About this data

Indicator
Per capita methane emissions by sector
Unit
kilograms per person
Source
Climate Watch (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 6,562 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Emissions are measured in kilograms of carbon dioxide-equivalents per person.