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Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
253
Highest
10,702 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Tokelau
Median
31.88 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,600

What the numbers show

Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 253 countries. The highest value is 10,702 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 31.88 kt, and the mean is 288.49 kt.

Over the past decade 176 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 255.9%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 100.0%).

Pre- and post-production — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 10,702 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
2 China, mainland 10,573 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
3 OECD 9,648 kt 2023 down 3.0% rising
4 India 5,780 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
5 Brazil 2,882 kt 2023 down 3.0% rising
6 Indonesia 2,620 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
7 United States 2,544 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
8 Mexico 2,162 kt 2023 up 6.3% rising
9 Pakistan 1,189 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
10 Turkey 1,181 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
10 Türkiye 1,181 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
12 Nigeria 1,141 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
13 Russia 1,108 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
13 Russian Federation 1,108 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
15 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 655.58 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
16 Thailand 641.21 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
17 Bangladesh 613.87 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
18 Egypt 604.09 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
19 Spain 449.44 kt 2023 down 3.4% falling
20 Colombia 436.66 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
21 Iraq 410.47 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
22 Argentina 401.92 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
23 Poland 397.76 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
24 Caribbean 384.62 kt 2023 down 11.0% rising
25 Philippines 378.14 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
26 Saudi Arabia 375.15 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
27 United Republic of Tanzania 344.62 kt 2023 up 8.7% rising
28 South Africa 331.78 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
29 Peru 331.01 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
30 Algeria 330.34 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
31 Democratic Republic of the Congo 320.87 kt 2023 up 15.0% rising
32 Ukraine 315.3 kt 2023 down 6.5% rising
33 Ethiopia 298.93 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
34 Vietnam 273.14 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
34 Viet Nam 273.14 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
36 Myanmar 259.95 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
37 Republic of Korea 256.44 kt 2023 down 13.0% falling
38 Canada 255.12 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
39 Japan 245.71 kt 2023 down 5.3% flat
40 Kenya 235.33 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
41 France 232 kt 2023 down 42.3% rising
42 Malaysia 224.94 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
43 Australia and New Zealand 219.75 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
44 Germany 219.47 kt 2023 down 19.6% volatile
45 United Kingdom 211.01 kt 2023 down 2.0% falling
45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 211.01 kt 2023 down 2.0% falling
47 Uganda 207.72 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
48 Italy 205.96 kt 2023 down 58.4% falling
49 Morocco 203.26 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
50 Chile 191.56 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
51 Australia 178 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
52 Greece 174.27 kt 2023 down 1.0% flat
53 Ecuador 165.7 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
54 Ghana 160.84 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
55 Cote d'Ivoire 154.13 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
55 Côte d'Ivoire 154.13 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
57 Romania 138.84 kt 2023 down 1.2% rising
58 Sudan 134.6 kt 2023 up 15.1% rising
59 Syria 134.36 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
59 Syrian Arab Republic 134.36 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
61 Dominican Republic 131.62 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
62 Afghanistan 128.66 kt 2023 up 33.0% volatile
63 Uzbekistan 125.17 kt 2023 up 24.7% rising
64 Madagascar 118.75 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
65 Sri Lanka 116.34 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
66 Guatemala 115.16 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
67 Hungary 110.3 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
68 Nepal 109.27 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
69 Rwanda 108.02 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
70 Portugal 104.03 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
71 Mozambique 102.19 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
72 Yemen 99.54 kt 2023 down 8.7% rising
73 Mongolia 96.62 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
74 Angola 96.57 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
75 Tunisia 94.92 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
76 Israel 93.09 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
77 Kazakhstan 88.26 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
78 China, Hong Kong SAR 87.29 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
79 Burkina Faso 86.41 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
80 Haiti 86.13 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
81 Senegal 85.96 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
82 United Arab Emirates 82.25 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
83 Niger 81.27 kt 2023 up 17.0% rising
84 Cameroon 81.07 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
85 Sudan (former) 79.29 kt 2011 up 15.0% rising
86 Azerbaijan 78.82 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
87 Belarus 76.29 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
88 Honduras 73.92 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
89 Jordan 73.59 kt 2023 up 11.2% rising
90 Zambia 72.96 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
91 Czechia 69.63 kt 2023 down 2.2% rising
92 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 68.93 kt 2023 up 6.2% rising
93 Moldova 68.64 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
93 Republic of Moldova 68.64 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
95 Somalia 68.43 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
96 Nicaragua 67.24 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
97 Panama 65.71 kt 2023 up 2.9% rising
98 Serbia 65.44 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
99 Belgium-Luxembourg 64.55 kt 1999 down 8.9% flat
100 Kuwait 62.48 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
101 El Salvador 61.44 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
102 Paraguay 58.82 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
103 Cambodia 58.63 kt 2023 up 7.3% rising
104 Lebanon 56.94 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
105 Serbia and Montenegro 54.53 kt 2005 up 255.9% volatile
106 Chad 54.07 kt 2023 up 18.1% rising
107 Costa Rica 53.67 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
108 Burundi 51.79 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
109 Mali 50.85 kt 2023 up 19.5% rising
110 Austria 48.82 kt 2023 down 3.6% rising
111 Libya 44.96 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
112 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 42.4 kt 2023 down 17.9% rising
113 Palestine 42.2 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
113 Palestine 42.2 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
115 Zimbabwe 41.92 kt 2023 up 14.8% rising
116 New Zealand 41.74 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
117 Tajikistan 41.25 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
118 Cuba 40.69 kt 2023 down 56.8% falling
119 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 40.62 kt 2023 up 0.3% falling
120 Togo 39.93 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
121 Slovakia 37.2 kt 2023 down 1.4% flat
122 Uruguay 37 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
123 Jamaica 36.67 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
124 Puerto Rico 35.73 kt 2023 down 0.0% rising
125 China, Taiwan Province of 34.29 kt 2023 down 12.5% flat
126 Guinea 32.99 kt 2023 up 14.9% rising
127 Bulgaria 31.88 kt 2023 down 2.0% flat
128 Switzerland 31.45 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
129 Croatia 31.44 kt 2023 down 2.0% rising
130 Benin 30.55 kt 2023 up 18.6% rising
131 Belgium 29.72 kt 2023 down 66.2% falling
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 28.7 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
133 Kyrgyzstan 27.9 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
134 Malawi 26.48 kt 2023 up 28.5% rising
135 Sierra Leone 25.41 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
136 Albania 24.65 kt 2023 up 12.3% rising
137 Trinidad and Tobago 24.46 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
138 Ireland 23.25 kt 2023 down 1.4% rising
139 Sweden 22.2 kt 2023 up 3.2% falling
140 Qatar 22.02 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
141 Georgia 21.2 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
142 Liberia 20.75 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
143 Central African Republic 20.36 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
144 Bahrain 19.13 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
145 Lithuania 19.06 kt 2023 down 3.5% rising
146 Laos 18.88 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
146 Lao People's Democratic Republic 18.88 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
148 Oman 18.17 kt 2023 up 12.5% rising
149 Armenia 18.03 kt 2023 down 5.6% rising
150 Melanesia 18.03 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
151 Turkmenistan 17.97 kt 2023 up 14.0% rising
152 Finland 17.16 kt 2023 down 1.7% volatile
153 Mauritania 17.09 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
154 Latvia 16.71 kt 2023 down 5.3% rising
155 Slovenia 14.73 kt 2023 up 2.9% flat
156 Papua New Guinea 14.41 kt 2023 up 20.8% rising
157 North Macedonia 14.23 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
158 South Sudan 14.03 kt 2023 up 2.9% flat
159 Norway 13.76 kt 2023 down 71.0% volatile
160 Denmark 13.5 kt 2023 down 4.0% volatile
161 Cyprus 13.01 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
162 Congo 12.53 kt 2023 up 13.8% rising
163 Belize 10.4 kt 2023 up 0.2% rising
164 Guinea-Bissau 9.87 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
165 Singapore 8.55 kt 2023 up 6.7% rising
166 Estonia 8.47 kt 2023 down 0.5% rising
167 Mauritius 8.02 kt 2023 down 6.1% flat
168 Bahamas 7.9 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
169 Gambia 7.88 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
170 China, Macao SAR 7.41 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
171 Malta 6.76 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
172 Namibia 6.65 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
173 Gabon 6.52 kt 2023 up 16.4% rising
174 Guyana 6.35 kt 2023 down 0.3% flat
175 Montenegro 5.94 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
176 Brunei 5.9 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
176 Brunei Darussalam 5.9 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
178 Botswana 5.9 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
179 Barbados 5.3 kt 2023 down 0.4% flat
180 Iceland 4.88 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
181 Equatorial Guinea 4.7 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
182 Eritrea 4.55 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
183 Eswatini 4.55 kt 2023 down 13.1% rising
184 United States Virgin Islands 4.21 kt 2023 up 0.7% volatile
185 Bhutan 4.19 kt 2023 up 9.1% rising
186 Cabo Verde 3.84 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
187 Lesotho 3.79 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
188 Djibouti 3.63 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
189 Luxembourg 3.28 kt 2023 up 6.7% rising
190 East Timor 3.09 kt 2023 up 11.7% rising
190 Timor-Leste 3.09 kt 2023 up 11.7% rising
192 Suriname 3.01 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
193 Comoros 2.92 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
194 Saint Lucia 2.62 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
195 Aruba 2.54 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
196 Maldives 2.33 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
197 Seychelles 1.88 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
198 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.75 kt 2023 up 19.9% rising
199 Fiji 1.7 kt 2023 down 14.4% flat
200 Cayman Islands 1.56 kt 2023 up 6.8% volatile
201 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.19 kt 2023 up 0.5% flat
202 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.08 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
203 Grenada 1.07 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
204 Antigua and Barbuda 1.06 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
205 Solomon Islands 1.05 kt 2023 up 31.7% rising
206 Channel Islands 1.03 kt 2023 up 33.9% rising
207 Polynesia 0.894 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
208 Micronesia 0.6866 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
209 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6068 kt 2023 up 10.5% rising
210 Andorra 0.5041 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
211 Dominica 0.4935 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
212 New Caledonia 0.4381 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
213 Faroe Islands 0.4286 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
214 Vanuatu 0.4221 kt 2023 up 20.2% rising
215 French Polynesia 0.379 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
216 Reunion 0.3435 kt 2023 down 0.2% falling
216 Réunion 0.3435 kt 2023 down 0.2% falling
218 Samoa 0.2917 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
219 Liechtenstein 0.2815 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
220 Isle of Man 0.2648 kt 2023 down 18.4% rising
221 San Marino 0.2192 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
222 Guam 0.2132 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
223 Kiribati 0.1749 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
224 Guadeloupe 0.1642 kt 2023 down 7.4% falling
225 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.15 kt 2023 up 4.1% flat
226 Monaco 0.146 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
227 Tonga 0.1415 kt 2023 down 4.5% rising
228 Bermuda 0.1027 kt 2023 down 0.6% rising
229 Greenland 0.1012 kt 2023 down 1.4% flat
230 Gibraltar 0.0727 kt 2023 up 21.8% rising
231 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.0678 kt 2010 up 11.7% rising
232 American Samoa 0.0673 kt 2023 down 11.1% flat
233 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0643 kt 2023 up 36.5% rising
234 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0579 kt 2023 down 14.5% falling
235 British Virgin Islands 0.0516 kt 2023 up 19.7% rising
236 Marshall Islands 0.0514 kt 2023 down 22.6% falling
237 Palau 0.0239 kt 2023 down 1.2% flat
238 Nauru 0.0153 kt 2023 up 11.7% rising
238 Nauru 0.0153 kt 2023 up 11.7% rising
240 Martinique 0.0149 kt 2023 down 49.3% falling
241 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0148 kt 2023 down 11.4% rising
242 Tuvalu 0.0129 kt 2023 down 12.2% rising
243 Western Sahara 0.0032 kt 2023 down 60.5% falling
244 Anguilla 0.0025 kt 2023 up 25.0% rising
245 French Guiana 0.0023 kt 2023 down 46.5% volatile
246 Montserrat 0.0016 kt 2023 down 56.8% falling
247 Cook Islands 0.0008 kt 2023 down 60.0% falling
248 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.0006 kt 2023 down 57.1% falling
249 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0005 kt 2023 down 16.7% rising
250 Niue 0.0002 kt 2023 down 33.3% falling
251 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged flat
252 Mayotte 0 kt 2023 — volatile
252 Tokelau 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
290 places, 9,600 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf