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Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre by country

Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
201
Highest
0.0701 kt per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.0005 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,733

What the numbers show

Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 0.0701 kt per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0005 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0018 kt per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 151 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Channel Islands (up 42.0%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 70.9%).

Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre (CH4): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 0.0701 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
2 Bahrain 0.0239 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% rising
3 Malta 0.0215 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.1% rising
4 Aruba 0.0141 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
5 Barbados 0.0123 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% flat
6 United States Virgin Islands 0.0121 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% volatile
7 Singapore 0.0118 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
8 Maldives 0.0078 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.5% rising
9 Gibraltar 0.0073 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.8% rising
10 Palestine 0.007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 16.5% rising
11 Cayman Islands 0.0065 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.8% volatile
12 Lebanon 0.0056 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% rising
13 Channel Islands 0.005 kt per square kilometre 2021 up 42.0% rising
14 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0048 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% rising
15 Bangladesh 0.0047 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% rising
16 Rwanda 0.0045 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% rising
17 Israel 0.0043 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
18 Saint Lucia 0.0043 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
19 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0042 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% rising
20 Seychelles 0.0041 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% rising
21 Puerto Rico 0.004 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% rising
22 Mauritius 0.004 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% flat
23 San Marino 0.0036 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
24 Kuwait 0.0035 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.0% rising
25 Jamaica 0.0034 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% rising
26 Haiti 0.0031 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% rising
27 Grenada 0.0031 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% flat
29 El Salvador 0.003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.3% rising
30 Dominican Republic 0.0027 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% rising
31 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0024 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
32 Moldova 0.0021 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
33 Burundi 0.002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.7% rising
34 India 0.0019 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
35 Qatar 0.0019 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.4% rising
36 Bermuda 0.0019 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% rising
37 Sri Lanka 0.0019 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% rising
38 Liechtenstein 0.0018 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
39 Comoros 0.0016 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
40 Pakistan 0.0015 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.1% rising
41 Turkey 0.0015 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.4% rising
42 Cyprus 0.0014 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
43 Indonesia 0.0014 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
44 Greece 0.0014 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% flat
45 Poland 0.0013 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.4% rising
46 Luxembourg 0.0013 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.7% rising
47 Philippines 0.0013 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% rising
48 Thailand 0.0013 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% rising
49 Nigeria 0.0013 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
50 Hungary 0.0012 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% rising
51 United Arab Emirates 0.0012 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% rising
52 China 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
53 Portugal 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% rising
54 Brunei 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% rising
55 Mexico 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% rising
56 Andorra 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% rising
57 Guatemala 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
58 Costa Rica 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
59 Uganda 0.001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.4% rising
60 Belgium 0.001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 66.4% falling
61 Azerbaijan 0.001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.3% rising
62 Iraq 0.0009 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.8% rising
63 Czechia 0.0009 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.1% rising
64 Albania 0.0009 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.3% rising
65 Spain 0.0009 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% falling
66 Panama 0.0009 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
67 United Kingdom 0.0009 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% falling
68 Vietnam 0.0009 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% rising
69 Jordan 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% rising
70 Switzerland 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% rising
71 Bahamas 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% rising
72 Gambia 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.4% rising
73 Slovakia 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% flat
74 Nepal 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
75 Serbia 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% flat
76 Togo 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
77 Syria 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
78 Slovenia 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% flat
79 Nauru 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
80 Ghana 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% rising
81 Italy 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 58.4% falling
82 Malaysia 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% rising
83 Japan 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.3% flat
84 Ecuador 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% rising
85 Honduras 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
86 Dominica 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% flat
87 Armenia 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.7% rising
88 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.5% rising
89 Germany 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.7% volatile
90 Tunisia 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% rising
91 Egypt 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% rising
92 Romania 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% rising
93 Austria 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.6% rising
94 North Macedonia 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% rising
95 Croatia 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% rising
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% rising
97 Nicaragua 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
98 Ukraine 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.5% rising
99 Tuvalu 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
100 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.0% rising
101 Isle of Man 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.7% rising
102 Belize 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
103 Morocco 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
104 Senegal 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% rising
105 Montenegro 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.2% rising
106 France 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 42.3% rising
107 Kenya 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
108 Myanmar 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% rising
109 Guam 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
110 Colombia 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% rising
111 Cuba 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 56.6% falling
112 Belarus 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% rising
113 Sierra Leone 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
114 Guinea-Bissau 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
115 Brazil 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% rising
116 British Virgin Islands 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 18.9% rising
117 American Samoa 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.6% flat
118 Denmark 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% volatile
119 Ireland 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% rising
120 Cambodia 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.3% rising
121 Burkina Faso 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% rising
122 Faroe Islands 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.5% rising
123 Georgia 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
124 Lithuania 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.4% rising
125 Tajikistan 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
126 Bulgaria 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% flat
127 Uzbekistan 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 23.3% rising
128 Marshall Islands 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 23.0% falling
129 Malawi 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 28.5% rising
130 United States 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
131 South Africa 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
132 Benin 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 18.6% rising
133 Latvia 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.3% rising
134 Ethiopia 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.8% rising
135 Eswatini 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.1% rising
136 Peru 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% rising
137 Chile 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
138 Kiribati 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.6% rising
139 Liberia 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% rising
140 Uruguay 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% rising
141 East Timor 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.7% rising
142 Madagascar 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.2% rising
143 Estonia 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
144 Afghanistan 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 33.0% volatile
145 Tonga 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.5% rising
146 Yemen 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.7% rising
147 Saudi Arabia 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.8% rising
148 Cameroon 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% rising
149 Equatorial Guinea 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.4% rising
150 New Zealand 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% rising
151 Djibouti 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.1% rising
152 Paraguay 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.7% rising
153 Argentina 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% rising
154 Kyrgyzstan 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% rising
155 Algeria 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.1% rising
156 Guinea 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.9% rising
157 Mozambique 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.4% rising
158 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.9% falling
159 Lesotho 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
160 Bhutan 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% rising
161 French Polynesia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
162 Somalia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.5% rising
163 Zimbabwe 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.8% rising
164 Samoa 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% rising
165 Zambia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.5% rising
166 Fiji 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% flat
167 Laos 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.0% rising
168 Angola 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 17.3% rising
169 Sudan 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% rising
170 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 36.8% rising
171 Russia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% rising
172 Niger 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 17.0% rising
173 Mongolia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.3% rising
174 Oman 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.5% rising
175 Finland 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% volatile
176 Sweden 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% falling
177 Palau 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% flat
178 Iceland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% flat
179 Chad 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 18.1% rising
180 Mali 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 19.5% rising
181 Turkmenistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
182 Norway 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 70.9% volatile
183 Eritrea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
184 Solomon Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 31.7% rising
185 Congo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.8% rising
186 Vanuatu 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.2% rising
187 Kazakhstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% rising
188 Central African Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% rising
189 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.8% rising
190 Guyana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.1% flat
191 Canada 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
192 Libya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.9% rising
193 Gabon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 16.4% rising
194 New Caledonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.1% rising
195 Australia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% rising
196 South Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% flat
197 Suriname 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
198 Mauritania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% rising
199 Botswana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
200 Namibia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.2% rising
201 Greenland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% falling

Regions and income groups

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

  • Chagai 0.005 kt per square kilometre
  • World 0.0004 kt per square kilometre

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Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
203 places, 6,733 data points, 1990–2023
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Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.