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Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) 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
222
Highest
299,653 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Holy See
Median
817.88 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,102

What the numbers show

Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 299,653 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Holy See.

The median across all reporting countries is 817.88 kt, and the mean is 8,017 kt.

Over the past decade 150 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 255.9%), and the largest decrease in Pitcairn (down 100.0%).

Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 299,653 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
2 China, mainland 296,041 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
3 OECD 270,132 kt 2023 down 3.0% rising
4 India 161,831 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
5 Brazil 80,690 kt 2023 down 3.0% rising
6 Indonesia 73,362 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
7 Mexico 60,530 kt 2023 up 6.3% rising
8 Pakistan 33,280 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
9 Nigeria 31,958 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
10 Russian Federation 31,033 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
11 Thailand 17,954 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
12 Bangladesh 17,188 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
13 Egypt 16,914 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
14 Spain 12,584 kt 2023 down 3.4% falling
15 Colombia 12,226 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
16 Iraq 11,493 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
17 Argentina 11,254 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
18 Poland 11,137 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
19 Philippines 10,588 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
20 Saudi Arabia 10,504 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
21 South Africa 9,290 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
22 Peru 9,268 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
23 Algeria 9,250 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
24 Ukraine 8,828 kt 2023 down 6.5% rising
25 Ethiopia 8,370 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
26 Myanmar 7,279 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
27 Republic of Korea 7,180 kt 2023 down 13.0% falling
28 Canada 7,143 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
29 Japan 6,880 kt 2023 down 5.3% flat
30 Kenya 6,589 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
31 France 6,496 kt 2023 down 42.3% rising
32 Malaysia 6,298 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
33 Australia and New Zealand 6,153 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
34 Germany 6,145 kt 2023 down 19.6% volatile
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,908 kt 2023 down 2.0% falling
36 Uganda 5,816 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
37 Italy 5,767 kt 2023 down 58.4% falling
38 Morocco 5,691 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
39 Chile 5,364 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
40 Australia 4,984 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
41 Greece 4,880 kt 2023 down 1.0% flat
41 Anguilla 0.0689 kt 2023 up 23.3% rising
42 Ecuador 4,639 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
42 Montserrat 0.0461 kt 2023 down 56.0% falling
43 Ghana 4,504 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
43 Cook Islands 0.023 kt 2023 down 59.0% falling
44 Romania 3,888 kt 2023 down 1.2% rising
45 Sudan 3,769 kt 2023 up 15.1% rising
45 Niue 0.0057 kt 2023 down 41.2% falling
46 Dominican Republic 3,685 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
46 Tokelau 0.0008 kt 2023 down 65.2% falling
47 Afghanistan 3,602 kt 2023 up 33.0% volatile
47 Mayotte 0.0007 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
48 Uzbekistan 3,505 kt 2023 up 24.7% rising
49 Madagascar 3,325 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
50 Sri Lanka 3,258 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
51 Guatemala 3,224 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
52 Hungary 3,088 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
53 Nepal 3,060 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
54 Rwanda 3,025 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
55 Portugal 2,913 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
56 Mozambique 2,861 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
57 Yemen 2,787 kt 2023 down 8.7% rising
58 Mongolia 2,705 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
59 Angola 2,704 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
60 Tunisia 2,658 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
61 Israel 2,607 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
62 Kazakhstan 2,471 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
63 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,444 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
64 Burkina Faso 2,420 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
65 Haiti 2,412 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
66 Senegal 2,407 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
67 United Arab Emirates 2,303 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
68 Niger 2,276 kt 2023 up 17.0% rising
69 Cameroon 2,270 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
70 Sudan (former) 2,220 kt 2011 up 15.0% rising
71 Azerbaijan 2,207 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
72 Belarus 2,136 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
73 Honduras 2,070 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
74 Jordan 2,060 kt 2023 up 11.2% rising
75 Zambia 2,043 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
76 Czechia 1,950 kt 2023 down 2.2% rising
77 Somalia 1,916 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
78 Nicaragua 1,883 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
79 Panama 1,840 kt 2023 up 2.9% rising
80 Serbia 1,832 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
81 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,807 kt 1999 down 8.9% flat
82 Kuwait 1,749 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
83 El Salvador 1,720 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
84 Paraguay 1,647 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
85 Cambodia 1,642 kt 2023 up 7.3% rising
86 Lebanon 1,594 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
87 Serbia and Montenegro 1,527 kt 2005 up 255.9% volatile
88 Chad 1,514 kt 2023 up 18.1% rising
89 Costa Rica 1,503 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
90 Burundi 1,450 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
91 Mali 1,424 kt 2023 up 19.5% rising
92 Austria 1,367 kt 2023 down 3.6% rising
93 Libya 1,259 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
94 Palestine, State of 1,182 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
95 Zimbabwe 1,174 kt 2023 up 14.8% rising
96 New Zealand 1,169 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
97 Tajikistan 1,155 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
98 Cuba 1,139 kt 2023 down 56.8% falling
99 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,137 kt 2023 up 0.3% falling
100 Togo 1,118 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
101 Slovakia 1,042 kt 2023 down 1.4% flat
102 Uruguay 1,036 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
103 Jamaica 1,027 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
104 Puerto Rico 1,001 kt 2023 down 0.0% rising
105 China, Taiwan Province of 960.17 kt 2023 down 12.5% flat
106 Guinea 923.73 kt 2023 up 14.9% rising
107 Bulgaria 892.56 kt 2023 down 2.0% flat
108 Switzerland 880.47 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
109 Croatia 880.27 kt 2023 down 2.0% rising
110 Benin 855.3 kt 2023 up 18.6% rising
111 Belgium 832.06 kt 2023 down 66.2% falling
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 803.71 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
113 Kyrgyzstan 781.11 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
114 Malawi 741.42 kt 2023 up 28.5% rising
115 Sierra Leone 711.52 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
116 Albania 690.08 kt 2023 up 12.3% rising
117 Trinidad and Tobago 684.92 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
118 Ireland 650.89 kt 2023 down 1.4% rising
119 Sweden 621.53 kt 2023 up 3.2% falling
120 Qatar 616.64 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
121 Georgia 593.63 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
122 Liberia 581.07 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
123 Central African Republic 570.15 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
124 Bahrain 535.52 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
125 Lithuania 533.8 kt 2023 down 3.5% rising
126 Oman 508.83 kt 2023 up 12.5% rising
127 Armenia 504.85 kt 2023 down 5.6% rising
128 Turkmenistan 503.16 kt 2023 up 14.0% rising
129 Finland 480.38 kt 2023 down 1.7% volatile
130 Mauritania 478.52 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
131 Latvia 467.97 kt 2023 down 5.3% rising
132 Slovenia 412.36 kt 2023 up 2.9% flat
133 Papua New Guinea 403.44 kt 2023 up 20.8% rising
134 North Macedonia 398.49 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
135 South Sudan 392.94 kt 2023 up 2.9% flat
136 Norway 385.19 kt 2023 down 71.0% volatile
137 Denmark 378.04 kt 2023 down 4.0% volatile
138 Cyprus 364.39 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
139 Congo 350.96 kt 2023 up 13.8% rising
140 Belize 291.25 kt 2023 up 0.2% rising
141 Guinea-Bissau 276.33 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
142 Singapore 239.46 kt 2023 up 6.7% rising
143 Estonia 237.25 kt 2023 down 0.5% rising
144 Mauritius 224.57 kt 2023 down 6.1% flat
145 Bahamas 221.17 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
146 Gambia 220.76 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
147 China, Macao SAR 207.5 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
148 Malta 189.32 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
149 Namibia 186.1 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
150 Gabon 182.45 kt 2023 up 16.4% rising
151 Guyana 177.77 kt 2023 down 0.3% flat
152 Montenegro 166.34 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
153 Brunei Darussalam 165.3 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
154 Botswana 165.25 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
155 Barbados 148.53 kt 2023 down 0.4% flat
156 Iceland 136.71 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
157 Equatorial Guinea 131.58 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
158 Eritrea 127.53 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
159 Eswatini 127.33 kt 2023 down 13.1% rising
160 United States Virgin Islands 117.78 kt 2023 up 0.7% volatile
161 Bhutan 117.31 kt 2023 up 9.1% rising
162 Lesotho 106.07 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
163 Djibouti 101.61 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
164 Luxembourg 91.78 kt 2023 up 6.7% rising
165 Suriname 84.32 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
166 Comoros 81.65 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
167 Saint Lucia 73.44 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
168 Aruba 71.17 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
169 Maldives 65.37 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
170 Seychelles 52.51 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
171 Fiji 47.72 kt 2023 down 14.4% flat
172 Cayman Islands 43.56 kt 2023 up 6.8% volatile
173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33.22 kt 2023 up 0.5% flat
174 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30.34 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
175 Grenada 29.94 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
176 Antigua and Barbuda 29.75 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
177 Solomon Islands 29.52 kt 2023 up 31.7% rising
178 Channel Islands 28.72 kt 2023 up 33.9% rising
179 Sao Tome and Principe 16.99 kt 2023 up 10.5% rising
180 Andorra 14.12 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
181 Dominica 13.82 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
182 New Caledonia 12.27 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
183 Faroe Islands 12 kt 2023 up 3.5% rising
184 Vanuatu 11.82 kt 2023 up 20.2% rising
185 French Polynesia 10.61 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
186 Réunion 9.62 kt 2023 down 0.2% falling
187 Samoa 8.17 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
188 Liechtenstein 7.88 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
189 Isle of Man 7.41 kt 2023 down 18.4% rising
190 San Marino 6.14 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
191 Guam 5.97 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
192 Kiribati 4.9 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
193 Guadeloupe 4.6 kt 2023 down 7.4% falling
194 Monaco 4.09 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
195 Tonga 3.96 kt 2023 down 4.4% rising
196 Bermuda 2.87 kt 2023 down 0.6% rising
197 Greenland 2.83 kt 2023 down 1.4% flat
198 Gibraltar 2.04 kt 2023 up 21.8% rising
199 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1.9 kt 2010 up 11.8% rising
200 American Samoa 1.88 kt 2023 down 11.1% flat
201 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.8 kt 2023 up 36.5% rising
202 Northern Mariana Islands 1.62 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
203 British Virgin Islands 1.45 kt 2023 up 19.6% rising
204 Marshall Islands 1.44 kt 2023 down 22.6% falling
205 Palau 0.668 kt 2023 down 1.5% flat
206 Naoero 0.4287 kt 2023 up 11.8% rising
207 Martinique 0.4184 kt 2023 down 49.1% falling
208 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.4145 kt 2023 down 11.1% rising
209 Tuvalu 0.3599 kt 2023 down 12.5% rising
210 Western Sahara 0.0891 kt 2023 down 60.7% falling
211 French Guiana 0.0657 kt 2023 down 44.8% volatile
212 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0144 kt 2023 down 7.1% rising
213 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.0025 kt 2023 unchanged falling
214 Norfolk Island 0 kt 2023 — volatile
214 Pitcairn 0 kt 2004 down 100.0% volatile
214 Holy See 0 kt 2023 — flat

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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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
275 places, 9,102 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