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Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) by country

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Countries reporting
255
Highest
299,653 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Pitcairn
Median
880.47 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,600

What the numbers show

Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 255 countries. The highest value is 299,653 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Pitcairn.

The median across all reporting countries is 880.47 kt, and the mean is 8,014 kt.

Over the past decade 176 countries rose and 76 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 United States 71,222 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
8 Mexico 60,530 kt 2023 up 6.3% rising
9 Pakistan 33,280 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
10 Turkey 33,065 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
10 Türkiye 33,065 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
12 Nigeria 31,958 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
13 Russia 31,033 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
13 Russian Federation 31,033 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
15 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 18,356 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
16 Thailand 17,954 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
17 Bangladesh 17,188 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
18 Egypt 16,914 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
19 Spain 12,584 kt 2023 down 3.4% falling
20 Colombia 12,226 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
21 Iraq 11,493 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
22 Argentina 11,254 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
23 Poland 11,137 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
24 Caribbean 10,770 kt 2023 down 11.0% rising
25 Philippines 10,588 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
26 Saudi Arabia 10,504 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
27 United Republic of Tanzania 9,649 kt 2023 up 8.7% rising
28 South Africa 9,290 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
29 Peru 9,268 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
30 Algeria 9,250 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
31 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,984 kt 2023 up 15.0% rising
32 Ukraine 8,828 kt 2023 down 6.5% rising
33 Ethiopia 8,370 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
34 Vietnam 7,648 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
34 Viet Nam 7,648 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
36 Myanmar 7,279 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
37 Republic of Korea 7,180 kt 2023 down 13.0% falling
38 Canada 7,143 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
39 Japan 6,880 kt 2023 down 5.3% flat
40 Kenya 6,589 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
41 France 6,496 kt 2023 down 42.3% rising
42 Malaysia 6,298 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
43 Australia and New Zealand 6,153 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
44 Germany 6,145 kt 2023 down 19.6% volatile
45 United Kingdom 5,908 kt 2023 down 2.0% falling
45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,908 kt 2023 down 2.0% falling
47 Uganda 5,816 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
48 Italy 5,767 kt 2023 down 58.4% falling
49 Morocco 5,691 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
50 Chile 5,364 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
51 Australia 4,984 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
52 Greece 4,880 kt 2023 down 1.0% flat
53 Ecuador 4,639 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
54 Ghana 4,504 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
55 Cote d'Ivoire 4,316 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
55 Côte d'Ivoire 4,316 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
57 Romania 3,888 kt 2023 down 1.2% rising
58 Sudan 3,769 kt 2023 up 15.1% rising
59 Syria 3,762 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
59 Syrian Arab Republic 3,762 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
61 Dominican Republic 3,685 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
62 Afghanistan 3,602 kt 2023 up 33.0% volatile
63 Uzbekistan 3,505 kt 2023 up 24.7% rising
64 Madagascar 3,325 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
65 Sri Lanka 3,258 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
66 Guatemala 3,224 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
67 Hungary 3,088 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
68 Nepal 3,060 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
69 Rwanda 3,025 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
70 Portugal 2,913 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
71 Mozambique 2,861 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
72 Yemen 2,787 kt 2023 down 8.7% rising
73 Mongolia 2,705 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
74 Angola 2,704 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
75 Tunisia 2,658 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
76 Israel 2,607 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
77 Kazakhstan 2,471 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
78 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,444 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
79 Burkina Faso 2,420 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
80 Haiti 2,412 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
81 Senegal 2,407 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
82 United Arab Emirates 2,303 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
83 Niger 2,276 kt 2023 up 17.0% rising
84 Cameroon 2,270 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
85 Sudan (former) 2,220 kt 2011 up 15.0% rising
86 Azerbaijan 2,207 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
87 Belarus 2,136 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
88 Honduras 2,070 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
89 Jordan 2,060 kt 2023 up 11.2% rising
90 Zambia 2,043 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
91 Czechia 1,950 kt 2023 down 2.2% rising
92 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,930 kt 2023 up 6.2% rising
93 Moldova 1,922 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
93 Republic of Moldova 1,922 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
95 Somalia 1,916 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
96 Nicaragua 1,883 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
97 Panama 1,840 kt 2023 up 2.9% rising
98 Serbia 1,832 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
99 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,807 kt 1999 down 8.9% flat
100 Kuwait 1,749 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
101 El Salvador 1,720 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
102 Paraguay 1,647 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
103 Cambodia 1,642 kt 2023 up 7.3% rising
104 Lebanon 1,594 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
105 Serbia and Montenegro 1,527 kt 2005 up 255.9% volatile
106 Chad 1,514 kt 2023 up 18.1% rising
107 Costa Rica 1,503 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
108 Burundi 1,450 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
109 Mali 1,424 kt 2023 up 19.5% rising
110 Austria 1,367 kt 2023 down 3.6% rising
111 Libya 1,259 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
112 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,187 kt 2023 down 17.9% rising
113 Palestine 1,182 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
113 Palestine 1,182 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
115 Zimbabwe 1,174 kt 2023 up 14.8% rising
116 New Zealand 1,169 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
117 Tajikistan 1,155 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
118 Cuba 1,139 kt 2023 down 56.8% falling
119 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,137 kt 2023 up 0.3% falling
120 Togo 1,118 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
121 Slovakia 1,042 kt 2023 down 1.4% flat
122 Uruguay 1,036 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
123 Jamaica 1,027 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
124 Puerto Rico 1,001 kt 2023 down 0.0% rising
125 China, Taiwan Province of 960.17 kt 2023 down 12.5% flat
126 Guinea 923.73 kt 2023 up 14.9% rising
127 Bulgaria 892.56 kt 2023 down 2.0% flat
128 Switzerland 880.47 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
129 Croatia 880.27 kt 2023 down 2.0% rising
130 Benin 855.3 kt 2023 up 18.6% rising
131 Belgium 832.06 kt 2023 down 66.2% falling
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 803.71 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
133 Kyrgyzstan 781.11 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
134 Malawi 741.42 kt 2023 up 28.5% rising
135 Sierra Leone 711.52 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
136 Albania 690.08 kt 2023 up 12.3% rising
137 Trinidad and Tobago 684.92 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
138 Ireland 650.89 kt 2023 down 1.4% rising
139 Sweden 621.53 kt 2023 up 3.2% falling
140 Qatar 616.64 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
141 Georgia 593.63 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
142 Liberia 581.07 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
143 Central African Republic 570.15 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
144 Bahrain 535.52 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
145 Lithuania 533.8 kt 2023 down 3.5% rising
146 Laos 528.69 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
146 Lao People's Democratic Republic 528.69 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
148 Oman 508.83 kt 2023 up 12.5% rising
149 Armenia 504.85 kt 2023 down 5.6% rising
150 Melanesia 504.76 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
151 Turkmenistan 503.16 kt 2023 up 14.0% rising
152 Finland 480.38 kt 2023 down 1.7% volatile
153 Mauritania 478.52 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
154 Latvia 467.97 kt 2023 down 5.3% rising
155 Slovenia 412.36 kt 2023 up 2.9% flat
156 Papua New Guinea 403.44 kt 2023 up 20.8% rising
157 North Macedonia 398.49 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
158 South Sudan 392.94 kt 2023 up 2.9% flat
159 Norway 385.19 kt 2023 down 71.0% volatile
160 Denmark 378.04 kt 2023 down 4.0% volatile
161 Cyprus 364.39 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
162 Congo 350.96 kt 2023 up 13.8% rising
163 Belize 291.25 kt 2023 up 0.2% rising
164 Guinea-Bissau 276.33 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
165 Singapore 239.46 kt 2023 up 6.7% rising
166 Estonia 237.25 kt 2023 down 0.5% rising
167 Mauritius 224.57 kt 2023 down 6.1% flat
168 Bahamas 221.17 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
169 Gambia 220.76 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
170 China, Macao SAR 207.5 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
171 Malta 189.32 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
172 Namibia 186.1 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
173 Gabon 182.45 kt 2023 up 16.4% rising
174 Guyana 177.77 kt 2023 down 0.3% flat
175 Montenegro 166.34 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
176 Brunei 165.3 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
176 Brunei Darussalam 165.3 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
178 Botswana 165.25 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
179 Barbados 148.53 kt 2023 down 0.4% flat
180 Iceland 136.71 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
181 Equatorial Guinea 131.58 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
182 Eritrea 127.53 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
183 Eswatini 127.33 kt 2023 down 13.1% rising
184 United States Virgin Islands 117.78 kt 2023 up 0.7% volatile
185 Bhutan 117.31 kt 2023 up 9.1% rising
186 Cabo Verde 107.57 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
187 Lesotho 106.07 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
188 Djibouti 101.61 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
189 Luxembourg 91.78 kt 2023 up 6.7% rising
190 East Timor 86.56 kt 2023 up 11.7% rising
190 Timor-Leste 86.56 kt 2023 up 11.7% rising
192 Suriname 84.32 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
193 Comoros 81.65 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
194 Saint Lucia 73.44 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
195 Aruba 71.17 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
196 Maldives 65.37 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
197 Seychelles 52.51 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
198 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 49.02 kt 2023 up 19.9% rising
199 Fiji 47.72 kt 2023 down 14.4% flat
200 Cayman Islands 43.56 kt 2023 up 6.8% volatile
201 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33.22 kt 2023 up 0.5% flat
202 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30.34 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
203 Grenada 29.94 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
204 Antigua and Barbuda 29.75 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
205 Solomon Islands 29.52 kt 2023 up 31.7% rising
206 Channel Islands 28.72 kt 2023 up 33.9% rising
207 Polynesia 25.03 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
208 Micronesia 19.22 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
209 Sao Tome and Principe 16.99 kt 2023 up 10.5% rising
210 Andorra 14.12 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
211 Dominica 13.82 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
212 New Caledonia 12.27 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
213 Faroe Islands 12 kt 2023 up 3.5% rising
214 Vanuatu 11.82 kt 2023 up 20.2% rising
215 French Polynesia 10.61 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
216 Reunion 9.62 kt 2023 down 0.2% falling
216 Réunion 9.62 kt 2023 down 0.2% falling
218 Samoa 8.17 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
219 Liechtenstein 7.88 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
220 Isle of Man 7.41 kt 2023 down 18.4% rising
221 San Marino 6.14 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
222 Guam 5.97 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
223 Kiribati 4.9 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
224 Guadeloupe 4.6 kt 2023 down 7.4% falling
225 Micronesia (Federated States of) 4.2 kt 2023 up 4.1% flat
226 Monaco 4.09 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
227 Tonga 3.96 kt 2023 down 4.4% rising
228 Bermuda 2.87 kt 2023 down 0.6% rising
229 Greenland 2.83 kt 2023 down 1.4% flat
230 Gibraltar 2.04 kt 2023 up 21.8% rising
231 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1.9 kt 2010 up 11.8% rising
232 American Samoa 1.88 kt 2023 down 11.1% flat
233 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.8 kt 2023 up 36.5% rising
234 Northern Mariana Islands 1.62 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
235 British Virgin Islands 1.45 kt 2023 up 19.6% rising
236 Marshall Islands 1.44 kt 2023 down 22.6% falling
237 Palau 0.668 kt 2023 down 1.5% flat
238 Nauru 0.4287 kt 2023 up 11.8% rising
238 Nauru 0.4287 kt 2023 up 11.8% rising
240 Martinique 0.4184 kt 2023 down 49.1% falling
241 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.4145 kt 2023 down 11.1% rising
242 Tuvalu 0.3599 kt 2023 down 12.5% rising
243 Western Sahara 0.0891 kt 2023 down 60.7% falling
244 Anguilla 0.0689 kt 2023 up 23.3% rising
245 French Guiana 0.0657 kt 2023 down 44.8% volatile
246 Montserrat 0.0461 kt 2023 down 56.0% falling
247 Cook Islands 0.023 kt 2023 down 59.0% falling
248 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.0181 kt 2023 down 54.2% falling
249 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0144 kt 2023 down 7.1% rising
250 Niue 0.0057 kt 2023 down 41.2% falling
251 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.0025 kt 2023 unchanged falling
252 Tokelau 0.0008 kt 2023 down 65.2% falling
253 Mayotte 0.0007 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
254 Norfolk Island 0 kt 2023 — volatile
254 Pitcairn 0 kt 2004 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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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
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