Pre- and post-production — Emissions Share (CH4) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.
Countries reporting
223
Highest
429.5 %
China, Macao SAR
Lowest
0 %
Tokelau
Median
13.69 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,422
What the numbers show
Pre- and post-production — Emissions Share (CH4) is currently reported for 223 countries. The highest value is 429.5 % in China, Macao SAR; the lowest is 0 % in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.69 %, and the mean is 23.37 %.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 408.2%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 100.0%).
Pre- and post-production — Emissions Share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Macao SAR | 429.5 % | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 2 | Aruba | 347.25 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 3 | Jamaica | 136.62 % | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Lucia | 126.01 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 5 | Malta | 117.82 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 6 | Moldova | 99.38 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 99.38 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 8 | Barbados | 97.19 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 9 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 82.38 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 10 | Seychelles | 75.35 % | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.04 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 12 | Cabo Verde | 71.59 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 13 | Bahamas | 66.95 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 14 | Rwanda | 65.29 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 15 | Syria | 58.8 % | 2023 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 58.8 % | 2023 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 17 | El Salvador | 57.25 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 18 | Grenada | 56.97 % | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 19 | Antigua and Barbuda | 52.38 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 20 | Belize | 52.28 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 21 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 51.03 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 22 | Greece | 47.18 % | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 23 | Panama | 43.73 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 24 | Lebanon | 42.94 % | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 25 | Maldives | 42.1 % | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 26 | Mauritius | 41.72 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 27 | Mexico | 40.71 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 28 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 37.51 % | 2023 | up 195.4% | rising |
| 29 | Jordan | 37.46 % | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 30 | Mayotte | 36.67 % | 1999 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 31 | Egypt | 35.56 % | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 34.72 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 34.72 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 34 | Hungary | 34.11 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 35 | Tunisia | 33.21 % | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 36 | Armenia | 32.96 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 37 | Israel | 32.29 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 38 | Turkey | 32.1 % | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 38 | Türkiye | 32.1 % | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 30.98 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 41 | British Virgin Islands | 30.59 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 30.45 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 43 | Albania | 30.44 % | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 44 | Peru | 29.6 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 45 | Burundi | 29.55 % | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 46 | Spain | 28.99 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 47 | Portugal | 28.35 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 48 | Croatia | 28.17 % | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 49 | Serbia | 28.05 % | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 50 | Chile | 27.81 % | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 51 | Haiti | 27.45 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 52 | Montenegro | 27.34 % | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 53 | Caribbean | 27.2 % | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 54 | North Macedonia | 26.34 % | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 25.96 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 56 | Poland | 25.64 % | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 57 | Yemen | 24.81 % | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 24.15 % | 2023 | down 27.9% | flat |
| 59 | Dominica | 24.12 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 60 | Ghana | 24.03 % | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 61 | Japan | 23.86 % | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 62 | Iceland | 23.63 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 63 | Liberia | 23.52 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 64 | Malaysia | 22.69 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 65 | Nauru | 22.27 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 65 | Nauru | 22.27 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 67 | Afghanistan | 22.13 % | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 68 | Honduras | 22.07 % | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 69 | Ecuador | 21.58 % | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 70 | Comoros | 21.4 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 71 | Senegal | 21.36 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 72 | Latvia | 21.35 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 73 | Republic of Korea | 20.37 % | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 74 | Morocco | 20.2 % | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 75 | China, mainland | 19.68 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 76 | China | 19.66 % | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 76 | Lithuania | 19.66 % | 2023 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 78 | Togo | 19.52 % | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 79 | Georgia | 19.46 % | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 80 | Bangladesh | 19.13 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 81 | Slovakia | 19.11 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 82 | India | 18.79 % | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 83 | Thailand | 18.76 % | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 84 | Romania | 18.49 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 18.42 % | 2023 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 86 | Guatemala | 18.25 % | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 87 | Serbia and Montenegro | 17.89 % | 2005 | up 408.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Cyprus | 17.54 % | 2023 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 89 | Slovenia | 17.24 % | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 90 | Ukraine | 17.17 % | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 16.78 % | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 92 | Kiribati | 16.7 % | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 93 | Czechia | 16.25 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 94 | Uganda | 16.12 % | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 95 | Nigeria | 15.97 % | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 15.91 % | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 97 | Indonesia | 15.82 % | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 98 | Gambia | 15.59 % | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 99 | Austria | 15.22 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.83 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 101 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 14.82 % | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 102 | Switzerland | 14.81 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 103 | Pakistan | 14.8 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 104 | Algeria | 14.45 % | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 14.35 % | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 106 | Italy | 14.24 % | 2023 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 107 | OECD | 14.13 % | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 108 | Estonia | 14.07 % | 2023 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 109 | United Republic of Tanzania | 13.92 % | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 110 | Brazil | 13.89 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.75 % | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 112 | Colombia | 13.69 % | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 113 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.5 % | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 114 | United Kingdom | 13.49 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 114 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.49 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 116 | Nepal | 13.4 % | 2023 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 117 | Philippines | 13.35 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 118 | Micronesia | 13.24 % | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 119 | Kenya | 13.18 % | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 12.96 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 121 | Madagascar | 12.61 % | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 122 | South Africa | 11.8 % | 2023 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 123 | Belarus | 11.65 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 124 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 11.46 % | 1999 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 125 | Eswatini | 11.44 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 126 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 11.43 % | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 11.27 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 128 | Benin | 11.25 % | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 129 | Myanmar | 11.21 % | 2023 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 130 | Cameroon | 11.01 % | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 131 | Germany | 10.9 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 10.74 % | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 133 | Bhutan | 10.7 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 134 | Bulgaria | 10.69 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 10.63 % | 2023 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 136 | France | 10.18 % | 2023 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.03 % | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 138 | Saudi Arabia | 9.92 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 139 | Argentina | 9.67 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 140 | Cuba | 9.54 % | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 141 | Suriname | 9.53 % | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 142 | Brunei | 9.38 % | 2023 | up 41.1% | falling |
| 142 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.38 % | 2023 | up 41.1% | falling |
| 144 | Melanesia | 9.36 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 145 | United States | 9.08 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 146 | Malawi | 9.03 % | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 147 | Mozambique | 8.94 % | 2023 | up 19.7% | flat |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | 8.93 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 149 | Finland | 8.62 % | 2023 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 150 | Djibouti | 8.54 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 151 | Niger | 8.25 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 152 | Sweden | 8.23 % | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 153 | Vietnam | 8.17 % | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 153 | Viet Nam | 8.17 % | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 155 | Polynesia | 7.97 % | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 156 | Iraq | 7.64 % | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 157 | Somalia | 7.52 % | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 157 | East Timor | 7.52 % | 2023 | up 39.8% | falling |
| 157 | Timor-Leste | 7.52 % | 2023 | up 39.8% | falling |
| 160 | Zambia | 7.4 % | 2023 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 161 | Lesotho | 7.22 % | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 162 | Belgium | 7.17 % | 2023 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 163 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 7.16 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 164 | Russia | 6.96 % | 2023 | down 18.5% | flat |
| 164 | Russian Federation | 6.96 % | 2023 | down 18.5% | flat |
| 166 | Ethiopia | 6.83 % | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 167 | United Arab Emirates | 6.61 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 168 | Uzbekistan | 6.6 % | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 169 | China, Taiwan Province of | 6.58 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 170 | Paraguay | 6.39 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 171 | Cambodia | 6.35 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | 6.14 % | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 173 | Mongolia | 6.01 % | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 174 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5.9 % | 2023 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 175 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5.87 % | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 176 | Canada | 5.77 % | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 177 | Fiji | 5.6 % | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 178 | Sudan | 5.54 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 179 | Angola | 5.38 % | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 180 | Samoa | 5.3 % | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 181 | Guyana | 5.22 % | 2023 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 182 | Mauritania | 5.17 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 183 | Kazakhstan | 5.13 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 184 | Tuvalu | 5.08 % | 2023 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 185 | Norway | 4.84 % | 2023 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.78 % | 2023 | up 214.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Kuwait | 4.74 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 188 | Libya | 4.73 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Mali | 4.66 % | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 190 | Singapore | 4.41 % | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 191 | Guinea | 4.09 % | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 192 | Uruguay | 3.99 % | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 193 | Tonga | 3.85 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 193 | Vanuatu | 3.85 % | 2023 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 195 | Denmark | 3.74 % | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Ireland | 3.67 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 197 | Laos | 3.57 % | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 197 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.57 % | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 199 | New Zealand | 3.39 % | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 200 | Central African Republic | 3 % | 2023 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 201 | Qatar | 2.91 % | 2023 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 202 | Namibia | 2.89 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 203 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.8 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 204 | Eritrea | 2.7 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 205 | Australia | 2.69 % | 2023 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 206 | Anguilla | 2.67 % | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 207 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.4 % | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 207 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 2.4 % | 2010 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 209 | Sudan (former) | 2.39 % | 2011 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 210 | Bahrain | 2.38 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 211 | Congo | 2.25 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 212 | Turkmenistan | 2.21 % | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 213 | Palau | 2.1 % | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 214 | Chad | 2.07 % | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 215 | Botswana | 1.71 % | 2023 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 216 | Oman | 1.69 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 217 | Gabon | 1.29 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 218 | South Sudan | 1.15 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 219 | Niue | 0.4 % | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 220 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.26 % | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 221 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0.24 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 222 | Cook Islands | 0.14 % | 2023 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 223 | Tokelau | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central America 36.25 %
- Southern Europe 24.92 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 21.61 %
- Eastern Asia 19.16 %
- Southern Asia 17.35 %
- Asia 16.69 %
- European Union (27) 16.54 %
- Northern Africa 16.31 %
- Non-Annex I countries 15.54 %
- World 14.43 %
- Western Africa 14.4 %
- South-Eastern Asia 14.39 %
- Western Asia 14.04 %
- Americas 13.59 %
- South America 12.99 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 12.61 %
- Europe 12.3 %
- Africa 11.74 %
- Annex I countries 10.85 %
- Eastern Europe 10.68 %
- Eastern Africa 10.4 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 10.23 %
- Western Europe 10.18 %
- Southern Africa 10.13 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 9.95 %
- Northern Europe 9.86 %
- United States of America 9.08 %
- Northern America 8.63 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 7.81 %
- Middle Africa 6.53 %
- Central Asia 6.02 %
- Oceania 2.97 %
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.