Share global methane emissions by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
16.46
China
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
0.1114
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
35,175
What the numbers show
Share global methane emissions is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 16.46 in China; the lowest is 0 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1114, and the mean is 0.5025.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 123 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 164.9%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 70.0%).
Share global methane emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 16.46 | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 2 | India | 9.25 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 8.49 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 6.26 | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 4.85 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 6 | Indonesia | 4.26 | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 2.48 | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 8 | Nigeria | 2.02 | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Iran | 1.75 | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Mexico | 1.6 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 11 | Iraq | 1.59 | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 1.45 | 2024 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 1.29 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 1.24 | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 1.19 | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 1.19 | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 17 | Turkey | 1.16 | 2024 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 1.04 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 19 | Thailand | 1.03 | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 20 | Vietnam | 1.01 | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 21 | Colombia | 0.9792 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 0.8518 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 23 | South Africa | 0.8191 | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Chad | 0.8119 | 2024 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Sudan | 0.757 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 26 | Algeria | 0.7085 | 2024 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 27 | France | 0.6749 | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 28 | Tanzania | 0.6713 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 29 | Myanmar | 0.6184 | 2024 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 30 | Germany | 0.5985 | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 31 | Kenya | 0.5826 | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 0.5767 | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 0.5574 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 34 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5467 | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Ukraine | 0.538 | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 36 | Egypt | 0.5159 | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 37 | Venezuela | 0.5121 | 2024 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Spain | 0.477 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 0.4719 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 40 | Poland | 0.4659 | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 41 | Angola | 0.4586 | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Mongolia | 0.4496 | 2024 | up 48.6% | falling |
| 43 | Italy | 0.4342 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 44 | South Korea | 0.4121 | 2024 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 45 | Kuwait | 0.4004 | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Uganda | 0.3933 | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 0.382 | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 48 | New Zealand | 0.378 | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 49 | South Sudan | 0.3433 | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 0.3401 | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 51 | Oman | 0.3342 | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Niger | 0.3327 | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 53 | Mali | 0.3187 | 2024 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 54 | Morocco | 0.3152 | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 55 | Japan | 0.3068 | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 56 | Nepal | 0.3037 | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 57 | Bolivia | 0.3029 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 58 | Malaysia | 0.2912 | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Libya | 0.2872 | 2024 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Mozambique | 0.2852 | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 61 | Paraguay | 0.2736 | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 62 | Somalia | 0.2726 | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 0.2722 | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 64 | Madagascar | 0.2678 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 65 | Cambodia | 0.2611 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 0.2467 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 67 | Turkmenistan | 0.2449 | 2024 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Bahrain | 0.2406 | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Guinea | 0.2343 | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Qatar | 0.228 | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Ecuador | 0.2273 | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Romania | 0.2271 | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 73 | Zambia | 0.2271 | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Cameroon | 0.2248 | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Netherlands | 0.2048 | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 76 | Ghana | 0.2047 | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 77 | Belarus | 0.1974 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 78 | North Korea | 0.196 | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 79 | Chile | 0.1941 | 2024 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 80 | Ireland | 0.1937 | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Guatemala | 0.1933 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 82 | Afghanistan | 0.18 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 83 | Taiwan | 0.1588 | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 84 | Congo | 0.1547 | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Gabon | 0.1453 | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Central African Republic | 0.1445 | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 0.1417 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 88 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1354 | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 0.1323 | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 90 | Czechia | 0.1309 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 0.1307 | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Belgium | 0.1268 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 0.1262 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 94 | Cuba | 0.125 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 95 | Laos | 0.1237 | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 96 | Senegal | 0.1233 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 97 | Yemen | 0.1229 | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 0.1176 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 99 | Portugal | 0.1146 | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 100 | Botswana | 0.1114 | 2024 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Denmark | 0.1094 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 102 | Greece | 0.1041 | 2024 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 103 | Mauritania | 0.0992 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 104 | Austria | 0.0992 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 105 | Hungary | 0.0987 | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Honduras | 0.0955 | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 107 | Haiti | 0.0937 | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 0.0926 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 109 | Israel | 0.0917 | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Malawi | 0.0895 | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 111 | Norway | 0.0876 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 0.0872 | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 113 | Tunisia | 0.0871 | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0849 | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 115 | Sweden | 0.0836 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 116 | Benin | 0.0803 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 117 | Serbia | 0.0729 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 118 | Namibia | 0.067 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 119 | Togo | 0.0665 | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Syria | 0.0661 | 2024 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Switzerland | 0.065 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 122 | Jordan | 0.0607 | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Finland | 0.0598 | 2024 | down 33.7% | flat |
| 124 | Slovakia | 0.0598 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 0.0592 | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 126 | Singapore | 0.0587 | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0579 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 128 | Sierra Leone | 0.0577 | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0523 | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Hong Kong | 0.0521 | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Eritrea | 0.0512 | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Rwanda | 0.0497 | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Burundi | 0.0494 | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 134 | Panama | 0.0453 | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 135 | Guyana | 0.0408 | 2024 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Lebanon | 0.0406 | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0397 | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 138 | Georgia | 0.0342 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 139 | El Salvador | 0.034 | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 140 | Croatia | 0.0332 | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 141 | Lithuania | 0.0282 | 2024 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 142 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0273 | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Liberia | 0.0264 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 144 | Slovenia | 0.0248 | 2024 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 145 | Cyprus | 0.0242 | 2024 | up 164.9% | falling |
| 146 | Latvia | 0.0241 | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 147 | Albania | 0.0233 | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0224 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 149 | Moldova | 0.0215 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 150 | Armenia | 0.0174 | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 0.0161 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 152 | Brunei | 0.016 | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Estonia | 0.0141 | 2024 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 154 | Lesotho | 0.0139 | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 155 | Djibouti | 0.0128 | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Gambia | 0.0128 | 2024 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 157 | Eswatini | 0.0125 | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 158 | Bhutan | 0.0115 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 159 | East Timor | 0.0112 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 160 | Suriname | 0.0098 | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 161 | Jamaica | 0.008 | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Fiji | 0.008 | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 163 | Montenegro | 0.0062 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 164 | Iceland | 0.0059 | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 0.0058 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 166 | Mauritius | 0.0058 | 2024 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 167 | Belize | 0.0052 | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 168 | Comoros | 0.0041 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 0.0036 | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 170 | Bahamas | 0.0035 | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 0.003 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 172 | Samoa | 0.0017 | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 173 | Malta | 0.0017 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 174 | Maldives | 0.0017 | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Cape Verde | 0.0017 | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 176 | Barbados | 0.0017 | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 177 | Tonga | 0.0011 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 178 | Andorra | 0.0008 | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 179 | Seychelles | 0.0008 | 2024 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0007 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 181 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0007 | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 0.0006 | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Dominica | 0.0006 | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0006 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0005 | 2024 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Macao | 0.0005 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 187 | Grenada | 0.0005 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0005 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 189 | Palau | 0.0004 | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Kiribati | 0.0003 | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 191 | Liechtenstein | 0.0003 | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 192 | Aruba | 0.0002 | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Cook Islands | 0.0002 | 2024 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 194 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0001 | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 195 | Tuvalu | 0.0001 | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 196 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2024 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 197 | Saint Helena | 0 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 198 | Nauru | 0 | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 199 | Niue | 0 | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |