Share of global methane emissions by country
Measured as a percentage of the world's methane emissions.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
16.5%
China
Lowest
0.0%
Anguilla
Median
0.1%
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
35,175
What the numbers show
Share of global methane emissions is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 16.5% in China; the lowest is 0.0% in Anguilla.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.5%.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 164.9%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 70.0%).
Share of global methane emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 16.5% | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 2 | India | 9.2% | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 8.5% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 6.3% | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 4.8% | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 6 | Indonesia | 4.3% | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 2.5% | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 8 | Nigeria | 2.0% | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Iran | 1.8% | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Mexico | 1.6% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 11 | Iraq | 1.6% | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 1.4% | 2024 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 1.3% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 1.2% | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 1.2% | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 1.2% | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 17 | Turkey | 1.2% | 2024 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 19 | Thailand | 1.0% | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 20 | Vietnam | 1.0% | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 21 | Colombia | 1.0% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 0.9% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 23 | South Africa | 0.8% | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Chad | 0.8% | 2024 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Sudan | 0.8% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 26 | Algeria | 0.7% | 2024 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 27 | France | 0.7% | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 28 | Tanzania | 0.7% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 29 | Myanmar | 0.6% | 2024 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 30 | Germany | 0.6% | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 31 | Kenya | 0.6% | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 0.6% | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 0.6% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 34 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5% | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Ukraine | 0.5% | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 36 | Egypt | 0.5% | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 37 | Venezuela | 0.5% | 2024 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Spain | 0.5% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 0.5% | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 40 | Poland | 0.5% | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 41 | Angola | 0.5% | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2024 | up 48.6% | falling |
| 43 | Italy | 0.4% | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 44 | South Korea | 0.4% | 2024 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 45 | Kuwait | 0.4% | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Uganda | 0.4% | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4% | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 48 | New Zealand | 0.4% | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 49 | South Sudan | 0.3% | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 0.3% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 51 | Oman | 0.3% | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Niger | 0.3% | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 53 | Mali | 0.3% | 2024 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 54 | Morocco | 0.3% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 55 | Japan | 0.3% | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 56 | Nepal | 0.3% | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 57 | Bolivia | 0.3% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 58 | Malaysia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Libya | 0.3% | 2024 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Mozambique | 0.3% | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 61 | Paraguay | 0.3% | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 62 | Somalia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 0.3% | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 64 | Madagascar | 0.3% | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 65 | Cambodia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 0.2% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 67 | Turkmenistan | 0.2% | 2024 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Bahrain | 0.2% | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Guinea | 0.2% | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Qatar | 0.2% | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Ecuador | 0.2% | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Romania | 0.2% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 73 | Zambia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Cameroon | 0.2% | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Netherlands | 0.2% | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 76 | Ghana | 0.2% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 77 | Belarus | 0.2% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 78 | North Korea | 0.2% | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 79 | Chile | 0.2% | 2024 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 81 | Guatemala | 0.2% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 82 | Afghanistan | 0.2% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 83 | Taiwan | 0.2% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 84 | Congo | 0.2% | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Gabon | 0.1% | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Central African Republic | 0.1% | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 0.1% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 88 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1% | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 90 | Czechia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 0.1% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 94 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 95 | Laos | 0.1% | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 96 | Senegal | 0.1% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 97 | Yemen | 0.1% | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 99 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 100 | Botswana | 0.1% | 2024 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 102 | Greece | 0.1% | 2024 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 103 | Mauritania | 0.1% | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 104 | Austria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 105 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Honduras | 0.1% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 107 | Haiti | 0.1% | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 109 | Israel | 0.1% | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Malawi | 0.1% | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 111 | Norway | 0.1% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 113 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 115 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 116 | Benin | 0.1% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 117 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 118 | Namibia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 119 | Togo | 0.1% | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Syria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 122 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Finland | 0.1% | 2024 | down 33.7% | flat |
| 124 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 126 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 128 | Sierra Leone | 0.1% | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Hong Kong | 0.1% | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Eritrea | 0.1% | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 134 | Panama | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 135 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 138 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 139 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 140 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 141 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 142 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 144 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 145 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2024 | up 164.9% | falling |
| 146 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 147 | Albania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 149 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 150 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 152 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 154 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 155 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 157 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 158 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 159 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 160 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 161 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 163 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 164 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 166 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 167 | Belize | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 168 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 170 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 172 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 174 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 176 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 177 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 178 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 179 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2024 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 181 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2024 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Macao | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 187 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 189 | Palau | 0.0% | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 192 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 194 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 195 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 196 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 197 | Saint Helena | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 198 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 199 | Niue | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 200 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Anguilla | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's methane emissions.