Methane emissions (EDGAR)
Methane emissions from agriculture, energy, waste and industry, excluding land use, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent using IPCC AR5 warming potentials.
Highest in 2024
1,485.3 Mt CO2e
China
Lowest in 2024
0.0 Mt CO2e
Naoero
Euro area, 2024
327.2 Mt CO2e
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024
203
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
203 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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Kuwait
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Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kuwait |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 38.7 Mt CO2e |
| 2023 | 40.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2022 | 40.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2021 | 37.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2020 | 37.0 Mt CO2e |
| 2019 | 39.0 Mt CO2e |
| 2018 | 39.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2017 | 38.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2016 | 40.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2015 | 39.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2014 | 39.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2013 | 39.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2012 | 39.7 Mt CO2e |
| 2011 | 36.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2010 | 32.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2009 | 32.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2008 | 35.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2007 | 36.7 Mt CO2e |
| 2006 | 39.0 Mt CO2e |
| 2005 | 38.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2004 | 35.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2003 | 35.7 Mt CO2e |
| 2002 | 29.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2001 | 29.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2000 | 30.9 Mt CO2e |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 203 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is China (1,485.3 Mt CO2e) and the lowest Naoero (0.0 Mt CO2e).
- Half of the countries are above 9.9 Mt CO2e and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 125 countries and fell in 70.
- The figure for the world was 9,536.5 Mt CO2e in 2024, against 9,180.9 Mt CO2e in 2019 (+3.9%).
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 China 1,485.3 Mt CO2e
- 2 India 861.6 Mt CO2e
- 3 United States 843.4 Mt CO2e
- 4 Brazil 621.2 Mt CO2e
- 5 Indonesia 429.5 Mt CO2e
- 6 Russia 416.9 Mt CO2e
- 7 Pakistan 250.9 Mt CO2e
- 8 Iran 175.7 Mt CO2e
- 9 Nigeria 175.1 Mt CO2e
- 10 Iraq 163.2 Mt CO2e
- 11 Mexico 150.7 Mt CO2e
- 12 Australia 144.6 Mt CO2e
- 13 Argentina 136.7 Mt CO2e
- 14 Canada 133.1 Mt CO2e
- 15 Ethiopia 131.6 Mt CO2e
- 16 Viet Nam 116.5 Mt CO2e
- 17 Saudi Arabia 113.1 Mt CO2e
- 18 Colombia 94.7 Mt CO2e
- 19 South Africa 93.2 Mt CO2e
- 20 Sudan 84.9 Mt CO2e
- 21 Thailand 81.1 Mt CO2e
- 22 Türkiye 78.6 Mt CO2e
- 23 Chad 75.1 Mt CO2e
- 24 Myanmar 72.7 Mt CO2e
- 25 Bangladesh 70.5 Mt CO2e
- 26 Philippines 69.3 Mt CO2e
- 27 France 67.0 Mt CO2e
- 28 Kenya 64.9 Mt CO2e
- 29 Mongolia 64.5 Mt CO2e
- 30 Uzbekistan 64.3 Mt CO2e
- 31 Ukraine 60.7 Mt CO2e
- 32 Tanzania 59.7 Mt CO2e
- 33 United Kingdom 58.9 Mt CO2e
- 34 Egypt 57.5 Mt CO2e
- 35 Kazakhstan 57.3 Mt CO2e
- 36 Algeria 56.3 Mt CO2e
- 37 Germany 55.5 Mt CO2e
- 38 Venezuela 53.0 Mt CO2e
- 39 Japan 50.9 Mt CO2e
- 40 Italy 44.9 Mt CO2e
- 41 South Korea 44.7 Mt CO2e
- 42 Poland 43.1 Mt CO2e
- 43 Spain 42.8 Mt CO2e
- 44 Democratic Republic of the Congo 42.2 Mt CO2e
- 45 Kuwait 38.7 Mt CO2e
- 46 Uganda 38.2 Mt CO2e
- 47 United Arab Emirates 37.1 Mt CO2e
- 48 New Zealand 34.4 Mt CO2e
- 49 Angola 34.3 Mt CO2e
- 50 Oman 31.2 Mt CO2e
- 51 Morocco 31.0 Mt CO2e
- 52 Mali 29.4 Mt CO2e
- 53 Uruguay 28.5 Mt CO2e
- 54 Libya 27.4 Mt CO2e
- 55 Niger 27.3 Mt CO2e
- 56 Turkmenistan 27.2 Mt CO2e
- 57 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 26.9 Mt CO2e
- 58 Cambodia 26.7 Mt CO2e
- 59 Bolivia 26.5 Mt CO2e
- 60 Paraguay 26.4 Mt CO2e
- 61 Malaysia 26.3 Mt CO2e
- 62 Peru 25.8 Mt CO2e
- 63 Madagascar 25.4 Mt CO2e
- 64 Bahrain 24.0 Mt CO2e
- 65 Chile 23.3 Mt CO2e
- 66 Qatar 23.2 Mt CO2e
- 67 Cameroon 21.8 Mt CO2e
- 68 Ecuador 21.7 Mt CO2e
- 69 Burkina Faso 21.0 Mt CO2e
- 70 Nepal 20.6 Mt CO2e
- 71 North Korea 20.1 Mt CO2e
- 72 Guinea 19.0 Mt CO2e
- 73 Mozambique 18.7 Mt CO2e
- 74 Belarus 18.4 Mt CO2e
- 75 Zambia 18.3 Mt CO2e
- 76 Romania 18.2 Mt CO2e
- 77 Guatemala 18.2 Mt CO2e
- 78 Ghana 18.1 Mt CO2e
- 79 Ireland 18.1 Mt CO2e
- 80 Netherlands 17.1 Mt CO2e
- 81 Afghanistan 16.2 Mt CO2e
- 82 Republic of the Congo 15.0 Mt CO2e
- 83 Azerbaijan 15.0 Mt CO2e
- 84 Gabon 14.9 Mt CO2e
- 85 Côte d'Ivoire 13.6 Mt CO2e
- 86 Czechia 13.1 Mt CO2e
- 87 Zimbabwe 12.8 Mt CO2e
- 88 Senegal 12.3 Mt CO2e
- 89 Laos 12.3 Mt CO2e
- 90 Dominican Republic 12.2 Mt CO2e
- 91 Yemen 11.8 Mt CO2e
- 92 Cuba 11.8 Mt CO2e
- 93 Belgium 11.7 Mt CO2e
- 94 Portugal 11.4 Mt CO2e
- 95 Greece 11.3 Mt CO2e
- 96 Sri Lanka 11.1 Mt CO2e
- 97 Finland 10.8 Mt CO2e
- 98 Hungary 10.7 Mt CO2e
- 99 Nicaragua 10.5 Mt CO2e
- 100 Tajikistan 10.3 Mt CO2e
- 101 Israel 9.9 Mt CO2e
- 102 Kyrgyzstan 9.9 Mt CO2e
- 103 Honduras 9.4 Mt CO2e
- 104 Malawi 9.3 Mt CO2e
- 105 Mauritania 9.3 Mt CO2e
- 106 Haiti 8.8 Mt CO2e
- 107 Norway 8.8 Mt CO2e
- 108 Tunisia 8.4 Mt CO2e
- 109 Central African Republic 8.2 Mt CO2e
- 110 Austria 8.2 Mt CO2e
- 111 Sweden 8.1 Mt CO2e
- 112 Denmark 8.1 Mt CO2e
- 113 Namibia 7.8 Mt CO2e
- 114 Benin 7.6 Mt CO2e
- 115 Bulgaria 7.4 Mt CO2e
- 116 Syria 6.4 Mt CO2e
- 117 Costa Rica 6.4 Mt CO2e
- 118 Jordan 6.2 Mt CO2e
- 119 Togo 6.0 Mt CO2e
- 120 Switzerland 5.9 Mt CO2e
- 121 Burundi 5.7 Mt CO2e
- 122 Sierra Leone 5.6 Mt CO2e
- 123 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.4 Mt CO2e
- 124 Slovakia 5.1 Mt CO2e
- 125 Hong Kong SAR, China 4.9 Mt CO2e
- 126 Panama 4.8 Mt CO2e
- 127 Singapore 4.8 Mt CO2e
- 128 Rwanda 4.7 Mt CO2e
- 129 Trinidad and Tobago 4.7 Mt CO2e
- 130 Eritrea 4.5 Mt CO2e
- 131 Guyana 4.5 Mt CO2e
- 132 Georgia 4.3 Mt CO2e
- 133 Lebanon 4.2 Mt CO2e
- 134 Croatia 3.9 Mt CO2e
- 135 El Salvador 3.8 Mt CO2e
- 136 Papua New Guinea 3.7 Mt CO2e
- 137 Botswana 3.4 Mt CO2e
- 138 Lithuania 3.2 Mt CO2e
- 139 Liberia 3.1 Mt CO2e
- 140 Equatorial Guinea 3.0 Mt CO2e
- 141 Slovenia 2.9 Mt CO2e
- 142 Armenia 2.5 Mt CO2e
- 143 Guinea-Bissau 2.3 Mt CO2e
- 144 Moldova 2.2 Mt CO2e
- 145 Latvia 2.1 Mt CO2e
- 146 Albania 1.9 Mt CO2e
- 147 Brunei 1.8 Mt CO2e
- 148 Estonia 1.6 Mt CO2e
- 149 Lesotho 1.6 Mt CO2e
- 150 Puerto Rico (US) 1.5 Mt CO2e
- 151 Eswatini 1.4 Mt CO2e
- 152 North Macedonia 1.3 Mt CO2e
- 153 Djibouti 1.3 Mt CO2e
- 154 Cyprus 1.3 Mt CO2e
- 155 Gambia 1.2 Mt CO2e
- 156 Bhutan 1.0 Mt CO2e
- 157 Timor-Leste 1.0 Mt CO2e
- 158 Suriname 0.9 Mt CO2e
- 159 Jamaica 0.8 Mt CO2e
- 160 Fiji 0.8 Mt CO2e
- 161 Luxembourg 0.6 Mt CO2e
- 162 Mauritius 0.6 Mt CO2e
- 163 Belize 0.5 Mt CO2e
- 164 Iceland 0.5 Mt CO2e
- 165 Comoros 0.4 Mt CO2e
- 166 Bahamas 0.3 Mt CO2e
- 167 Vanuatu 0.3 Mt CO2e
- 168 Solomon Islands 0.3 Mt CO2e
- 169 Malta 0.2 Mt CO2e
- 170 New Caledonia 0.2 Mt CO2e
- 171 Cabo Verde 0.2 Mt CO2e
- 172 Maldives 0.2 Mt CO2e
- 173 Barbados 0.2 Mt CO2e
- 174 Samoa 0.1 Mt CO2e
- 175 Tonga 0.1 Mt CO2e
- 176 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.1 Mt CO2e
- 177 Seychelles 0.1 Mt CO2e
- 178 French Polynesia 0.1 Mt CO2e
- 179 Saint Lucia 0.1 Mt CO2e
- 180 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1 Mt CO2e
- 181 Greenland 0.1 Mt CO2e
- 182 Dominica 0.1 Mt CO2e
- 183 Grenada 0.1 Mt CO2e
- 184 Macao SAR, China 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 185 Micronesia 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 188 Faroe Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 189 Palau 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 190 Bermuda 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 191 Kiribati 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 192 Cayman Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 193 Aruba 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 194 US Virgin Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 195 Gibraltar 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 196 Guam 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 197 British Virgin Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 198 American Samoa 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 199 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 200 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 201 Marshall Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 202 Tuvalu 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 203 Naoero 0.0 Mt CO2e
- East Asia and Pacific 2,697.1 Mt CO2e
- Euro area 327.2 Mt CO2e
- Europe and Central Asia 1,278.5 Mt CO2e
- European Union 428.5 Mt CO2e
- Latin America and Caribbean 1,308.3 Mt CO2e
- Middle East and North Africa 1,093.8 Mt CO2e
- North America 976.5 Mt CO2e
- OECD members 2,086.1 Mt CO2e
- South Asia 965.0 Mt CO2e
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1,179.9 Mt CO2e
- World 9,536.5 Mt CO2e
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.