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.

Unit: Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent Frequency: Annual Coverage: 203 countries and 11 groups 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database)

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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.

Methane emissions (EDGAR) (million tonnes of CO2 equivalent), 2000 to 2024
Period Paraguay
2024 26.4 Mt CO2e
2023 26.4 Mt CO2e
2022 26.5 Mt CO2e
2021 27.2 Mt CO2e
2020 27.5 Mt CO2e
2019 26.9 Mt CO2e
2018 26.4 Mt CO2e
2017 27.0 Mt CO2e
2016 27.0 Mt CO2e
2015 27.5 Mt CO2e
2014 28.3 Mt CO2e
2013 26.6 Mt CO2e
2012 26.6 Mt CO2e
2011 25.5 Mt CO2e
2010 25.5 Mt CO2e
2009 23.5 Mt CO2e
2008 21.6 Mt CO2e
2007 20.8 Mt CO2e
2006 19.0 Mt CO2e
2005 17.5 Mt CO2e
2004 17.1 Mt CO2e
2003 17.9 Mt CO2e
2002 16.4 Mt CO2e
2001 17.3 Mt CO2e
2000 17.0 Mt CO2e

A dash means no value was published for that period.

About this measure

Definition
Methane emissions from agriculture, energy, waste and industry, excluding land use, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent using IPCC AR5 warming potentials.
Population covered
National territory
Unit
Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

Source and dates

Original producer
European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EN.GHG.CH4.MT.CE.AR5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database

Latest value for each country Each value is the country's most recent figure. Years differ, so check the period beside each value before comparing.

  1. 1 China 1,485.3 Mt CO2e2024
  2. 2 India 861.6 Mt CO2e2024
  3. 3 United States 843.4 Mt CO2e2024
  4. 4 Brazil 621.2 Mt CO2e2024
  5. 5 Indonesia 429.5 Mt CO2e2024
  6. 6 Russia 416.9 Mt CO2e2024
  7. 7 Pakistan 250.9 Mt CO2e2024
  8. 8 Iran 175.7 Mt CO2e2024
  9. 9 Nigeria 175.1 Mt CO2e2024
  10. 10 Iraq 163.2 Mt CO2e2024
  11. 11 Mexico 150.7 Mt CO2e2024
  12. 12 Australia 144.6 Mt CO2e2024
  13. 13 Argentina 136.7 Mt CO2e2024
  14. 14 Canada 133.1 Mt CO2e2024
  15. 15 Ethiopia 131.6 Mt CO2e2024
  16. 16 Viet Nam 116.5 Mt CO2e2024
  17. 17 Saudi Arabia 113.1 Mt CO2e2024
  18. 18 Colombia 94.7 Mt CO2e2024
  19. 19 South Africa 93.2 Mt CO2e2024
  20. 20 Sudan 84.9 Mt CO2e2024
  21. 21 Thailand 81.1 Mt CO2e2024
  22. 22 Türkiye 78.6 Mt CO2e2024
  23. 23 Chad 75.1 Mt CO2e2024
  24. 24 Myanmar 72.7 Mt CO2e2024
  25. 25 Bangladesh 70.5 Mt CO2e2024
  26. 26 Philippines 69.3 Mt CO2e2024
  27. 27 France 67.0 Mt CO2e2024
  28. 28 Kenya 64.9 Mt CO2e2024
  29. 29 Mongolia 64.5 Mt CO2e2024
  30. 30 Uzbekistan 64.3 Mt CO2e2024
  31. 31 Ukraine 60.7 Mt CO2e2024
  32. 32 Tanzania 59.7 Mt CO2e2024
  33. 33 United Kingdom 58.9 Mt CO2e2024
  34. 34 Egypt 57.5 Mt CO2e2024
  35. 35 Kazakhstan 57.3 Mt CO2e2024
  36. 36 Algeria 56.3 Mt CO2e2024
  37. 37 Germany 55.5 Mt CO2e2024
  38. 38 Venezuela 53.0 Mt CO2e2024
  39. 39 Japan 50.9 Mt CO2e2024
  40. 40 Italy 44.9 Mt CO2e2024
  41. 41 South Korea 44.7 Mt CO2e2024
  42. 42 Poland 43.1 Mt CO2e2024
  43. 43 Spain 42.8 Mt CO2e2024
  44. 44 Democratic Republic of the Congo 42.2 Mt CO2e2024
  45. 45 Kuwait 38.7 Mt CO2e2024
  46. 46 Uganda 38.2 Mt CO2e2024
  47. 47 United Arab Emirates 37.1 Mt CO2e2024
  48. 48 New Zealand 34.4 Mt CO2e2024
  49. 49 Angola 34.3 Mt CO2e2024
  50. 50 Oman 31.2 Mt CO2e2024
  51. 51 Morocco 31.0 Mt CO2e2024
  52. 52 Mali 29.4 Mt CO2e2024
  53. 53 Uruguay 28.5 Mt CO2e2024
  54. 54 Libya 27.4 Mt CO2e2024
  55. 55 Niger 27.3 Mt CO2e2024
  56. 56 Turkmenistan 27.2 Mt CO2e2024
  57. 57 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 26.9 Mt CO2e2024
  58. 58 Cambodia 26.7 Mt CO2e2024
  59. 59 Bolivia 26.5 Mt CO2e2024
  60. 60 Paraguay 26.4 Mt CO2e2024
  61. 61 Malaysia 26.3 Mt CO2e2024
  62. 62 Peru 25.8 Mt CO2e2024
  63. 63 Madagascar 25.4 Mt CO2e2024
  64. 64 Bahrain 24.0 Mt CO2e2024
  65. 65 Chile 23.3 Mt CO2e2024
  66. 66 Qatar 23.2 Mt CO2e2024
  67. 67 Cameroon 21.8 Mt CO2e2024
  68. 68 Ecuador 21.7 Mt CO2e2024
  69. 69 Burkina Faso 21.0 Mt CO2e2024
  70. 70 Nepal 20.6 Mt CO2e2024
  71. 71 North Korea 20.1 Mt CO2e2024
  72. 72 Guinea 19.0 Mt CO2e2024
  73. 73 Mozambique 18.7 Mt CO2e2024
  74. 74 Belarus 18.4 Mt CO2e2024
  75. 75 Zambia 18.3 Mt CO2e2024
  76. 76 Romania 18.2 Mt CO2e2024
  77. 77 Guatemala 18.2 Mt CO2e2024
  78. 78 Ghana 18.1 Mt CO2e2024
  79. 79 Ireland 18.1 Mt CO2e2024
  80. 80 Netherlands 17.1 Mt CO2e2024
  81. 81 Afghanistan 16.2 Mt CO2e2024
  82. 82 Republic of the Congo 15.0 Mt CO2e2024
  83. 83 Azerbaijan 15.0 Mt CO2e2024
  84. 84 Gabon 14.9 Mt CO2e2024
  85. 85 Côte d'Ivoire 13.6 Mt CO2e2024
  86. 86 Czechia 13.1 Mt CO2e2024
  87. 87 Zimbabwe 12.8 Mt CO2e2024
  88. 88 Senegal 12.3 Mt CO2e2024
  89. 89 Laos 12.3 Mt CO2e2024
  90. 90 Dominican Republic 12.2 Mt CO2e2024
  91. 91 Yemen 11.8 Mt CO2e2024
  92. 92 Cuba 11.8 Mt CO2e2024
  93. 93 Belgium 11.7 Mt CO2e2024
  94. 94 Portugal 11.4 Mt CO2e2024
  95. 95 Greece 11.3 Mt CO2e2024
  96. 96 Sri Lanka 11.1 Mt CO2e2024
  97. 97 Finland 10.8 Mt CO2e2024
  98. 98 Hungary 10.7 Mt CO2e2024
  99. 99 Nicaragua 10.5 Mt CO2e2024
  100. 100 Tajikistan 10.3 Mt CO2e2024
  101. 101 Israel 9.9 Mt CO2e2024
  102. 102 Kyrgyzstan 9.9 Mt CO2e2024
  103. 103 Honduras 9.4 Mt CO2e2024
  104. 104 Malawi 9.3 Mt CO2e2024
  105. 105 Mauritania 9.3 Mt CO2e2024
  106. 106 Haiti 8.8 Mt CO2e2024
  107. 107 Norway 8.8 Mt CO2e2024
  108. 108 Tunisia 8.4 Mt CO2e2024
  109. 109 Central African Republic 8.2 Mt CO2e2024
  110. 110 Austria 8.2 Mt CO2e2024
  111. 111 Sweden 8.1 Mt CO2e2024
  112. 112 Denmark 8.1 Mt CO2e2024
  113. 113 Namibia 7.8 Mt CO2e2024
  114. 114 Benin 7.6 Mt CO2e2024
  115. 115 Bulgaria 7.4 Mt CO2e2024
  116. 116 Syria 6.4 Mt CO2e2024
  117. 117 Costa Rica 6.4 Mt CO2e2024
  118. 118 Jordan 6.2 Mt CO2e2024
  119. 119 Togo 6.0 Mt CO2e2024
  120. 120 Switzerland 5.9 Mt CO2e2024
  121. 121 Burundi 5.7 Mt CO2e2024
  122. 122 Sierra Leone 5.6 Mt CO2e2024
  123. 123 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.4 Mt CO2e2024
  124. 124 Slovakia 5.1 Mt CO2e2024
  125. 125 Hong Kong SAR, China 4.9 Mt CO2e2024
  126. 126 Panama 4.8 Mt CO2e2024
  127. 127 Singapore 4.8 Mt CO2e2024
  128. 128 Rwanda 4.7 Mt CO2e2024
  129. 129 Trinidad and Tobago 4.7 Mt CO2e2024
  130. 130 Eritrea 4.5 Mt CO2e2024
  131. 131 Guyana 4.5 Mt CO2e2024
  132. 132 Georgia 4.3 Mt CO2e2024
  133. 133 Lebanon 4.2 Mt CO2e2024
  134. 134 Croatia 3.9 Mt CO2e2024
  135. 135 El Salvador 3.8 Mt CO2e2024
  136. 136 Papua New Guinea 3.7 Mt CO2e2024
  137. 137 Botswana 3.4 Mt CO2e2024
  138. 138 Lithuania 3.2 Mt CO2e2024
  139. 139 Liberia 3.1 Mt CO2e2024
  140. 140 Equatorial Guinea 3.0 Mt CO2e2024
  141. 141 Slovenia 2.9 Mt CO2e2024
  142. 142 Armenia 2.5 Mt CO2e2024
  143. 143 Guinea-Bissau 2.3 Mt CO2e2024
  144. 144 Moldova 2.2 Mt CO2e2024
  145. 145 Latvia 2.1 Mt CO2e2024
  146. 146 Albania 1.9 Mt CO2e2024
  147. 147 Brunei 1.8 Mt CO2e2024
  148. 148 Estonia 1.6 Mt CO2e2024
  149. 149 Lesotho 1.6 Mt CO2e2024
  150. 150 Puerto Rico (US) 1.5 Mt CO2e2024
  151. 151 Eswatini 1.4 Mt CO2e2024
  152. 152 North Macedonia 1.3 Mt CO2e2024
  153. 153 Djibouti 1.3 Mt CO2e2024
  154. 154 Cyprus 1.3 Mt CO2e2024
  155. 155 Gambia 1.2 Mt CO2e2024
  156. 156 Bhutan 1.0 Mt CO2e2024
  157. 157 Timor-Leste 1.0 Mt CO2e2024
  158. 158 Suriname 0.9 Mt CO2e2024
  159. 159 Jamaica 0.8 Mt CO2e2024
  160. 160 Fiji 0.8 Mt CO2e2024
  161. 161 Luxembourg 0.6 Mt CO2e2024
  162. 162 Mauritius 0.6 Mt CO2e2024
  163. 163 Belize 0.5 Mt CO2e2024
  164. 164 Iceland 0.5 Mt CO2e2024
  165. 165 Comoros 0.4 Mt CO2e2024
  166. 166 Bahamas 0.3 Mt CO2e2024
  167. 167 Vanuatu 0.3 Mt CO2e2024
  168. 168 Solomon Islands 0.3 Mt CO2e2024
  169. 169 Malta 0.2 Mt CO2e2024
  170. 170 New Caledonia 0.2 Mt CO2e2024
  171. 171 Cabo Verde 0.2 Mt CO2e2024
  172. 172 Maldives 0.2 Mt CO2e2024
  173. 173 Barbados 0.2 Mt CO2e2024
  174. 174 Samoa 0.1 Mt CO2e2024
  175. 175 Tonga 0.1 Mt CO2e2024
  176. 176 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.1 Mt CO2e2024
  177. 177 Seychelles 0.1 Mt CO2e2024
  178. 178 French Polynesia 0.1 Mt CO2e2024
  179. 179 Saint Lucia 0.1 Mt CO2e2024
  180. 180 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1 Mt CO2e2024
  181. 181 Greenland 0.1 Mt CO2e2024
  182. 182 Dominica 0.1 Mt CO2e2024
  183. 183 Grenada 0.1 Mt CO2e2024
  184. 184 Macao SAR, China 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  185. 185 Micronesia 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  186. 186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  187. 187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  188. 188 Faroe Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  189. 189 Palau 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  190. 190 Bermuda 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  191. 191 Kiribati 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  192. 192 Cayman Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  193. 193 Aruba 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  194. 194 US Virgin Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  195. 195 Gibraltar 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  196. 196 Guam 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  197. 197 British Virgin Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  198. 198 American Samoa 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  199. 199 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  200. 200 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  201. 201 Marshall Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  202. 202 Tuvalu 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  203. 203 Naoero 0.0 Mt CO2e2024
  204. East Asia and Pacific 2,697.1 Mt CO2e2024
  205. Euro area 327.2 Mt CO2e2024
  206. Europe and Central Asia 1,278.5 Mt CO2e2024
  207. European Union 428.5 Mt CO2e2024
  208. Latin America and Caribbean 1,308.3 Mt CO2e2024
  209. Middle East and North Africa 1,093.8 Mt CO2e2024
  210. North America 976.5 Mt CO2e2024
  211. OECD members 2,086.1 Mt CO2e2024
  212. South Asia 965.0 Mt CO2e2024
  213. Sub-Saharan Africa 1,179.9 Mt CO2e2024
  214. World 9,536.5 Mt CO2e2024
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