Methane emissions by country, 2024
Methane emissions from agriculture, energy, waste and industry, excluding land use, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent using IPCC AR5 warming potentials.
203 places ranked for 2024. Highest: China (1,485.3 Mt CO2e). Lowest: Naoero (0.0 Mt CO2e). The median is 9.9 Mt CO2e.
Highest 10
Lowest 10
- 203. Naoero 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 202. Tuvalu 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 201. Marshall Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 200. Northern Mariana Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 199. Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 198. American Samoa 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 197. British Virgin Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 196. Guam 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 195. Gibraltar 0.0 Mt CO2e
- 194. US Virgin Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 203. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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%).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,485.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 2 | India | 861.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 3 | United States | 843.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 4 | Brazil | 621.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 5 | Indonesia | 429.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 6 | Russia | 416.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 7 | Pakistan | 250.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 8 | Iran | 175.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 9 | Nigeria | 175.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 10 | Iraq | 163.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 11 | Mexico | 150.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 12 | Australia | 144.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 13 | Argentina | 136.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 14 | Canada | 133.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 131.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 116.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 113.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 18 | Colombia | 94.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 19 | South Africa | 93.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 20 | Sudan | 84.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 21 | Thailand | 81.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 22 | Türkiye | 78.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 23 | Chad | 75.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 24 | Myanmar | 72.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 70.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 26 | Philippines | 69.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 27 | France | 67.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 28 | Kenya | 64.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 29 | Mongolia | 64.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 64.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 31 | Ukraine | 60.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 32 | Tanzania | 59.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 58.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 34 | Egypt | 57.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 57.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 36 | Algeria | 56.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 37 | Germany | 55.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 38 | Venezuela | 53.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 39 | Japan | 50.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 40 | Italy | 44.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 41 | South Korea | 44.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 42 | Poland | 43.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 43 | Spain | 42.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 44 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 42.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 45 | Kuwait | 38.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 46 | Uganda | 38.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 37.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 48 | New Zealand | 34.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 49 | Angola | 34.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 50 | Oman | 31.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 51 | Morocco | 31.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 52 | Mali | 29.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 53 | Uruguay | 28.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 54 | Libya | 27.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 55 | Niger | 27.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 27.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 57 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 26.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 58 | Cambodia | 26.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 59 | Bolivia | 26.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 60 | Paraguay | 26.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 61 | Malaysia | 26.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 62 | Peru | 25.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 63 | Madagascar | 25.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 64 | Bahrain | 24.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 65 | Chile | 23.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 66 | Qatar | 23.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 67 | Cameroon | 21.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 68 | Ecuador | 21.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 69 | Burkina Faso | 21.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 70 | Nepal | 20.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 71 | North Korea | 20.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 72 | Guinea | 19.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 73 | Mozambique | 18.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 74 | Belarus | 18.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 75 | Zambia | 18.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 76 | Romania | 18.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 77 | Guatemala | 18.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 78 | Ghana | 18.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 79 | Ireland | 18.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 80 | Netherlands | 17.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 81 | Afghanistan | 16.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 82 | Republic of the Congo | 15.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 15.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 84 | Gabon | 14.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 85 | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 86 | Czechia | 13.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 12.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 88 | Senegal | 12.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 89 | Laos | 12.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 12.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 91 | Yemen | 11.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 92 | Cuba | 11.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 93 | Belgium | 11.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 94 | Portugal | 11.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 95 | Greece | 11.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 11.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 97 | Finland | 10.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 98 | Hungary | 10.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 10.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 100 | Tajikistan | 10.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 101 | Israel | 9.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 103 | Honduras | 9.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 104 | Malawi | 9.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 105 | Mauritania | 9.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 106 | Haiti | 8.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 107 | Norway | 8.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 108 | Tunisia | 8.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 109 | Central African Republic | 8.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 110 | Austria | 8.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 111 | Sweden | 8.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 112 | Denmark | 8.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 113 | Namibia | 7.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 114 | Benin | 7.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 7.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 116 | Syria | 6.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 6.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 118 | Jordan | 6.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 119 | Togo | 6.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 120 | Switzerland | 5.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 121 | Burundi | 5.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 122 | Sierra Leone | 5.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 123 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 124 | Slovakia | 5.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 125 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 4.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 126 | Panama | 4.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 127 | Singapore | 4.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 128 | Rwanda | 4.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 130 | Eritrea | 4.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 131 | Guyana | 4.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 132 | Georgia | 4.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 133 | Lebanon | 4.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 134 | Croatia | 3.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 135 | El Salvador | 3.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | 3.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 137 | Botswana | 3.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 138 | Lithuania | 3.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 139 | Liberia | 3.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 141 | Slovenia | 2.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 142 | Armenia | 2.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 143 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 144 | Moldova | 2.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 145 | Latvia | 2.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 146 | Albania | 1.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 147 | Brunei | 1.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 148 | Estonia | 1.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 149 | Lesotho | 1.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 150 | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 151 | Eswatini | 1.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 1.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 153 | Djibouti | 1.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 154 | Cyprus | 1.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 155 | Gambia | 1.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 156 | Bhutan | 1.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 157 | Timor-Leste | 1.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 158 | Suriname | 0.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 159 | Jamaica | 0.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 160 | Fiji | 0.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 161 | Luxembourg | 0.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 162 | Mauritius | 0.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 163 | Belize | 0.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 164 | Iceland | 0.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 165 | Comoros | 0.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 166 | Bahamas | 0.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 0.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 0.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 169 | Malta | 0.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 170 | New Caledonia | 0.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 171 | Cabo Verde | 0.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 172 | Maldives | 0.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 173 | Barbados | 0.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 174 | Samoa | 0.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 175 | Tonga | 0.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 176 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 177 | Seychelles | 0.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 0.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 0.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 180 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 181 | Greenland | 0.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 182 | Dominica | 0.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 183 | Grenada | 0.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 184 | Macao SAR, China | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 185 | Micronesia | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 188 | Faroe Islands | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 189 | Palau | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 190 | Bermuda | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 191 | Kiribati | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 192 | Cayman Islands | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 193 | Aruba | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 194 | US Virgin Islands | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 195 | Gibraltar | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 196 | Guam | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 197 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 198 | American Samoa | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 199 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 200 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 201 | Marshall Islands | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 202 | Tuvalu | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 203 | Naoero | 0.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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