Methane emissions by country, 2024, G20 countries
Methane emissions from agriculture, energy, waste and industry, excluding land use, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent using IPCC AR5 warming potentials.
19 places ranked for 2024. Highest: China (1,485.3 Mt CO2e). Lowest: South Korea (44.7 Mt CO2e). The median is 133.1 Mt CO2e.
The 19 member countries. The European Union and the African Union are also members of the G20 but are not countries. About this group
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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 | Mexico | 150.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 8 | Australia | 144.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 9 | Argentina | 136.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 10 | Canada | 133.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 113.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 12 | South Africa | 93.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 13 | Türkiye | 78.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 14 | France | 67.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 58.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 16 | Germany | 55.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 17 | Japan | 50.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 18 | Italy | 44.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 19 | South Korea | 44.7 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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