Methane emissions by country, 2024, OECD (38 countries)
Methane emissions from agriculture, energy, waste and industry, excluding land use, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent using IPCC AR5 warming potentials.
38 places ranked for 2024. Highest: United States (843.4 Mt CO2e). Lowest: Iceland (0.5 Mt CO2e). The median is 12.4 Mt CO2e.
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Highest 10
- 1. United States 843.4 Mt CO2e
- 2. Mexico 150.7 Mt CO2e
- 3. Australia 144.6 Mt CO2e
- 4. Canada 133.1 Mt CO2e
- 5. Colombia 94.7 Mt CO2e
- 6. Türkiye 78.6 Mt CO2e
- 7. France 67.0 Mt CO2e
- 8. United Kingdom 58.9 Mt CO2e
- 9. Germany 55.5 Mt CO2e
- 10. Japan 50.9 Mt CO2e
Lowest 10
- 38. Iceland 0.5 Mt CO2e
- 37. Luxembourg 0.6 Mt CO2e
- 36. Estonia 1.6 Mt CO2e
- 35. Latvia 2.1 Mt CO2e
- 34. Slovenia 2.9 Mt CO2e
- 33. Lithuania 3.2 Mt CO2e
- 32. Slovakia 5.1 Mt CO2e
- 31. Switzerland 5.9 Mt CO2e
- 30. Costa Rica 6.4 Mt CO2e
- 29. Denmark 8.1 Mt CO2e
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 843.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 2 | Mexico | 150.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 3 | Australia | 144.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 4 | Canada | 133.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 5 | Colombia | 94.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 6 | Türkiye | 78.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 7 | France | 67.0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 58.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 9 | Germany | 55.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 10 | Japan | 50.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 11 | Italy | 44.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 12 | South Korea | 44.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 13 | Poland | 43.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 14 | Spain | 42.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 15 | New Zealand | 34.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 16 | Chile | 23.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 17 | Ireland | 18.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 18 | Netherlands | 17.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 19 | Czechia | 13.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 20 | Belgium | 11.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 21 | Portugal | 11.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 22 | Greece | 11.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 23 | Finland | 10.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 24 | Hungary | 10.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 25 | Israel | 9.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 26 | Norway | 8.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 27 | Austria | 8.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 28 | Sweden | 8.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 29 | Denmark | 8.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 6.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 31 | Switzerland | 5.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 32 | Slovakia | 5.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 33 | Lithuania | 3.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 34 | Slovenia | 2.9 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 35 | Latvia | 2.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 36 | Estonia | 1.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 0.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 38 | Iceland | 0.5 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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