Rankings · environment
Countries by methane emissions
Methane emitted from fossil fuels, agriculture and land use, in CO₂ equivalents over 100 years (Jones et al.). 199 countries ranked for 2024 (t CO₂e).
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| 1 |  China | 1.6B t CO₂e | +18.6% | = |
| 2 |  India | 859.3M t CO₂e | +12.2% | = |
| 3 |  United States | 818.3M t CO₂e | +7.2% | = |
| 4 |  Brazil | 580M t CO₂e | +13.1% | = |
| 5 |  Russia | 474.1M t CO₂e | +21.8% | = |
| 6 |  Indonesia | 412M t CO₂e | +33.7% | = |
| 7 |  Pakistan | 228.6M t CO₂e | +34.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 8 |  Nigeria | 193.7M t CO₂e | -16.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 9 |  Iran | 171M t CO₂e | +27.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 10 |  Iraq | 156.2M t CO₂e | +31.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 11 |  Mexico | 151.8M t CO₂e | +9.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 12 |  Australia | 135.6M t CO₂e | -17.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 13 |  Ethiopia | 119M t CO₂e | +23.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 14 |  Saudi Arabia | 117M t CO₂e | +15.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 15 |  Canada | 115.3M t CO₂e | -10.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 16 |  Argentina | 114.1M t CO₂e | +3.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 17 |  Turkey | 111.8M t CO₂e | +39.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 18 |  Thailand | 95.8M t CO₂e | -4.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 19 |  Bangladesh | 95.6M t CO₂e | +10.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 20 |  Vietnam | 95M t CO₂e | -0.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 21 |  Colombia | 91.3M t CO₂e | +14.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 22 |  South Africa | 79.3M t CO₂e | -10.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 23 |  Philippines | 78.9M t CO₂e | +6.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 24 |  Chad | 73.7M t CO₂e | +67.8% | ▲ 16 |
| 25 |  Sudan | 69.7M t CO₂e | +9.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 26 |  Algeria | 69.2M t CO₂e | +10.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 27 |  France | 62.8M t CO₂e | -16.9% | ▼ 4 |
| 28 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 62M t CO₂e | +25.6% | ▲ 7 |
| 29 |  Myanmar | 56.5M t CO₂e | -20.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 30 |  Germany | 56.1M t CO₂e | -20.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 31 |  Kazakhstan | 55M t CO₂e | +6.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 32 |  Kenya | 53.8M t CO₂e | +31.1% | ▲ 10 |
| 33 |  Uzbekistan | 52.6M t CO₂e | +12.8% | ▲ 5 |
| 34 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 52.4M t CO₂e | +24.6% | ▲ 7 |
| 35 |  Ukraine | 52.4M t CO₂e | -29.0% | ▼ 10 |
| 36 |  Egypt | 49.8M t CO₂e | -3.1% | ▼ 3 |
| 37 |  Venezuela | 47.6M t CO₂e | -33.7% | ▼ 11 |
| 38 |  Spain | 44.6M t CO₂e | +0.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 39 |  Poland | 44.5M t CO₂e | -10.8% | ▼ 5 |
| 40 |  United Kingdom | 43.8M t CO₂e | -6.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 41 |  Angola | 43.5M t CO₂e | -18.2% | ▼ 10 |
| 42 |  Mongolia | 42.4M t CO₂e | +64.5% | ▲ 13 |
| 43 |  Italy | 40.8M t CO₂e | -14.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 44 |  South Korea | 39.7M t CO₂e | +38.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 45 |  Kuwait | 39.5M t CO₂e | +1.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 46 |  United Arab Emirates | 37.6M t CO₂e | +17.4% | = |
| 47 |  Uganda | 37.1M t CO₂e | +35.6% | ▲ 3 |
| 48 |  New Zealand | 34.6M t CO₂e | -8.4% | ▼ 4 |
| 49 |  Oman | 32.9M t CO₂e | +21.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 50 |  Peru | 31.7M t CO₂e | +5.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 51 |  South Sudan | 31.3M t CO₂e | -1.4% | ▼ 4 |
| 52 |  Morocco | 30.3M t CO₂e | +18.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 53 |  Niger | 30.2M t CO₂e | +55.1% | ▲ 20 |
| 54 |  Mali | 29M t CO₂e | +38.0% | ▲ 15 |
| 55 |  Japan | 28.8M t CO₂e | -12.0% | ▼ 10 |
| 56 |  Malaysia | 28.3M t CO₂e | +4.1% | ▼ 5 |
| 57 |  Libya | 28.2M t CO₂e | +89.3% | ▲ 27 |
| 58 |  Nepal | 27.9M t CO₂e | +6.4% | ▼ 5 |
| 59 |  Bolivia | 27.6M t CO₂e | +16.9% | ▲ 4 |
| 60 |  Mozambique | 27.1M t CO₂e | +28.8% | ▲ 10 |
| 61 |  Somalia | 25.3M t CO₂e | +3.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 62 |  Uruguay | 25M t CO₂e | +1.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 63 |  Paraguay | 24.9M t CO₂e | -4.4% | ▼ 9 |
| 64 |  Madagascar | 24.8M t CO₂e | +7.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 65 |  Cambodia | 23.8M t CO₂e | +8.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 66 |  Bahrain | 23.8M t CO₂e | -2.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 67 |  Turkmenistan | 23.5M t CO₂e | -6.2% | ▼ 10 |
| 68 |  Burkina Faso | 22.7M t CO₂e | +19.9% | ▲ 6 |
| 69 |  Qatar | 22.5M t CO₂e | -2.9% | ▼ 5 |
| 70 |  Ecuador | 21.7M t CO₂e | -12.3% | ▼ 11 |
| 71 |  Romania | 21.6M t CO₂e | -0.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 72 |  Guinea | 21.5M t CO₂e | +26.4% | ▲ 7 |
| 73 |  Cameroon | 21.4M t CO₂e | +2.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 74 |  Zambia | 21.1M t CO₂e | +16.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 75 |  Ghana | 19.5M t CO₂e | +30.5% | ▲ 8 |
| 76 |  Netherlands | 19.1M t CO₂e | -14.2% | ▼ 10 |
| 77 |  North Korea | 19M t CO₂e | -22.2% | ▼ 16 |
| 78 |  Chile | 18.6M t CO₂e | -10.5% | ▼ 7 |
| 79 |  Belarus | 18.6M t CO₂e | +2.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 80 |  Guatemala | 18.4M t CO₂e | +24.8% | ▲ 5 |
| 81 |  Ireland | 17.6M t CO₂e | -3.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 82 |  Afghanistan | 16.6M t CO₂e | +6.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 83 |  Taiwan | 15.5M t CO₂e | +2.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 84 |  Republic of the Congo | 15.1M t CO₂e | +0.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 85 |  Gabon | 14.3M t CO₂e | +6.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 86 |  Zimbabwe | 13.3M t CO₂e | +16.4% | ▲ 7 |
| 87 |  Central African Republic | 13.1M t CO₂e | +15.7% | ▲ 7 |
| 88 |  Ivory Coast | 13M t CO₂e | +10.9% | ▲ 4 |
| 89 |  Azerbaijan | 12.7M t CO₂e | +3.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 90 |  Czechia | 12.6M t CO₂e | -1.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 91 |  Dominican Republic | 12.2M t CO₂e | +16.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 92 |  Belgium | 11.9M t CO₂e | -3.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 93 |  Cuba | 11.7M t CO₂e | -16.8% | ▼ 7 |
| 94 |  Yemen | 11.6M t CO₂e | -32.5% | ▼ 16 |
| 95 |  Nicaragua | 11.5M t CO₂e | +16.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 96 |  Laos | 11.4M t CO₂e | +26.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 97 |  Senegal | 11.4M t CO₂e | +17.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 98 |  Sri Lanka | 11.1M t CO₂e | +14.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 99 |  Portugal | 10.8M t CO₂e | +16.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 100 |  Botswana | 10.2M t CO₂e | +128.7% | ▲ 30 |
| 101 |  Denmark | 10.2M t CO₂e | +6.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 102 |  Greece | 9.9M t CO₂e | -23.3% | ▼ 14 |
| 103 |  Hungary | 9.5M t CO₂e | +3.3% | = |
| 104 |  Austria | 9.3M t CO₂e | -0.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 105 |  Mauritania | 9.1M t CO₂e | +11.9% | ▲ 7 |
| 106 |  Israel | 9M t CO₂e | +24.1% | ▲ 9 |
| 107 |  Bulgaria | 9M t CO₂e | +7.6% | = |
| 108 |  Honduras | 9M t CO₂e | +10.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 109 |  Haiti | 8.9M t CO₂e | +3.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 110 |  Norway | 8.4M t CO₂e | +1.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 111 |  Tunisia | 8.4M t CO₂e | -5.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 112 |  Malawi | 8.4M t CO₂e | +47.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 113 |  Tajikistan | 8.1M t CO₂e | +27.9% | ▲ 4 |
| 114 |  Kyrgyzstan | 8M t CO₂e | +25.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 115 |  Sweden | 7.9M t CO₂e | -3.6% | ▼ 6 |
| 116 |  Benin | 7.6M t CO₂e | +24.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 117 |  Republic of Serbia | 6.9M t CO₂e | -5.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 118 |  Togo | 6.4M t CO₂e | +42.1% | ▲ 11 |
| 119 |  Namibia | 6.2M t CO₂e | +21.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 120 |  Syria | 6.1M t CO₂e | -38.4% | ▼ 24 |
| 121 |  Switzerland | 6M t CO₂e | +8.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 122 |  Jordan | 5.9M t CO₂e | +31.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 123 |  Slovakia | 5.8M t CO₂e | +3.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 124 |  Singapore | 5.8M t CO₂e | +28.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 125 |  Finland | 5.7M t CO₂e | -27.4% | ▼ 12 |
| 126 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.6M t CO₂e | -1.4% | ▼ 5 |
| 127 |  Costa Rica | 5.5M t CO₂e | +24.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 128 |  Sierra Leone | 5.4M t CO₂e | +3.4% | ▼ 4 |
| 129 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 5.2M t CO₂e | -12.5% | ▼ 10 |
| 130 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 5.1M t CO₂e | +10.7% | ▼ 4 |
| 131 |  Rwanda | 4.7M t CO₂e | +15.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 132 |  Eritrea | 4.7M t CO₂e | +7.9% | = |
| 133 |  Burundi | 4.7M t CO₂e | +26.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 134 |  Panama | 4.2M t CO₂e | +3.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 135 |  Lebanon | 4M t CO₂e | +18.8% | ▲ 5 |
| 136 |  Guyana | 3.9M t CO₂e | +89.4% | ▲ 13 |
| 137 |  Papua New Guinea | 3.8M t CO₂e | +17.2% | ▲ 5 |
| 138 |  Georgia | 3.3M t CO₂e | -6.4% | = |
| 139 |  El Salvador | 3.2M t CO₂e | -2.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 140 |  Croatia | 3.2M t CO₂e | -16.7% | ▼ 4 |
| 141 |  Equatorial Guinea | 2.7M t CO₂e | -67.0% | ▼ 31 |
| 142 |  Lithuania | 2.6M t CO₂e | -36.5% | ▼ 9 |
| 143 |  Liberia | 2.6M t CO₂e | +13.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 144 |  Cyprus | 2.4M t CO₂e | +195.8% | ▲ 17 |
| 145 |  Slovenia | 2.3M t CO₂e | -18.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 146 |  Latvia | 2.3M t CO₂e | -6.3% | = |
| 147 |  Albania | 2.2M t CO₂e | -29.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 148 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.1M t CO₂e | +11.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 149 |  Moldova | 2.1M t CO₂e | -1.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 150 |  Armenia | 1.6M t CO₂e | -2.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 151 |  Brunei | 1.6M t CO₂e | -53.0% | ▼ 12 |
| 152 |  North Macedonia | 1.5M t CO₂e | -16.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 153 |  Estonia | 1.3M t CO₂e | -51.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 154 |  Lesotho | 1.3M t CO₂e | -18.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 155 |  Djibouti | 1.2M t CO₂e | +13.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 156 |  Gambia | 1.2M t CO₂e | -19.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 157 |  Eswatini | 1.2M t CO₂e | -2.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 158 |  Bhutan | 1.1M t CO₂e | +0.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 159 |  Timor-Leste | 1M t CO₂e | -18.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 160 |  Suriname | 920K t CO₂e | -9.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 161 |  Fiji | 761.6K t CO₂e | +4.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 162 |  Jamaica | 759.1K t CO₂e | -8.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 163 |  Montenegro | 589.3K t CO₂e | -10.2% | = |
| 164 |  Mauritius | 570.2K t CO₂e | +1.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 165 |  Iceland | 556.8K t CO₂e | -7.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 166 |  Luxembourg | 534.7K t CO₂e | -10.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 167 |  Belize | 501K t CO₂e | +13.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 168 |  Comoros | 400.7K t CO₂e | +12.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 169 |  The Bahamas | 343.5K t CO₂e | +9.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 170 |  Vanuatu | 331.7K t CO₂e | -26.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 171 |  Solomon Islands | 292.1K t CO₂e | +23.7% | = |
| 172 |  Maldives | 170.6K t CO₂e | +43.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 173 |  Malta | 165K t CO₂e | +6.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 174 |  Samoa | 161K t CO₂e | -18.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 175 |  Barbados | 160.3K t CO₂e | -3.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 176 |  Cabo Verde | 158.1K t CO₂e | +11.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 177 |  Tonga | 104.4K t CO₂e | +5.7% | = |
| 178 |  Andorra | 77K t CO₂e | -9.8% | = |
| 179 |  Seychelles | 75.7K t CO₂e | +22.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 180 |  São Tomé and Principe | 69.6K t CO₂e | +11.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 181 |  Saint Lucia | 60.3K t CO₂e | +2.2% | = |
| 182 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 59.4K t CO₂e | +8.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 183 |  Dominica | 58.4K t CO₂e | +1.0% | = |
| 184 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 56.3K t CO₂e | -3.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 185 |  Macao S.A.R | 52K t CO₂e | +14.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 186 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 51.5K t CO₂e | +51.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 187 |  Grenada | 49.3K t CO₂e | +12.2% | = |
| 188 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.1K t CO₂e | +0.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 189 |  Palau | 37.5K t CO₂e | +17.5% | = |
| 190 |  Kiribati | 31K t CO₂e | +21.7% | = |
| 191 |  Liechtenstein | 24.6K t CO₂e | +9.7% | = |
| 192 |  Aruba | 23.4K t CO₂e | +6.6% | = |
| 193 |  Cook Islands | 14.1K t CO₂e | -25.0% | = |
| 194 |  British Virgin Islands | 11.7K t CO₂e | +3.2% | = |
| 195 |  Tuvalu | 7,017 t CO₂e | +4.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 196 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,500 t CO₂e | -53.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 197 |  Saint Helena | 2,311 t CO₂e | +6.6% | = |
| 198 |  Nauru | 1,928 t CO₂e | +2.6% | = |
| 199 |  Niue | 1,373 t CO₂e | +6.1% | = |
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