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Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)

A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from industrial combustion (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 code 1.A.2 Manufacturing Industries and Construction. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).

World Bank code: EN.GHG.CH4.IC.MT.CE.AR5 • Data available for 193 countries • Latest year: 2024

In , India led Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) at 4.39.

The world median across 193 reporting countries was 0.01.

What this measures: A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from industrial combustion (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 code 1.A.2 Manufacturing Industries and Construction. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).

How "Environment" indicators are measured

Environmental indicators cover emissions, land use, biodiversity, and natural resources. Emissions data is often produced by international scientific consortia (EDGAR, Global Carbon Project) and typically lags 2–3 years due to the complexity of fuel- and process-level accounting. Per-capita metrics reveal a different story than absolute totals — small wealthy countries can have high per-capita emissions while contributing little to the global total.

Distribution — 2024

Reporting
193 countries
Median
0.01
Mean
0.10
25th percentile
0.00
75th percentile
0.04
Range
0.00 – 4.39

World at a Glance — 2024

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 0.16AUBrunei Darussalam: 0.00BNCambodia: 0.05KHChina: 3.90CNFiji: 0.00FJFrench Polynesia: 0.00PFHong Kong SAR, China: 0.00HKIndonesia: 0.75IDJapan: 0.32JPKiribati: 0.00KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 0.09KPKorea, Rep.: 0.15KRLao PDR: 0.01LAMacao SAR, China: 0.00MOMalaysia: 0.03MYMongolia: 0.00MNMyanmar: 0.01MMNew Caledonia: 0.01NCNew Zealand: 0.02NZPalau: 0.00PWPapua New Guinea: 0.00PGPhilippines: 0.07PHSamoa: 0.00WSSingapore: 0.01SGSolomon Islands: 0.00SBThailand: 0.35THTimor-Leste: 0.00TLTonga: 0.00TOVanuatu: 0.00VUViet Nam: 0.49VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 0.00ALArmenia: 0.00AMAustria: 0.07ATAzerbaijan: 0.00AZBelarus: 0.01BYBelgium: 0.04BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 0.00BABulgaria: 0.01BGCroatia: 0.01HRCyprus: 0.00CYCzechia: 0.03CZDenmark: 0.01DKEstonia: 0.00EEFinland: 0.14FIFrance: 0.10FRGeorgia: 0.00GEGermany: 0.22DEGreece: 0.01GRGreenland: 0.00GLHungary: 0.02HUIceland: 0.00ISIreland: 0.01IEItaly: 0.06ITKazakhstan: 0.05KZKyrgyz Republic: 0.00KGLatvia: 0.02LVLithuania: 0.01LTLuxembourg: 0.00LUMoldova: 0.00MDNetherlands: 0.01NLNorth Macedonia: 0.00MKNorway: 0.04NOPoland: 0.11PLPortugal: 0.04PTRomania: 0.02RORussian Federation: 0.50RUSlovak Republic: 0.02SKSlovenia: 0.01SISpain: 0.10ESSweden: 0.20SESwitzerland: 0.02CHTajikistan: 0.00TJTurkiye: 0.12TRTurkmenistan: 0.01TMUkraine: 0.02UAUnited Kingdom: 0.08GBUzbekistan: 0.01UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 0.00AGArgentina: 0.04ARAruba: 0.00AWBahamas, The: 0.00BSBarbados: 0.00BBBelize: 0.00BZBolivia: 0.03BOBrazil: 2.37BRBritish Virgin Islands: 0.00VGCayman Islands: 0.00KYChile: 0.09CLColombia: 0.06COCosta Rica: 0.01CRCuba: 0.03CUDominica: 0.00DMDominican Republic: 0.01DOEcuador: 0.01ECEl Salvador: 0.00SVGrenada: 0.00GDGuatemala: 0.00GTGuyana: 0.00GYHaiti: 0.00HTHonduras: 0.01HNJamaica: 0.00JMMexico: 0.10MXNicaragua: 0.00NIPanama: 0.00PAParaguay: 0.05PYPeru: 0.03PEPuerto Rico (US): 0.00PRSt. Kitts and Nevis: 0.00KNSt. Lucia: 0.00LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.00VCSuriname: 0.00SRTrinidad and Tobago: 0.00TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 0.00TCUruguay: 0.06UYVenezuela, RB: 0.02VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 0.01AFAlgeria: 0.01DZBahrain: 0.00BHDjibouti: 0.00DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 0.07EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 0.08IRIraq: 0.01IQIsrael: 0.00ILJordan: 0.01JOKuwait: 0.01KWLebanon: 0.00LBLibya: 0.00LYMalta: 0.00MTMorocco: 0.01MAOman: 0.01OMPakistan: 0.20PKQatar: 0.02QASaudi Arabia: 0.08SASyrian Arab Republic: 0.00SYTunisia: 0.00TNUnited Arab Emirates: 0.05AEYemen, Rep.: 0.00YENorth AmericaBermuda: 0.00BMCanada: 0.25CAUnited States: 1.54USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 0.03BDBhutan: 0.00BTIndia: 4.39INMaldives: 0.00MVNepal: 0.06NPSri Lanka: 0.07LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 0.01AOBenin: 0.00BJBotswana: 0.00BWBurkina Faso: 0.00BFBurundi: 0.00BICabo Verde: 0.00CVCameroon: 0.00CMCentral African Republic: 0.00CFChad: 0.00TDComoros: 0.00KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 0.02CDCongo, Rep.: 0.00CGCote d'Ivoire: 0.00CIEquatorial Guinea: 0.00GQEritrea: 0.00EREswatini: 0.01SZEthiopia: 0.01ETGabon: 0.10GAGambia, The: 0.00GMGhana: 0.01GHGuinea: 0.00GNGuinea-Bissau: 0.00GWKenya: 0.05KELesotho: 0.00LSLiberia: 0.00LRMadagascar: 0.02MGMalawi: 0.01MWMali: 0.00MLMauritania: 0.00MRMauritius: 0.00MUMozambique: 0.02MZNamibia: 0.00NANiger: 0.00NENigeria: 0.17NGRwanda: 0.01RWSao Tome and Principe: 0.00STSenegal: 0.00SNSeychelles: 0.00SCSierra Leone: 0.00SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 0.00SOSouth Africa: 0.17ZASudan: 0.03SDTanzania: 0.06TZTogo: 0.00TGUganda: 0.28UGZambia: 0.05ZMZimbabwe: 0.01ZW

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Highest Values — 2024

# Country Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
1 India South Asia 4.39
2 China East Asia & Pacific 3.90
3 Brazil Latin America & Caribbean 2.37
4 United States North America 1.54
5 Indonesia East Asia & Pacific 0.75
6 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 0.50
7 Viet Nam East Asia & Pacific 0.49
8 Thailand East Asia & Pacific 0.35
9 Japan East Asia & Pacific 0.32
10 Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa 0.28

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 70 0.07
Upper middle income 49 0.17
Lower middle income 48 0.12
Low income 24 0.02
Not classified 2 0.01

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 30 0.21
Europe & Central Asia 47 0.05
Latin America & Caribbean 38 0.08
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 22 0.03
North America 3 0.60
South Asia 6 0.76
Sub-Saharan Africa 47 0.02

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
1 British Virgin Islands 0.00
2 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.00
3 Antigua and Barbuda 0.00
4 Bermuda 0.00
5 Cayman Islands 0.00
6 Kiribati 0.00
7 Sao Tome and Principe 0.00
8 Eritrea 0.00
9 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00
10 Tonga 0.00
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Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.GHG.CH4.IC.MT.CE.AR5), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.