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Countries Ranked by Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: EN.GHG.CH4.WA.MT.CE.AR5

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported methane (ch4) emissions from waste (mt co2e) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 203 countries reporting, the median value is 1.68, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

China

195.67

Europe & Central Asia

Russian Federation

89.18

Latin America & Caribbean

Brazil

107.92

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

33.24

North America

United States

149.52

South Asia

India

135.23

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria

33.33

Rank Country Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
1 China 195.67
2 United States 149.52
3 India 135.23
4 Brazil 107.92
5 Russian Federation 89.18
6 Indonesia 54.41
7 Mexico 48.48
8 Nigeria 33.33
9 Saudi Arabia 33.24
10 Canada 28.85
11 Thailand 26.65
12 South Africa 25.44
13 Pakistan 24.59
14 United Kingdom 22.62
15 Colombia 22.38
16 Egypt, Arab Rep. 22.26
17 Morocco 22.00
18 Turkiye 20.79
19 Korea, Rep. 18.60
20 France 18.44
21 Argentina 18.19
22 Viet Nam 17.28
23 Bangladesh 17.03
24 Australia 15.70
25 Italy 15.57
26 Chile 14.34
27 Iran, Islamic Rep. 13.99
28 Ethiopia 13.56
29 Congo, Dem. Rep. 13.45
30 Iraq 13.20
31 Spain 12.89
32 Malaysia 12.28
33 Philippines 11.21
34 Kuwait 11.14
35 Ukraine 10.15
36 Sudan 9.96
37 Algeria 9.76
38 Germany 8.10
39 Venezuela, RB 7.94
40 United Arab Emirates 7.67
41 Peru 7.64
42 Guatemala 7.62
43 Finland 7.42
44 Israel 7.05
45 Uzbekistan 6.45
46 Romania 5.88
47 Japan 5.74
48 Uruguay 5.28
49 Jordan 5.26
50 Poland 5.21
51 Portugal 5.10
52 Greece 5.02
53 Czechia 5.00
54 Cuba 4.84
55 Dominican Republic 4.83
56 Yemen, Rep. 4.81
57 Hong Kong SAR, China 4.78
58 Sri Lanka 4.72
59 Hungary 4.63
60 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 4.46
61 Cameroon 4.38
62 Ecuador 4.27
63 Bulgaria 4.26
64 Kazakhstan 4.22
65 Uganda 4.15
66 Singapore 4.11
67 Oman 3.83
68 New Zealand 3.78
69 Myanmar 3.74
70 Honduras 3.66
71 Lebanon 3.65
72 Belarus 3.60
73 Qatar 3.57
74 Tanzania 3.51
75 Angola 3.49
76 Kenya 3.40
77 Tunisia 3.36
78 Sweden 3.35
79 Ghana 3.30
80 Cote d'Ivoire 3.26
81 Trinidad and Tobago 3.25
82 Libya 3.06
83 Netherlands 2.92
84 Kyrgyz Republic 2.85
85 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 2.76
86 Azerbaijan 2.71
87 Madagascar 2.67
88 Slovak Republic 2.64
89 Burkina Faso 2.61
90 Guinea 2.58
91 Bolivia 2.17
92 El Salvador 2.14
93 Mozambique 2.05
94 Nepal 2.05
95 Afghanistan 2.03
96 Belgium 1.98
97 Georgia 1.94
98 Costa Rica 1.92
99 Senegal 1.91
100 Chad 1.86
101 Croatia 1.76
102 Panama 1.68
103 Zimbabwe 1.60
104 Cambodia 1.52
105 Mali 1.51
106 Tajikistan 1.51
107 Turkmenistan 1.49
108 Norway 1.45
109 Benin 1.41
110 Austria 1.41
111 Malawi 1.25
112 Niger 1.25
113 Haiti 1.17
114 Ireland 1.16
115 Rwanda 1.12
116 Bahrain 1.08
117 Puerto Rico (US) 1.06
118 Zambia 1.04
119 Burundi 1.04
120 Nicaragua 1.03
121 Togo 1.00
122 Moldova 0.97
123 Mauritania 0.96
124 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.95
125 Papua New Guinea 0.86
126 Denmark 0.81
127 Cyprus 0.80
128 Sierra Leone 0.78
129 Armenia 0.76
130 Lithuania 0.73
131 Congo, Rep. 0.73
132 Eritrea 0.69
133 North Macedonia 0.67
134 Paraguay 0.61
135 Djibouti 0.57
136 Syrian Arab Republic 0.56
137 Latvia 0.55
138 Liberia 0.55
139 Estonia 0.54
140 Albania 0.52
141 Botswana 0.52
142 Mauritius 0.52
143 Mongolia 0.51
144 Lao PDR 0.48
145 Slovenia 0.47
146 Guyana 0.46
147 Central African Republic 0.44
148 Fiji 0.37
149 Guinea-Bissau 0.36
150 Namibia 0.36
151 Equatorial Guinea 0.35
152 Bahamas, The 0.32
153 Gambia, The 0.30
154 Belize 0.30
155 Gabon 0.28
156 Jamaica 0.27
157 Switzerland 0.25
158 Suriname 0.23
159 Solomon Islands 0.20
160 Iceland 0.19
161 Lesotho 0.19
162 Malta 0.18
163 Bhutan 0.17
164 Comoros 0.17
165 Maldives 0.16
166 Eswatini 0.16
167 Barbados 0.12
168 Brunei Darussalam 0.11
169 Luxembourg 0.11
170 Timor-Leste 0.10
171 Vanuatu 0.08
172 Cabo Verde 0.07
173 Seychelles 0.07
174 Greenland 0.05
175 New Caledonia 0.05
176 Antigua and Barbuda 0.04
177 French Polynesia 0.04
178 Grenada 0.04
179 Tonga 0.04
180 Macao SAR, China 0.04
181 St. Lucia 0.03
182 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.03
183 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.03
184 Samoa 0.03
185 Sao Tome and Principe 0.03
186 Dominica 0.03
187 Kiribati 0.02
188 Faroe Islands 0.02
189 Cayman Islands 0.02
190 Aruba 0.02
191 Bermuda 0.02
192 Gibraltar 0.01
193 Guam 0.01
194 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.00
195 Palau 0.00
196 British Virgin Islands 0.00
197 Northern Mariana Islands 0.00
198 American Samoa 0.00
199 Marshall Islands 0.00
200 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0.00
201 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00
202 Tuvalu 0.00
203 Nauru 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.GHG.CH4.WA.MT.CE.AR5), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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