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Countries Ranked by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: EN.GHG.CH4.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 (total) excluding lulucf (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 9.85, 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

1,485.34

Europe & Central Asia

Russian Federation

416.94

Latin America & Caribbean

Brazil

621.19

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Pakistan

250.90

North America

United States

843.36

South Asia

India

861.61

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria

175.13

Rank Country Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
1 China 1,485.34
2 India 861.61
3 United States 843.36
4 Brazil 621.19
5 Indonesia 429.54
6 Russian Federation 416.94
7 Pakistan 250.90
8 Iran, Islamic Rep. 175.70
9 Nigeria 175.13
10 Iraq 163.16
11 Mexico 150.68
12 Australia 144.58
13 Argentina 136.72
14 Canada 133.08
15 Ethiopia 131.63
16 Viet Nam 116.47
17 Saudi Arabia 113.12
18 Colombia 94.67
19 South Africa 93.23
20 Sudan 84.85
21 Thailand 81.08
22 Turkiye 78.59
23 Chad 75.12
24 Myanmar 72.73
25 Bangladesh 70.46
26 Philippines 69.28
27 France 66.98
28 Kenya 64.93
29 Mongolia 64.50
30 Uzbekistan 64.30
31 Ukraine 60.67
32 Tanzania 59.72
33 United Kingdom 58.88
34 Egypt, Arab Rep. 57.53
35 Kazakhstan 57.26
36 Algeria 56.34
37 Germany 55.51
38 Venezuela, RB 53.00
39 Japan 50.87
40 Italy 44.90
41 Korea, Rep. 44.74
42 Poland 43.10
43 Spain 42.81
44 Congo, Dem. Rep. 42.16
45 Kuwait 38.69
46 Uganda 38.19
47 United Arab Emirates 37.08
48 New Zealand 34.40
49 Angola 34.32
50 Oman 31.15
51 Morocco 30.97
52 Mali 29.38
53 Uruguay 28.50
54 Libya 27.42
55 Niger 27.27
56 Turkmenistan 27.17
57 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 26.90
58 Cambodia 26.66
59 Bolivia 26.51
60 Paraguay 26.45
61 Malaysia 26.26
62 Peru 25.85
63 Madagascar 25.40
64 Bahrain 23.99
65 Chile 23.30
66 Qatar 23.15
67 Cameroon 21.82
68 Ecuador 21.67
69 Burkina Faso 21.00
70 Nepal 20.59
71 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 20.12
72 Guinea 18.98
73 Mozambique 18.74
74 Belarus 18.41
75 Zambia 18.28
76 Romania 18.23
77 Guatemala 18.19
78 Ghana 18.11
79 Ireland 18.11
80 Netherlands 17.05
81 Afghanistan 16.25
82 Congo, Rep. 14.96
83 Azerbaijan 14.95
84 Gabon 14.90
85 Cote d'Ivoire 13.60
86 Czechia 13.10
87 Zimbabwe 12.79
88 Senegal 12.33
89 Lao PDR 12.32
90 Dominican Republic 12.18
91 Yemen, Rep. 11.78
92 Cuba 11.76
93 Belgium 11.74
94 Portugal 11.40
95 Greece 11.33
96 Sri Lanka 11.12
97 Finland 10.76
98 Hungary 10.70
99 Nicaragua 10.54
100 Tajikistan 10.33
101 Israel 9.88
102 Kyrgyz Republic 9.85
103 Honduras 9.40
104 Malawi 9.34
105 Mauritania 9.31
106 Haiti 8.85
107 Norway 8.82
108 Tunisia 8.36
109 Central African Republic 8.25
110 Austria 8.21
111 Sweden 8.12
112 Denmark 8.07
113 Namibia 7.82
114 Benin 7.64
115 Bulgaria 7.37
116 Syrian Arab Republic 6.41
117 Costa Rica 6.38
118 Jordan 6.22
119 Togo 6.04
120 Switzerland 5.94
121 Burundi 5.70
122 Sierra Leone 5.57
123 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.36
124 Slovak Republic 5.06
125 Hong Kong SAR, China 4.92
126 Panama 4.82
127 Singapore 4.75
128 Rwanda 4.72
129 Trinidad and Tobago 4.70
130 Eritrea 4.53
131 Guyana 4.46
132 Georgia 4.25
133 Lebanon 4.16
134 Croatia 3.92
135 El Salvador 3.79
136 Papua New Guinea 3.71
137 Botswana 3.36
138 Lithuania 3.23
139 Liberia 3.13
140 Equatorial Guinea 3.01
141 Slovenia 2.94
142 Armenia 2.46
143 Guinea-Bissau 2.30
144 Moldova 2.20
145 Latvia 2.07
146 Albania 1.91
147 Brunei Darussalam 1.80
148 Estonia 1.63
149 Lesotho 1.60
150 Puerto Rico (US) 1.55
151 Eswatini 1.38
152 North Macedonia 1.35
153 Djibouti 1.31
154 Cyprus 1.28
155 Gambia, The 1.15
156 Bhutan 1.03
157 Timor-Leste 1.01
158 Suriname 0.93
159 Jamaica 0.84
160 Fiji 0.80
161 Luxembourg 0.64
162 Mauritius 0.56
163 Belize 0.52
164 Iceland 0.48
165 Comoros 0.44
166 Bahamas, The 0.34
167 Vanuatu 0.28
168 Solomon Islands 0.27
169 Malta 0.24
170 New Caledonia 0.20
171 Cabo Verde 0.17
172 Maldives 0.17
173 Barbados 0.16
174 Samoa 0.13
175 Tonga 0.10
176 Sao Tome and Principe 0.08
177 Seychelles 0.07
178 French Polynesia 0.07
179 St. Lucia 0.06
180 Antigua and Barbuda 0.06
181 Greenland 0.06
182 Dominica 0.06
183 Grenada 0.05
184 Macao SAR, China 0.05
185 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.05
186 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.04
187 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.04
188 Faroe Islands 0.04
189 Palau 0.04
190 Bermuda 0.03
191 Kiribati 0.03
192 Cayman Islands 0.03
193 Aruba 0.02
194 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0.02
195 Gibraltar 0.02
196 Guam 0.01
197 British Virgin Islands 0.01
198 American Samoa 0.01
199 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00
200 Northern Mariana Islands 0.00
201 Tuvalu 0.00
202 Marshall Islands 0.00
203 Nauru 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.GHG.CH4.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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