Countries by methane emissions

China had the highest methane emissions of 217 countries in 2022, at 51,108.8 thousand tonnes of methane. Tokelau had the lowest, at 0 thousand tonnes of methane. The median was 288.7 thousand tonnes of methane. Source: the European Commission, Joint Research Centre.

Highest51,108.8China

Lowest0Tokelau

Median288.7217 countries

Top 40 countries, 2022

thousand tonnes of methane. Source: EDGAR (European Commission, JRC), EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2022 thousand tonnes of methane	Change on 2021
1	China	51,108.8	-0.2%
2	India	29,058.4	+2%
3	United States	28,684.7	+0.4%
4	Brazil	22,202.1	+4.3%
5	Russia	14,719	-1.1%
6	Indonesia	13,659.9	+7.7%
7	Pakistan	8,410.8	+1.3%
8	Nigeria	5,686.4	-3.5%
9	Iraq	5,310.2	+9.2%
10	Iran	4,999.7	+2.9%
11	Mexico	4,920.1	+1%
12	Argentina	4,718.4	+0.1%
13	Australia	4,633.2	+1.9%
14	Canada	4,328.8	+2.3%
15	Vietnam	4,289.7	+0.5%
16	Ethiopia	4,105.5	+2.5%
17	Saudi Arabia	4,066.5	+10.8%
18	Colombia	3,115	+0.7%
19	South Africa	2,926.7	-0.8%
20	Myanmar	2,823.3	+1.8%
21	Bangladesh	2,725.8	+1%
22	Philippines	2,628	+0.8%
23	Türkiye	2,611.1	-2.1%
24	Thailand	2,575.9	+1.5%
25	Chad	2,380.2	+6.4%
26	France	2,362.6	-2%
27	Uzbekistan	2,290.2	+2.7%
28	Ukraine	2,113.6	-5.2%
29	Kenya	2,103.3	-7.7%
30	Egypt	2,025.6	+0.2%
31	Germany	2,003.8	-1.7%
32	Tanzania	1,971.4	+4.1%
33	Kazakhstan	1,969.4	+0.7%
34	Algeria	1,951.3	+3.3%
35	United Kingdom	1,927.7	-0.2%
36	Japan	1,918.5	-0.8%
37	Venezuela	1,829.1	+4.2%
38	South Korea	1,703	-0.2%
39	Italy	1,702.4	-1.7%
40	Spain	1,639.4	-0.4%
41	Poland	1,610	-3%
42	Kuwait	1,379.4	+9%
43	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,336.4	+8.5%
44	Mongolia	1,303.7	+8%
45	Uganda	1,300.7	+2.5%
46	New Zealand	1,225.6	-3.5%
47	United Arab Emirates	1,207.7	+8.8%
48	Angola	1,204.3	+1.1%
49	Oman	1,093.2	+8.4%
50	Morocco	1,073.7	+2.1%
51	Nepal	1,021.3	-1.1%
52	Mali	1,003.1	+3.6%
53	Niger	963.1	+4.6%
54	Paraguay	953	-2.6%
55	Uruguay	936	-2.1%
56	Peru	931	+1.4%
57	Cambodia	924	-3.1%
58	Somalia	912.9	+0.7%
59	Turkmenistan	910.8	-1%
60	Bolivia	904.4	+2.2%
61	Malaysia	854.6	+0.5%
62	Libya	831.2	-13.3%
63	Bahrain	810.3	-1.5%
64	Cameroon	770	+0.3%
65	Ecuador	769.9	-0.5%
66	Chile	763.3	+0.1%
67	Madagascar	757.4	-1.3%
68	Qatar	715.3	-3.3%
69	North Korea	714.6	+3.3%
70	Belarus	666.4	-1.2%
71	Burkina Faso	657	+1.2%
72	Mozambique	651.5	+12.2%
73	Zambia	650.8	+7.5%
74	Ireland	647.4	-1%
75	Netherlands	646.9	-2.3%
76	Romania	643.5	-1.4%
77	Guinea	635.7	+6.3%
78	Ghana	607	+5.4%
79	Afghanistan	576.7	+0.4%
80	Taiwan	557.1	-0.3%
81	Azerbaijan	551.7	0%
82	Czechia	494.7	+0.9%
83	Republic of the Congo	483.3	-2.1%
84	Côte d’Ivoire	456.8	+2.9%
85	Guatemala	450.1	+3%
86	Dominican Republic	447	+2.7%
87	Yemen	439.9	-1.6%
88	Laos	439.2	+4.7%
89	Zimbabwe	434.2	+2.4%
90	Gabon	431.6	+3.7%
91	Cuba	428.8	-3.7%
92	Belgium	420.5	-2.7%
93	Senegal	418.8	+2%
94	Portugal	399.6	-1.3%
95	Greece	397.5	-0.6%
96	Hungary	377.6	-1.4%
97	Nicaragua	368.8	+1.7%
98	Tajikistan	340.2	+3.6%
99	Finland	338.4	+14.6%
100	Kyrgyzstan	335.5	+2.7%
101	Honduras	335.1	+2.4%
102	Sweden	327.1	-1.4%
103	Mauritania	316.5	+0.9%
104	Norway	314.8	-0.2%
105	Haiti	302.8	+0.7%
106	Malawi	301.3	+2.8%
107	Tunisia	297.3	-1.8%
108	Sri Lanka	294.4	-3.8%
109	Denmark	288.7	-4.7%
110	Bulgaria	288.5	-0.4%
111	Austria	287.2	-1.3%
112	Central African Republic	269.5	+1.7%
113	Benin	245.5	+6%
114	Namibia	239	+22%
115	Syria	220	-2.9%
116	Switzerland	217.1	+0.5%
117	Jordan	211.9	+3.7%
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	195	+4%
119	Slovakia	191.9	-4%
120	Costa Rica	191.6	-10.6%
121	Togo	187.2	+3.9%
122	Rwanda	186.9	-0.9%
123	Panama	174.9	+2.2%
124	Hong Kong	172.2	+1.5%
125	Sierra Leone	171.7	-8.6%
126	Trinidad and Tobago	171.3	-1.3%
127	Burundi	163.6	+3.2%
128	Georgia	152.1	+0.1%
129	Eritrea	147.7	+1%
130	Lebanon	146.9	+3.8%
131	Croatia	145.1	-1.6%
132	El Salvador	136.9	+0.7%
133	Botswana	131.2	+10.5%
134	Guyana	129.5	+40.8%
135	Equatorial Guinea	127.5	-6%
136	Singapore	127.3	-4.8%
137	Lithuania	124.9	-3.5%
138	Liberia	107.7	+2.7%
139	Papua New Guinea	103.5	+3.2%
140	Slovenia	102.9	-5.8%
141	Armenia	99.7	-0.2%
142	Moldova	91.9	-3%
143	Albania	90.9	-5.3%
144	Guinea-Bissau	80	+3.8%
145	Latvia	73.8	+0.3%
146	Lesotho	69.1	+42.8%
147	Estonia	60.9	-3.1%
148	Brunei	59.9	-8.1%
149	Puerto Rico	53.7	-3.4%
150	Eswatini	49.1	+0.2%
151	North Macedonia	48.4	-0.4%
152	Djibouti	44.9	+3.2%
153	Cyprus	40.8	-0.7%
154	Gambia	37.6	+4%
155	Timor-Leste	35.9	+5%
156	Bhutan	34.8	-4.3%
157	Suriname	33.4	-10%
158	Jamaica	30.6	-0.9%
159	Fiji	27	+5.2%
160	Luxembourg	23.4	+0.7%
161	Mauritius	20.7	+1.2%
162	Iceland	19.4	-2.8%
163	Comoros	15	+2.9%
164	Bahamas	12.6	+2.9%
165	Western Sahara	12.4	+1.2%
166	Belize	9.7	-0.1%
167	Vanuatu	9.6	+2.1%
168	Guadeloupe	9	-0%
169	Réunion	8.5	+0.9%
170	Malta	8.3	+0.7%
171	New Caledonia	7.6	+0.8%
172	Solomon Islands	6.4	+1.6%
173	Cape Verde	6.2	+2.4%
174	Barbados	6.1	+0.5%
175	Maldives	6.1	+5.6%
176	French Guiana	6	+2.6%
177	Samoa	4.9	-4.1%
178	Falkland Islands	4.1	+0.6%
179	Martinique	3.7	-0.8%
180	French Polynesia	3.3	+3.8%
181	Tonga	3.3	+0.4%
182	São Tomé and Príncipe	2.7	+2%
183	Seychelles	2.6	+3.4%
184	Saint Lucia	2.4	+3.3%
185	Greenland	2.3	+0.1%
186	Antigua and Barbuda	2.2	+0.9%
187	Dominica	2	+0.4%
188	Grenada	2	+3.5%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.7	+2%
190	Faroe Islands	1.6	+0.4%
191	Macao	1.6	+0.1%
192	Micronesia	1.5	+1.3%
193	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.4	+2%
194	Palau	1.2	+8.1%
195	Aruba	1	+1.8%
196	Cayman Islands	1	+1.8%
197	Bermuda	1	-0.4%
198	Kiribati	1	+4.2%
199	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.8	+0.2%
200	Montserrat	0.6	-0.7%
201	Gibraltar	0.6	+1.8%
202	Guam	0.5	+0.8%
203	Mayotte	0.5	-0.1%
204	British Virgin Islands	0.5	+1.6%
205	Cook Islands	0.3	-1.7%
206	American Samoa	0.3	-0.8%
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.2	-3.4%
208	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.2	-0.2%
209	Wallis and Futuna	0.2	-0.4%
210	Northern Mariana Islands	0.2	+0.2%
211	Tuvalu	0.2	+0.4%
212	Anguilla	0.1	+0.1%
213	Marshall Islands	0.1	+0.4%
214	Saint Helena	0.1	-1.4%
215	Nauru	0.1	-1%
216	Niue	0	+0.6%
217	Tokelau	0	+13.9%

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Methane (CH4) emitted in the year, in thousand tonnes of methane, from agriculture (livestock, manure, rice), fossil fuel production and distribution, waste and wastewater, fuel combustion and industry, as estimated by EDGAR. EDGAR estimates every country with the same IPCC methods and international activity statistics, so countries can be compared, but the values differ from the inventories countries report themselves. Emissions from land use, land use change and forestry and from large scale biomass burning (savannah and forest fires) are not included. The latest two years are fast track estimates from proxy statistics, replaced in later releases, and are marked provisional.

Tonnes of the gas itself, not CO2 equivalent: EDGAR weights a tonne of methane as 28 tonnes of CO2 (30 for fossil methane) over 100 years (IPCC AR5). EDGAR counts Andorra with Spain, Monaco with France, San Marino and the Holy See with Italy, and Liechtenstein with Switzerland. It reports Israel and Palestine, Sudan and South Sudan, and Serbia and Montenegro together, so those countries have no value here. Each release revises past years.

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EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, European Commission, Joint Research Centre. EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane. https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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@misc{european_countries_by_methane_emissions_2022,
  author = {{European Commission, Joint Research Centre}},
  title = {{EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane: Countries by methane emissions, 2022}},
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}

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