Countries by methane emissions
China had the highest methane emissions of 217 countries in 2024, at 50,885.9 thousand tonnes of methane. Tokelau had the lowest, at 0 thousand tonnes of methane. The median was 284 thousand tonnes of methane. Source: the European Commission, Joint Research Centre.
Top 40 countries, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2024 | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China Provisional | 50,885.9 | -0.8% |
| 2 | India Provisional | 31,030.4 | +3.4% |
| 3 | United States Provisional | 28,997.8 | -0.6% |
| 4 | Brazil Provisional | 22,769 | +0.6% |
| 5 | Indonesia Provisional | 15,161.2 | +3.6% |
| 6 | Russia Provisional | 14,700.2 | +0.6% |
| 7 | Pakistan Provisional | 9,046.4 | +3.2% |
| 8 | Nigeria Provisional | 6,036.6 | +3.3% |
| 9 | Iran Provisional | 5,395.9 | +6% |
| 10 | Iraq Provisional | 5,091.6 | -0.8% |
| 11 | Australia Provisional | 5,073.1 | +2.5% |
| 12 | Mexico Provisional | 4,972.8 | +0.2% |
| 13 | Argentina Provisional | 4,708.3 | -1.2% |
| 14 | Canada Provisional | 4,404.8 | +1% |
| 15 | Ethiopia Provisional | 4,396.7 | +2.2% |
| 16 | Vietnam Provisional | 4,225.3 | -0.9% |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia Provisional | 3,862 | -0.4% |
| 18 | Colombia Provisional | 3,210.5 | +2.3% |
| 19 | South Africa Provisional | 2,994.9 | +0.8% |
| 20 | Myanmar Provisional | 2,810.1 | +4.9% |
| 21 | Bangladesh Provisional | 2,777 | +0.8% |
| 22 | Türkiye Provisional | 2,608.3 | +3.7% |
| 23 | Philippines Provisional | 2,608.1 | -1.6% |
| 24 | Chad Provisional | 2,602.2 | +3.1% |
| 25 | Thailand Provisional | 2,560.9 | -1.3% |
| 26 | Kenya Provisional | 2,349.3 | +4.6% |
| 27 | Uzbekistan Provisional | 2,347.5 | -0.3% |
| 28 | France Provisional | 2,311.3 | -1.3% |
| 29 | Mongolia Provisional | 2,239.5 | +11.6% |
| 30 | Ukraine Provisional | 2,121.6 | +0.5% |
| 31 | Kazakhstan Provisional | 2,120.3 | +5.4% |
| 32 | Tanzania Provisional | 2,064.7 | +1.7% |
| 33 | Egypt Provisional | 2,001.2 | -2.4% |
| 34 | Algeria Provisional | 1,988.9 | -0.3% |
| 35 | Germany Provisional | 1,897.6 | -2.4% |
| 36 | Japan Provisional | 1,871.3 | -1.7% |
| 37 | United Kingdom Provisional | 1,846.4 | -2.4% |
| 38 | Venezuela Provisional | 1,835 | -0.9% |
| 39 | Italy Provisional | 1,651.2 | -2.6% |
| 40 | Spain Provisional | 1,606.2 | 0% |
| 41 | South Korea Provisional | 1,595.8 | -1% |
| 42 | Poland Provisional | 1,501.7 | -2.9% |
| 43 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Provisional | 1,405.1 | +2.9% |
| 44 | Uganda Provisional | 1,326.8 | -0.3% |
| 45 | Kuwait Provisional | 1,322.7 | -2.3% |
| 46 | Angola Provisional | 1,217.8 | +1.8% |
| 47 | New Zealand Provisional | 1,192.4 | -1.2% |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates Provisional | 1,156.3 | -0.2% |
| 49 | Oman Provisional | 1,061.8 | -2.2% |
| 50 | Niger Provisional | 1,061.1 | +13.9% |
| 51 | Mali Provisional | 1,042.8 | +2.6% |
| 52 | Morocco Provisional | 1,037.9 | -1.7% |
| 53 | Cambodia Provisional | 1,032.2 | +5.7% |
| 54 | Uruguay Provisional | 990.7 | 0% |
| 55 | Paraguay Provisional | 959.2 | +1.2% |
| 56 | Peru Provisional | 946.5 | +0.8% |
| 57 | Bolivia Provisional | 928.1 | +0.6% |
| 58 | Somalia Provisional | 927.9 | +0.8% |
| 59 | Libya Provisional | 917.9 | -3.8% |
| 60 | Turkmenistan Provisional | 894.8 | -0.6% |
| 61 | Madagascar Provisional | 868.7 | -1.6% |
| 62 | Nepal Provisional | 867 | +4.8% |
| 63 | Malaysia Provisional | 832.9 | -0.7% |
| 64 | Chile Provisional | 792.2 | +0.6% |
| 65 | Bahrain Provisional | 786.8 | -0.8% |
| 66 | Cameroon Provisional | 767.4 | +0.4% |
| 67 | Ecuador Provisional | 750.3 | -1.1% |
| 68 | Qatar Provisional | 745 | +2.1% |
| 69 | North Korea Provisional | 740.4 | +0.5% |
| 70 | Mozambique Provisional | 724.9 | +5.1% |
| 71 | Zambia Provisional | 700.2 | +3% |
| 72 | Burkina Faso Provisional | 684.5 | +1.9% |
| 73 | Guinea Provisional | 667.3 | +4.4% |
| 74 | Belarus Provisional | 666.3 | -0.7% |
| 75 | Romania Provisional | 628.2 | -0.5% |
| 76 | Ireland Provisional | 623.8 | -2.6% |
| 77 | Netherlands Provisional | 607.3 | -3.4% |
| 78 | Ghana Provisional | 595.7 | +1.7% |
| 79 | Afghanistan Provisional | 579.4 | +0.5% |
| 80 | Taiwan Provisional | 549 | +1.1% |
| 81 | Azerbaijan Provisional | 539.9 | +0.2% |
| 82 | Republic of the Congo Provisional | 484.7 | -3.1% |
| 83 | Côte d’Ivoire Provisional | 484.2 | +3.8% |
| 84 | Guatemala Provisional | 474 | +3% |
| 85 | Czechia Provisional | 470.5 | -0.8% |
| 86 | Laos Provisional | 455.9 | +1.7% |
| 87 | Gabon Provisional | 455.8 | +0.7% |
| 88 | Zimbabwe Provisional | 453.8 | -0.4% |
| 89 | Dominican Republic Provisional | 446.6 | -0% |
| 90 | Senegal Provisional | 433 | +1.2% |
| 91 | Belgium Provisional | 400.1 | -2.1% |
| 92 | Cuba Provisional | 399.4 | -4.7% |
| 93 | Portugal Provisional | 396.7 | +0.2% |
| 94 | Yemen Provisional | 394.1 | -0.4% |
| 95 | Greece Provisional | 394 | -1.6% |
| 96 | Nicaragua Provisional | 375.4 | 0% |
| 97 | Hungary Provisional | 374.5 | +0.6% |
| 98 | Finland Provisional | 370.7 | +5.8% |
| 99 | Tajikistan Provisional | 356.6 | +5.7% |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan Provisional | 348.6 | +1.9% |
| 101 | Malawi Provisional | 337.4 | +7.1% |
| 102 | Honduras Provisional | 336.5 | +0.2% |
| 103 | Mauritania Provisional | 322.9 | +0.6% |
| 104 | Sweden Provisional | 319.8 | +0.2% |
| 105 | Norway Provisional | 313.1 | +0.4% |
| 106 | Sri Lanka Provisional | 297.6 | -0.7% |
| 107 | Haiti Provisional | 297.4 | +0.6% |
| 108 | Tunisia Provisional | 285.6 | -3.6% |
| 109 | Denmark Provisional | 284 | 0% |
| 110 | Austria Provisional | 278.2 | -1% |
| 111 | Central African Republic Provisional | 275 | +0.5% |
| 112 | Benin Provisional | 269.7 | +4.5% |
| 113 | Bulgaria Provisional | 262.4 | -3.1% |
| 114 | Namibia Provisional | 225.5 | -14.8% |
| 115 | Jordan Provisional | 222.1 | +2.8% |
| 116 | Switzerland Provisional | 219.6 | +1.1% |
| 117 | Syria Provisional | 212.4 | -5% |
| 118 | Guyana Provisional | 200.3 | +27.7% |
| 119 | Rwanda Provisional | 198 | +3.7% |
| 120 | Togo Provisional | 195.8 | +1.8% |
| 121 | Sierra Leone Provisional | 194.3 | +4.4% |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Provisional | 185.3 | -1.4% |
| 123 | Slovakia Provisional | 178.4 | -3.1% |
| 124 | Hong Kong Provisional | 173.2 | +0.7% |
| 125 | Burundi Provisional | 171.5 | +4.8% |
| 126 | Costa Rica Provisional | 171.2 | -20.3% |
| 127 | Panama Provisional | 168.3 | -3.6% |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago Provisional | 162.5 | -1.9% |
| 129 | Eritrea Provisional | 149.7 | +0.8% |
| 130 | Lebanon Provisional | 148.2 | +0.2% |
| 131 | Georgia Provisional | 144.2 | -1.7% |
| 132 | Croatia Provisional | 142.8 | -0.6% |
| 133 | El Salvador Provisional | 139 | +1.9% |
| 134 | Singapore Provisional | 132.9 | +3.9% |
| 135 | Botswana Provisional | 122.2 | +0.9% |
| 136 | Lithuania Provisional | 118 | -2.8% |
| 137 | Liberia Provisional | 114.9 | +2.8% |
| 138 | Papua New Guinea Provisional | 108.4 | +0.5% |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea Provisional | 102.3 | +2.1% |
| 140 | Slovenia Provisional | 97 | -4.3% |
| 141 | Armenia Provisional | 92.6 | +1% |
| 142 | Moldova Provisional | 91.4 | -1.4% |
| 143 | Guinea-Bissau Provisional | 86.6 | +4% |
| 144 | Albania Provisional | 82.6 | -5.7% |
| 145 | Latvia Provisional | 70.2 | -1.8% |
| 146 | Lesotho Provisional | 62.8 | +13.4% |
| 147 | Brunei Provisional | 62.1 | +7.9% |
| 148 | Eswatini Provisional | 56.7 | +13.2% |
| 149 | Estonia Provisional | 55.7 | -1.1% |
| 150 | Puerto Rico Provisional | 54.4 | -1.2% |
| 151 | Djibouti Provisional | 45.9 | +1.8% |
| 152 | North Macedonia Provisional | 44.4 | -2.4% |
| 153 | Cyprus Provisional | 41.6 | +1.4% |
| 154 | Gambia Provisional | 39.4 | +3.7% |
| 155 | Bhutan Provisional | 39.4 | +24.1% |
| 156 | Suriname Provisional | 33.5 | -2.4% |
| 157 | Timor-Leste Provisional | 32 | -4.6% |
| 158 | Jamaica Provisional | 30.7 | +0.5% |
| 159 | Fiji Provisional | 27.1 | -5% |
| 160 | Luxembourg Provisional | 23.1 | -0.4% |
| 161 | Mauritius Provisional | 20.8 | +0.1% |
| 162 | Iceland Provisional | 18.2 | -4.6% |
| 163 | Comoros Provisional | 15.5 | +2% |
| 164 | Bahamas Provisional | 12.8 | +0.8% |
| 165 | Western Sahara Provisional | 12.7 | +1.3% |
| 166 | Vanuatu Provisional | 9.5 | -0.5% |
| 167 | Belize Provisional | 9.4 | -2.2% |
| 168 | Guadeloupe Provisional | 9 | -0.1% |
| 169 | Réunion Provisional | 8.6 | +0.4% |
| 170 | Malta Provisional | 8.4 | +3.7% |
| 171 | New Caledonia Provisional | 7.6 | -1% |
| 172 | Solomon Islands Provisional | 6.6 | +1.2% |
| 173 | Cape Verde Provisional | 6.3 | +1.8% |
| 174 | Barbados Provisional | 6.2 | +0.1% |
| 175 | French Guiana Provisional | 6.2 | +1.9% |
| 176 | Maldives Provisional | 6.2 | +2.1% |
| 177 | Samoa Provisional | 4.6 | -3% |
| 178 | Falkland Islands Provisional | 4.1 | +0.7% |
| 179 | Martinique Provisional | 3.7 | -0.6% |
| 180 | Tonga Provisional | 3.3 | +1.1% |
| 181 | French Polynesia Provisional | 3.2 | -0.1% |
| 182 | São Tomé and Príncipe Provisional | 2.8 | +1.5% |
| 183 | Seychelles Provisional | 2.6 | +1.4% |
| 184 | Saint Lucia Provisional | 2.4 | +0.2% |
| 185 | Greenland Provisional | 2.3 | 0% |
| 186 | Antigua and Barbuda Provisional | 2.2 | -0.8% |
| 187 | Dominica Provisional | 2 | -0.2% |
| 188 | Grenada Provisional | 2 | -0.7% |
| 189 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Provisional | 1.7 | +2.2% |
| 190 | Micronesia Provisional | 1.7 | +10.6% |
| 191 | Faroe Islands Provisional | 1.7 | -0.2% |
| 192 | Macao Provisional | 1.6 | +0.4% |
| 193 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Provisional | 1.5 | +1.4% |
| 194 | Palau Provisional | 1.2 | +6% |
| 195 | Cayman Islands Provisional | 1.1 | +1.4% |
| 196 | Aruba Provisional | 1 | +0.4% |
| 197 | Kiribati Provisional | 1 | +2.6% |
| 198 | Bermuda Provisional | 1 | -0.6% |
| 199 | U.S. Virgin Islands Provisional | 0.8 | +0.2% |
| 200 | Montserrat Provisional | 0.6 | -1.1% |
| 201 | Gibraltar Provisional | 0.6 | +0.8% |
| 202 | Guam Provisional | 0.5 | +1.3% |
| 203 | Mayotte Provisional | 0.5 | -0.5% |
| 204 | British Virgin Islands Provisional | 0.5 | +0.7% |
| 205 | Cook Islands Provisional | 0.3 | -1.5% |
| 206 | American Samoa Provisional | 0.3 | -0.8% |
| 207 | Turks and Caicos Islands Provisional | 0.2 | +0.1% |
| 208 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Provisional | 0.2 | +0.1% |
| 209 | Wallis and Futuna Provisional | 0.2 | -0.5% |
| 210 | Northern Mariana Islands Provisional | 0.2 | +0.2% |
| 211 | Tuvalu Provisional | 0.2 | +0.2% |
| 212 | Anguilla Provisional | 0.1 | +0.2% |
| 213 | Marshall Islands Provisional | 0.1 | +0.6% |
| 214 | Saint Helena Provisional | 0.1 | -0.2% |
| 215 | Nauru Provisional | 0.1 | -1% |
| 216 | Niue Provisional | 0 | +0.8% |
| 217 | Tokelau Provisional | 0 | +5.4% |
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About this ranking
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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.Citation styles
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European Commission, Joint Research Centre. (2026). EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane (Countries by methane emissions, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/
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EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane, Countries by methane emissions, 2024. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 18 Sept. 2026, https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/methane-emissions/countries?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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European Commission, Joint Research Centre. 2026. EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane. Countries by methane emissions, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/methane-emissions/countries?period=2024.
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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026) EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane, Countries by methane emissions, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/methane-emissions/countries?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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author = {{European Commission, Joint Research Centre}},
title = {{EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane: Countries by methane emissions, 2024}},
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Which country has the highest methane emissions?
China, with 50,885.9 thousand tonnes of methane in 2024, according to the European Commission, Joint Research Centre.
Which country has the lowest methane emissions?
Tokelau, with 0 thousand tonnes of methane in 2024.
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