Methane emissions

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Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production. Each year of data shows the percentage change to that year from 1990.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

Top 10 Countries with Highest % of Methane emissions (% change from 1990) :

Equatorial Guinea 1990.28%Equatorial Guinea 1990.28%
Qatar 309.79%Qatar 309.79%
Trinidad and Tobago 233.71%Trinidad and Tobago 233.71%
Bolivia 148.99%Bolivia 148.99%
Oman 127.17%Oman 127.17%
Singapore 125.89%Singapore 125.89%
Kuwait 118.93%Kuwait 118.93%
Northern Mariana Islands 105.91%Northern Mariana Islands 105.91%
Timor-Leste 97.52%Timor-Leste 97.52%
Turks and Caicos Islands 97.04%Turks and Caicos Islands 97.04%

Countries with Lowest % of Methane emissions (% change from 1990) :

Kazakhstan -25.06%Rwanda -25.06%
Netherlands -26.18%Tunisia -26.18%
Botswana -27.07%Yemen, Rep. -27.07%
Mongolia -27.44%Israel -27.44%
Belarus -27.83%Iran, Islamic Rep. -27.83%
Angola -28.32%United Arab Emirates -28.32%
Costa Rica -28.82%Saudi Arabia -28.82%
Solomon Islands -28.96%Egypt, Arab Rep. -28.96%
Romania -30.12%Maldives -30.12%
Czech Republic -32.31%Lao PDR -32.31%

Methane emissions (% change from 1990) and Trend since 2010
Country	%	Trend
Equatorial Guinea	1990.28%	↓
Qatar	309.79%	↓
Trinidad and Tobago	233.71%	↓
Bolivia	148.99%	↑
Oman	127.17%	↓
Singapore	125.89%	↓
Kuwait	118.93%	↓
Northern Mariana Islands	105.91%	↓
Timor-Leste	97.52%	↓
Turks and Caicos Islands	97.04%	↓
Jordan	96.42%	↓
Hong Kong SAR, China	82.22%	↓
Rwanda	76.36%	↓
Tunisia	75.82%	↓
Yemen, Rep.	75.71%	↓
Israel	74.17%	↓
Iran, Islamic Rep.	71.41%	↓
United Arab Emirates	65.75%	↓
Saudi Arabia	64.51%	↓
Egypt, Arab Rep.	61.19%	↓
Maldives	61.18%	↓
Lao PDR	58.97%	↓
Burkina Faso	52.80%	↓
Cabo Verde	50.40%	↓
Bahrain	49.48%	↓
Liberia	49.30%	↓
Mauritania	49.16%	↓
Canada	48.39%	↑
Chile	48.02%	↓
Pakistan	47.87%	↓
Malaysia	47.40%	↑
Vietnam	46.21%	↓
Nauru	44.07%	↓
Brazil	43.75%	↑
Macao SAR, China	43.28%	↓
Mali	42.90%	↓
Sudan	42.74%	↓
Namibia	42.15%	↑
Syrian Arab Republic	42.05%	↓
Cyprus	41.58%	↑
Turkey	41.30%	↓
Djibouti	40.29%	↓
Lebanon	39.80%	↓
Ecuador	39.57%	↓
Algeria	38.67%	↓
Afghanistan	37.94%	↓
Kiribati	37.58%	↓
Cayman Islands	37.01%	↓
Chad	36.33%	↓
Bahamas, The	35.56%	↓
Guam	34.99%	↓
Marshall Islands	34.81%	↓
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	34.48%	↓
Grenada	34.33%	↓
St. Kitts and Nevis	32.89%	↑
Comoros	32.60%	↓
Malta	32.41%	↑
Senegal	31.43%	↓
Aruba	30.48%	↓
Guatemala	30.45%	↓
Nigeria	30.23%	↓
Burundi	30.00%	↓
Mauritius	29.17%	↓
Cambodia	29.13%	↓
Venezuela, RB	28.84%	↓
Norway	28.06%	↑
Gabon	27.97%	↑
Ethiopia	27.56%	↓
Portugal	26.47%	↓
Haiti	26.19%	↓
Kenya	25.88%	↓
Uruguay	25.52%	↑
Philippines	25.50%	↓
American Samoa	25.12%	↓
Eritrea	24.52%	↓
Uzbekistan	24.21%	↓
Honduras	23.35%	↓
China	23.05%	↓
Guinea-Bissau	22.87%	↓
Tuvalu	21.99%	↓
French Polynesia	21.51%	↓
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	21.38%	↓
Puerto Rico	20.93%	↓
Somalia	20.64%	↓
Vanuatu	20.30%	↑
Gibraltar	20.23%	↓
Nicaragua	20.05%	↓
Seychelles	19.96%	↓
South Africa	19.91%	↓
Gambia, The	19.56%	↓
Niger	19.04%	↓
Indonesia	18.39%	↑
British Virgin Islands	18.05%	↓
Uganda	17.83%	↓
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	17.73%	↓
El Salvador	16.90%	↑
Bermuda	16.25%	↓
Palau	16.24%	↓
Panama	15.81%	↓
Peru	15.59%	↓
Brunei Darussalam	14.53%	↓
Colombia	14.42%	↓
Tanzania	14.37%	↑
Greenland	14.19%	↓
India	12.46%	↓
Morocco	12.39%	↓
Dominican Republic	11.98%	↓
Mexico	11.40%	↓
Antigua and Barbuda	10.96%	↓
Ghana	10.87%	↓
Bhutan	10.60%	↓
St. Lucia	10.57%	↓
Samoa	10.50%	↓
Ireland	10.45%	↑
Spain	10.11%	↓
Australia	10.06%	↑
France	9.52%	↓
Faroe Islands	9.35%	↓
Fiji	9.04%	↓
Nepal	8.34%	↓
Croatia	7.90%	↓
Myanmar	7.86%	↑
Greece	6.77%	↓
Jamaica	6.70%	↑
Dominica	6.10%	↓
Eswatini	5.92%	↓
Guyana	5.77%	↓
Bangladesh	5.38%	↓
Guinea	5.22%	↓
Belize	4.83%	↓
Thailand	4.34%	↓
Tonga	3.85%	↓
New Zealand	3.63%	↓
Congo, Rep.	1.99%	↑
New Caledonia	1.94%	↓
Luxembourg	1.47%	↓
Korea, Rep.	0.93%	↓
Togo	0.83%	↓
Sweden	0.24%	↑
Finland	0.13%	↑
Mozambique	0.04%	↑
Isle of Man	0.00%	↑
West Bank and Gaza	0.00%	↑
Channel Islands	0.00%	↑
Andorra	0.00%	↑
Liechtenstein	0.00%	↑
Montenegro	0.00%	↑
San Marino	0.00%	↑
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.00%	↑
Monaco	0.00%	↑
St. Martin (French part)	0.00%	↑
Kosovo	0.00%	↑
South Sudan	0.00%	↑
Côte d'Ivoire	0.00%	↑
Curaçao	0.00%	↑
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.00%	↑
São Tomé and Principe	0.00%	↑
Denmark	-0.23%	↑
Argentina	-0.57%	↑
Iraq	-0.65%	↓
Azerbaijan	-1.12%	↓
Suriname	-1.27%	↑
Paraguay	-1.78%	↓
Malawi	-1.88%	↓
Slovenia	-1.98%	↑
Armenia	-2.18%	↓
Iceland	-2.62%	↓
Albania	-3.02%	↓
Turkmenistan	-3.82%	↑
Lesotho	-4.18%	↓
Madagascar	-4.49%	↓
Sierra Leone	-5.58%	↓
Zimbabwe	-7.15%	↑
North Macedonia	-11.20%	↑
Libya	-12.13%	↓
Italy	-12.95%	↑
Papua New Guinea	-13.10%	↑
Cameroon	-13.31%	↓
Moldova	-13.48%	↑
Georgia	-14.01%	↓
Tajikistan	-14.54%	↓
Austria	-14.54%	↑
Benin	-14.64%	↓
United States	-14.67%	↑
Switzerland	-15.73%	↓
Bulgaria	-16.21%	↑
Cuba	-17.78%	↑
Hungary	-17.82%	↑
Belgium	-20.40%	↑
Sri Lanka	-20.85%	↓
Russian Federation	-22.09%	↓
Barbados	-22.64%	↓
Kazakhstan	-25.06%	↓
Netherlands	-26.18%	↑
Botswana	-27.07%	↑
Mongolia	-27.44%	↓
Belarus	-27.83%	↓
Angola	-28.32%	↓
Costa Rica	-28.82%	↑
Solomon Islands	-28.96%	↑
Romania	-30.12%	↑
Czech Republic	-32.31%	↑
Zambia	-32.86%	↑
Lithuania	-33.53%	↑
Estonia	-33.77%	↓
Poland	-35.01%	↑
Congo, Dem. Rep.	-35.25%	↓
Slovak Republic	-35.33%	↑
Japan	-35.82%	↑
Kyrgyz Republic	-39.20%	↓
Ukraine	-39.31%	↑
United Kingdom	-42.44%	↑
Latvia	-42.96%	↓
Central African Republic	-43.01%	↓
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-43.78%	↓
Germany	-44.83%	↑
Serbia	-100.00%	↓