Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
Compare methane (ch4) emissions from agriculture (mt co2e) across 198 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2024.
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Key Insights
- •198 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •India has the highest published value (572.27 Mt CO₂e).
- •Maldives has the lowest published value (0 Mt CO₂e).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 21.9Mt CO₂e)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agricultural sector. This includes emissions from livestock (IPCC 2006 codes 3.A.1 (enteric fermentation, 3.a.2 (manure management) and crops (IPCC 2006 codes 3.C.1 Emissions from biomass burning, 3.C.7 Rice cultivations). The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).
Values use one fixed 2024 reference year from World Development Indicators series EN.GHG.CH4.AG.MT.CE.AR5. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.
Methodology
A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agricultural sector. This includes emissions from livestock (IPCC 2006 codes 3.A.1 (enteric fermentation, 3.a.2 (manure management) and crops (IPCC 2006 codes 3.C.1 Emissions from biomass burning, 3.C.7 Rice cultivations). The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 572.3Mt CO₂e |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 499.0Mt CO₂e |
| 3 | Brazil | 471.8Mt CO₂e |
| 4 | United States of America | 257.3Mt CO₂e |
| 5 | Pakistan | 203.9Mt CO₂e |
| 6 | Argentina | 105.4Mt CO₂e |
| 7 | Indonesia | 88.4Mt CO₂e |
| 8 | Mexico | 87.2Mt CO₂e |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 87.1Mt CO₂e |
| 10 | Australia | 84.7Mt CO₂e |
| 11 | Vietnam | 74.2Mt CO₂e |
| 12 | Chad | 69.2Mt CO₂e |
| 13 | Sudan | 64.9Mt CO₂e |
| 14 | Myanmar | 63.9Mt CO₂e |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 60.0Mt CO₂e |
| 16 | Colombia | 58.9Mt CO₂e |
| 17 | Nigeria | 56.8Mt CO₂e |
| 18 | Kenya | 50.0Mt CO₂e |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 47.4Mt CO₂e |
| 20 | Türkiye | 46.4Mt CO₂e |
| 21 | Thailand | 45.9Mt CO₂e |
| 22 | United Republic of Tanzania | 43.7Mt CO₂e |
| 23 | Philippines | 43.0Mt CO₂e |
| 24 | France | 42.3Mt CO₂e |
| 25 | Japan | 38.9Mt CO₂e |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 37.8Mt CO₂e |
| 27 | Germany | 34.0Mt CO₂e |
| 28 | Venezuela | 32.5Mt CO₂e |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 31.5Mt CO₂e |
| 30 | Canada | 30.5Mt CO₂e |
| 31 | New Zealand | 29.7Mt CO₂e |
| 32 | Spain | 27.3Mt CO₂e |
| 33 | Mali | 26.6Mt CO₂e |
| 34 | South Africa | 25.8Mt CO₂e |
| 35 | Niger | 24.5Mt CO₂e |
| 36 | Paraguay | 24.4Mt CO₂e |
| 37 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 24.0Mt CO₂e |
| 38 | Cambodia | 23.8Mt CO₂e |
| 39 | Uruguay | 23.0Mt CO₂e |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 22.3Mt CO₂e |
| 41 | Italy | 21.9Mt CO₂e |
| 42 | Bolivia | 21.8Mt CO₂e |
| 43 | South Korea | 21.0Mt CO₂e |
| 44 | Uganda | 20.5Mt CO₂e |
| 45 | Poland | 20.0Mt CO₂e |
| 46 | Mongolia | 18.7Mt CO₂e |
| 47 | Madagascar | 17.9Mt CO₂e |
| 48 | Somalia | 17.6Mt CO₂e |
| 49 | Ireland | 15.6Mt CO₂e |
| 50 | Nepal | 15.2Mt CO₂e |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 14.4Mt CO₂e |
| 52 | Peru | 14.3Mt CO₂e |
| 53 | Guinea | 13.7Mt CO₂e |
| 54 | Egypt | 13.4Mt CO₂e |
| 55 | Afghanistan | 12.5Mt CO₂e |
| 56 | Belarus | 12.2Mt CO₂e |
| 57 | Netherlands | 12.1Mt CO₂e |
| 58 | Turkmenistan | 10.6Mt CO₂e |
| 59 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.6Mt CO₂e |
| 60 | Senegal | 9.4Mt CO₂e |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 9.2Mt CO₂e |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 9.1Mt CO₂e |
| 63 | Algeria | 8.9Mt CO₂e |
| 64 | Ukraine | 8.7Mt CO₂e |
| 65 | Saudi Arabia | 8.7Mt CO₂e |
| 66 | Romania | 8.6Mt CO₂e |
| 67 | Ecuador | 8.4Mt CO₂e |
| 68 | Morocco | 8.3Mt CO₂e |
| 69 | Guatemala | 7.5Mt CO₂e |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 7.5Mt CO₂e |
| 71 | Cameroon | 7.4Mt CO₂e |
| 72 | Mauritania | 7.3Mt CO₂e |
| 73 | Angola | 7.2Mt CO₂e |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 7.0Mt CO₂e |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 6.7Mt CO₂e |
| 76 | Chile | 6.6Mt CO₂e |
| 77 | Belgium | 6.6Mt CO₂e |
| 78 | Central African Republic | 6.5Mt CO₂e |
| 79 | Cuba | 6.4Mt CO₂e |
| 80 | Zambia | 6.4Mt CO₂e |
| 81 | Denmark | 6.3Mt CO₂e |
| 82 | Namibia | 6.3Mt CO₂e |
| 83 | Ghana | 6.2Mt CO₂e |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.9Mt CO₂e |
| 85 | Yemen | 5.6Mt CO₂e |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 5.6Mt CO₂e |
| 87 | Malawi | 5.4Mt CO₂e |
| 88 | Honduras | 5.2Mt CO₂e |
| 89 | Austria | 5.2Mt CO₂e |
| 90 | Czech Republic | 5.1Mt CO₂e |
| 91 | Portugal | 4.9Mt CO₂e |
| 92 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.7Mt CO₂e |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 4.4Mt CO₂e |
| 94 | Iraq | 4.3Mt CO₂e |
| 95 | Greece | 4.1Mt CO₂e |
| 96 | Switzerland | 4.1Mt CO₂e |
| 97 | Mozambique | 3.9Mt CO₂e |
| 98 | Malaysia | 3.9Mt CO₂e |
| 99 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.9Mt CO₂e |
| 100 | Sweden | 3.8Mt CO₂e |
| 101 | Benin | 3.8Mt CO₂e |
| 102 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.5Mt CO₂e |
| 103 | Hungary | 3.4Mt CO₂e |
| 104 | North Korea | 3.4Mt CO₂e |
| 105 | Haiti | 3.2Mt CO₂e |
| 106 | Eritrea | 3.1Mt CO₂e |
| 107 | Panama | 3.0Mt CO₂e |
| 108 | Burundi | 2.9Mt CO₂e |
| 109 | Norway | 2.7Mt CO₂e |
| 110 | Sierra Leone | 2.6Mt CO₂e |
| 111 | Tunisia | 2.5Mt CO₂e |
| 112 | Finland | 2.4Mt CO₂e |
| 113 | Georgia | 2.1Mt CO₂e |
| 114 | Bulgaria | 2.0Mt CO₂e |
| 115 | Israel | 2.0Mt CO₂e |
| 116 | Lithuania | 2.0Mt CO₂e |
| 117 | Togo | 2.0Mt CO₂e |
| 118 | Libya | 1.9Mt CO₂e |
| 119 | Rwanda | 1.7Mt CO₂e |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 1.6Mt CO₂e |
| 121 | Guyana | 1.6Mt CO₂e |
| 122 | El Salvador | 1.6Mt CO₂e |
| 123 | Botswana | 1.5Mt CO₂e |
| 124 | Slovenia | 1.5Mt CO₂e |
| 125 | Croatia | 1.5Mt CO₂e |
| 126 | Slovakia | 1.5Mt CO₂e |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.4Mt CO₂e |
| 128 | Oman | 1.4Mt CO₂e |
| 129 | Armenia | 1.3Mt CO₂e |
| 130 | Latvia | 1.1Mt CO₂e |
| 131 | Albania | 1.1Mt CO₂e |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.0Mt CO₂e |
| 133 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.9Mt CO₂e |
| 134 | Estonia | 0.8Mt CO₂e |
| 135 | Timor-Leste | 0.8Mt CO₂e |
| 136 | Eswatini | 0.8Mt CO₂e |
| 137 | Lesotho | 0.8Mt CO₂e |
| 138 | Jordan | 0.8Mt CO₂e |
| 139 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.5Mt CO₂e |
| 140 | Djibouti | 0.5Mt CO₂e |
| 141 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 0.5Mt CO₂e |
| 142 | Suriname | 0.5Mt CO₂e |
| 143 | Luxembourg | 0.5Mt CO₂e |
| 144 | Republic of the Congo | 0.5Mt CO₂e |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 0.5Mt CO₂e |
| 146 | Cyprus | 0.5Mt CO₂e |
| 147 | Papua New Guinea | 0.5Mt CO₂e |
| 148 | Jamaica | 0.4Mt CO₂e |
| 149 | Lebanon | 0.4Mt CO₂e |
| 150 | Fiji | 0.4Mt CO₂e |
| 151 | Liberia | 0.4Mt CO₂e |
| 152 | Qatar | 0.4Mt CO₂e |
| 153 | Bhutan | 0.3Mt CO₂e |
| 154 | Iceland | 0.3Mt CO₂e |
| 155 | Kuwait | 0.3Mt CO₂e |
| 156 | Belize | 0.2Mt CO₂e |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 0.2Mt CO₂e |
| 158 | New Caledonia | 0.1Mt CO₂e |
| 159 | Gabon | 0.1Mt CO₂e |
| 160 | Samoa | 0.1Mt CO₂e |
| 161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1Mt CO₂e |
| 162 | Comoros | 0.1Mt CO₂e |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 0.1Mt CO₂e |
| 164 | Tonga | 0.1Mt CO₂e |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 0.1Mt CO₂e |
| 166 | Malta | 0.1Mt CO₂e |
| 167 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 168 | French Polynesia | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 169 | Barbados | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 170 | Dominica | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 171 | Bahrain | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 172 | Mauritius | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 174 | Faroe Islands | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 175 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 176 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 178 | Hong Kong | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 179 | Grenada | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 180 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 184 | Singapore | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 185 | Virgin Islands, British | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 186 | Bahamas | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 187 | Greenland | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 188 | Cayman Islands | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 189 | American Samoa | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 190 | Kiribati | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 191 | Guam | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 192 | Seychelles | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 193 | Bermuda | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 194 | Macao | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 195 | Tuvalu | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 196 | Aruba | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 197 | Nauru | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
| 198 | Maldives | 0.0Mt CO₂e |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).
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