environmental2024

Share of global methane emissions

Name: Share of global methane emissions
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: environmental, %, share, global, methane, emissions

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•201 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.5%

Median: 0.1%

Countries Covered

201

with available data

Highest

People's Republic of China

16.5%

Lowest

Anguilla

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1People's Republic of China16.5%

2India9.2%

3United States of America8.5%

4Brazil6.3%

5Russian Federation4.8%

By Region

North America2.9%(4 countries)

Asia1.6%(27 countries)

South America1.4%(7 countries)

Oceania0.9%(2 countries)

Africa0.8%(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (16.5%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.5%)

North America (4)

Asia (27)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

Africa (9)

Europe (32)

Other (120)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	People's Republic of China	16.5%
2	India	9.2%
3	United States of America	8.5%
4	Brazil	6.3%
5	Russian Federation	4.8%
6	Indonesia	4.3%
7	Pakistan	2.5%
8	Nigeria	2.0%
9	Islamic Republic of Iran	1.8%
10	Mexico	1.6%
11	Iraq	1.6%
12	Australia	1.4%
13	Ethiopia	1.3%
14	Argentina	1.2%
15	Saudi Arabia	1.2%
16	Canada	1.2%
17	Türkiye	1.2%
18	Bangladesh	1.0%
19	Thailand	1.0%
20	Vietnam	1.0%
21	Colombia	1.0%
22	Philippines	0.9%
23	South Africa	0.8%
24	Chad	0.8%
25	Sudan	0.8%
26	Algeria	0.7%
27	France	0.7%
28	United Republic of Tanzania	0.7%
29	Myanmar	0.6%
30	Germany	0.6%
31	Kenya	0.6%
32	Kazakhstan	0.6%
33	Uzbekistan	0.6%
34	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.5%
35	Ukraine	0.5%
36	Egypt	0.5%
37	Venezuela	0.5%
38	Spain	0.5%
39	United Kingdom	0.5%
40	Poland	0.5%
41	Angola	0.5%
42	Mongolia	0.4%
43	Italy	0.4%
44	South Korea	0.4%
45	Kuwait	0.4%
46	Uganda	0.4%
47	United Arab Emirates	0.4%
48	New Zealand	0.4%
49	South Sudan	0.3%
50	Peru	0.3%
51	Oman	0.3%
52	Niger	0.3%
53	Mali	0.3%
54	Morocco	0.3%
55	Japan	0.3%
56	Nepal	0.3%
57	Bolivia	0.3%
58	Malaysia	0.3%
59	Libya	0.3%
60	Mozambique	0.3%
61	Paraguay	0.3%
62	Somalia	0.3%
63	Uruguay	0.3%
64	Madagascar	0.3%
65	Cambodia	0.3%
66	Burkina Faso	0.2%
67	Turkmenistan	0.2%
68	Bahrain	0.2%
69	Guinea	0.2%
70	Qatar	0.2%
71	Ecuador	0.2%
72	Romania	0.2%
73	Zambia	0.2%
74	Cameroon	0.2%
75	Netherlands	0.2%
76	Ghana	0.2%
77	Belarus	0.2%
78	North Korea	0.2%
79	Chile	0.2%
80	Ireland	0.2%
81	Guatemala	0.2%
82	Afghanistan	0.2%
83	Taiwan, Province of China	0.2%
84	Republic of the Congo	0.2%
85	Gabon	0.1%
86	Central African Republic	0.1%
87	Zimbabwe	0.1%
88	Cote d'Ivoire	0.1%
89	Azerbaijan	0.1%
90	Czech Republic	0.1%
91	Dominican Republic	0.1%
92	Belgium	0.1%
93	Nicaragua	0.1%
94	Cuba	0.1%
95	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.1%
96	Senegal	0.1%
97	Yemen	0.1%
98	Sri Lanka	0.1%
99	Portugal	0.1%
100	Botswana	0.1%
101	Denmark	0.1%
102	Greece	0.1%
103	Mauritania	0.1%
104	Austria	0.1%
105	Hungary	0.1%
106	Honduras	0.1%
107	Haiti	0.1%
108	Bulgaria	0.1%
109	Israel	0.1%
110	Malawi	0.1%
111	Norway	0.1%
112	Tajikistan	0.1%
113	Tunisia	0.1%
114	Kyrgyzstan	0.1%
115	Sweden	0.1%
116	Benin	0.1%
117	Serbia	0.1%
118	Namibia	0.1%
119	Togo	0.1%
120	Syrian Arab Republic	0.1%
121	Switzerland	0.1%
122	Jordan	0.1%
123	Finland	0.1%
124	Slovakia	0.1%
125	Costa Rica	0.1%
126	Singapore	0.1%
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.1%
128	Sierra Leone	0.1%
129	Trinidad and Tobago	0.1%
130	Hong Kong	0.1%
131	Eritrea	0.1%
132	Rwanda	0.0%
133	Burundi	0.0%
134	Panama	0.0%
135	Guyana	0.0%
136	Lebanon	0.0%
137	Papua New Guinea	0.0%
138	Georgia	0.0%
139	El Salvador	0.0%
140	Croatia	0.0%
141	Lithuania	0.0%
142	Equatorial Guinea	0.0%
143	Liberia	0.0%
144	Slovenia	0.0%
145	Cyprus	0.0%
146	Latvia	0.0%
147	Albania	0.0%
148	Guinea-Bissau	0.0%
149	Moldova, Republic of	0.0%
150	Armenia	0.0%
151	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.0%
152	Brunei Darussalam	0.0%
153	Estonia	0.0%
154	Lesotho	0.0%
155	Djibouti	0.0%
156	Republic of The Gambia	0.0%
157	Eswatini	0.0%
158	Bhutan	0.0%
159	Timor-Leste	0.0%
160	Suriname	0.0%
161	Jamaica	0.0%
162	Fiji	0.0%
163	Montenegro	0.0%
164	Iceland	0.0%
165	Luxembourg	0.0%
166	Mauritius	0.0%
167	Belize	0.0%
168	Comoros	0.0%
169	Vanuatu	0.0%
170	Bahamas	0.0%
171	Solomon Islands	0.0%
172	Samoa	0.0%
173	Malta	0.0%
174	Maldives	0.0%
175	Cape Verde	0.0%
176	Barbados	0.0%
177	Tonga	0.0%
178	Andorra	0.0%
179	Seychelles	0.0%
180	Sao Tome and Principe	0.0%
181	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.0%
182	Saint Lucia	0.0%
183	Dominica	0.0%
184	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0%
185	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0%
186	Macao	0.0%
187	Grenada	0.0%
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.0%
189	Palau	0.0%
190	Kiribati	0.0%
191	Liechtenstein	0.0%
192	Aruba	0.0%
193	Cook Islands	0.0%
194	Virgin Islands, British	0.0%
195	Tuvalu	0.0%
196	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.0%
197	Saint Helena	0.0%
198	Nauru	0.0%
199	Niue	0.0%
200	Marshall Islands	0.0%
201	Anguilla	0.0%

Showing 201 of 201 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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