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environmental2026

Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•203 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
8.1indicator value
Median: 1.7indicator value
Countries Covered
203
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
195.7indicator value
Lowest
Nauru
0.0indicator value
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China195.7indicator value
2United States of America149.5indicator value
3India135.2indicator value
4Brazil107.9indicator value
5Russian Federation89.2indicator value
By Region
North America58.6indicator value(4 countries)
South America25.7indicator value(7 countries)
Asia24.7indicator value(26 countries)
Africa15.2indicator value(9 countries)
Oceania9.7indicator value(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0indicator value)High (195.7indicator value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 8.1indicator value)

North America (4)
South America (7)
Asia (26)
Africa (9)
Oceania (2)
Europe (31)
Other (124)

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 World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1People's Republic of China195.7indicator value
2United States of America149.5indicator value
3India135.2indicator value
4Brazil107.9indicator value
5Russian Federation89.2indicator value
6Indonesia54.4indicator value
7Mexico48.5indicator value
8Nigeria33.3indicator value
9Saudi Arabia33.2indicator value
10Canada28.9indicator value
11Thailand26.6indicator value
12South Africa25.4indicator value
13Pakistan24.6indicator value
14United Kingdom22.6indicator value
15Colombia22.4indicator value
16Egypt22.3indicator value
17Morocco22.0indicator value
18Türkiye20.8indicator value
19South Korea18.6indicator value
20France18.4indicator value
21Argentina18.2indicator value
22Vietnam17.3indicator value
23Bangladesh17.0indicator value
24Australia15.7indicator value
25Italy15.6indicator value
26Chile14.3indicator value
27Islamic Republic of Iran14.0indicator value
28Ethiopia13.6indicator value
29Democratic Republic of the Congo13.4indicator value
30Iraq13.2indicator value
31Spain12.9indicator value
32Malaysia12.3indicator value
33Philippines11.2indicator value
34Kuwait11.1indicator value
35Ukraine10.1indicator value
36Sudan10.0indicator value
37Algeria9.8indicator value
38Germany8.1indicator value
39Venezuela7.9indicator value
40United Arab Emirates7.7indicator value
41Peru7.6indicator value
42Guatemala7.6indicator value
43Finland7.4indicator value
44Israel7.0indicator value
45Uzbekistan6.4indicator value
46Romania5.9indicator value
47Japan5.7indicator value
48Uruguay5.3indicator value
49Jordan5.3indicator value
50Poland5.2indicator value
51Portugal5.1indicator value
52Greece5.0indicator value
53Czech Republic5.0indicator value
54Cuba4.8indicator value
55Dominican Republic4.8indicator value
56Yemen4.8indicator value
57Hong Kong4.8indicator value
58Sri Lanka4.7indicator value
59Hungary4.6indicator value
60North Korea4.5indicator value
61Cameroon4.4indicator value
62Ecuador4.3indicator value
63Bulgaria4.3indicator value
64Kazakhstan4.2indicator value
65Uganda4.1indicator value
66Singapore4.1indicator value
67Oman3.8indicator value
68New Zealand3.8indicator value
69Myanmar3.7indicator value
70Honduras3.7indicator value
71Lebanon3.6indicator value
72Belarus3.6indicator value
73Qatar3.6indicator value
74United Republic of Tanzania3.5indicator value
75Angola3.5indicator value
76Kenya3.4indicator value
77Tunisia3.4indicator value
78Sweden3.3indicator value
79Ghana3.3indicator value
80Cote d'Ivoire3.3indicator value
81Trinidad and Tobago3.2indicator value
82Libya3.1indicator value
83Netherlands2.9indicator value
84Kyrgyzstan2.9indicator value
85Somalia2.8indicator value
86Azerbaijan2.7indicator value
87Madagascar2.7indicator value
88Slovakia2.6indicator value
89Burkina Faso2.6indicator value
90Guinea2.6indicator value
91Bolivia2.2indicator value
92El Salvador2.1indicator value
93Mozambique2.1indicator value
94Nepal2.0indicator value
95Afghanistan2.0indicator value
96Belgium2.0indicator value
97Georgia1.9indicator value
98Costa Rica1.9indicator value
99Senegal1.9indicator value
100Chad1.9indicator value
101Croatia1.8indicator value
102Panama1.7indicator value
103Zimbabwe1.6indicator value
104Cambodia1.5indicator value
105Mali1.5indicator value
106Tajikistan1.5indicator value
107Turkmenistan1.5indicator value
108Norway1.4indicator value
109Benin1.4indicator value
110Austria1.4indicator value
111Malawi1.3indicator value
112Niger1.2indicator value
113Haiti1.2indicator value
114Ireland1.2indicator value
115Rwanda1.1indicator value
116Bahrain1.1indicator value
117Puerto Rico1.1indicator value
118Zambia1.0indicator value
119Burundi1.0indicator value
120Nicaragua1.0indicator value
121Togo1.0indicator value
122Moldova, Republic of1.0indicator value
123Mauritania1.0indicator value
124Bosnia and Herzegovina0.9indicator value
125Papua New Guinea0.9indicator value
126Denmark0.8indicator value
127Cyprus0.8indicator value
128Sierra Leone0.8indicator value
129Armenia0.8indicator value
130Lithuania0.7indicator value
131Republic of the Congo0.7indicator value
132Eritrea0.7indicator value
133The Republic of North Macedonia0.7indicator value
134Paraguay0.6indicator value
135Djibouti0.6indicator value
136Syrian Arab Republic0.6indicator value
137Latvia0.6indicator value
138Liberia0.5indicator value
139Estonia0.5indicator value
140Albania0.5indicator value
141Botswana0.5indicator value
142Mauritius0.5indicator value
143Mongolia0.5indicator value
144Lao People's Democratic Republic0.5indicator value
145Slovenia0.5indicator value
146Guyana0.5indicator value
147Central African Republic0.4indicator value
148Fiji0.4indicator value
149Guinea-Bissau0.4indicator value
150Namibia0.4indicator value
151Equatorial Guinea0.3indicator value
152Bahamas0.3indicator value
153Republic of The Gambia0.3indicator value
154Belize0.3indicator value
155Gabon0.3indicator value
156Jamaica0.3indicator value
157Switzerland0.2indicator value
158Suriname0.2indicator value
159Solomon Islands0.2indicator value
160Iceland0.2indicator value
161Lesotho0.2indicator value
162Malta0.2indicator value
163Bhutan0.2indicator value
164Comoros0.2indicator value
165Maldives0.2indicator value
166Eswatini0.2indicator value
167Barbados0.1indicator value
168Brunei Darussalam0.1indicator value
169Luxembourg0.1indicator value
170Timor-Leste0.1indicator value
171Vanuatu0.1indicator value
172Cape Verde0.1indicator value
173Seychelles0.1indicator value
174Greenland0.1indicator value
175New Caledonia0.0indicator value
176Antigua and Barbuda0.0indicator value
177French Polynesia0.0indicator value
178Grenada0.0indicator value
179Tonga0.0indicator value
180Macao0.0indicator value
181Saint Lucia0.0indicator value
182Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0indicator value
183Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0indicator value
184Samoa0.0indicator value
185Sao Tome and Principe0.0indicator value
186Dominica0.0indicator value
187Kiribati0.0indicator value
188Faroe Islands0.0indicator value
189Cayman Islands0.0indicator value
190Aruba0.0indicator value
191Bermuda0.0indicator value
192Gibraltar0.0indicator value
193Guam0.0indicator value
194Micronesia, Federated States of0.0indicator value
195Palau0.0indicator value
196Virgin Islands, British0.0indicator value
197Northern Mariana Islands0.0indicator value
198American Samoa0.0indicator value
199Marshall Islands0.0indicator value
200Virgin Islands, U.S.0.0indicator value
201Turks and Caicos Islands0.0indicator value
202Tuvalu0.0indicator value
203Nauru0.0indicator value
Showing 203 of 203 countries

Topics

#environmental#indicator value#methane#ch4#emissions#from#waste#co2e

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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