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Methane Emissions, 1971

1971, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is how much methane a country releases in a year — from cattle and other livestock, rice paddies, leaks from oil and gas systems, coal mines, landfills and waste water. Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide: it lasts less long in the air but traps far more heat per tonne.

Methane Emissions, 1971 covers 207 countries. United States is highest, at 30,381.4661; Nauru is lowest, at 0.0288. The middle country reads 151.5512. Against 1970, 207 values changed (161 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1971

HighestUnited States

30,381.4661

LowestNauru

0.0288

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Methane Emissions, 1971, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 207 countries · select a heading to sort

Methane Emissions, 1971: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
United StatesUSANorthern America30,381.4661
ChinaCHNEastern Asia23,692.2912
IndiaINDSouthern Asia15,036.7698
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10,724.4369
BrazilBRASouth America6,563.5268
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,830.1079
PolandPOLEastern Europe4,959.3511
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,870.1468
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa4,576.1801
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,368.6588
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,265.0288
ArgentinaARGSouth America3,883.9787
UkraineUKREastern Europe3,531.5367
FranceFRAWestern Europe3,429.0667
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia3,282.9861
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa3,234.7753
JapanJPNEastern Asia3,039.8600
CanadaCANNorthern America2,824.3305
IraqIRQWestern Asia2,591.9688
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,320.3522
MexicoMEXCentral America1,915.9444
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,913.0836
IsraelISRWestern Asia1,891.9389
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1,812.9053
ItalyITASouthern Europe1,724.3051

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States30,381.4661
  2. China23,692.2912
  3. India15,036.7698
  4. Russia10,724.4369
  5. Brazil6,563.5268

Lowest

  1. Nauru0.0288
  2. Marshall Islands0.0292
  3. Tuvalu0.0425
  4. Anguilla0.0436
  5. Turks and Caicos Islands0.0454

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 151.5512. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 161 · 46rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China22,811.3626 → 23,692.2912+880.9286
  • Russia10,404.6163 → 10,724.4369+319.8206
  • United States30,079.1297 → 30,381.4661+302.3364
  • India14,871.9562 → 15,036.7698+164.8136
  • Brazil6,400.5154 → 6,563.5268+163.0114

Fell most

  • Japan3,272.4738 → 3,039.8600−232.6138
  • France3,526.0337 → 3,429.0667−96.9670
  • Cambodia525.4614 → 437.2796−88.1819
  • Cuba547.1289 → 492.8559−54.2730
  • Germany5,878.1913 → 5,830.1079−48.0834

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from EDGAR’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1971.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR) (1971). Methane Emissions, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1971

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