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Methane Emissions, 1973

1973, 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, 1973 covers 207 countries. United States is highest, at 30,921.774; Nauru is lowest, at 0.030. The middle country reads 156.587. Against 1972, 207 values changed (168 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1973

HighestUnited States

30,921.774

LowestNauru

0.030

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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
United StatesUSANorthern America30,921.774
ChinaCHNEastern Asia24,587.372
IndiaINDSouthern Asia15,364.789
RussiaRUSEastern Europe11,460.882
BrazilBRASouth America7,097.764
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5,936.430
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,646.741
IranIRNSouthern Asia5,380.836
PolandPOLEastern Europe5,247.881
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,766.664
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,544.461
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,176.350
UkraineUKREastern Europe3,789.617
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia3,730.372
FranceFRAWestern Europe3,314.943
CanadaCANNorthern America3,173.708
IraqIRQWestern Asia3,033.983
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,915.705
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa2,610.664
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,412.191
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,999.331
IsraelISRWestern Asia1,984.077
MexicoMEXCentral America1,963.645
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1,874.746
ItalyITASouthern Europe1,742.100

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States30,921.774
  2. China24,587.372
  3. India15,364.789
  4. Russia11,460.882
  5. Brazil7,097.764

Lowest

  1. Nauru0.030
  2. Marshall Islands0.031
  3. Tuvalu0.043
  4. Anguilla0.044
  5. Turks and Caicos Islands0.049

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 156.587. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 168 · 39rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Iraq2,279.591 → 3,033.983+754.391
  • Iran4,691.089 → 5,380.836+689.747
  • Nigeria5,319.225 → 5,936.430+617.205
  • China24,159.241 → 24,587.372+428.131
  • Russia11,088.787 → 11,460.882+372.095

Fell most

  • Kuwait1,462.624 → 1,351.759−110.864
  • Cambodia363.989 → 281.367−82.622
  • Niger297.218 → 223.479−73.739
  • Libya2,671.274 → 2,610.664−60.610
  • France3,359.654 → 3,314.943−44.711

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 1973.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR) (1973). Methane Emissions, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1973

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