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Methane Emissions, 1985

1985, 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, 1985 covers 207 countries. United States is highest, at 30,932.281; Nauru is lowest, at 0.037. The middle country reads 187.491. Against 1984, 207 values changed (145 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1985

HighestUnited States

30,932.281

LowestNauru

0.037

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
United StatesUSANorthern America30,932.281
ChinaCHNEastern Asia30,470.055
IndiaINDSouthern Asia19,418.893
RussiaRUSEastern Europe14,907.434
BrazilBRASouth America10,663.960
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,505.784
PolandPOLEastern Europe5,176.780
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa4,933.605
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4,775.650
UkraineUKREastern Europe4,733.490
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,423.280
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,320.739
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,184.897
FranceFRAWestern Europe3,200.936
CanadaCANNorthern America3,179.631
MexicoMEXCentral America3,069.816
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,805.875
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia2,788.047
IranIRNSouthern Asia2,539.668
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,435.714
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,435.631
IraqIRQWestern Asia2,360.764
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,305.424
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,041.082
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1,904.920

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States30,932.281
  2. China30,470.055
  3. India19,418.893
  4. Russia14,907.434
  5. Brazil10,663.960

Lowest

  1. Nauru0.037
  2. Anguilla0.048
  3. Marshall Islands0.050
  4. Niue0.052
  5. Tuvalu0.067

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 187.491. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 145 · 62rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • United Kingdom3,748.651 → 4,320.739+572.088
  • India19,054.850 → 19,418.893+364.043
  • Iraq2,037.140 → 2,360.764+323.623
  • Nigeria4,631.713 → 4,933.605+301.892
  • Russia14,731.310 → 14,907.434+176.124

Fell most

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 1985.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

05The files

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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR) (1985). Methane Emissions, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1985

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