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Methane Emissions, 1986

1986, 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, 1986 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 31,312.7913; Nauru is lowest, at 0.0380. The middle country reads 187.1561. Against 1985, 207 values changed (143 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1986

HighestChina

31,312.7913

LowestNauru

0.0380

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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia31,312.7913
United StatesUSANorthern America30,676.0216
IndiaINDSouthern Asia20,082.5222
RussiaRUSEastern Europe15,260.0287
BrazilBRASouth America10,989.2887
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,415.6543
PolandPOLEastern Europe5,127.7772
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4,926.0179
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa4,875.2600
UkraineUKREastern Europe4,834.5399
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,636.7214
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,547.1853
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,131.3475
CanadaCANNorthern America3,191.0927
FranceFRAWestern Europe3,187.5376
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3,089.1457
MexicoMEXCentral America3,079.7593
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,800.1685
IraqIRQWestern Asia2,739.2317
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,462.1122
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,455.9225
IranIRNSouthern Asia2,383.9359
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,283.2371
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,075.9670
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1,902.4127

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China31,312.7913
  2. United States30,676.0216
  3. India20,082.5222
  4. Russia15,260.0287
  5. Brazil10,989.2887

Lowest

  1. Nauru0.0380
  2. Niue0.0490
  3. Anguilla0.0497
  4. Marshall Islands0.0521
  5. Tuvalu0.0681

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 187.1561. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 143 · 64rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China30,470.0550 → 31,312.7913+842.7363
  • India19,418.8928 → 20,082.5222+663.6294
  • Iraq2,360.7635 → 2,739.2317+378.4682
  • Saudi Arabia1,101.7252 → 1,460.1528+358.4277
  • Russia14,907.4340 → 15,260.0287+352.5948

Fell most

  • United States30,932.2807 → 30,676.0216−256.2590
  • Iran2,539.6681 → 2,383.9359−155.7322
  • Germany5,505.7845 → 5,415.6543−90.1302
  • Bolivia702.2007 → 637.2299−64.9708
  • Romania1,484.5929 → 1,423.3807−61.2122

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 1986.

  • 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) (1986). Methane Emissions, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1986

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