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Methane Emissions, 1993

1993, 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, 1993 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 34,187.2334; Niue is lowest, at 0.0369. The middle country reads 206.3219. Against 1992, 207 values changed (127 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1993

HighestChina

34,187.2334

LowestNiue

0.0369

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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia34,187.2334
United StatesUSANorthern America29,867.9385
IndiaINDSouthern Asia21,051.5925
RussiaRUSEastern Europe13,535.5808
BrazilBRASouth America13,229.0804
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,799.6870
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia5,780.8560
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,800.9132
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,435.6109
GermanyDEUWestern Europe4,336.3175
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,324.0331
UkraineUKREastern Europe4,285.5648
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,216.5395
CanadaCANNorthern America3,689.2601
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3,660.8531
PolandPOLEastern Europe3,498.4191
MexicoMEXCentral America3,259.9577
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,949.7023
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,656.9218
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,655.6875
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,515.4395
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,406.2990
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,342.6159
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,302.4232
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,173.6093

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China34,187.2334
  2. United States29,867.9385
  3. India21,051.5925
  4. Russia13,535.5808
  5. Brazil13,229.0804

Lowest

  1. Niue0.0369
  2. Nauru0.0446
  3. Marshall Islands0.0583
  4. Anguilla0.0675
  5. Tuvalu0.0887

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 206.3219. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 127 · 80rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Brazil12,839.7049 → 13,229.0804+389.3755
  • Kuwait612.5323 → 978.5027+365.9704
  • Nigeria6,605.7015 → 6,799.6870+193.9854
  • Algeria1,846.0777 → 1,998.4988+152.4211
  • Iraq914.6418 → 1,063.6822+149.0404

Fell most

  • Russia14,435.5544 → 13,535.5808−899.9736
  • China34,631.1660 → 34,187.2334−443.9326
  • Ukraine4,576.8175 → 4,285.5648−291.2527
  • Libya1,463.8379 → 1,260.1772−203.6608
  • United States30,068.8363 → 29,867.9385−200.8978

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 1993.

  • 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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Cite this edition

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR) (1993). Methane Emissions, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1993

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