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Methane Emissions, 1995

1995, 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, 1995 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 36,163.591427; Niue is lowest, at 0.037693. The middle country reads 213.207088. Against 1994, 207 values changed (130 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1995

HighestChina

36,163.591427

LowestNiue

0.037693

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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia36,163.591427
United StatesUSANorthern America30,018.447200
IndiaINDSouthern Asia21,639.502158
BrazilBRASouth America14,399.617792
RussiaRUSEastern Europe11,740.601073
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa8,570.728944
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia6,072.471251
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,798.226909
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,418.336188
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,415.020327
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,157.492264
GermanyDEUWestern Europe4,133.092158
CanadaCANNorthern America3,990.162653
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3,843.501727
UkraineUKREastern Europe3,645.510921
PolandPOLEastern Europe3,389.410753
MexicoMEXCentral America3,311.830388
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,915.362858
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,849.791498
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,696.053374
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,456.433765
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,379.821844
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,296.035685
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,243.690792
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa2,211.189935

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China36,163.591427
  2. United States30,018.447200
  3. India21,639.502158
  4. Brazil14,399.617792
  5. Russia11,740.601073

Lowest

  1. Niue0.037693
  2. Nauru0.044979
  3. Marshall Islands0.055805
  4. Anguilla0.071749
  5. Tuvalu0.089674

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 213.207088. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 130 · 77rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China34,624.672172 → 36,163.591427+1,538.919255
  • Nigeria7,775.065890 → 8,570.728944+795.663054
  • Brazil13,863.394742 → 14,399.617792+536.223051
  • India21,321.195363 → 21,639.502158+318.306795
  • Venezuela1,784.275659 → 1,981.266524+196.990865

Fell most

  • Russia12,406.409330 → 11,740.601073−665.808257
  • Kazakhstan2,059.483421 → 1,674.333947−385.149475
  • United States30,310.100802 → 30,018.447200−291.653603
  • Ukraine3,912.975584 → 3,645.510921−267.464663
  • Bolivia823.076957 → 597.901909−225.175048

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 1995.

  • 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) (1995). Methane Emissions, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1995

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