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Methane Emissions, 1996

1996, 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, 1996 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 36,721.775; Niue is lowest, at 0.037. The middle country reads 216.330. Against 1995, 207 values changed (145 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1996

HighestChina

36,721.775

LowestNiue

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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia36,721.775
United StatesUSANorthern America29,966.030
IndiaINDSouthern Asia21,859.036
BrazilBRASouth America14,021.533
RussiaRUSEastern Europe11,101.720
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa10,007.127
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia6,414.978
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,819.114
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,645.052
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,303.193
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,192.409
CanadaCANNorthern America4,110.324
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia4,022.500
GermanyDEUWestern Europe4,007.790
MexicoMEXCentral America3,375.919
PolandPOLEastern Europe3,297.054
UkraineUKREastern Europe3,274.817
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,950.206
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,923.475
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,719.507
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,430.729
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,342.334
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,336.119
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,320.869
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa2,255.640

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China36,721.775
  2. United States29,966.030
  3. India21,859.036
  4. Brazil14,021.533
  5. Russia11,101.720

Lowest

  1. Niue0.037
  2. Nauru0.045
  3. Marshall Islands0.065
  4. Anguilla0.072
  5. Tuvalu0.090

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 216.330. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

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

Rose most

  • Nigeria8,570.729 → 10,007.127+1,436.398
  • China36,163.591 → 36,721.775+558.183
  • Indonesia6,072.471 → 6,414.978+342.507
  • Angola1,238.884 → 1,499.700+260.817
  • Iran4,415.020 → 4,645.052+230.031

Fell most

  • Russia11,740.601 → 11,101.720−638.881
  • Brazil14,399.618 → 14,021.533−378.085
  • Ukraine3,645.511 → 3,274.817−370.694
  • Kazakhstan1,674.334 → 1,483.769−190.565
  • Germany4,133.092 → 4,007.790−125.302

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 1996.

  • 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) (1996). Methane Emissions, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1996

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