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Methane Emissions, 1998

1998, 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, 1998 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 35,066.934; Niue is lowest, at 0.037. The middle country reads 221.745. Against 1997, 207 values changed (114 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1998

HighestChina

35,066.934

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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia35,066.934
United StatesUSANorthern America29,510.053
IndiaINDSouthern Asia22,251.563
BrazilBRASouth America14,245.038
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10,197.360
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa8,454.780
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia6,360.388
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,856.718
CanadaCANNorthern America4,276.645
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia4,263.235
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,199.669
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,158.616
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,116.097
GermanyDEUWestern Europe3,656.320
MexicoMEXCentral America3,649.839
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia3,120.621
PolandPOLEastern Europe2,887.706
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,880.770
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,869.453
UkraineUKREastern Europe2,864.313
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,432.111
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,403.686
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,364.922
VenezuelaVENSouth America2,341.078
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,191.952

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China35,066.934
  2. United States29,510.053
  3. India22,251.563
  4. Brazil14,245.038
  5. Russia10,197.360

Lowest

  1. Niue0.037
  2. Nauru0.056
  3. Anguilla0.072
  4. Marshall Islands0.084
  5. Tuvalu0.090

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 221.745. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 114 · 93rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Iraq1,712.694 → 1,995.460+282.766
  • China34,857.184 → 35,066.934+209.750
  • Pakistan4,117.405 → 4,263.235+145.830
  • Angola1,569.077 → 1,704.479+135.402
  • Venezuela2,210.835 → 2,341.078+130.243

Fell most

  • Nigeria9,232.587 → 8,454.780−777.808
  • United States30,026.869 → 29,510.053−516.817
  • Iran4,624.220 → 4,116.097−508.123
  • Russia10,581.162 → 10,197.360−383.802
  • Poland3,256.991 → 2,887.706−369.286

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 1998.

  • 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) (1998). Methane Emissions, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1998

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