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Methane Emissions, 2000

2000, 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, 2000 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 35,457.051; Niue is lowest, at 0.041. The middle country reads 234.681. Against 1999, 207 values changed (141 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 2000

HighestChina

35,457.051

LowestNiue

0.041

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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia35,457.051
United StatesUSANorthern America28,871.046
IndiaINDSouthern Asia22,600.655
BrazilBRASouth America14,732.578
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10,459.366
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa8,817.661
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia6,329.379
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,962.319
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia4,455.127
CanadaCANNorthern America4,429.548
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,403.297
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,331.054
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3,889.194
MexicoMEXCentral America3,643.016
GermanyDEUWestern Europe3,355.861
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia3,327.771
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,952.935
UkraineUKREastern Europe2,758.575
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,677.845
PolandPOLEastern Europe2,529.564
IraqIRQWestern Asia2,467.289
VenezuelaVENSouth America2,444.850
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,444.444
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,409.330
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,403.585

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China35,457.051
  2. United States28,871.046
  3. India22,600.655
  4. Brazil14,732.578
  5. Russia10,459.366

Lowest

  1. Niue0.041
  2. Nauru0.067
  3. Anguilla0.098
  4. Marshall Islands0.102
  5. Tuvalu0.115

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 234.681. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 141 · 66rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Nigeria8,053.536 → 8,817.661+764.125
  • Iran4,012.966 → 4,403.297+390.331
  • China35,210.292 → 35,457.051+246.759
  • Brazil14,492.873 → 14,732.578+239.705
  • Saudi Arabia2,247.518 → 2,444.444+196.926

Fell most

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 2000.

  • 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) (2000). Methane Emissions, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2000

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