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Methane Emissions, 2004

2004, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 2004 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 39,066.471; Niue is lowest, at 0.042. The middle country reads 254.387. Against 2003, 207 values changed (144 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 2004

HighestChina

39,066.471

LowestNiue

0.042

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Methane Emissions, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia39,066.471
United StatesUSANorthern America28,903.191
IndiaINDSouthern Asia23,396.441
BrazilBRASouth America17,717.418
RussiaRUSEastern Europe11,433.579
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa7,916.291
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia6,530.161
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia4,945.389
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,891.272
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,886.319
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,764.119
CanadaCANNorthern America4,588.587
MexicoMEXCentral America3,753.804
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia3,711.408
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3,380.772
GermanyDEUWestern Europe2,867.914
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,845.967
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,829.632
UkraineUKREastern Europe2,727.789
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,724.510
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,723.778
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,648.845
IraqIRQWestern Asia2,523.642
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,493.083
VenezuelaVENSouth America2,436.641

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China39,066.471
  2. United States28,903.191
  3. India23,396.441
  4. Brazil17,717.418
  5. Russia11,433.579

Lowest

  1. Niue0.042
  2. Nauru0.066
  3. Marshall Islands0.104
  4. Anguilla0.109
  5. Tuvalu0.125

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 254.387. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 144 · 63rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China36,744.956 → 39,066.471+2,321.516
  • Brazil16,901.814 → 17,717.418+815.604
  • India22,990.873 → 23,396.441+405.568
  • Iraq2,154.383 → 2,523.642+369.259
  • Vietnam3,476.556 → 3,711.408+234.851

Fell most

  • Nigeria8,123.655 → 7,916.291−207.364
  • United Kingdom3,568.468 → 3,380.772−187.696
  • Germany3,000.949 → 2,867.914−133.035
  • Iran4,880.008 → 4,764.119−115.888
  • Poland2,334.602 → 2,250.538−84.064

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from EDGAR’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2004.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR) (2004). Methane Emissions, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2004

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 2004?

China, at 39,066.471, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 2004 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 2004?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Methane Emissions, 2004 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Methane Emissions, 2025.

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