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Methane Emissions, 2004

2004, 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, 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.

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

  • +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

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 2004.

  • 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) (2004). Methane Emissions, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2004

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