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Methane Emissions, 2005

2005, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 2005 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 40,594.9289; Niue is lowest, at 0.0430. The middle country reads 262.8006. Against 2004, 207 values changed (139 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 2005

HighestChina

40,594.9289

LowestNiue

0.0430

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia40,594.9289
United StatesUSANorthern America28,737.5326
IndiaINDSouthern Asia23,953.1088
BrazilBRASouth America18,161.9440
RussiaRUSEastern Europe11,554.3109
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa7,627.9766
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia6,681.4071
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia5,089.9779
IranIRNSouthern Asia5,050.6202
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,980.7355
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,898.9609
CanadaCANNorthern America4,589.8445
MexicoMEXCentral America3,890.2737
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia3,842.5512
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3,245.1914
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,913.0154
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,903.2311
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,874.4637
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,812.1834
GermanyDEUWestern Europe2,749.4158
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,686.8249
UkraineUKREastern Europe2,683.3760
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,539.9275
VenezuelaVENSouth America2,497.4319
IraqIRQWestern Asia2,374.8427

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China40,594.9289
  2. United States28,737.5326
  3. India23,953.1088
  4. Brazil18,161.9440
  5. Russia11,554.3109

Lowest

  1. Niue0.0430
  2. Nauru0.0655
  3. Marshall Islands0.1040
  4. Anguilla0.1121
  5. Tuvalu0.1271

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 262.8006. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 139 · 68rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China39,066.4713 → 40,594.9289+1,528.4576
  • India23,396.4415 → 23,953.1088+556.6673
  • Brazil17,717.4183 → 18,161.9440+444.5257
  • Iran4,764.1193 → 5,050.6202+286.5009
  • Uzbekistan1,307.9138 → 1,558.1172+250.2034

Fell most

  • Nigeria7,916.2912 → 7,627.9766−288.3145
  • United States28,903.1912 → 28,737.5326−165.6586
  • Iraq2,523.6421 → 2,374.8427−148.7994
  • United Kingdom3,380.7719 → 3,245.1914−135.5806
  • Germany2,867.9136 → 2,749.4158−118.4978

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 2005.

  • 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) (2005). Methane Emissions, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2005

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 2005?

China, at 40,594.9289, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 2005 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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