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Methane Emissions, 2007

2007, 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, 2007 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 42,719.910; Niue is lowest, at 0.044. The middle country reads 276.905. Against 2006, 207 values changed (140 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 2007

HighestChina

42,719.910

LowestNiue

0.044

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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia42,719.910
United StatesUSANorthern America29,001.061
IndiaINDSouthern Asia25,067.347
BrazilBRASouth America17,933.517
RussiaRUSEastern Europe11,966.133
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia7,248.399
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,463.057
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia5,572.017
IranIRNSouthern Asia5,024.351
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,999.135
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,907.567
CanadaCANNorthern America4,600.623
MexicoMEXCentral America4,155.273
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia4,028.011
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia3,137.222
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3,004.312
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,975.002
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,955.083
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,837.792
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,807.697
UkraineUKREastern Europe2,767.389
GermanyDEUWestern Europe2,664.222
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa2,651.332
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,648.933
VenezuelaVENSouth America2,537.797

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China42,719.910
  2. United States29,001.061
  3. India25,067.347
  4. Brazil17,933.517
  5. Russia11,966.133

Lowest

  1. Niue0.044
  2. Nauru0.065
  3. Marshall Islands0.105
  4. Anguilla0.116
  5. Tuvalu0.133

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 276.905. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 140 · 67rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • India24,485.385 → 25,067.347+581.962
  • Kenya1,167.419 → 1,730.062+562.643
  • China42,160.118 → 42,719.910+559.792
  • Russia11,681.091 → 11,966.133+285.042
  • Ethiopia2,409.762 → 2,651.332+241.570

Fell most

  • Nigeria7,038.484 → 6,463.057−575.427
  • Iran5,309.669 → 5,024.351−285.317
  • Brazil18,162.228 → 17,933.517−228.711
  • Algeria1,918.543 → 1,762.521−156.022
  • United Kingdom3,146.210 → 3,004.312−141.898

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 2007.

  • 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) (2007). Methane Emissions, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2007

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