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Methane Emissions, 2012

2012, 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, 2012 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 48,830.860; Niue is lowest, at 0.045. The middle country reads 304.780. Against 2011, 207 values changed (140 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 2012

HighestChina

48,830.860

LowestNiue

0.045

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia48,830.860
United StatesUSANorthern America28,392.621
IndiaINDSouthern Asia26,387.729
BrazilBRASouth America19,148.229
RussiaRUSEastern Europe13,026.139
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia10,033.859
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,855.002
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia6,302.289
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,970.429
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,647.679
CanadaCANNorthern America4,483.119
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,377.665
MexicoMEXCentral America4,338.410
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia4,222.652
IraqIRQWestern Asia3,689.542
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3,413.388
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3,148.942
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia3,142.294
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa3,096.064
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia3,072.619
UkraineUKREastern Europe2,749.621
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,692.114
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,661.938
VenezuelaVENSouth America2,531.561
GermanyDEUWestern Europe2,403.879

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China48,830.860
  2. United States28,392.621
  3. India26,387.729
  4. Brazil19,148.229
  5. Russia13,026.139

Lowest

  1. Niue0.045
  2. Nauru0.066
  3. Marshall Islands0.108
  4. Anguilla0.129
  5. Tuvalu0.144

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 304.780. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

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

Rose most

  • Libya506.161 → 1,112.721+606.560
  • Russia12,556.947 → 13,026.139+469.192
  • Indonesia9,571.463 → 10,033.859+462.396
  • Iraq3,298.355 → 3,689.542+391.187
  • DR Congo596.699 → 837.697+240.998

Fell most

  • Iran5,213.405 → 4,647.679−565.727
  • United States28,613.515 → 28,392.621−220.893
  • Syria655.792 → 486.181−169.611
  • Brazil19,255.694 → 19,148.229−107.465
  • Colombia2,768.239 → 2,661.938−106.301

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 2012.

  • 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) (2012). Methane Emissions, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2012

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