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Methane Emissions, 2018

2018, 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, 2018 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 51,249.529; Niue is lowest, at 0.046. The middle country reads 305.000. Against 2017, 207 values changed (133 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 2018

HighestChina

51,249.529

LowestNiue

0.046

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia51,249.529
United StatesUSANorthern America29,240.968
IndiaINDSouthern Asia27,383.523
BrazilBRASouth America20,430.452
RussiaRUSEastern Europe14,590.329
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia11,937.837
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia7,550.276
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,501.345
IraqIRQWestern Asia5,433.041
IranIRNSouthern Asia5,227.464
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,868.844
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,773.665
MexicoMEXCentral America4,665.641
CanadaCANNorthern America4,659.701
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia4,209.375
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3,764.998
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa3,663.234
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3,110.446
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,900.581
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,725.424
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,661.447
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia2,551.443
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,515.164
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,513.980
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2,501.675

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China51,249.529
  2. United States29,240.968
  3. India27,383.523
  4. Brazil20,430.452
  5. Russia14,590.329

Lowest

  1. Niue0.046
  2. Nauru0.066
  3. Marshall Islands0.112
  4. Anguilla0.136
  5. Tuvalu0.151

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 305.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 133 · 74rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China50,111.509 → 51,249.529+1,138.019
  • Indonesia10,845.070 → 11,937.837+1,092.768
  • United States28,251.210 → 29,240.968+989.758
  • India26,836.278 → 27,383.523+547.246
  • Russia14,175.278 → 14,590.329+415.051

Fell most

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 2018.

  • 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) (2018). Methane Emissions, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2018

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