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Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) (2024)

Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) in 2024: highest in China (195.7), lowest in Nauru (0.0006), median 1.676 across the 203 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) across 247 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

247 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1970–2024

Highest Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), 2024

  1. 1.China195.7
  2. 2.United States149.5
  3. 3.India135.2
  4. 4.Brazil107.9
  5. 5.Russia89.18
  6. 6.Indonesia54.41
  7. 7.Mexico48.48
  8. 8.Nigeria33.33
  9. 9.Saudi Arabia33.24
  10. 10.Canada28.85

Lowest Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), 2024

  1. 194.Micronesia0.0048
  2. 195.Palau0.0039
  3. 196.British Virgin Islands0.0038
  4. 197.Northern Mariana Islands0.0028
  5. 198.American Samoa0.0027
  6. 199.Marshall Islands0.0026
  7. 200.US Virgin Islands0.0023
  8. 201.Turks and Caicos Islands0.0021
  9. 202.Tuvalu0.0009
  10. 203.Nauru0.0006

All 203 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

ChinaRank 1 of 203United StatesRank 2 of 203IndiaRank 3 of 203BrazilRank 4 of 203RussiaRank 5 of 203IndonesiaRank 6 of 203MexicoRank 7 of 203NigeriaRank 8 of 203Saudi ArabiaRank 9 of 203CanadaRank 10 of 203ThailandRank 11 of 203South AfricaRank 12 of 203PakistanRank 13 of 203United KingdomRank 14 of 203ColombiaRank 15 of 203EgyptRank 16 of 203MoroccoRank 17 of 203TurkeyRank 18 of 203South KoreaRank 19 of 203FranceRank 20 of 203ArgentinaRank 21 of 203VietnamRank 22 of 203BangladeshRank 23 of 203AustraliaRank 24 of 203ItalyRank 25 of 203ChileRank 26 of 203IranRank 27 of 203EthiopiaRank 28 of 203DR CongoRank 29 of 203IraqRank 30 of 203SpainRank 31 of 203MalaysiaRank 32 of 203PhilippinesRank 33 of 203KuwaitRank 34 of 203UkraineRank 35 of 203SudanRank 36 of 203AlgeriaRank 37 of 203GermanyRank 38 of 203VenezuelaRank 39 of 203United Arab EmiratesRank 40 of 203PeruRank 41 of 203GuatemalaRank 42 of 203FinlandRank 43 of 203IsraelRank 44 of 203UzbekistanRank 45 of 203RomaniaRank 46 of 203JapanRank 47 of 203UruguayRank 48 of 203JordanRank 49 of 203PolandRank 50 of 203PortugalRank 51 of 203GreeceRank 52 of 203Czech RepublicRank 53 of 203CubaRank 54 of 203Dominican RepublicRank 55 of 203YemenRank 56 of 203Hong KongRank 57 of 203Sri LankaRank 58 of 203HungaryRank 59 of 203North KoreaRank 60 of 203CameroonRank 61 of 203EcuadorRank 62 of 203BulgariaRank 63 of 203KazakhstanRank 64 of 203UgandaRank 65 of 203SingaporeRank 66 of 203OmanRank 67 of 203New ZealandRank 68 of 203MyanmarRank 69 of 203HondurasRank 70 of 203LebanonRank 71 of 203BelarusRank 72 of 203QatarRank 73 of 203TanzaniaRank 74 of 203AngolaRank 75 of 203KenyaRank 76 of 203TunisiaRank 77 of 203SwedenRank 78 of 203GhanaRank 79 of 203Cote d'IvoireRank 80 of 203Trinidad and TobagoRank 81 of 203LibyaRank 82 of 203NetherlandsRank 83 of 203Kyrgyz RepublicRank 84 of 203SomaliaRank 85 of 203AzerbaijanRank 86 of 203MadagascarRank 87 of 203SlovakiaRank 88 of 203Burkina FasoRank 89 of 203GuineaRank 90 of 203BoliviaRank 91 of 203El SalvadorRank 92 of 203MozambiqueRank 93 of 203NepalRank 94 of 203AfghanistanRank 95 of 203BelgiumRank 96 of 203GeorgiaRank 97 of 203Costa RicaRank 98 of 203SenegalRank 99 of 203ChadRank 100 of 203CroatiaRank 101 of 203PanamaRank 102 of 203ZimbabweRank 103 of 203CambodiaRank 104 of 203MaliRank 105 of 203TajikistanRank 106 of 203TurkmenistanRank 107 of 203NorwayRank 108 of 203BeninRank 109 of 203AustriaRank 110 of 203MalawiRank 111 of 203NigerRank 112 of 203HaitiRank 113 of 203IrelandRank 114 of 203RwandaRank 115 of 203BahrainRank 116 of 203Puerto RicoRank 117 of 203ZambiaRank 118 of 203BurundiRank 119 of 203NicaraguaRank 120 of 203TogoRank 121 of 203MoldovaRank 122 of 203MauritaniaRank 123 of 203Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 124 of 203Papua New GuineaRank 125 of 203DenmarkRank 126 of 203CyprusRank 127 of 203Sierra LeoneRank 128 of 203ArmeniaRank 129 of 203LithuaniaRank 130 of 203Republic of the CongoRank 131 of 203EritreaRank 132 of 203North MacedoniaRank 133 of 203ParaguayRank 134 of 203DjiboutiRank 135 of 203Syrian Arab RepublicRank 136 of 203LatviaRank 137 of 203LiberiaRank 138 of 203EstoniaRank 139 of 203AlbaniaRank 140 of 203BotswanaRank 141 of 203MauritiusRank 142 of 203MongoliaRank 143 of 203Lao PDRRank 144 of 203SloveniaRank 145 of 203GuyanaRank 146 of 203Central African RepublicRank 147 of 203FijiRank 148 of 203Guinea-BissauRank 149 of 203NamibiaRank 150 of 203Equatorial GuineaRank 151 of 203The BahamasRank 152 of 203The GambiaRank 153 of 203BelizeRank 154 of 203GabonRank 155 of 203JamaicaRank 156 of 203SwitzerlandRank 157 of 203SurinameRank 158 of 203Solomon IslandsRank 159 of 203IcelandRank 160 of 203LesothoRank 161 of 203MaltaRank 162 of 203BhutanRank 163 of 203ComorosRank 164 of 203MaldivesRank 165 of 203EswatiniRank 166 of 203BarbadosRank 167 of 203Brunei DarussalamRank 168 of 203LuxembourgRank 169 of 203Timor-LesteRank 170 of 203VanuatuRank 171 of 203Cabo VerdeRank 172 of 203SeychellesRank 173 of 203GreenlandRank 174 of 203New CaledoniaRank 175 of 203Antigua and BarbudaRank 176 of 203French PolynesiaRank 177 of 203GrenadaRank 178 of 203TongaRank 179 of 203MacaoRank 180 of 203St. LuciaRank 181 of 203St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 182 of 203St. Kitts and NevisRank 183 of 203SamoaRank 184 of 203Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 185 of 203DominicaRank 186 of 203KiribatiRank 187 of 203Faroe IslandsRank 188 of 203Cayman IslandsRank 189 of 203ArubaRank 190 of 203BermudaRank 191 of 203GibraltarRank 192 of 203GuamRank 193 of 203MicronesiaRank 194 of 203PalauRank 195 of 203British Virgin IslandsRank 196 of 203Northern Mariana IslandsRank 197 of 203American SamoaRank 198 of 203Marshall IslandsRank 199 of 203US Virgin IslandsRank 200 of 203Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 201 of 203TuvaluRank 202 of 203NauruRank 203 of 203

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Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) Data Coverage

This page lists 247 countries with available Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.