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🐄 Largest Methane Emitters

Methane released per year (from livestock, fossil fuels and waste), in millions of tonnes of CO₂ equivalent.

📅 2024📏 million tonnes CO₂e203 entries
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 9,499 Mt (198 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank. The smallest 158 are merged into one grey tile.
1
🇨🇳China
1,485 Mt
2
🇮🇳India
862 Mt
3
🇺🇸United States
843 Mt
4
🇧🇷Brazil
621 Mt
5
🇮🇩Indonesia
430 Mt
6
🇷🇺Russia
417 Mt
7
🇵🇰Pakistan
251 Mt
8
🇮🇷Iran
176 Mt
9
🇳🇬Nigeria
175 Mt
10
🇮🇶Iraq
163 Mt
11
🇲🇽Mexico
151 Mt
12
🇦🇺Australia
145 Mt
13
🇦🇷Argentina
137 Mt
14
🇨🇦Canada
133 Mt
15
🇪🇹Ethiopia
132 Mt
16
🇻🇳Vietnam
116 Mt
17
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
113 Mt
18
🇨🇴Colombia
95 Mt
19
🇿🇦South Africa
93 Mt
20
🇸🇩Sudan
85 Mt
21
🇹🇭Thailand
81 Mt
22
🇹🇷Türkiye
79 Mt
23
🇹🇩Chad
75 Mt
24
🇲🇲Myanmar
73 Mt
25
🇧🇩Bangladesh
70 Mt
26
🇵🇭Philippines
69 Mt
27
🇫🇷France
67 Mt
28
🇰🇪Kenya
65 Mt
29
🇲🇳Mongolia
65 Mt
30
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
64 Mt
31
🇺🇦Ukraine
61 Mt
32
🇹🇿Tanzania
60 Mt
33
🇬🇧United Kingdom
59 Mt
34
🇪🇬Egypt
58 Mt
35
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
57 Mt
36
🇩🇿Algeria
56 Mt
37
🇩🇪Germany
56 Mt
38
🇻🇪Venezuela
53 Mt
39
🇯🇵Japan
51 Mt
40
🇮🇹Italy
45 Mt
41
🇰🇷South Korea
45 Mt
42
🇵🇱Poland
43 Mt
43
🇪🇸Spain
43 Mt
44
🇨🇩DR Congo
42 Mt
45
🇰🇼Kuwait
39 Mt
46
🇺🇬Uganda
38 Mt
47
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
37 Mt
48
🇳🇿New Zealand
34 Mt
49
🇦🇴Angola
34 Mt
50
🇴🇲Oman
31 Mt

Highlights

As of 2024, China ranks first with 1,485 Mt, followed by India (862 Mt) and United States (843 Mt).

China is 1.7 times higher than India, the runner-up.

Across 203 countries and territories, values run from 1,485 Mt (China) to 0 Mt (Tuvalu), with a median of 10 Mt.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Asia, 2 from the Americas, 1 from Africa and 1 from Europe.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), 2024. Unit: million tonnes CO₂e.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026