Energy related methane emissions (% of total) - Country Ranking

Definition: Methane emissions from energy processes are emissions from the production, handling, transmission, and combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Equatorial Guinea 99.04 2008
2 Brunei 98.55 2008
3 Libya 96.58 2008
4 Liberia 92.11 2008
5 Timor-Leste 88.31 2008
6 Uzbekistan 84.81 2008
7 Azerbaijan 84.42 2008
8 Qatar 82.29 2008
9 Russia 81.06 2008
10 Turkmenistan 78.76 2008
11 Malawi 73.63 2008
12 Syrian Arab Republic 69.87 2008
13 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 69.58 2008
14 Ukraine 68.76 2008
15 United Arab Emirates 67.58 2008
16 Oman 67.08 2008
17 Iran 65.62 2008
18 Algeria 65.49 2008
19 Kuwait 64.74 2008
20 Nigeria 58.38 2008
21 Suriname 57.14 2008
22 Canada 53.37 2008
23 China 52.43 2008
24 Kazakhstan 51.85 2008
25 Malaysia 51.04 2008
26 São Tomé and Principe 50.00 2008
27 Venezuela 49.95 2008
28 Romania 48.87 2008
29 Angola 48.27 2008
30 Burundi 47.92 2008
31 Czech Republic 47.84 2008
32 United States 47.50 2008
33 Slovak Republic 46.23 2008
34 Poland 45.91 2008
35 Afghanistan 45.06 2008
36 Saudi Arabia 44.48 2008
37 Central African Republic 42.59 2008
38 Ghana 41.34 2008
39 Bhutan 41.18 2008
40 Togo 40.13 2008
41 Uganda 38.95 2008
42 Benin 38.81 2008
43 Mexico 38.72 2008
44 Armenia 38.53 2008
45 Lesotho 37.50 2008
46 Guatemala 36.52 2008
47 Rwanda 34.52 2008
48 Congo 33.82 2008
49 Belize 31.11 2008
50 Papua New Guinea 31.04 2008
51 Tunisia 30.65 2008
52 Morocco 30.65 2008
53 Côte d'Ivoire 29.27 2008
54 Australia 28.39 2008
55 Turkey 27.66 2008
56 Gabon 27.36 2008
57 Nepal 26.86 2008
58 Tanzania 26.58 2008
59 Serbia 26.30 2008
60 Egypt 26.06 2008
61 Norway 25.80 2008
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25.64 2008
63 Chile 25.55 2008
64 Cameroon 25.48 2008
65 Ethiopia 25.28 2008
66 Dem. Rep. Congo 24.50 2008
67 Georgia 24.31 2008
68 Moldova 23.65 2008
69 Korea 23.42 2008
70 Slovenia 22.94 2008
71 Eswatini 22.92 2008
72 Singapore 22.58 2008
73 Vietnam 22.14 2008
74 Montenegro 21.79 2008
75 Kenya 21.51 2008
76 Sri Lanka 21.29 2008
77 The Gambia 20.80 2008
78 Thailand 20.77 2008
79 North Macedonia 20.42 2008
80 Chad 20.25 2008
81 Germany 19.93 2008
82 Italy 19.18 2008
83 Colombia 18.77 2008
84 Cabo Verde 18.18 2008
85 Bahrain 18.16 2008
86 Hungary 17.73 2008
87 Cuba 17.69 2008
88 Croatia 17.33 2008
89 Bulgaria 17.13 2008
90 Yemen 17.06 2008
91 Greece 16.33 2008
92 India 15.27 2008
93 Guinea-Bissau 15.13 2008
94 Zimbabwe 14.96 2008
95 Kyrgyz Republic 14.91 2008
96 Zambia 14.78 2008
97 Latvia 14.49 2008
98 Honduras 14.33 2008
99 Estonia 14.29 2008
100 Mozambique 14.26 2008
101 Indonesia 14.19 2008
102 United Kingdom 14.16 2008
103 Guinea 14.13 2008
104 Netherlands 14.07 2008
105 South Africa 13.03 2008
106 Sierra Leone 12.64 2008
107 Luxembourg 12.50 2008
108 Botswana 12.19 2008
109 El Salvador 12.12 2008
110 Pakistan 12.06 2008
111 Nicaragua 11.67 2008
112 Argentina 11.61 2008
113 Bolivia 11.51 2008
114 Lithuania 11.17 2008
115 Tonga 11.11 2008
116 Madagascar 11.00 2008
117 Belgium 10.90 2008
118 Sudan 10.87 2008
119 Japan 10.57 2008
120 Panama 10.13 2008
121 Cambodia 10.03 2008
122 Niger 9.88 2008
123 Iraq 9.70 2008
124 Comoros 9.52 2008
124 The Bahamas 9.52 2008
126 Denmark 9.23 2008
127 Spain 8.95 2008
128 Peru 8.88 2008
129 Costa Rica 8.84 2008
130 Mali 8.52 2008
131 Sweden 8.47 2008
132 Belarus 8.37 2008
133 Fiji 8.33 2008
134 Israel 8.29 2008
135 Austria 7.96 2008
136 Mauritania 7.41 2008
137 Philippines 7.34 2008
138 Burkina Faso 7.31 2008
139 Jamaica 7.23 2008
140 Switzerland 6.99 2008
141 Lao PDR 6.95 2008
142 Mongolia 6.83 2008
143 Trinidad and Tobago 6.54 2008
144 Namibia 6.40 2008
145 Jordan 6.32 2008
146 Finland 6.31 2008
147 Senegal 6.22 2008
148 Dominican Republic 6.06 2008
148 Djibouti 6.06 2008
150 Hong Kong SAR, China 6.00 1989
151 France 5.73 2008
152 Guyana 5.69 2008
153 Cayman Islands 5.52 1989
154 Eritrea 5.49 2008
155 Somalia 5.37 2008
156 Albania 5.26 2008
156 Malta 5.26 2008
158 Haiti 4.61 2008
159 Myanmar 4.55 2008
160 Brazil 4.04 2008
161 Paraguay 3.93 2008
162 Samoa 3.85 2008
163 Bangladesh 3.81 2008
164 Portugal 3.55 2008
165 Tajikistan 3.42 2008
166 New Zealand 3.34 2008
167 Ecuador 3.12 2008
168 Cyprus 2.94 2008
168 Solomon Islands 2.94 2008
170 Barbados 2.19 2008
171 Ireland 2.18 2008
172 Vanuatu 2.17 2008
173 New Caledonia 2.17 1989
174 Lebanon 1.92 2008
175 Iceland 1.67 2008
176 Macao SAR, China 1.60 1989
177 Uruguay 0.92 2008
178 Mauritius 0.61 2008
179 Palau 0.00 2008
179 Nauru 0.00 1989
179 Kiribati 0.00 2008
179 Grenada 0.00 2008
179 Greenland 0.00 1989
179 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.00 2008
179 Tuvalu 0.00 2008
179 Andorra 0.00 2008
179 Antigua and Barbuda 0.00 2008
179 Seychelles 0.00 2008
179 Dominica 0.00 2008
179 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.00 2008
179 St. Lucia 0.00 2008
179 Liechtenstein 0.00 2008
179 Puerto Rico 0.00 1989

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Development Relevance: The addition of man-made greenhouse gases to the Atmosphere disturbs the earth's radiative balance. This is leading to an increase in the earth's surface temperature and to related effects on climate, sea level rise and world agriculture. Emissions of CO2 are from burning oil, coal and gas for energy use, burning wood and waste materials, and from industrial processes such as cement production. Emission intensity is the average emission rate of a given pollutant from a given source relative to the intensity of a specific activity. Emission intensities are also used to compare the environmental impact of different fuels or activities. The related terms - emission factor and carbon intensity - are often used interchangeably. The carbon dioxide emissions of a country are only an indicator of one greenhouse gas. For a more complete idea of how a country influences climate change, gases such as methane and nitrous oxide should be taken into account. This is particularly important in agricultural economies. The environmental effects of carbon dioxide are of significant interest. Carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up the largest share of the greenhouse gases contributing to global warming and climate change. Converting all other greenhouse gases (methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)) to carbon dioxide (or CO2) equivalents makes it possible to compare them and to determine their individual and total contributions to global warming. The Kyoto Protocol, an environmental agreement adopted in 1997 by many of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is working towards curbing CO2 emissions globally.

Limitations and Exceptions: National reporting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that follows the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines is based on national emission inventories and covers all sources of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions as well as carbon sinks (such as forests). To estimate emissions, the countries that are Parties to the Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) use complex, state-of-the-art methodologies recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: IPCC category 1 = Energy. Methane emissions result largely from agricultural activities, industrial production landfills and wastewater treatment, and other sources such as tropical forest and other vegetation fires. The emissions are usually expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents using the global warming potential, which allows the effective contributions of different gases to be compared. A kilogram of methane is 21 times as effective at trapping heat in the earth's atmosphere as a kilogram of carbon dioxide within 100 years. The emissions are usually expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents using the global warming potential, which allows the effective contributions of different gases to be compared.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual