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Methane Emissions, 1970

1970, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 1970 covers 207 countries. United States is highest, at 30,079.1297; Nauru is lowest, at 0.0281. The middle country reads 148.8945.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1970

HighestUnited States

30,079.1297

LowestNauru

0.0281

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Methane Emissions, 1970, 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, 1970: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
United StatesUSANorthern America30,079.1297
ChinaCHNEastern Asia22,811.3626
IndiaINDSouthern Asia14,871.9562
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10,404.6163
BrazilBRASouth America6,400.5154
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,878.1913
PolandPOLEastern Europe4,868.0103
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,861.7938
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa4,548.7369
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,265.3369
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,265.1988
ArgentinaARGSouth America3,795.7073
FranceFRAWestern Europe3,526.0337
UkraineUKREastern Europe3,420.9258
JapanJPNEastern Asia3,272.4738
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa3,233.9942
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia3,196.3080
CanadaCANNorthern America2,799.0595
IraqIRQWestern Asia2,582.7122
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,289.9742
MexicoMEXCentral America1,946.9300
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,887.0168
IsraelISRWestern Asia1,884.2706
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1,821.2396
ItalyITASouthern Europe1,659.5175

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States30,079.1297
  2. China22,811.3626
  3. India14,871.9562
  4. Russia10,404.6163
  5. Brazil6,400.5154

Lowest

  1. Nauru0.0281
  2. Marshall Islands0.0284
  3. Turks and Caicos Islands0.0405
  4. Tuvalu0.0420
  5. Anguilla0.0433

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 148.8945. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from EDGAR’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1970.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR) (1970). Methane Emissions, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1970

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06Questions

Methane Emissions, 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 1970?

United States, at 30,079.1297, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 1970 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 1970?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Methane Emissions, 1970 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Methane Emissions, 2025.

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