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Methane Emissions, 1972

1972, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 1972 covers 207 countries. United States is highest, at 30,844.67549; Nauru is lowest, at 0.02965. The middle country reads 156.41834. Against 1971, 207 values changed (150 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1972

HighestUnited States

30,844.67549

LowestNauru

0.02965

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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
United StatesUSANorthern America30,844.67549
ChinaCHNEastern Asia24,159.24082
IndiaINDSouthern Asia15,082.73027
RussiaRUSEastern Europe11,088.78733
BrazilBRASouth America6,882.57080
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,690.32129
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5,319.22484
PolandPOLEastern Europe5,085.81745
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,691.08875
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,576.41733
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,531.17893
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,040.20195
UkraineUKREastern Europe3,665.36477
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia3,424.09963
FranceFRAWestern Europe3,359.65397
CanadaCANNorthern America2,993.18224
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,941.47659
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa2,671.27425
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,364.79749
IraqIRQWestern Asia2,279.59149
IsraelISRWestern Asia1,989.67021
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,953.03991
MexicoMEXCentral America1,938.97879
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1,766.82511
ItalyITASouthern Europe1,723.09620

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States30,844.67549
  2. China24,159.24082
  3. India15,082.73027
  4. Russia11,088.78733
  5. Brazil6,882.57080

Lowest

  1. Nauru0.02965
  2. Marshall Islands0.03007
  3. Tuvalu0.04293
  4. Anguilla0.04387
  5. Turks and Caicos Islands0.04690

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 156.41834. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 150 · 57rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Nigeria4,576.18006 → 5,319.22484+743.04478
  • China23,692.29123 → 24,159.24082+466.94960
  • United States30,381.46607 → 30,844.67549+463.20942
  • Iran4,265.02882 → 4,691.08875+426.05993
  • Russia10,724.43691 → 11,088.78733+364.35042

Fell most

  • Libya3,234.77528 → 2,671.27425−563.50103
  • United Kingdom4,870.14676 → 4,531.17893−338.96783
  • Iraq2,591.96881 → 2,279.59149−312.37732
  • Germany5,830.10786 → 5,690.32129−139.78657
  • Japan3,039.86000 → 2,941.47659−98.38341

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 1972.

  • 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.

05The 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) (1972). Methane Emissions, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1972

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 1972?

United States, at 30,844.67549, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 1972 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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