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Methane Emissions, 1977

1977, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 1977 covers 207 countries. United States is highest, at 30,365.235; Nauru is lowest, at 0.031. The middle country reads 156.998. Against 1976, 207 values changed (162 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1977

HighestUnited States

30,365.235

LowestNauru

0.031

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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
United StatesUSANorthern America30,365.235
ChinaCHNEastern Asia26,633.523
IndiaINDSouthern Asia16,485.151
RussiaRUSEastern Europe12,838.477
BrazilBRASouth America8,618.869
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,167.829
PolandPOLEastern Europe5,660.846
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,539.231
IranIRNSouthern Asia5,268.058
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,553.547
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,536.457
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,527.864
UkraineUKREastern Europe4,215.696
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4,182.800
IraqIRQWestern Asia3,476.657
FranceFRAWestern Europe3,319.202
CanadaCANNorthern America3,048.712
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,920.896
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,529.447
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa2,505.399
MexicoMEXCentral America2,326.384
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia2,259.407
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,100.354
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,033.228
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1,854.036

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States30,365.235
  2. China26,633.523
  3. India16,485.151
  4. Russia12,838.477
  5. Brazil8,618.869

Lowest

  1. Nauru0.031
  2. Marshall Islands0.037
  3. Anguilla0.045
  4. Tuvalu0.046
  5. Turks and Caicos Islands0.057

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 156.998. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 162 · 45rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China26,045.996 → 26,633.523+587.527
  • India16,023.740 → 16,485.151+461.411
  • Brazil8,349.821 → 8,618.869+269.048
  • Russia12,569.744 → 12,838.477+268.733
  • Argentina4,355.644 → 4,553.547+197.902

Fell most

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 1977.

  • 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) (1977). Methane Emissions, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1977

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 1977: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 1977?

United States, at 30,365.235, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 1977 describe?

1977.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 1977 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 1977?

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, 1977 the newest?

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

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