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Methane Emissions, 1982

1982, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 1982 covers 207 countries. United States is highest, at 31,531.997; Nauru is lowest, at 0.035. The middle country reads 176.358. Against 1981, 207 values changed (153 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1982

HighestUnited States

31,531.997

LowestNauru

0.035

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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
United StatesUSANorthern America31,531.997
ChinaCHNEastern Asia28,564.103
IndiaINDSouthern Asia17,969.994
RussiaRUSEastern Europe14,052.950
BrazilBRASouth America9,967.886
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,641.025
PolandPOLEastern Europe5,443.234
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,679.723
UkraineUKREastern Europe4,531.393
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa4,363.957
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,291.424
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4,280.262
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,100.676
FranceFRAWestern Europe3,246.299
CanadaCANNorthern America3,076.454
MexicoMEXCentral America2,882.350
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,714.788
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia2,554.953
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,453.904
IranIRNSouthern Asia2,433.002
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,238.609
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,183.966
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia1,930.124
ColombiaCOLSouth America1,860.900
ItalyITASouthern Europe1,835.617

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States31,531.997
  2. China28,564.103
  3. India17,969.994
  4. Russia14,052.950
  5. Brazil9,967.886

Lowest

  1. Nauru0.035
  2. Marshall Islands0.044
  3. Anguilla0.049
  4. Tuvalu0.056
  5. Niue0.057

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 176.358. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 153 · 54rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China27,753.677 → 28,564.103+810.426
  • Iran1,788.247 → 2,433.002+644.755
  • Poland4,971.621 → 5,443.234+471.613
  • Russia13,776.926 → 14,052.950+276.024
  • Brazil9,724.463 → 9,967.886+243.423

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 1982.

  • 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) (1982). Methane Emissions, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1982

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 1982?

United States, at 31,531.997, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 1982 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 1982?

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, 1982 the newest?

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

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