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Methane Emissions, 1983

1983, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 1983 covers 207 countries. United States is highest, at 30,534.504; Nauru is lowest, at 0.036. The middle country reads 183.042. Against 1982, 207 values changed (140 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1983

HighestUnited States

30,534.504

LowestNauru

0.036

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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
United StatesUSANorthern America30,534.504
ChinaCHNEastern Asia29,385.043
IndiaINDSouthern Asia18,749.498
RussiaRUSEastern Europe14,363.203
BrazilBRASouth America10,014.201
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,489.294
PolandPOLEastern Europe5,338.905
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,662.324
UkraineUKREastern Europe4,605.080
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4,533.065
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,256.161
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa4,245.345
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,183.364
FranceFRAWestern Europe3,250.403
CanadaCANNorthern America3,047.739
MexicoMEXCentral America2,925.254
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,734.100
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia2,615.315
IranIRNSouthern Asia2,594.345
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,438.179
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,286.709
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,199.730
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia1,954.908
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1,857.090
ColombiaCOLSouth America1,830.027

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States30,534.504
  2. China29,385.043
  3. India18,749.498
  4. Russia14,363.203
  5. Brazil10,014.201

Lowest

  1. Nauru0.036
  2. Marshall Islands0.046
  3. Anguilla0.048
  4. Tuvalu0.055
  5. Niue0.058

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 183.042. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 140 · 67rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China28,564.103 → 29,385.043+820.941
  • India17,969.994 → 18,749.498+779.504
  • Russia14,052.950 → 14,363.203+310.253
  • Indonesia4,280.262 → 4,533.065+252.803
  • Iran2,433.002 → 2,594.345+161.343

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 1983.

  • 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) (1983). Methane Emissions, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1983

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 1983?

United States, at 30,534.504, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 1983 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 1983?

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, 1983 the newest?

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

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