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Methane Emissions, 1992

1992, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 1992 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 34,631.166; Niue is lowest, at 0.037. The middle country reads 200.086. Against 1991, 207 values changed (129 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1992

HighestChina

34,631.166

LowestNiue

0.037

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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia34,631.166
United StatesUSANorthern America30,068.836
IndiaINDSouthern Asia21,109.005
RussiaRUSEastern Europe14,435.554
BrazilBRASouth America12,839.705
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,605.702
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia5,702.553
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,860.720
UkraineUKREastern Europe4,576.817
GermanyDEUWestern Europe4,521.112
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,380.927
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,380.595
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,340.121
PolandPOLEastern Europe3,649.728
CanadaCANNorthern America3,576.585
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3,536.894
MexicoMEXCentral America3,128.699
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,981.100
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,611.119
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,598.034
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,578.051
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,551.601
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,378.898
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,289.260
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,148.511

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China34,631.166
  2. United States30,068.836
  3. India21,109.005
  4. Russia14,435.554
  5. Brazil12,839.705

Lowest

  1. Niue0.037
  2. Nauru0.044
  3. Marshall Islands0.059
  4. Anguilla0.065
  5. Tuvalu0.090

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 200.086. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 129 · 78rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Nigeria6,074.402 → 6,605.702+531.299
  • Brazil12,320.225 → 12,839.705+519.480
  • Kuwait229.591 → 612.532+382.942
  • Indonesia5,396.626 → 5,702.553+305.927
  • Iran4,119.800 → 4,380.927+261.127

Fell most

  • Russia15,418.662 → 14,435.554−983.108
  • Germany4,765.492 → 4,521.112−244.380
  • China34,873.038 → 34,631.166−241.872
  • Libya1,686.839 → 1,463.838−223.001
  • Ukraine4,779.546 → 4,576.817−202.729

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 1992.

  • 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) (1992). Methane Emissions, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1992

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 1992: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 1992?

China, at 34,631.166, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 1992 describe?

1992.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 1992 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 1992?

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, 1992 the newest?

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

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