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Methane Emissions, 1999

1999, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 1999 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 35,210.292; Niue is lowest, at 0.039. The middle country reads 227.630. Against 1998, 207 values changed (138 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1999

HighestChina

35,210.292

LowestNiue

0.039

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia35,210.292
United StatesUSANorthern America29,127.623
IndiaINDSouthern Asia22,521.043
BrazilBRASouth America14,492.873
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10,288.000
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa8,053.536
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia6,264.285
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,813.447
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,354.727
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia4,353.088
CanadaCANNorthern America4,324.406
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,060.927
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,012.966
MexicoMEXCentral America3,556.738
GermanyDEUWestern Europe3,556.587
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia3,290.806
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,871.053
UkraineUKREastern Europe2,844.239
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,842.143
PolandPOLEastern Europe2,726.435
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,383.146
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,343.107
VenezuelaVENSouth America2,314.241
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,312.506
IraqIRQWestern Asia2,298.286

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China35,210.292
  2. United States29,127.623
  3. India22,521.043
  4. Brazil14,492.873
  5. Russia10,288.000

Lowest

  1. Niue0.039
  2. Nauru0.061
  3. Anguilla0.084
  4. Marshall Islands0.093
  5. Tuvalu0.103

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 227.630. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 138 · 69rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Iraq1,995.460 → 2,298.286+302.827
  • India22,251.563 → 22,521.043+269.480
  • Brazil14,245.038 → 14,492.873+247.834
  • Philippines1,512.613 → 1,721.021+208.408
  • Myanmar2,123.643 → 2,312.506+188.864

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 1999.

  • 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) (1999). Methane Emissions, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1999

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 1999?

China, at 35,210.292, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 1999 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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