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Methane Emissions, 2001

2001, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 2001 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 35,488.829; Niue is lowest, at 0.042. The middle country reads 238.709. Against 2000, 207 values changed (126 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 2001

HighestChina

35,488.829

LowestNiue

0.042

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia35,488.829
United StatesUSANorthern America28,916.106
IndiaINDSouthern Asia22,765.467
BrazilBRASouth America15,166.226
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10,710.460
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa8,769.790
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia6,419.837
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand5,008.687
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia4,473.228
CanadaCANNorthern America4,462.656
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,349.552
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,084.602
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3,750.461
MexicoMEXCentral America3,620.689
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia3,315.362
GermanyDEUWestern Europe3,230.564
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,953.138
UkraineUKREastern Europe2,720.982
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,684.031
IraqIRQWestern Asia2,511.386
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,492.684
VenezuelaVENSouth America2,461.235
PolandPOLEastern Europe2,461.055
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,457.253
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,435.855

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China35,488.829
  2. United States28,916.106
  3. India22,765.467
  4. Brazil15,166.226
  5. Russia10,710.460

Lowest

  1. Niue0.042
  2. Nauru0.067
  3. Anguilla0.101
  4. Marshall Islands0.103
  5. Tuvalu0.117

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 238.709. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 126 · 81rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Brazil14,732.578 → 15,166.226+433.648
  • Russia10,459.366 → 10,710.460+251.094
  • India22,600.655 → 22,765.467+164.811
  • Uzbekistan1,114.187 → 1,270.412+156.225
  • Ethiopia1,835.227 → 1,944.134+108.907

Fell most

  • Iran4,403.297 → 4,084.602−318.695
  • Algeria2,073.901 → 1,776.964−296.938
  • Syria1,155.913 → 911.496−244.417
  • Qatar926.283 → 781.543−144.740
  • United Kingdom3,889.194 → 3,750.461−138.733

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 2001.

  • 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) (2001). Methane Emissions, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2001

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 2001?

China, at 35,488.829, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 2001 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 2001?

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, 2001 the newest?

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

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