Data for 2002
Methane Emissions, 2002
2002, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Methane Emissions, 2002 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 35,506.5040; Niue is lowest, at 0.0422. The middle country reads 240.6154. Against 2001, 207 values changed (125 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.
Methane Emissions · Data for 2002
HighestChina
35,506.5040LowestNiue
0.0422Shaded 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, 2002, 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
| 35,506.5040 | |
| 28,524.4860 | |
| 22,715.4915 | |
| 15,929.1764 | |
| 10,904.2250 | |
| 7,326.0251 | |
| 6,362.6732 | |
| 4,991.1031 | |
| 4,640.9118 | |
| 4,543.9705 | |
| 4,514.8396 | |
| 4,068.9897 | |
| 3,706.0382 | |
| 3,652.8062 | |
| 3,393.2860 | |
| 3,109.6132 | |
| 2,908.3082 | |
| 2,785.1415 | |
| 2,681.1113 | |
| 2,503.9278 | |
| 2,467.1808 | |
| 2,453.9084 | |
| 2,431.1065 | |
| 2,348.5283 | |
| 2,326.3435 | |
| 2,256.7477 | |
| 2,181.0093 | |
| 2,151.0093 | |
| 2,133.1402 | |
| 2,089.3644 | |
| 1,863.2721 | |
| 1,843.4273 | |
| 1,670.2064 | |
| 1,662.4772 | |
| 1,627.1416 | |
| 1,606.8304 | |
| 1,481.8518 | |
| 1,471.9911 | |
| 1,362.2896 | |
| 1,231.3976 | |
| 1,220.6450 | |
| 1,016.7557 | |
| 983.7797 | |
| 964.3008 | |
| 958.4023 | |
| 916.9259 | |
| 866.1777 | |
| 822.2393 | |
| 799.2693 | |
| 794.0794 | |
| 793.3800 | |
| 768.6900 | |
| 760.5982 | |
| 757.7647 | |
| 756.5270 | |
| 755.8445 | |
| 735.4979 | |
| 733.0674 | |
| 728.5971 | |
| 699.9923 | |
| 673.1871 | |
| 662.8706 | |
| 656.7633 | |
| 650.0047 | |
| 618.5391 | |
| 601.4857 | |
| 588.1527 | |
| 586.2868 | |
| 579.2111 | |
| 570.9354 | |
| 536.5714 | |
| 528.2297 | |
| 508.2544 | |
| 492.3461 | |
| 480.9585 | |
| 465.4957 | |
| 445.1197 | |
| 442.2419 | |
| 434.1351 | |
| 428.7371 | |
| 425.3517 | |
| 415.5615 | |
| 404.7008 | |
| 395.3796 | |
| 384.3247 | |
| 364.9437 | |
| 362.8239 | |
| 340.1515 | |
| 330.5914 | |
| 330.4571 | |
| 321.2056 | |
| 319.1818 | |
| 314.1657 | |
| 291.9817 | |
| 288.6657 | |
| 273.5310 | |
| 271.3550 | |
| 266.0820 | |
| 259.0451 | |
| 255.3017 | |
| 254.7034 | |
| 244.1616 | |
| 243.6766 | |
| 240.6154 | |
| 239.6515 | |
| 232.4854 | |
| 232.1818 | |
| 232.0664 | |
| 216.7285 | |
| 211.6615 | |
| 209.8169 | |
| 205.0059 | |
| 200.8466 | |
| 176.0597 | |
| 170.1184 | |
| 167.5969 | |
| 167.5262 | |
| 157.0105 | |
| 154.1221 | |
| 151.9392 | |
| 147.0601 | |
| 143.3402 | |
| 141.1377 | |
| 139.0307 | |
| 137.8982 | |
| 137.4985 | |
| 131.6984 | |
| 123.6986 | |
| 119.9442 | |
| 116.8762 | |
| 116.5449 | |
| 106.6823 | |
| 106.6049 | |
| 101.8965 | |
| 95.6732 | |
| 87.4825 | |
| 87.3522 | |
| 83.0475 | |
| 80.4056 | |
| 76.0666 | |
| 74.6708 | |
| 73.5027 | |
| 71.7693 | |
| 71.6484 | |
| 65.8240 | |
| 64.5366 | |
| 58.7684 | |
| 57.6405 | |
| 54.5468 | |
| 52.6865 | |
| 49.4968 | |
| 46.0247 | |
| 45.2008 | |
| 35.9507 | |
| 32.0640 | |
| 31.8399 | |
| 28.2573 | |
| 26.8673 | |
| 26.1903 | |
| 22.8732 | |
| 22.8454 | |
| 20.8536 | |
| 18.9883 | |
| 11.5137 | |
| 9.3011 | |
| 9.1657 | |
| 8.6433 | |
| 8.1502 | |
| 7.2966 | |
| 5.7688 | |
| 5.4934 | |
| 5.3948 | |
| 4.6096 | |
| 2.9814 | |
| 2.7933 | |
| 2.6754 | |
| 2.6063 | |
| 2.4172 | |
| 2.2772 | |
| 2.2452 | |
| 1.7721 | |
| 1.7158 | |
| 1.6828 | |
| 1.5744 | |
| 1.5301 | |
| 1.4895 | |
| 1.4274 | |
| 1.3089 | |
| 1.1936 | |
| 1.1363 | |
| 1.0707 | |
| 0.8032 | |
| 0.6435 | |
| 0.6224 | |
| 0.4878 | |
| 0.4491 | |
| 0.4364 | |
| 0.3589 | |
| 0.3554 | |
| 0.3342 | |
| 0.3249 | |
| 0.2087 | |
| 0.1206 | |
| 0.1030 | |
| 0.1028 | |
| 0.0664 | |
| 0.0422 |
02In 2002
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
China35,506.5040
United States28,524.4860
India22,715.4915
Brazil15,929.1764
Russia10,904.2250
Lowest
Niue0.0422
Nauru0.0664
Anguilla0.1028
Marshall Islands0.1030
Tuvalu0.1206
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 240.6154. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032001 → 2002
Since 2001
What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 207values changed, of 207 in both
- 125 · 82rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Brazil15,166.2257 → 15,929.1764+762.9507
Uzbekistan1,270.4119 → 1,481.8518+211.4399
Ethiopia1,944.1341 → 2,151.0093+206.8752
Argentina4,349.5520 → 4,543.9705+194.4185
Russia10,710.4599 → 10,904.2250+193.7650
Fell most
Nigeria8,769.7901 → 7,326.0251−1,443.7649
United States28,916.1056 → 28,524.4860−391.6196
Iraq2,511.3858 → 2,256.7477−254.6381
Republic of the Congo508.3162 → 330.4571−177.8591
Syria911.4964 → 757.7647−153.7317
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.
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 2002.
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
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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
- .csv
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The publisher’s original
EDGAR’s own file, on its own site.
EDGAR_CH4_1970_2025.zip
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) (2002). Methane Emissions, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2002
0656 held
Other years
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Methane Emissions, 2001207 countries
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Methane Emissions: every year56 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Methane Emissions, 2002: questions and answers
Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 2002?
China, at 35,506.5040, of the 207 countries in the file.
What year does Methane Emissions, 2002 describe?
2002.
How many countries does Methane Emissions, 2002 cover?
207.
Where can I download Methane Emissions, 2002?
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, 2002 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Methane Emissions, 2025.