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Methane Emissions, 2003

2003, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 2003 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 36,744.956; Niue is lowest, at 0.042. The middle country reads 247.004. Against 2002, 207 values changed (153 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 2003

HighestChina

36,744.956

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia36,744.956
United StatesUSANorthern America28,705.549
IndiaINDSouthern Asia22,990.873
BrazilBRASouth America16,901.814
RussiaRUSEastern Europe11,244.337
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa8,123.655
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia6,419.688
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,880.008
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,827.573
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia4,817.074
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,814.245
CanadaCANNorthern America4,491.484
MexicoMEXCentral America3,764.582
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3,568.468
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia3,476.556
GermanyDEUWestern Europe3,000.949
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,871.404
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,798.058
UkraineUKREastern Europe2,791.864
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,683.453
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,613.324
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,591.710
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,488.928
PolandPOLEastern Europe2,334.602
VenezuelaVENSouth America2,320.189

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China36,744.956
  2. United States28,705.549
  3. India22,990.873
  4. Brazil16,901.814
  5. Russia11,244.337

Lowest

  1. Niue0.042
  2. Nauru0.066
  3. Marshall Islands0.103
  4. Anguilla0.106
  5. Tuvalu0.123

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 247.004. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 153 · 54rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China35,506.504 → 36,744.956+1,238.452
  • Brazil15,929.176 → 16,901.814+972.637
  • Iran4,068.990 → 4,880.008+811.018
  • Nigeria7,326.025 → 8,123.655+797.630
  • Russia10,904.225 → 11,244.337+340.112

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 2003.

  • 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) (2003). Methane Emissions, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2003

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 2003?

China, at 36,744.956, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 2003 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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