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Methane Emissions, 2008

2008, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 2008 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 43,241.297; Niue is lowest, at 0.044. The middle country reads 288.865. Against 2007, 207 values changed (147 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 2008

HighestChina

43,241.297

LowestNiue

0.044

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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia43,241.297
United StatesUSANorthern America29,308.931
IndiaINDSouthern Asia25,578.669
BrazilBRASouth America18,317.942
RussiaRUSEastern Europe12,078.763
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia7,466.493
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,342.313
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia5,801.699
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,963.894
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,901.306
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,816.822
CanadaCANNorthern America4,538.229
MexicoMEXCentral America4,341.192
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia4,039.349
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia3,195.075
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3,086.293
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3,028.542
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,927.403
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2,834.226
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,823.219
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa2,785.250
UkraineUKREastern Europe2,749.749
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,718.288
VenezuelaVENSouth America2,639.165
GermanyDEUWestern Europe2,604.275

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China43,241.297
  2. United States29,308.931
  3. India25,578.669
  4. Brazil18,317.942
  5. Russia12,078.763

Lowest

  1. Niue0.044
  2. Nauru0.064
  3. Marshall Islands0.106
  4. Anguilla0.119
  5. Tuvalu0.136

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 288.865. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 147 · 60rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China42,719.910 → 43,241.297+521.387
  • India25,067.347 → 25,578.669+511.322
  • Brazil17,933.517 → 18,317.942+384.425
  • United States29,001.061 → 29,308.931+307.870
  • Pakistan5,572.017 → 5,801.699+229.682

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 2008.

  • 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) (2008). Methane Emissions, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2008

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 2008?

China, at 43,241.297, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 2008 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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