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Methane Emissions, 2011

2011, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 2011 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 48,671.4970; Niue is lowest, at 0.0444. The middle country reads 304.2402. Against 2010, 207 values changed (139 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 2011

HighestChina

48,671.4970

LowestNiue

0.0444

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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia48,671.4970
United StatesUSANorthern America28,613.5146
IndiaINDSouthern Asia26,302.3725
BrazilBRASouth America19,255.6944
RussiaRUSEastern Europe12,556.9470
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia9,571.4628
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,748.1312
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia6,173.6010
IranIRNSouthern Asia5,213.4050
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,913.6015
MexicoMEXCentral America4,404.8786
CanadaCANNorthern America4,371.0531
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,243.5001
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia4,237.2501
IraqIRQWestern Asia3,298.3552
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3,258.2751
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia3,148.0781
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia3,064.5946
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3,032.3736
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa2,998.3273
UkraineUKREastern Europe2,777.4632
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,768.2387
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,692.0406
GermanyDEUWestern Europe2,457.0858
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2,402.8817

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China48,671.4970
  2. United States28,613.5146
  3. India26,302.3725
  4. Brazil19,255.6944
  5. Russia12,556.9470

Lowest

  1. Niue0.0444
  2. Nauru0.0646
  3. Marshall Islands0.1075
  4. Anguilla0.1272
  5. Tuvalu0.1428

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 304.2402. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 139 · 68rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China45,652.2225 → 48,671.4970+3,019.2746
  • Indonesia8,280.4190 → 9,571.4628+1,291.0438
  • India25,828.0853 → 26,302.3725+474.2872
  • Nigeria6,394.7839 → 6,748.1312+353.3473
  • Brazil18,969.8159 → 19,255.6944+285.8785

Fell most

  • Libya1,303.4112 → 506.1608−797.2505
  • France2,795.2356 → 2,692.0406−103.1950
  • Japan2,198.5118 → 2,104.7357−93.7761
  • Myanmar3,239.4274 → 3,148.0781−91.3493
  • United Kingdom2,491.8886 → 2,402.8817−89.0069

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 2011.

  • 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) (2011). Methane Emissions, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2011

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 2011?

China, at 48,671.4970, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 2011 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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