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Methane Emissions, 2021

2021, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 2021 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 51,203.138; Niue is lowest, at 0.047. The middle country reads 313.688. Against 2020, 207 values changed (137 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 2021

HighestChina

51,203.138

LowestNiue

0.047

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia51,203.138
United StatesUSANorthern America28,577.915
IndiaINDSouthern Asia28,497.248
BrazilBRASouth America21,278.089
RussiaRUSEastern Europe14,876.646
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia12,683.402
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia8,305.087
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5,893.330
MexicoMEXCentral America4,869.548
IraqIRQWestern Asia4,861.827
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,860.942
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,711.387
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,547.459
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia4,267.197
CanadaCANNorthern America4,231.158
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa4,003.480
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3,669.907
ColombiaCOLSouth America3,093.624
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,950.271
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,773.909
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia2,698.141
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2,668.431
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,608.173
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,537.117
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,409.965

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China51,203.138
  2. United States28,577.915
  3. India28,497.248
  4. Brazil21,278.089
  5. Russia14,876.646

Lowest

  1. Niue0.047
  2. Nauru0.063
  3. Marshall Islands0.113
  4. Anguilla0.135
  5. Tuvalu0.156

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 313.688. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 137 · 70rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • India27,749.805 → 28,497.248+747.442
  • Indonesia12,127.604 → 12,683.402+555.797
  • China50,674.976 → 51,203.138+528.163
  • Libya450.690 → 958.119+507.429
  • Brazil20,773.600 → 21,278.089+504.490

Fell most

  • Kenya2,525.413 → 2,278.394−247.020
  • Nigeria6,068.228 → 5,893.330−174.898
  • Ethiopia4,133.097 → 4,003.480−129.617
  • North Korea765.352 → 692.100−73.252
  • Angola1,260.151 → 1,190.653−69.498

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 2021.

  • 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) (2021). Methane Emissions, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2021

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 2021?

China, at 51,203.138, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 2021 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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