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Methane Emissions, 2023

2023, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 2023 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 51,297.456; Niue is lowest, at 0.047. The middle country reads 319.262. Against 2022, 207 values changed (114 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 2023

HighestChina

51,297.456

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia51,297.456
IndiaINDSouthern Asia30,000.933
United StatesUSANorthern America29,184.576
BrazilBRASouth America22,643.545
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia14,638.946
RussiaRUSEastern Europe14,614.117
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia8,762.845
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5,844.124
IraqIRQWestern Asia5,132.480
IranIRNSouthern Asia5,088.711
MexicoMEXCentral America4,962.639
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,949.126
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,766.323
CanadaCANNorthern America4,361.516
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa4,301.407
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia4,264.193
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3,875.693
ColombiaCOLSouth America3,138.312
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,969.793
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia2,754.332
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,679.720
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,649.538
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,594.907
ChadTCDMiddle Africa2,525.117
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2,515.028

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China51,297.456
  2. India30,000.933
  3. United States29,184.576
  4. Brazil22,643.545
  5. Indonesia14,638.946

Lowest

  1. Niue0.047
  2. Nauru0.062
  3. Marshall Islands0.114
  4. Anguilla0.139
  5. Tuvalu0.157

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 319.262. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 114 · 93rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Nepal1,021.349 → 826.909−194.440
  • Saudi Arabia4,066.488 → 3,875.693−190.795
  • Iraq5,310.152 → 5,132.480−177.672
  • Myanmar2,823.277 → 2,679.720−143.557
  • Russia14,719.021 → 14,614.117−104.904

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 2023.

  • 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) (2023). Methane Emissions, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/2023

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07Questions

Methane Emissions, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 2023?

China, at 51,297.456, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 2023 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

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

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