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GHG emissions from food systems, by gas (Mt CO2 eq) - Methane by country

GHG emissions from food systems disaggregated by gas are generated from EDGAR-FOOD, a global emission inventory of GHGs from the food systems. EDGAR-FOOD has been developed to aid the understanding of the activities underlying the energy demand and use, agriculture and land use change emissions associated with the...

Countries reporting
203
Highest
1.05 million
China
Lowest
0
Isle of Man
Median
6,053
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
5,304

What the numbers show

GHG emissions from food systems, by gas (Mt CO2 eq) - Methane is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 1.05 million in China; the lowest is 0 in Isle of Man.

The median across all reporting countries is 6,053, and the mean is 30,837.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 152.9%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 29.9%).

GHG emissions from food systems, by gas (Mt CO2 eq) - Methane: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 1.05 million 2015 up 10.3% rising
2 India 711,875 2015 up 7.4% rising
3 Brazil 551,038 2015 up 11.6% rising
4 United States 362,114 2015 up 2.4% falling
5 Indonesia 205,463 2015 up 30.8% rising
6 Pakistan 190,684 2015 up 36.7% rising
7 Russia 146,998 2015 up 10.7% falling
8 Mexico 136,602 2015 up 12.6% rising
9 Bangladesh 121,785 2015 up 12.7% rising
10 Argentina 116,428 2015 down 8.8% flat
11 Vietnam 100,640 2015 up 9.3% rising
12 Nigeria 97,583 2015 up 21.7% rising
13 Australia 92,946 2015 down 7.6% falling
14 Thailand 91,215 2015 down 2.2% rising
15 Myanmar 88,733 2015 up 10.4% rising
16 Ethiopia 84,400 2015 up 49.3% rising
17 Sudan 74,760 2015 up 5.9% rising
18 Philippines 68,330 2015 up 11.3% rising
19 Colombia 65,349 2015 down 2.2% rising
20 France 61,152 2015 down 5.1% falling
21 Canada 58,203 2015 up 4.8% rising
22 Iran 53,415 2015 down 0.9% flat
23 Turkey 51,450 2015 up 37.2% rising
24 South Africa 50,974 2015 up 13.8% rising
25 Germany 49,543 2015 down 10.0% falling
26 Japan 48,942 2015 up 3.5% falling
27 Venezuela 46,568 2015 up 2.6% rising
28 Kenya 46,376 2015 up 50.1% rising
29 Tanzania 41,160 2015 up 45.1% rising
30 United Kingdom 39,485 2015 down 26.8% falling
31 Uzbekistan 38,673 2015 up 53.5% rising
32 Egypt 37,951 2015 up 7.4% rising
33 Spain 37,084 2015 up 0.6% rising
34 New Zealand 36,145 2015 down 2.4% rising
35 Italy 30,809 2015 down 14.9% falling
36 Nepal 29,962 2015 up 8.2% rising
37 Algeria 29,690 2015 up 30.8% rising
38 South Korea 28,767 2015 down 3.4% falling
39 Kazakhstan 27,748 2015 up 31.9% falling
40 Poland 27,704 2015 down 5.1% falling
41 Paraguay 26,840 2015 up 55.0% rising
42 Uruguay 25,193 2015 down 5.5% rising
43 Saudi Arabia 24,888 2015 up 30.9% rising
44 Uganda 24,209 2015 up 78.1% rising
45 Cambodia 23,987 2015 up 10.5% rising
46 Peru 23,739 2015 up 6.4% rising
47 Morocco 23,517 2015 up 25.6% rising
48 Mali 22,913 2015 up 48.0% rising
49 Ukraine 21,749 2015 down 29.9% falling
50 Iraq 21,388 2015 up 30.2% rising
51 Niger 21,032 2015 up 39.5% rising
52 Somalia 20,751 2015 down 2.4% rising
53 Bolivia 20,440 2015 up 26.4% rising
54 Malaysia 20,071 2015 up 20.7% rising
55 Democratic Republic of Congo 19,255 2015 up 37.0% rising
56 Madagascar 18,618 2015 up 1.5% rising
57 Chile 17,446 2015 up 4.4% rising
58 Netherlands 17,373 2015 down 3.0% falling
59 Ireland 17,055 2015 down 0.7% flat
60 Turkmenistan 16,796 2015 up 25.0% rising
61 Ecuador 16,578 2015 down 3.6% rising
62 Mongolia 16,524 2015 up 91.2% rising
63 Afghanistan 16,457 2015 up 28.0% rising
64 Burkina Faso 16,341 2015 up 30.6% rising
65 Angola 15,675 2015 down 0.9% rising
66 Belarus 15,654 2015 up 27.3% falling
67 Romania 15,013 2015 down 0.1% falling
68 Chad 15,002 2015 up 34.0% rising
69 Cameroon 14,864 2015 up 11.3% rising
70 Guinea 14,142 2015 up 79.7% rising
71 Sri Lanka 13,518 2015 up 8.3% flat
72 Cuba 12,930 2015 up 12.8% falling
73 Guatemala 12,841 2015 up 38.2% rising
74 Azerbaijan 11,863 2015 up 29.6% rising
75 North Korea 10,969 2015 down 4.0% falling
76 United Arab Emirates 10,953 2015 up 64.7% rising
77 Laos 10,843 2015 up 30.2% rising
78 Dominican Republic 10,576 2015 up 29.9% rising
79 Finland 10,151 2015 down 9.0% falling
80 Syria 10,105 2015 down 4.1% rising
81 Senegal 10,074 2015 up 44.1% rising
82 Nicaragua 10,073 2015 up 38.1% rising
83 Taiwan 9,843 2015 up 2.0% falling
84 Belgium 9,456 2015 down 1.6% falling
85 Qatar 9,035 2015 up 152.9% rising
86 Ghana 9,025 2015 up 45.8% rising
87 Kuwait 8,559 2015 up 36.8% rising
88 Mozambique 8,449 2015 up 22.4% rising
89 Czechia 8,280 2015 up 1.1% falling
90 Denmark 7,881 2015 down 2.4% falling
91 Honduras 7,868 2015 up 29.2% rising
92 Greece 7,672 2015 down 10.7% flat
93 Tajikistan 7,498 2015 up 70.6% rising
94 Cote d'Ivoire 7,355 2015 up 22.3% rising
95 Mauritania 7,314 2015 up 13.9% rising
96 Israel 7,242 2015 up 28.6% rising
97 Austria 7,193 2015 down 8.0% falling
98 Sweden 7,136 2015 down 4.2% falling
99 Portugal 6,900 2015 down 9.8% falling
100 Central African Republic 6,667 2015 up 28.4% rising
101 Tunisia 6,353 2015 up 6.9% rising
102 Malawi 6,053 2015 up 70.0% rising
103 Norway 6,043 2015 down 11.6% flat
104 Kyrgyzstan 6,006 2015 up 35.4% flat
105 Hungary 5,401 2015 down 18.4% falling
106 Namibia 5,214 2015 down 6.1% rising
107 Libya 5,199 2015 down 18.3% falling
108 Oman 5,186 2015 up 41.4% rising
109 Haiti 5,114 2015 up 9.6% rising
110 Bulgaria 5,003 2015 down 13.3% falling
111 Switzerland 4,727 2015 down 1.4% falling
112 Benin 4,652 2015 up 37.0% rising
113 Costa Rica 4,631 2015 up 17.3% falling
114 Panama 4,490 2015 up 5.3% rising
115 Jordan 4,218 2015 up 68.2% rising
116 Hong Kong 4,181 2015 up 9.9% rising
117 Botswana 4,041 2015 down 0.4% falling
118 Eritrea 3,893 2015 up 10.1% rising
119 Rwanda 3,619 2015 up 32.3% rising
120 El Salvador 3,560 2015 down 9.9% flat
121 Slovakia 3,457 2015 down 7.0% falling
122 Georgia 3,412 2015 down 14.5% falling
123 Sierra Leone 3,379 2015 up 18.0% rising
124 Lithuania 3,244 2015 down 2.6% falling
125 Congo 3,143 2015 up 9.9% rising
126 Burundi 3,096 2015 up 65.1% rising
127 Lebanon 3,031 2015 up 47.1% rising
128 Togo 2,956 2015 up 49.9% rising
129 Croatia 2,848 2015 up 13.6% rising
130 Albania 2,681 2015 up 4.4% falling
131 Trinidad and Tobago 2,664 2015 up 17.6% rising
132 Papua New Guinea 2,521 2015 up 66.1% rising
133 Guyana 2,337 2015 up 53.8% rising
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,116 2015 up 9.3% rising
135 Armenia 2,039 2015 up 9.2% flat
136 Slovenia 1,992 2015 down 5.4% flat
137 Puerto Rico 1,960 2015 down 2.3% falling
138 Latvia 1,840 2015 up 14.4% falling
139 Estonia 1,785 2015 up 47.7% falling
140 Moldova 1,765 2015 down 7.9% falling
141 Guinea-Bissau 1,646 2015 up 42.3% rising
142 Singapore 1,403 2015 up 23.5% rising
143 Liberia 1,389 2015 up 67.8% rising
144 Lesotho 1,302 2015 down 8.5% rising
145 North Macedonia 1,241 2015 down 3.3% falling
146 Gabon 1,220 2015 down 7.3% falling
147 Eswatini 1,150 2015 down 6.2% falling
148 Gambia 1,145 2015 up 42.7% rising
149 Bahrain 1,091 2015 up 60.9% rising
150 Fiji 1,026 2015 up 3.6% flat
151 Jamaica 959.38 2015 down 20.9% falling
152 Suriname 843.79 2015 up 26.3% falling
153 Cyprus 806.88 2015 up 22.5% rising
154 East Timor 681.02 2015 down 21.8% rising
155 Brunei 670.59 2015 up 24.3% rising
156 Bhutan 650.92 2015 down 10.8% flat
157 Mauritius 577 2015 up 4.2% rising
158 Luxembourg 546.06 2015 up 7.0% flat
159 Equatorial Guinea 544.29 2015 down 2.4% rising
160 Iceland 475.14 2015 down 0.7% rising
161 Vanuatu 420.52 2015 up 17.9% rising
162 Belize 417.87 2015 up 32.7% rising
163 Comoros 349.49 2015 up 31.0% rising
164 New Caledonia 252.41 2015 up 20.0% flat
165 Bahamas 245.17 2015 up 14.6% rising
166 Samoa 190.55 2015 up 19.1% rising
167 Cape Verde 173.46 2015 up 9.3% rising
168 Solomon Islands 157.62 2015 up 38.3% rising
169 Barbados 148.93 2015 down 3.0% falling
170 Malta 115.59 2015 down 6.9% rising
171 French Polynesia 104.42 2015 up 9.6% rising
172 Macao 94.54 2015 up 22.7% rising
173 Tonga 82.55 2015 up 4.4% rising
174 Maldives 78.97 2015 up 50.0% rising
175 Saint Lucia 68.72 2015 up 3.8% falling
176 Seychelles 60.13 2015 up 12.8% rising
177 Dominica 53.29 2015 up 7.0% rising
178 Antigua and Barbuda 52.44 2015 down 27.3% falling
179 Guam 50.58 2015 up 3.3% rising
180 United States Virgin Islands 48.99 2015 down 1.8% flat
181 Sao Tome and Principe 45.44 2015 up 31.7% rising
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 43.93 2015 up 0.5% rising
183 Grenada 43.66 2015 up 4.2% rising
184 Greenland 43.44 2015 up 1.3% flat
185 Faroe Islands 28.92 2015 down 3.4% falling
186 Micronesia (country) 28.87 2015 down 0.5% rising
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 28.08 2015 down 25.0% falling
188 Aruba 25.37 2015 down 0.1% rising
189 Bermuda 21.57 2015 down 4.1% flat
190 Kiribati 20.28 2015 up 26.0% rising
191 Cayman Islands 19.45 2015 up 1.2% rising
192 American Samoa 12.4 2015 down 5.7% rising
193 Turks and Caicos Islands 10.3 2015 up 15.7% rising
194 British Virgin Islands 8.36 2015 down 22.7% falling
195 Gibraltar 7.88 2015 up 7.5% rising
196 Cook Islands 7.11 2015 down 7.9% flat
197 Palau 6.36 2015 down 6.6% falling
198 Tuvalu 4.81 2015 up 15.2% rising
199 Northern Mariana Islands 3.41 2015 down 13.7% rising
200 Nauru 2.4 2015 up 47.8% rising
201 Marshall Islands 2.19 2015 up 2.5% rising
202 Niue 1.13 2015 up 6.4% rising
203 Isle of Man 0 2015 — volatile

About this data

Indicator
GHG emissions from food systems, by gas (Mt CO2 eq) - Methane
Source
Crippa, M., Solazzo, E., Guizzardi, D., Monforti-Ferrario, F., Tubiello, F.N. and Leip, A. EDGAR-FOOD data. Figshare, doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13476666 (2021)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
204 places, 5,304 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

GHG emissions from food systems disaggregated by gas are generated from EDGAR-FOOD, a global emission inventory of GHGs from the food systems. EDGAR-FOOD has been developed to aid the understanding of the activities underlying the energy demand and use, agriculture and land use change emissions associated with the production, distribution, consumption and disposal of food through the various stages and sectors of the composite global food system. These data were complemented with data from the FAOSTAT database on GHG emissions from land use related to agriculture (FAO, 2020). EDGAR-FOOD represents the first database consistently covering each stage of the food chain for all countries with yearly frequency for the period 1990-2015. Details regarding the methodology applied are available in Crippa et al. (2021).