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The emissions of CH4 from the World

8,317,919.86 kt of CO2 equivalent in 2020

The emissions of CH4 of World increased from 7.06 million kt of CO2 equivalent in 2001 to 8.32 million kt of CO2 equivalent in 2020 growing at an average annual rate of 0.87%.

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The emissions of greenhouse gases in the World
CO2 33,566,427.59 kt in 2020 WB
N2O 2,330,284.01 1000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent in 2020 WB
Macro Region
Africa 270 timeseries
Asia 105 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 102 timeseries
Europe 205 timeseries
Middle East 75 timeseries
North America 848,384.79 kt of CO2 equivalent in 2020 WB
Oceania 70 timeseries
South America 60 timeseries
Southeast Asia 59 timeseries
Country (kt of CO2 equivalent in 2020)

China is the top country by the emissions of CH4 in the world. As of 2020, the emissions of CH4 in China was 1.19 million kt of CO2 equivalent. The top 5 countries also includes the United States of America, India, Russian Federation, and Brazil.

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China 1,186,285.18 WB
United States of America 748,241.4 WB
India 697,654.67 WB
Russian Federation 617,227.3 WB
Brazil 449,213.97 WB
Indonesia 333,994.91 WB
Iran 174,641.97 WB
Pakistan 169,428.24 WB
Nigeria 151,059.77 WB
Mexico 143,480.89 WB
Australia 131,484.76 WB
Argentina 131,035.69 WB
Turkmenistan 124,818.64 WB
Saudi Arabia 102,630.51 WB
Canada 100,143.39 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 97,594.23 WB
Ethiopia 94,645.58 WB
Bangladesh 88,904 WB
Algeria 86,543.92 WB
Iraq 85,916.97 WB
Viet Nam 79,619.24 WB
Colombia 77,156.4 WB
Thailand 75,892.78 WB
South Africa 72,213.22 WB
Myanmar 72,110.02 WB
Kazakhstan 69,749.45 WB
Philippines 65,722.01 WB
Egypt 64,402.92 WB
Chad 59,438.92 WB
France 58,451.49 WB
United Arab Emirates 56,944.71 WB
Sudan 55,887.4 WB
Uzbekistan 53,601.94 WB
Turkey 50,444.77 WB
United Kingdom 50,415.67 WB
Germany 46,917.6 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 46,487.37 WB
Italy 43,888.65 WB
Spain 39,703.23 WB
Kenya 37,602.49 WB
Malaysia 37,175.6 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 35,684.21 WB
Angola 32,703.24 WB
South Sudan 32,385.92 WB
Ukraine 32,317.87 WB
New Zealand 32,241.94 WB
Peru 31,679.81 WB
Qatar 30,708.39 WB
Paraguay 30,106.54 WB
Poland 29,540.38 WB
Niger 28,579.35 WB
Ecuador 27,460.31 WB
Bolivia 26,597.79 WB
Japan 25,783.31 WB
Libya 24,033.12 WB
Nepal 23,643.67 WB
Mali 23,070.48 WB
Kuwait 22,640.63 WB
Republic of Korea 21,990.13 WB
Uganda 21,178.68 WB
Uruguay 20,393.6 WB
Oman 19,838.88 WB
Madagascar 19,021.94 WB
Somalia 18,752.06 WB
Mongolia 18,159.4 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 18,145.48 WB
Cambodia 17,836.43 WB
Cameroon 17,797.75 WB
Bahrain 17,641.43 WB
Belarus 17,079.26 WB
Guinea 16,813.3 WB
Romania 16,458.96 WB
Mozambique 16,255.46 WB
Afghanistan 16,222.04 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 15,963.67 WB
Azerbaijan 15,733.13 WB
Zambia 15,448.75 WB
Burkina Faso 15,408.27 WB
Ireland 15,252.82 WB
Netherlands 15,200.58 WB
Czech Republic 12,381.59 WB
Zimbabwe 12,060.82 WB
Morocco 12,029.81 WB
Ghana 11,847.91 WB
Chile 11,795.54 WB
Senegal 11,762.77 WB
Serbia 11,734.81 WB
Portugal 11,383.21 WB
Papua New Guinea 10,854.74 WB
Guatemala 10,598.1 WB
Yemen 10,542.15 WB
Cuba 10,377.33 WB
Central African Republic 10,108.5 WB
Congo 9,957.26 WB
Israel 9,801.47 WB
Nicaragua 9,584.81 WB
Greece 9,405.83 WB
Dominican Republic 9,243.11 WB
Sri Lanka 8,377.67 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 8,011.31 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 7,980.37 WB
Belgium 7,974.09 WB
Denmark 7,778.77 WB
Honduras 7,741.12 WB
Gabon 7,451.56 WB
Bulgaria 6,980.5 WB
Hungary 6,956.24 WB
Mauritania 6,896.75 WB
Austria 6,863.08 WB
Jordan 6,678.1 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 6,667.33 WB
Tunisia 6,653.82 WB
Tajikistan 5,520.88 WB
Namibia 5,335.78 WB
Haiti 5,203.62 WB
Georgia 5,133.09 WB
Panama 5,047.34 WB
Switzerland 4,975.24 WB
Kyrgyzstan 4,865 WB
Timor-Leste 4,794.89 WB
Sweden 4,792.09 WB
Equatorial Guinea 4,778.32 WB
Costa Rica 4,650.44 WB
Finland 4,506.32 WB
Slovakia 4,410.3 WB
Malawi 4,389.7 WB
Singapore 4,347.65 WB
Norway 4,342.76 WB
Benin 4,029.62 WB
Eritrea 3,732.24 WB
Croatia 3,668.68 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,660.95 WB
Sierra Leone 3,591.09 WB
Lebanon 3,459.01 WB
Botswana 3,434.49 WB
Republic of Moldova 3,287.2 WB
El Salvador 3,269.5 WB
Togo 3,039.88 WB
Lithuania 2,998.36 WB
Albania 2,692.2 WB
Rwanda 2,680.92 WB
North Macedonia 2,369.77 WB
Barbados 2,359.57 WB
Armenia 2,319.92 WB
Grenada 2,046.86 WB
Mauritius 1,973.73 WB
Latvia 1,952.81 WB
Guyana 1,846.6 WB
Slovenia 1,697.14 WB
Brunei Darussalam 1,538.87 WB
Suriname 1,415.67 WB
Gambia 1,346.29 WB
Eswatini 1,326.03 WB
Guinea Bissau 1,261.12 WB
Burundi 1,258.19 WB
Estonia 1,097.12 WB
Lesotho 998.83 WB
Jamaica 825.93 WB
Montenegro 783.24 WB
Cyprus 749.7 WB
Djibouti 659.92 WB
Luxembourg 555.76 WB
Iceland 515.16 WB
Belize 514.04 WB
Bhutan 451.52 WB
Fiji 443.65 WB
Solomon Islands 416 WB
Vanuatu 374.33 WB
Liberia 338.87 WB
Saint Lucia 272.86 WB
Samoa 267.32 WB
Comoros 236.82 WB
Malta 228.29 WB
Bahamas 223.18 WB
Antigua and Barbuda 204.87 WB
Maldives 137.67 WB
Seychelles 94.7 WB
Cabo Verde 93.21 WB
Tonga 92.34 WB
Saint Kitts and Nevis 82.07 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67.78 WB
Andorra 53.6 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 52.69 WB
Dominica 43.87 WB
Marshall Islands 31.91 WB
Kiribati 23.21 WB
Palau 19.53 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 11.6 WB
Tuvalu 11.57 WB
Nauru 4.29 WB
Liechtenstein 2.59 WB
Hong Kong 0 % in 1989 WB
Macau 0 % in 1989 WB
Puerto Rico 47.07 % in 1989 WB
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