🐄 Largest Methane Emitters
Methane released per year (from livestock, fossil fuels and waste), in millions of tonnes of CO₂ equivalent.
1
🇨🇳China
1,485 Mt
2
🇮🇳India
862 Mt
3
🇺🇸United States
843 Mt
4
🇧🇷Brazil
621 Mt
5
🇮🇩Indonesia
430 Mt
6
🇷🇺Russia
417 Mt
7
🇵🇰Pakistan
251 Mt
8
🇮🇷Iran
176 Mt
9
🇳🇬Nigeria
175 Mt
10
🇮🇶Iraq
163 Mt
11
🇲🇽Mexico
151 Mt
12
🇦🇺Australia
145 Mt
13
🇦🇷Argentina
137 Mt
14
🇨🇦Canada
133 Mt
15
🇪🇹Ethiopia
132 Mt
16
🇻🇳Vietnam
116 Mt
17
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
113 Mt
18
🇨🇴Colombia
95 Mt
19
🇿🇦South Africa
93 Mt
20
🇸🇩Sudan
85 Mt
21
🇹🇭Thailand
81 Mt
22
🇹🇷Türkiye
79 Mt
23
🇹🇩Chad
75 Mt
24
🇲🇲Myanmar
73 Mt
25
🇧🇩Bangladesh
70 Mt
26
🇵🇭Philippines
69 Mt
27
🇫🇷France
67 Mt
28
🇰🇪Kenya
65 Mt
29
🇲🇳Mongolia
65 Mt
30
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
64 Mt
31
🇺🇦Ukraine
61 Mt
32
🇹🇿Tanzania
60 Mt
33
🇬🇧United Kingdom
59 Mt
34
🇪🇬Egypt
58 Mt
35
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
57 Mt
36
🇩🇿Algeria
56 Mt
37
🇩🇪Germany
56 Mt
38
🇻🇪Venezuela
53 Mt
39
🇯🇵Japan
51 Mt
40
🇮🇹Italy
45 Mt
41
🇰🇷South Korea
45 Mt
42
🇵🇱Poland
43 Mt
43
🇪🇸Spain
43 Mt
44
🇨🇩DR Congo
42 Mt
45
🇰🇼Kuwait
39 Mt
46
🇺🇬Uganda
38 Mt
47
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
37 Mt
48
🇳🇿New Zealand
34 Mt
49
🇦🇴Angola
34 Mt
50
🇴🇲Oman
31 Mt
Source: World Bank Open Data — Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026