Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent) - Emissions - Environment - World Development Indicators

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Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production.

Rank	Country	Value
Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent) - Emissions - Environment - World Development Indicators (2005)
1	Low & middle income	4,994,210
2	Middle income	4,455,960
3	Lower middle income	2,814,430
4	Upper middle income	1,641,530
5	High income	1,613,280
6	High income: OECD	1,471,970
7	China	995,760
8	South Asia	961,480
9	Latin America & Caribbean	929,970
10	Europe & Central Asia	847,570
11	United States	810,280
12	India	712,330
13	Low income	538,250
14	Russia	501,380
15	Brazil	421,820
16	Euro area	237,510
17	Indonesia	224,330
18	Middle East & North Africa	209,070
19	Mexico	120,100
20	Australia	116,840
21	Pakistan	110,300
22	Canada	103,830
23	Iran	95,060
24	Argentina	94,340
25	Bangladesh	92,530
26	Thailand	78,840
27	Nigeria	78,290
28	Ukraine	75,640
29	Vietnam	75,080
30	Sudan	67,310
31	Venezuela	65,730
32	Saudi Arabia	63,500
33	Colombia	61,690
34	Burma	60,840
35	Poland	60,060
36	South Africa	59,200
37	Germany	58,100
38	Japan	53,480
39	Uzbekistan	51,480
40	Republic of the Congo	50,320
41	Ethiopia	47,740
42	Philippines	44,860
43	France	43,520
44	Tanzania	39,460
45	United Kingdom	39,400
46	Spain	38,010
47	Angola	37,020
48	Italy	36,670
49	Nepal	36,040
50	United Arab Emirates	34,250
51	Egypt	32,960
52	South Korea	31,280
53	North Korea	31,280
54	Kazakhstan	28,270
55	New Zealand	27,490
56	Bolivia	27,120
57	Malaysia	25,510
58	Algeria	24,310
59	Romania	23,260
60	Turkey	23,140
61	Turkmenistan	23,060
62	Peru	21,510
63	Kenya	20,310
64	Chile	19,560
65	Paraguay	17,750
66	Uruguay	17,700
67	Zambia	16,770
68	Belarus	16,620
69	Ivory Coast	15,320
70	Netherlands	15,180
71	Cameroon	15,110
72	Czech Republic	14,930
73	Cambodia	14,890
74	Morocco	13,240
75	Ecuador	12,890
76	Norway	12,080
77	Mozambique	11,680
78	Azerbaijan	11,550
79	Kuwait	11,200
80	Hungary	11,050
81	Iraq	10,980
82	Zimbabwe	10,400
83	Sri Lanka	10,280
84	Cuba	9,490
85	Yemen	9,040
86	Guatemala	8,990
87	Ghana	8,630
88	Libya	8,540
89	Syria	7,960
90	Belgium	7,610
91	Greece	7,410
92	Austria	7,210
93	Portugal	7,140
94	Sweden	6,460
95	Nicaragua	6,350
96	Senegal	6,340
97	Bulgaria	6,140
98	Dominican Republic	5,960
99	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5,750
100	Finland	5,470
101	Honduras	5,380
102	Slovakia	5,290
103	Qatar	5,190
104	Denmark	4,920
105	Benin	4,840
106	Mongolia	4,840
107	Botswana	4,480
108	Tunisia	4,390
109	Georgia	4,330
110	Oman	4,260
111	Namibia	4,260
112	Switzerland	4,150
113	Trinidad and Tobago	3,820
114	Haiti	3,740
115	Croatia	3,690
116	Ireland	3,660
117	Lithuania	3,650
118	Kyrgyzstan	3,520
119	Tajikistan	3,270
120	El Salvador	3,200
121	Panama	3,040
122	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,850
123	Togo	2,840
124	Moldova	2,590
125	Costa Rica	2,450
126	Eritrea	2,410
127	Armenia	2,300
128	Latvia	2,290
129	Albania	2,170
130	Brunei Darussalam	2,060
131	Gabon	2,040
132	Bahrain	1,970
133	Slovenia	1,630
134	Jordan	1,610
135	Singapore	1,260
136	Estonia	1,230
137	Israel	1,170
138	Jamaica	1,160
139	Hong Kong	1,090
140	Lebanon	980
141	Iceland	330
142	Cyprus	330
143	Luxembourg	180
144	Netherlands Antilles	110
145	Malta	100

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Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent) - Emissions - Environment - World Development Indicators

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