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Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)

· lower is better · 203 countries

World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0updated 2024
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  1. 1Naoero0
  2. 2Tuvalu0
  3. 3Turks and Caicos Islands0
  4. 4Virgin Islands (U.S.)0
  5. 5Marshall Islands0
  6. 6American Samoa0
  7. 7Northern Mariana Islands0
  8. 8British Virgin Islands0
  9. 9Palau0
  10. 10Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0
  11. 11Guam0.01
  12. 12Gibraltar0.01
  13. 13Bermuda0.02
  14. 14Aruba0.02
  15. 15Cayman Islands0.02
  16. 16Faroe Islands0.02
  17. 17Kiribati0.02
  18. 18Dominica0.03
  19. 19Sao Tome and Principe0.03
  20. 20Samoa0.03
  21. 21St. Kitts and Nevis0.03
  22. 22St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.03
  23. 23St. Lucia0.03
  24. 24Macao SAR, China0.04
  25. 25Tonga0.04
  26. 26Grenada0.04
  27. 27French Polynesia0.04
  28. 28Antigua and Barbuda0.04
  29. 29New Caledonia0.05
  30. 30Greenland0.05
  31. 31Seychelles0.07
  32. 32Cabo Verde0.07
  33. 33Vanuatu0.08
  34. 34Timor-Leste0.1
  35. 35Luxembourg0.11
  36. 36Brunei Darussalam0.11
  37. 37Barbados0.12
  38. 38Eswatini0.16
  39. 39Maldives0.16
  40. 40Comoros0.17
  41. 41Bhutan0.17
  42. 42Malta0.18
  43. 43Lesotho0.19
  44. 44Iceland0.19
  45. 45Solomon Islands0.2
  46. 46Suriname0.23
  47. 47Switzerland0.25
  48. 48Jamaica0.27
  49. 49Gabon0.28
  50. 50Belize0.3
  51. 51Gambia, The0.3
  52. 52Bahamas, The0.32
  53. 53Equatorial Guinea0.35
  54. 54Namibia0.36
  55. 55Guinea-Bissau0.36
  56. 56Fiji0.37
  57. 57Central African Republic0.44
  58. 58Guyana0.46
  59. 59Slovenia0.47
  60. 60Lao PDR0.48
  61. 61Mongolia0.51
  62. 62Mauritius0.52
  63. 63Botswana0.52
  64. 64Albania0.52
  65. 65Estonia0.54
  66. 66Liberia0.55
  67. 67Latvia0.55
  68. 68Syrian Arab Republic0.56
  69. 69Djibouti0.57
  70. 70Paraguay0.61
  71. 71North Macedonia0.67
  72. 72Eritrea0.69
  73. 73Congo, Rep.0.73
  74. 74Lithuania0.73
  75. 75Armenia0.76
  76. 76Sierra Leone0.78
  77. 77Cyprus0.8
  78. 78Denmark0.81
  79. 79Papua New Guinea0.86
  80. 80Bosnia and Herzegovina0.95
  81. 81Mauritania0.96
  82. 82Moldova0.97
  83. 83Togo1
  84. 84Nicaragua1
  85. 85Burundi1
  86. 86Zambia1
  87. 87Puerto Rico (US)1.1
  88. 88Bahrain1.1
  89. 89Rwanda1.1
  90. 90Ireland1.2
  91. 91Haiti1.2
  92. 92Niger1.2
  93. 93Malawi1.3
  94. 94Austria1.4
  95. 95Benin1.4
  96. 96Norway1.4
  97. 97Turkmenistan1.5
  98. 98Tajikistan1.5
  99. 99Mali1.5
  100. 100Cambodia1.5
  101. 101Zimbabwe1.6
  102. 102Panama1.7
  103. 103Croatia1.8
  104. 104Chad1.9
  105. 105Senegal1.9
  106. 106Costa Rica1.9
  107. 107Georgia1.9
  108. 108Belgium2
  109. 109Afghanistan2
  110. 110Nepal2
  111. 111Mozambique2.1
  112. 112El Salvador2.1
  113. 113Bolivia2.2
  114. 114Guinea2.6
  115. 115Burkina Faso2.6
  116. 116Slovak Republic2.6
  117. 117Madagascar2.7
  118. 118Azerbaijan2.7
  119. 119Somalia, Fed. Rep.2.8
  120. 120Kyrgyz Republic2.9
  121. 121Netherlands2.9
  122. 122Libya3.1
  123. 123Trinidad and Tobago3.2
  124. 124Cote d'Ivoire3.3
  125. 125Ghana3.3
  126. 126Sweden3.3
  127. 127Tunisia3.4
  128. 128Kenya3.4
  129. 129Angola3.5
  130. 130Tanzania3.5
  131. 131Qatar3.6
  132. 132Belarus3.6
  133. 133Lebanon3.6
  134. 134Honduras3.7
  135. 135Myanmar3.7
  136. 136New Zealand3.8
  137. 137Oman3.8
  138. 138Singapore4.1
  139. 139Uganda4.1
  140. 140Kazakhstan4.2
  141. 141Bulgaria4.3
  142. 142Ecuador4.3
  143. 143Cameroon4.4
  144. 144Korea, Dem. People's Rep.4.5
  145. 145Hungary4.6
  146. 146Sri Lanka4.7
  147. 147Hong Kong SAR, China4.8
  148. 148Yemen, Rep.4.8
  149. 149Dominican Republic4.8
  150. 150Cuba4.8
  151. 151Czechia5
  152. 152Greece5
  153. 153Portugal5.1
  154. 154Poland5.2
  155. 155Jordan5.3
  156. 156Uruguay5.3
  157. 157Japan5.7
  158. 158Romania5.9
  159. 159Uzbekistan6.4
  160. 160Israel7
  161. 161Finland7.4
  162. 162Guatemala7.6
  163. 163Peru7.6
  164. 164United Arab Emirates7.7
  165. 165Venezuela, RB7.9
  166. 166Germany8.1
  167. 167Algeria9.8
  168. 168Sudan10
  169. 169Ukraine10.1
  170. 170Kuwait11.1
  171. 171Philippines11.2
  172. 172Malaysia12.3
  173. 173Spain12.9
  174. 174Iraq13.2
  175. 175Congo, Dem. Rep.13.4
  176. 176Ethiopia13.6
  177. 177Iran, Islamic Rep.14
  178. 178Chile14.3
  179. 179Italy15.6
  180. 180Australia15.7
  181. 181Bangladesh17
  182. 182Viet Nam17.3
  183. 183Argentina18.2
  184. 184France18.4
  185. 185Korea, Rep.18.6
  186. 186Turkiye20.8
  187. 187Morocco22
  188. 188Egypt, Arab Rep.22.3
  189. 189Colombia22.4
  190. 190United Kingdom22.6
  191. 191Pakistan24.6
  192. 192South Africa25.4
  193. 193Thailand26.6
  194. 194Canada28.9
  195. 195Saudi Arabia33.2
  196. 196Nigeria33.3
  197. 197Mexico48.5
  198. 198Indonesia54.4
  199. 199Russian Federation89.2
  200. 200Brazil107.9
  201. 201India135.2
  202. 202United States149.5
  203. 203China195.7

Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)