Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) by country
A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global...
Countries reporting
197
Highest
37.74 Mt CO2e
India
Lowest
0 Mt CO2e
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.237 Mt CO2e
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
13,420
What the numbers show
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 37.74 Mt CO2e in India; the lowest is 0 Mt CO2e in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.237 Mt CO2e, and the mean is 1.18 Mt CO2e.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Bermuda (up 10,800.0%), and the largest decrease in Vietnam (down 82.5%).
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 37.74 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 2 | China | 32.75 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 12.61 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 9.47 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 5 | Pakistan | 9.39 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 8.67 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.67 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 8 | Tanzania | 5.56 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Brazil | 4.06 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 10 | Uganda | 3.96 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 11 | Myanmar | 3.71 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 3.57 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 13 | Kenya | 3.41 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 3.31 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 15 | Nepal | 3.21 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 2.87 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 17 | Guatemala | 2.72 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 18 | France | 2.45 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 19 | Sudan | 2.36 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 2.28 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Cameroon | 2.23 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 22 | Zambia | 2.21 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 2.11 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 24 | Somalia | 2.08 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 2.06 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 26 | Russia | 1.96 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Angola | 1.77 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 28 | Madagascar | 1.74 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 30 | Mozambique | 1.69 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 1.67 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 1.49 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Iran | 1.36 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 157.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea | 1.36 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 1.31 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 36 | Turkey | 1.18 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 37 | Liberia | 1.16 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 38 | North Korea | 1.16 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 40.8% | falling |
| 39 | Romania | 1.11 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 40 | Indonesia | 1.05 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 1.05 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 42 | Niger | 1.05 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 43 | Japan | 1.04 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 44 | Chad | 0.9648 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 45 | Colombia | 0.9621 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 46 | Rwanda | 0.9152 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 18.8% | flat |
| 47 | Chile | 0.9074 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 48 | Ukraine | 0.8576 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Peru | 0.8482 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 50 | Czechia | 0.8326 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Spain | 0.8102 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Canada | 0.7994 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 53 | Ghana | 0.7908 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 54 | Vietnam | 0.7597 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 82.5% | falling |
| 55 | Haiti | 0.7589 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 56 | Malawi | 0.7527 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 57 | Togo | 0.7379 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 0.7351 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | 0.7175 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 60 | Thailand | 0.7074 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 64.8% | falling |
| 61 | Benin | 0.7055 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 0.6851 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 0.6842 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 168.9% | rising |
| 64 | Burundi | 0.6759 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 65 | Mali | 0.6517 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 66 | Austria | 0.6402 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 67 | Laos | 0.5411 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 68 | Finland | 0.4939 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Bhutan | 0.4778 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 70 | Australia | 0.4769 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 71 | Hungary | 0.4767 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 72 | Honduras | 0.4693 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 73 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4689 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 74 | Congo | 0.4601 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Egypt | 0.4584 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4439 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 188.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Cambodia | 0.4396 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 78 | Gabon | 0.4374 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 0.4301 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 55.8% | falling |
| 80 | Morocco | 0.419 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 0.3791 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 82 | Croatia | 0.3517 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 83 | Senegal | 0.3409 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 84 | Sweden | 0.3307 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 85 | South Korea | 0.3304 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3269 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 87 | Paraguay | 0.3165 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 88 | Portugal | 0.296 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 89 | Denmark | 0.2865 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 89 | Mauritania | 0.2865 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 91 | Mongolia | 0.2848 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Lesotho | 0.2847 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 93 | Belgium | 0.2815 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Greece | 0.2813 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 95 | Tunisia | 0.2784 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 96 | Netherlands | 0.2748 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 97 | Switzerland | 0.2549 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 0.2479 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 99 | Botswana | 0.237 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 100 | Belarus | 0.2254 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 101 | Afghanistan | 0.2033 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Norway | 0.1993 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 103 | Moldova | 0.1986 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Eritrea | 0.1944 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 0.1864 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 106 | Slovakia | 0.1853 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Latvia | 0.18 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 108 | Lithuania | 0.1748 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 109 | Argentina | 0.1666 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 110 | Estonia | 0.1338 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 111 | Slovenia | 0.1283 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1262 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Uruguay | 0.1213 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 114 | Eswatini | 0.1053 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 0.1008 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Gambia | 0.0956 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 117 | Libya | 0.0897 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 118 | Ireland | 0.0879 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 119 | Venezuela | 0.0873 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 120 | Turkmenistan | 0.0828 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 121 | Georgia | 0.0815 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 122 | New Zealand | 0.0763 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 123 | Ecuador | 0.0751 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 124 | Algeria | 0.0747 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Armenia | 0.0723 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 322.8% | volatile |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 0.0639 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 127 | Lebanon | 0.0621 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 127 | Oman | 0.0621 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Panama | 0.0585 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 130 | Djibouti | 0.0524 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Albania | 0.0487 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Comoros | 0.0457 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 133 | El Salvador | 0.0416 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Iraq | 0.0366 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 135 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0335 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 136 | Namibia | 0.0309 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 72.6% | falling |
| 137 | Jamaica | 0.0303 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 138 | Jordan | 0.0302 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 379.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 0.0301 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 139 | Cuba | 0.0301 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 141 | Bolivia | 0.0285 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Costa Rica | 0.0273 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 51.2% | rising |
| 143 | Cape Verde | 0.0241 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 144 | Malaysia | 0.0205 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Yemen | 0.0196 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 146 | Fiji | 0.0164 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 310.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0153 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 148 | Israel | 0.015 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 149 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0137 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 150 | Luxembourg | 0.0129 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 0.0119 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 152 | Bermuda | 0.0109 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10,800.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Cyprus | 0.0089 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Belize | 0.0084 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 0.0079 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Suriname | 0.0077 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 157 | Syria | 0.0073 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Guyana | 0.0071 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0064 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Samoa | 0.0061 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 161 | Hong Kong | 0.006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 162 | East Timor | 0.0059 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 163 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0045 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 164 | Kuwait | 0.0034 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Bahamas | 0.0031 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 0.0026 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 73.3% | falling |
| 167 | Maldives | 0.0024 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Qatar | 0.0023 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 169 | New Caledonia | 0.002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Singapore | 0.0019 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 171 | Mauritius | 0.0017 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Iceland | 0.0015 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 173 | Macao | 0.0013 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 0.0008 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 0.0008 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Greenland | 0.0007 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Malta | 0.0007 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Aruba | 0.0006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Bahrain | 0.0006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 178 | Barbados | 0.0006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 178 | Dominica | 0.0006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 178 | Seychelles | 0.0006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 184 | Kiribati | 0.0004 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Brunei | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Palau | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 185 | Tonga | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Guam | 0.0002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 188 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 191 | Cayman Islands | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 193 | Faroe Islands | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 193 | Gibraltar | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 193 | Grenada | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 193 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 193 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 232.57 Mt CO2e
- IDA & IBRD total 203.56 Mt CO2e
- Low & middle income 196.64 Mt CO2e
- Middle income 153.3 Mt CO2e
- IBRD only 106.52 Mt CO2e
- IDA total 97.04 Mt CO2e
- Lower middle income 94.97 Mt CO2e
- Early-demographic dividend 92.66 Mt CO2e
- Sub-Saharan Africa 75.76 Mt CO2e
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 75.76 Mt CO2e
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 75.76 Mt CO2e
- IDA only 69.07 Mt CO2e
About this data
A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).