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Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
World Bank (WDI)
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203 countries · 1970–2024
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2024
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
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Country
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Value
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1
Naoero
0
2
Tuvalu
0
3
Turks and Caicos Islands
0
4
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0
5
Marshall Islands
0
6
American Samoa
0
7
Northern Mariana Islands
0
8
British Virgin Islands
0
9
Palau
0
10
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0
11
Guam
0.01
12
Gibraltar
0.01
13
Bermuda
0.02
14
Aruba
0.02
15
Cayman Islands
0.02
16
Faroe Islands
0.02
17
Kiribati
0.02
18
Dominica
0.03
19
Sao Tome and Principe
0.03
20
Samoa
0.03
21
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.03
22
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.03
23
St. Lucia
0.03
24
Macao SAR, China
0.04
25
Tonga
0.04
26
Grenada
0.04
27
French Polynesia
0.04
28
Antigua and Barbuda
0.04
29
New Caledonia
0.05
30
Greenland
0.05
31
Seychelles
0.07
32
Cabo Verde
0.07
33
Vanuatu
0.08
34
Timor-Leste
0.1
35
Luxembourg
0.11
36
Brunei Darussalam
0.11
37
Barbados
0.12
38
Eswatini
0.16
39
Maldives
0.16
40
Comoros
0.17
41
Bhutan
0.17
42
Malta
0.18
43
Lesotho
0.19
44
Iceland
0.19
45
Solomon Islands
0.2
46
Suriname
0.23
47
Switzerland
0.25
48
Jamaica
0.27
49
Gabon
0.28
50
Belize
0.3
51
Gambia, The
0.3
52
Bahamas, The
0.32
53
Equatorial Guinea
0.35
54
Namibia
0.36
55
Guinea-Bissau
0.36
56
Fiji
0.37
57
Central African Republic
0.44
58
Guyana
0.46
59
Slovenia
0.47
60
Lao PDR
0.48
61
Mongolia
0.51
62
Mauritius
0.52
63
Botswana
0.52
64
Albania
0.52
65
Estonia
0.54
66
Liberia
0.55
67
Latvia
0.55
68
Syrian Arab Republic
0.56
69
Djibouti
0.57
70
Paraguay
0.61
71
North Macedonia
0.67
72
Eritrea
0.69
73
Congo, Rep.
0.73
74
Lithuania
0.73
75
Armenia
0.76
76
Sierra Leone
0.78
77
Cyprus
0.8
78
Denmark
0.81
79
Papua New Guinea
0.86
80
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.95
81
Mauritania
0.96
82
Moldova
0.97
83
Togo
1
84
Nicaragua
1
85
Burundi
1
86
Zambia
1
87
Puerto Rico (US)
1.1
88
Bahrain
1.1
89
Rwanda
1.1
90
Ireland
1.2
91
Haiti
1.2
92
Niger
1.2
93
Malawi
1.3
94
Austria
1.4
95
Benin
1.4
96
Norway
1.4
97
Turkmenistan
1.5
98
Tajikistan
1.5
99
Mali
1.5
100
Cambodia
1.5
101
Zimbabwe
1.6
102
Panama
1.7
103
Croatia
1.8
104
Chad
1.9
105
Senegal
1.9
106
Costa Rica
1.9
107
Georgia
1.9
108
Belgium
2
109
Afghanistan
2
110
Nepal
2
111
Mozambique
2.1
112
El Salvador
2.1
113
Bolivia
2.2
114
Guinea
2.6
115
Burkina Faso
2.6
116
Slovak Republic
2.6
117
Madagascar
2.7
118
Azerbaijan
2.7
119
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
2.8
120
Kyrgyz Republic
2.9
121
Netherlands
2.9
122
Libya
3.1
123
Trinidad and Tobago
3.2
124
Cote d'Ivoire
3.3
125
Ghana
3.3
126
Sweden
3.3
127
Tunisia
3.4
128
Kenya
3.4
129
Angola
3.5
130
Tanzania
3.5
131
Qatar
3.6
132
Belarus
3.6
133
Lebanon
3.6
134
Honduras
3.7
135
Myanmar
3.7
136
New Zealand
3.8
137
Oman
3.8
138
Singapore
4.1
139
Uganda
4.1
140
Kazakhstan
4.2
141
Bulgaria
4.3
142
Ecuador
4.3
143
Cameroon
4.4
144
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
4.5
145
Hungary
4.6
146
Sri Lanka
4.7
147
Hong Kong SAR, China
4.8
148
Yemen, Rep.
4.8
149
Dominican Republic
4.8
150
Cuba
4.8
151
Czechia
5
152
Greece
5
153
Portugal
5.1
154
Poland
5.2
155
Jordan
5.3
156
Uruguay
5.3
157
Japan
5.7
158
Romania
5.9
159
Uzbekistan
6.4
160
Israel
7
161
Finland
7.4
162
Guatemala
7.6
163
Peru
7.6
164
United Arab Emirates
7.7
165
Venezuela, RB
7.9
166
Germany
8.1
167
Algeria
9.8
168
Sudan
10
169
Ukraine
10.1
170
Kuwait
11.1
171
Philippines
11.2
172
Malaysia
12.3
173
Spain
12.9
174
Iraq
13.2
175
Congo, Dem. Rep.
13.4
176
Ethiopia
13.6
177
Iran, Islamic Rep.
14
178
Chile
14.3
179
Italy
15.6
180
Australia
15.7
181
Bangladesh
17
182
Viet Nam
17.3
183
Argentina
18.2
184
France
18.4
185
Korea, Rep.
18.6
186
Turkiye
20.8
187
Morocco
22
188
Egypt, Arab Rep.
22.3
189
Colombia
22.4
190
United Kingdom
22.6
191
Pakistan
24.6
192
South Africa
25.4
193
Thailand
26.6
194
Canada
28.9
195
Saudi Arabia
33.2
196
Nigeria
33.3
197
Mexico
48.5
198
Indonesia
54.4
199
Russian Federation
89.2
200
Brazil
107.9
201
India
135.2
202
United States
149.5
203
China
195.7
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