Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) - Country Ranking

Definition: Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Liechtenstein 100.00 2008
1 Tuvalu 100.00 2008
3 Ireland 94.46 2008
4 Lao PDR 91.94 2008
5 Uruguay 91.78 2008
6 Mauritania 91.67 2008
7 Mongolia 91.51 2008
8 Mali 89.56 2008
9 Myanmar 89.30 2008
10 Burkina Faso 89.24 2008
11 Cambodia 88.69 2008
12 Madagascar 86.26 2008
13 Botswana 85.88 2008
14 Namibia 85.87 2008
15 Comoros 85.71 2008
16 Somalia 85.12 2008
17 Pakistan 84.66 2008
18 Sudan 84.48 2008
19 New Zealand 83.92 2008
20 New Caledonia 83.15 1989
21 Guyana 82.93 2008
22 Eritrea 81.79 2008
23 Brazil 81.35 2008
24 Tajikistan 81.17 2008
25 Switzerland 78.64 2008
26 Fiji 78.57 2008
27 Bolivia 78.32 2008
28 Guinea-Bissau 78.15 2008
29 Denmark 78.08 2008
30 Nicaragua 77.59 2008
31 Kenya 76.84 2008
32 Philippines 76.66 2008
33 Chad 75.76 2008
34 India 75.39 2008
35 Bangladesh 74.44 2008
36 Argentina 73.94 2008
37 Luxembourg 73.21 2008
38 Guinea 72.38 2008
39 Vanuatu 71.74 2008
40 Nepal 71.67 2008
41 Ethiopia 70.76 2008
42 Djibouti 69.70 2008
43 Niger 69.61 2008
44 Paraguay 69.50 2008
45 Tanzania 68.87 2008
46 Zambia 68.35 2008
47 Haiti 68.20 2008
48 Dominican Republic 68.00 2008
49 Belgium 67.83 2008
50 Kyrgyz Republic 67.61 2008
51 Tonga 66.67 2008
52 Mozambique 66.55 2008
53 France 66.47 2008
54 Albania 66.25 2008
55 Thailand 66.19 2008
56 Senegal 63.77 2008
57 Colombia 63.72 2008
58 Austria 63.67 2008
59 Rwanda 62.30 2008
60 Sweden 61.69 2008
61 Zimbabwe 61.46 2008
62 Japan 61.41 2008
63 Cuba 60.72 2008
64 Vietnam 60.29 2008
65 Australia 60.27 2008
66 Spain 60.23 2008
67 Peru 60.08 2008
68 Netherlands 59.39 2008
69 Benin 58.57 2008
70 The Gambia 57.60 2008
71 Sierra Leone 56.90 2008
72 Honduras 56.88 2008
73 Belarus 56.78 2008
74 Yemen 56.77 2008
75 Uganda 56.47 2008
76 Lithuania 55.33 2008
77 Central African Republic 54.95 2008
78 Germany 54.64 2008
79 Cabo Verde 54.55 2008
80 Cameroon 54.06 2008
81 Panama 53.88 2008
82 Estonia 53.17 2008
83 Bhutan 52.94 2008
84 Latvia 52.17 2008
85 Costa Rica 52.09 2008
86 Burundi 51.39 2008
87 Lesotho 51.14 2008
88 Guatemala 50.86 2008
89 Iceland 50.00 2008
89 Dominica 50.00 2008
89 Kiribati 50.00 2008
92 Sri Lanka 49.13 2008
93 Chile 49.11 2008
94 Slovenia 48.92 2008
95 Angola 48.80 2008
96 Congo 48.73 2008
97 Ecuador 48.41 2008
98 El Salvador 48.27 2008
99 Norway 47.83 2008
100 Puerto Rico 47.07 1989
101 Samoa 46.15 2008
101 Montenegro 46.15 2008
103 Morocco 45.76 2008
104 Finland 45.12 2008
105 Afghanistan 44.20 2008
106 Italy 43.54 2008
107 Greece 42.71 2008
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.31 2008
109 Jamaica 42.17 2008
110 Malta 42.11 2008
111 Eswatini 41.67 2008
112 Croatia 41.60 2008
113 Mexico 41.31 2008
114 South Africa 41.28 2008
115 Dem. Rep. Congo 41.16 2008
116 Togo 39.13 2008
117 Portugal 38.92 2008
118 North Macedonia 38.33 2008
119 Venezuela 38.26 2008
120 Kazakhstan 37.25 2008
121 United Kingdom 36.89 2008
122 Ghana 36.47 2008
123 China 35.99 2008
124 Turkey 35.98 2008
125 Korea 35.61 2008
126 Tunisia 35.20 2008
127 Suriname 34.82 2008
128 Romania 34.49 2008
129 Serbia 34.00 2008
130 Nigeria 33.20 2008
131 Indonesia 33.16 2008
132 Egypt 32.55 2008
133 Armenia 31.60 2008
134 Hungary 31.21 2008
135 Belize 31.11 2008
136 United States 30.64 2008
137 Poland 29.56 2008
138 Iraq 29.03 2008
139 Canada 27.68 2008
140 Slovak Republic 26.78 2008
141 Côte d'Ivoire 26.62 2008
142 Cyprus 26.47 2008
143 Moldova 26.05 2008
144 Bulgaria 25.69 2008
145 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 23.77 2008
146 Malawi 22.66 2008
147 Czech Republic 22.49 2008
148 Gabon 21.70 2008
149 Georgia 20.86 2008
150 Turkmenistan 18.00 2008
151 Oman 17.69 2008
152 Ukraine 17.12 2008
153 Greenland 15.73 1989
154 Iran 15.33 2008
155 Antigua and Barbuda 15.00 2008
156 Solomon Islands 14.71 2008
157 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 14.29 2008
158 Papua New Guinea 13.76 2008
159 Syrian Arab Republic 12.71 2008
160 St. Kitts and Nevis 12.50 2008
161 Cayman Islands 12.12 1989
162 Jordan 12.00 2008
163 Malaysia 11.70 2008
164 Timor-Leste 11.19 2008
165 Uzbekistan 10.92 2008
166 Algeria 10.86 2008
167 Nauru 10.85 1989
168 The Bahamas 9.52 2008
169 Azerbaijan 9.38 2008
170 Trinidad and Tobago 8.41 2008
171 St. Lucia 8.33 2008
172 Lebanon 8.08 2008
173 Russia 7.32 2008
174 Israel 6.31 2008
175 Liberia 5.68 2008
176 Saudi Arabia 5.29 2008
177 Kuwait 2.99 2008
178 United Arab Emirates 2.57 2008
179 Qatar 1.94 2008
180 Libya 1.74 2008
181 Mauritius 1.22 2008
182 Barbados 0.88 2008
183 Grenada 0.52 2008
184 Bahrain 0.19 2008
185 Brunei 0.18 2008
186 Equatorial Guinea 0.06 2008
187 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.00 1989
187 Andorra 0.00 2008
187 Macao SAR, China 0.00 1989
187 Singapore 0.00 2008
187 Palau 0.00 2008
187 Seychelles 0.00 2008
187 São Tomé and Principe 0.00 2008

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Development Relevance: The addition of man-made greenhouse gases to the Atmosphere disturbs the earth's radiative balance. This is leading to an increase in the earth's surface temperature and to related effects on climate, sea level rise and world agriculture. Emissions of CO2 are from burning oil, coal and gas for energy use, burning wood and waste materials, and from industrial processes such as cement production. Emission intensity is the average emission rate of a given pollutant from a given source relative to the intensity of a specific activity. Emission intensities are also used to compare the environmental impact of different fuels or activities. The related terms - emission factor and carbon intensity - are often used interchangeably. The carbon dioxide emissions of a country are only an indicator of one greenhouse gas. For a more complete idea of how a country influences climate change, gases such as methane and nitrous oxide should be taken into account. This is particularly important in agricultural economies. The environmental effects of carbon dioxide are of significant interest. Carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up the largest share of the greenhouse gases contributing to global warming and climate change. Converting all other greenhouse gases (methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)) to carbon dioxide (or CO2) equivalents makes it possible to compare them and to determine their individual and total contributions to global warming. The Kyoto Protocol, an environmental agreement adopted in 1997 by many of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is working towards curbing CO2 emissions globally.

Limitations and Exceptions: National reporting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that follows the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines is based on national emission inventories and covers all sources of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions as well as carbon sinks (such as forests). To estimate emissions, the countries that are Parties to the Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) use complex, state-of-the-art methodologies recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: IPCC category 4 = Agriculture. Methane emissions result largely from agricultural activities, industrial production landfills and wastewater treatment, and other sources such as tropical forest and other vegetation fires. The emissions are usually expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents using the global warming potential, which allows the effective contributions of different gases to be compared. A kilogram of methane is 21 times as effective at trapping heat in the earth's atmosphere as a kilogram of carbon dioxide within 100 years.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual