| # | Flag | Country | Methane emissions in energy sector (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)Methane emissions in energy sector (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 738,366.84 | 2008 | |
| 2 | Russia | 406,730.78 | 2008 | |
| 3 | United States | 219,505.40 | 2008 | |
| 4 | India | 104,339.39 | 2008 | |
| 5 | Iran | 75,114.12 | 2008 | |
| 6 | Indonesia | 57,736.14 | 2008 | |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 49,514.14 | 2008 | |
| 8 | Ukraine | 47,533.60 | 2008 | |
| 9 | Canada | 45,411.37 | 2008 | |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 43,227.60 | 2008 | |
| 11 | Brazil | 41,388.18 | 2008 | |
| 12 | Poland | 41,179.13 | 2008 | |
| 13 | Nigeria | 39,801.34 | 2008 | |
| 14 | Mexico | 39,539.76 | 2008 | |
| 15 | Australia | 39,062.81 | 2008 | |
| 16 | Pakistan | 37,956.25 | 2008 | |
| 17 | Algeria | 37,642.56 | 2008 | |
| 18 | Vietnam | 36,938.29 | 2008 | |
| 19 | France | 35,280.01 | 2008 | |
| 20 | South Africa | 31,666.66 | 2008 | |
| 21 | Egypt | 28,776.49 | 2008 | |
| 22 | Qatar | 27,793.43 | 2008 | |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 27,457.15 | 2008 | |
| 24 | Turkmenistan | 25,219.18 | 2008 | |
| 25 | Venezuela | 24,976.81 | 2008 | |
| 26 | Malaysia | 23,251.28 | 2008 | |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 22,726.43 | 2008 | |
| 28 | Thailand | 21,638.71 | 2008 | |
| 29 | Argentina | 17,288.60 | 2008 | |
| 30 | Libya | 16,025.76 | 2008 | |
| 31 | Germany | 15,348.08 | 2008 | |
| 32 | Iraq | 15,258.18 | 2008 | |
| 33 | Turkey | 14,821.74 | 2008 | |
| 34 | Oman | 14,499.93 | 2008 | |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 13,833.19 | 2008 | |
| 36 | Norway | 13,505.83 | 2008 | |
| 37 | Romania | 12,469.02 | 2008 | |
| 38 | Colombia | 12,094.32 | 2008 | |
| 39 | Kuwait | 11,824.32 | 2008 | |
| 40 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11,734.04 | 2008 | |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 11,284.37 | 2008 | |
| 42 | North Korea | 11,063.36 | 2008 | |
| 43 | Angola | 11,033.10 | 2008 | |
| 44 | Myanmar | 10,284.90 | 2008 | |
| 45 | Ethiopia | 10,083.60 | 2008 | |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 9,820.45 | 2008 | |
| 47 | Bolivia | 9,370.74 | 2008 | |
| 48 | Kenya | 7,718.32 | 2008 | |
| 49 | South Korea | 7,014.19 | 2008 | |
| 50 | Sudan | 6,459.54 | 2008 | |
| 51 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 6,291.35 | 2008 | |
| 52 | Italy | 6,244.74 | 2008 | |
| 53 | Philippines | 5,904.66 | 2008 | |
| 54 | Syria | 5,679.28 | 2008 | |
| 55 | Tanzania | 5,640.63 | 2008 | |
| 56 | Netherlands | 5,452.93 | 2008 | |
| 57 | Czech Republic | 5,109.04 | 2008 | |
| 58 | Uganda | 4,669.10 | 2008 | |
| 59 | Brunei | 4,539.34 | 2008 | |
| 60 | Mozambique | 4,290.52 | 2008 | |
| 61 | Chile | 4,263.03 | 2008 | |
| 62 | Tunisia | 3,893.52 | 2008 | |
| 63 | Republic of the Congo | 3,745.94 | 2008 | |
| 64 | Ivory Coast | 3,576.72 | 2008 | |
| 65 | Japan | 3,374.71 | 2008 | |
| 66 | Ecuador | 3,358.39 | 2008 | |
| 67 | Spain | 3,356.44 | 2008 | |
| 68 | Ghana | 3,035.22 | 2008 | |
| 69 | Madagascar | 2,967.11 | 2008 | |
| 70 | Bahrain | 2,942.61 | 2008 | |
| 71 | Gabon | 2,828.33 | 2008 | |
| 72 | Burkina Faso | 2,703.07 | 2008 | |
| 73 | Cameroon | 2,647.54 | 2008 | |
| 74 | Somalia | 2,626.81 | 2008 | |
| 75 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,538.69 | 2008 | |
| 76 | Zambia | 2,465.23 | 2008 | |
| 77 | Croatia | 2,367.87 | 2008 | |
| 78 | Yemen | 2,312.43 | 2008 | |
| 79 | Peru | 2,245.98 | 2008 | |
| 80 | Hungary | 2,150.74 | 2008 | |
| 81 | Chad | 2,082.78 | 2008 | |
| 82 | Austria | 2,036.92 | 2008 | |
| 83 | Republic of Ireland | 1,967.16 | 2008 | |
| 84 | Niger | 1,856.20 | 2008 | |
| 85 | Greece | 1,848.90 | 2008 | |
| 86 | Georgia | 1,844.76 | 2008 | |
| 87 | Armenia | 1,792.58 | 2008 | |
| 88 | Paraguay | 1,790.88 | 2008 | |
| 89 | Moldova | 1,773.56 | 2008 | |
| 90 | Latvia | 1,772.24 | 2008 | |
| 91 | Lithuania | 1,768.36 | 2008 | |
| 92 | Portugal | 1,654.02 | 2008 | |
| 93 | Togo | 1,635.82 | 2008 | |
| 94 | Guinea | 1,557.16 | 2008 | |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 1,528.09 | 2008 | |
| 96 | Senegal | 1,503.51 | 2008 | |
| 97 | Nepal | 1,458.82 | 2008 | |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,452.44 | 2008 | |
| 99 | Belgium | 1,399.08 | 2008 | |
| 100 | Singapore | 1,384.92 | 2008 | |
| 101 | Malawi | 1,357.53 | 2008 | |
| 102 | Morocco | 1,327.60 | 2008 | |
| 103 | Denmark | 1,304.83 | 2008 | |
| 104 | Burundi | 1,258.78 | 2008 | |
| 105 | Sweden | 1,254.53 | 2008 | |
| 106 | Guatemala | 1,235.02 | 2008 | |
| 107 | Cambodia | 1,210.23 | 2008 | |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 1,150.97 | 2008 | |
| 109 | Slovenia | 1,131.77 | 2008 | |
| 110 | New Zealand | 1,122.28 | 2008 | |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 1,122.16 | 2008 | |
| 112 | Belarus | 1,077.10 | 2008 | |
| 113 | Switzerland | 1,068.74 | 2008 | |
| 114 | Israel | 1,034.36 | 2008 | |
| 115 | Zimbabwe | 1,030.78 | 2008 | |
| 116 | Benin | 950.48 | 2008 | |
| 117 | Slovakia | 923.08 | 2008 | |
| 118 | Estonia | 921.77 | 2008 | |
| 119 | Afghanistan | 919.69 | 2008 | |
| 120 | Rwanda | 912.59 | 2008 | |
| 121 | Papua New Guinea | 909.58 | 2008 | |
| 122 | Liberia | 905.08 | 2008 | |
| 123 | Haiti | 897.96 | 2008 | |
| 124 | Cuba | 848.36 | 2008 | |
| 125 | Finland | 833.97 | 2008 | |
| 126 | Laos | 804.61 | 2008 | |
| 127 | Hong Kong | 760.70 | 2008 | |
| 128 | Mali | 706.17 | 2008 | |
| 129 | Jordan | 680.56 | 2008 | |
| 130 | Albania | 649.12 | 2008 | |
| 131 | Uruguay | 622.73 | 2008 | |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 583.08 | 2008 | |
| 133 | Eritrea | 544.08 | 2008 | |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 534.13 | 2008 | |
| 135 | Mongolia | 533.02 | 2008 | |
| 136 | Central African Republic | 528.01 | 2008 | |
| 137 | Mauritania | 493.58 | 2008 | |
| 138 | El Salvador | 476.67 | 2008 | |
| 139 | Republic of Macedonia | 461.64 | 2008 | |
| 140 | Honduras | 459.59 | 2008 | |
| 141 | Botswana | 455.61 | 2008 | |
| 142 | Bhutan | 438.60 | 2008 | |
| 143 | Nicaragua | 419.86 | 2008 | |
| 144 | Lesotho | 336.83 | 2008 | |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 261.71 | 2008 | |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 256.03 | 2008 | |
| 147 | Gambia | 171.93 | 2008 | |
| 148 | Jamaica | 154.33 | 2008 | |
| 149 | Swaziland | 150.88 | 2008 | |
| 150 | Panama | 133.53 | 2008 | |
| 151 | Luxembourg | 128.30 | 2008 | |
| 152 | Namibia | 126.46 | 2008 | |
| 153 | Lebanon | 119.10 | 2008 | |
| 154 | Djibouti | 100.20 | 2008 | |
| 155 | Comoros | 76.79 | 2008 | |
| 156 | Guyana | 74.90 | 2008 | |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 42.81 | 2008 | |
| 158 | Mauritius | 35.27 | 2008 | |
| 159 | Belize | 25.97 | 2008 | |
| 160 | Suriname | 21.60 | 2008 | |
| 161 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 17.48 | 2008 | |
| 162 | Fiji | 16.02 | 2008 | |
| 163 | Cyprus | 14.81 | 2008 | |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 14.00 | 2008 | |
| 165 | The Bahamas | 10.13 | 2008 | |
| 166 | Barbados | 8.71 | 2008 | |
| 167 | East Timor | 8.05 | 2008 | |
| 168 | Samoa | 6.55 | 2008 | |
| 169 | Grenada | 5.36 | 2008 | |
| 170 | Maldives | 5.31 | 2008 | |
| 171 | Cape Verde | 4.20 | 2008 | |
| 172 | New Caledonia | 4.08 | 2008 | |
| 173 | Macao | 3.79 | 2008 | |
| 174 | Seychelles | 3.71 | 2008 | |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 3.56 | 2008 | |
| 176 | Iceland | 3.48 | 2008 | |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 2.29 | 2008 | |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.93 | 2008 | |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 1.93 | 2008 | |
| 180 | Aruba | 1.38 | 2008 | |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.15 | 2008 | |
| 182 | Dominica | 1.14 | 2008 | |
| 183 | Bermuda | 1.11 | 2008 | |
| 184 | Tonga | 0.92 | 2008 | |
| 185 | Kiribati | 0.86 | 2008 | |
| 186 | Cayman Islands | 0.85 | 2008 | |
| 187 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.66 | 2008 | |
| 188 | Malta | 0.60 | 2008 | |
| 189 | Virgin Islands (British) | 0.39 | 2008 | |
| 190 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 0.38 | 2008 | |
| 191 | Turks And Caicos Islands | 0.32 | 2008 | |
| 192 | Gibraltar | 0.29 | 2008 | |
| 193 | Puerto Rico | 0.06 | 2008 | |
| 194 | Guam | 0.04 | 2008 | |
| 195 | American Samoa | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 196 | Serbia | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 197 | South Sudan | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 199 | Kosovo | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 200 | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 201 | Isle Of Man | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 202 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 203 | Faroe Islands | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 204 | Sint Maarten | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 205 | Saint Martin | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 206 | Tuvalu | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 207 | Curacao | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 209 | Montenegro | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 210 | San Marino | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 211 | Monaco | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 212 | Nauru | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 213 | Andorra | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 214 | Greenland | 0.00 | 2008 | |
| 215 | Palau | 0.00 | 2008 |