Korea's Methane Emissions

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Increasing methane emissions are a major contributor to the rising concentration of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere, and are thought to contribute up to one-third of near-term global heating.

Korea emissions of Methane were 21.5 Million MtCO2e in 2019, this places Korea as the 58th worst Methane emitter globally.

Korea's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: ClimateWatch, Washington, D.C.


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China 0.84 1,213.14
United States 2.26 752.39
India 0.51 710.64
Russia 4.30 627.42
Brazil 2.16 462.23
Indonesia 1.25 345.45
Pakistan 0.77 173.40
Nigeria 0.74 156.44
Mexico 1.12 145.89
Australia 5.32 137.19
Argentina 2.90 132.26
Turkmenistan 20.70 126.64
Saudi Arabia 2.95 104.26
Canada 2.64 100.50
Ethiopia 0.83 97.84
Bangladesh 0.54 89.80
Algeria 1.97 87.89
Myanmar 1.48 81.11
Vietnam 0.82 80.50
Thailand 1.12 78.34
Colombia 1.52 77.92
South Africa 1.22 73.25
Kazakhstan 3.72 70.66
Philippines 0.60 66.63
Egypt 0.63 65.68
Chad 3.65 61.74
United Arab Emirates 5.76 57.55
Sudan 1.27 57.03
France 0.87 56.92
Uzbekistan 1.57 53.28
Congo, Dem. Rep 0.56 51.73
United Kingdom 0.75 51.16
Tanzania 0.83 51.04
Türkiye 0.60 51.03
Germany 0.56 46.98
Italy 0.74 44.67
Angola 1.19 40.38
Spain 0.84 39.27
Kenya 0.70 38.49
Malaysia 1.16 38.02
Ukraine 0.74 32.17
Peru 0.96 32.03
Qatar 10.66 31.24
Bolivia 2.64 31.24
New Zealand 6.33 30.77
Paraguay 4.26 30.76
Niger 1.18 29.65
Poland 0.78 29.48
Ecuador 1.56 27.91
Zambia 1.40 26.49
Japan 0.20 25.21
Mozambique 0.78 25.09
Libya 3.50 24.35
Nepal 0.82 24.33
Mali 1.14 23.78
Kuwait 5.30 22.94
Uganda 0.46 21.68
Korea, Rep. 0.42 21.55
Uruguay 5.87 20.46
Central African Republic 4.13 20.32
Oman 3.88 20.27
Madagascar 0.70 19.90
Cambodia 1.17 19.83
Cameroon 0.70 19.06
Mongolia 5.54 18.44
Bahrain 10.37 18.13
Guinea 1.28 17.28
Belarus 1.82 17.19
Afghanistan 0.42 16.73
Romania 0.85 16.26
Azerbaijan 1.56 15.95
Burkina Faso 0.74 15.91
Ireland 3.06 15.25
Netherlands 0.87 14.94
Serbia 1.70 14.79
Czechia 1.16 12.44
Ghana 0.39 12.38
Morocco 0.33 12.32
Zimbabwe 0.81 12.22
Senegal 0.71 12.21
Chile 0.62 11.91
Guatemala 0.64 11.68
Portugal 1.11 11.29
Papua New Guinea 1.21 11.03
Yemen, Rep. 0.35 10.67
Congo, Rep. 1.85 10.47
Laos 1.38 10.18
Nicaragua 1.46 9.79
Israel 1.06 9.32
Dominican Republic 0.85 9.31
Greece 0.88 9.13
Honduras 0.83 8.35
Sri Lanka 0.38 8.17
Cote d'Ivoire 0.30 8.12
Belgium 0.69 8.03
Denmark 1.33 7.73
Gabon 3.36 7.66
Mauritania 1.48 7.07
Bulgaria 1.01 6.97
Austria 0.77 6.96
Hungary 0.71 6.84
Tunisia 0.56 6.68
Jordan 0.65 6.67
Tajikistan 0.58 5.65
Georgia 1.38 5.49
Namibia 2.10 5.43
Haiti 0.46 5.31
Panama 1.17 5.13
Switzerland 0.58 5.05
Moldova 1.25 5.03
Kyrgyzstan 0.74 4.90
Costa Rica 0.92 4.73
Malawi 0.24 4.72
Sweden 0.46 4.67
Finland 0.81 4.49
Singapore 0.76 4.48
Norway 0.81 4.43
Slovak Republic 0.81 4.42
Benin 0.33 4.11
Croatia 0.91 3.71
Sierra Leone 0.45 3.66
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.12 3.66
Botswana 1.46 3.50
Lebanon 0.51 3.45
El Salvador 0.50 3.26
Togo 0.37 3.14
Lithuania 1.07 2.88
Rwanda 0.21 2.79
Albania 0.95 2.73
North Macedonia 1.14 2.37
Armenia 0.78 2.32
Mauritius 1.56 1.99
Latvia 1.03 1.92
Guyana 2.37 1.87
Slovenia 0.81 1.68
Suriname 2.42 1.43
Guinea-Bissau 0.70 1.41
Gambia 0.56 1.39
Eswatini 1.15 1.35
Burundi 0.11 1.35
Estonia 0.83 1.10
Lesotho 0.47 1.01
Jamaica 0.28 0.83
Cyprus 0.62 0.75
Luxembourg 0.88 0.56
Iceland 1.41 0.48
Bhutan 0.59 0.46
Liberia 0.07 0.36
Comoros 0.27 0.24
Malta 0.44 0.19
Taiwan - -


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