Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP by country

Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
200
Highest
0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP
Burundi
Lowest
0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP
Switzerland
Median
0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
12,498

What the numbers show

Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP in Burundi; the lowest is 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,339.

Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 139 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 239.4%), and the largest decrease in Turks and Caicos Islands (down 84.4%).

Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burundi 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 26.9% falling
2 Eritrea 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2011 down 51.9% falling
3 Somalia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 30.5% volatile
4 Sudan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 42.0% volatile
5 Yemen 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2018 up 62.6% falling
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 16.4% falling
7 Guinea-Bissau 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.8% rising
8 Central African Republic 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.4% volatile
9 Kyrgyzstan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 47.2% volatile
10 Madagascar 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 18.4% falling
11 Lebanon 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 143.8% volatile
12 Morocco 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 3.7% volatile
13 Djibouti 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.8% falling
14 Nigeria 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 239.4% volatile
15 Trinidad and Tobago 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 6.9% volatile
16 Solomon Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 24.7% volatile
17 Gambia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 23.8% volatile
18 Liberia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 8.8% volatile
19 Afghanistan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 55.5% falling
20 Burkina Faso 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 4.3% volatile
21 Sierra Leone 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 46.2% volatile
22 Malawi 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 15.0% falling
23 Tajikistan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.2% volatile
24 Guinea 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.5% rising
25 Comoros 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.3% falling
26 Honduras 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.9% falling
27 Togo 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.6% volatile
28 Chad 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 23.0% volatile
29 Belize 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.9% volatile
30 Ethiopia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.3% volatile
31 Mozambique 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 21.9% falling
32 Jordan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2.4% volatile
33 Mauritania 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.1% falling
34 Cameroon 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 8.0% volatile
35 Lesotho 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 36.0% volatile
36 Uganda 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.4% falling
37 Rwanda 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 23.5% volatile
38 Kuwait 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 36.4% volatile
39 Kiribati 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.5% volatile
40 Guatemala 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.5% volatile
41 Pakistan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 5.2% volatile
42 Venezuela 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 47.5% falling
43 Benin 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.1% volatile
44 Tunisia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 20.6% volatile
45 Uruguay 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 31.5% volatile
46 South Africa 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 25.7% falling
47 Vanuatu 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.6% falling
48 Niger 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.9% volatile
49 Libya 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 52.0% falling
50 Fiji 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 2.1% volatile
51 El Salvador 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.0% volatile
52 Senegal 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.1% falling
53 Egypt 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.3% volatile
54 Tonga 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 24.1% volatile
55 Georgia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.9% volatile
56 Mali 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2.9% volatile
57 East Timor 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 3.0% volatile
58 Moldova 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.1% volatile
59 Colombia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 11.9% volatile
60 Ukraine 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.9% volatile
61 Uzbekistan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 8.7% volatile
62 Suriname 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 26.1% volatile
63 Nicaragua 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.2% volatile
64 Bhutan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 0.3% falling
65 Myanmar 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 7.4% volatile
66 Thailand 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 4.1% volatile
67 Brazil 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 45.5% volatile
68 Haiti 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 24.1% volatile
69 Sri Lanka 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.3% volatile
70 Nepal 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.2% volatile
71 Iraq 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 22.9% volatile
72 Congo 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 44.4% volatile
73 Belarus 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 3.2% volatile
74 Cuba 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2020 down 35.1% volatile
75 Tanzania 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 5.4% volatile
76 Chile 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 5.9% falling
77 Zambia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 54.2% falling
78 Russia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.8% volatile
79 Ghana 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.6% volatile
80 North Macedonia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.8% volatile
81 Bolivia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.9% volatile
82 Indonesia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.2% volatile
83 Dominican Republic 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.1% volatile
84 Zimbabwe 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 40.0% falling
85 Dominica 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.3% volatile
86 Bangladesh 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 40.5% falling
87 Bulgaria 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 55.3% volatile
88 Cote d'Ivoire 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.5% volatile
89 Azerbaijan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 19.8% volatile
90 Vietnam 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 30.8% volatile
91 Algeria 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 28.3% volatile
92 India 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.2% volatile
93 Oman 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 37.6% volatile
94 Mauritius 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 5.0% volatile
95 Ecuador 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 15.4% volatile
96 Angola 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 114.2% volatile
97 Turkmenistan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 23.7% volatile
98 Sao Tome and Principe 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 50.0% falling
99 Cambodia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.6% volatile
100 Eswatini 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1.1% volatile
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.5% volatile
102 Seychelles 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.9% volatile
103 Iran 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 16.0% volatile
104 Armenia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.2% volatile
105 Malaysia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 8.1% volatile
106 Laos 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 6.6% volatile
107 Argentina 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 4.0% volatile
108 Kenya 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.5% volatile
109 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 0.7% volatile
110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 24.8% volatile
111 Papua New Guinea 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 5.4% volatile
112 Grenada 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.1% volatile
113 Botswana 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 16.3% volatile
114 Saudi Arabia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.8% volatile
115 Mexico 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 16.5% volatile
116 Equatorial Guinea 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 69.3% volatile
117 Peru 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.9% volatile
118 Namibia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 31.9% falling
119 Cape Verde 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.5% volatile
120 Finland 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 68.9% volatile
121 Samoa 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.0% volatile
122 Philippines 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.0% volatile
123 Bahrain 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1.9% volatile
124 Syria 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2022 down 78.7% falling
125 Maldives 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.8% volatile
126 Mongolia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.2% volatile
127 Cyprus 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.2% volatile
128 Hungary 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 39.8% volatile
129 Antigua and Barbuda 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 26.6% volatile
130 Bahamas 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.4% volatile
131 Costa Rica 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.2% volatile
132 Greece 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 8.7% volatile
133 Panama 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.5% volatile
134 Albania 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.6% volatile
135 Croatia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 38.4% volatile
136 Slovakia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 30.0% volatile
137 Guyana 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 80.8% volatile
138 Qatar 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 27.9% volatile
139 Portugal 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.8% volatile
140 Tuvalu 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.9% volatile
141 Greenland 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2023 down 19.0% volatile
142 Barbados 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 23.7% volatile
143 Romania 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 44.6% volatile
144 Turkey 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.6% volatile
145 Kazakhstan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.4% volatile
146 New Zealand 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.5% volatile
147 Czechia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.6% volatile
148 United Arab Emirates 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 2.8% volatile
149 Paraguay 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 9.5% volatile
150 Gabon 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 15.0% volatile
151 Israel 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 35.4% volatile
152 Saint Lucia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.6% volatile
153 Canada 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.2% volatile
154 Latvia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.4% volatile
155 Estonia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 81.4% volatile
156 Jamaica 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.6% volatile
157 Palau 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.8% volatile
158 Hong Kong 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.4% volatile
159 China 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 61.0% volatile
160 Micronesia (country) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.9% volatile
161 South Korea 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 3.5% volatile
162 Marshall Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.1% volatile
163 Australia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.0% volatile
164 Lithuania 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 71.7% volatile
165 Puerto Rico 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.8% volatile
166 Spain 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.5% volatile
167 Malta 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 36.1% volatile
168 Brunei 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 33.8% volatile
169 Singapore 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 38.6% volatile
170 French Polynesia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 9.9% volatile
171 Italy 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.3% volatile
172 Slovenia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 49.6% volatile
173 United Kingdom 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 42.5% volatile
174 Iceland 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 59.4% volatile
175 France 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.2% volatile
176 New Caledonia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 55.1% volatile
177 Poland 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 49.3% volatile
178 Sweden 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 5.1% volatile
179 United States 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 42.5% volatile
180 Faroe Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.7% volatile
181 Aruba 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.0% volatile
182 Nauru 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 40.9% falling
183 American Samoa 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2022 down 23.7% falling
184 Belgium 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 44.9% volatile
185 Norway 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.2% volatile
186 Austria 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.7% volatile
187 Cayman Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.4% falling
188 Northern Mariana Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2022 down 29.4% falling
189 Netherlands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 54.2% volatile
190 Ireland 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 77.5% volatile
191 Denmark 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.9% volatile
192 Bermuda 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.6% volatile
193 Germany 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 42.3% volatile
194 Japan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.4% volatile
195 Guam 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2022 down 20.3% falling
196 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 84.4% volatile
197 Luxembourg 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.8% volatile
198 Macao 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 29.7% volatile
199 United States Virgin Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2022 down 12.5% falling
200 Switzerland 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.9% volatile

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Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP
Unit
Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 12,498 data points, 1970–2024
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Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.