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Papua New Guinea'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.

Papua New Guinea emissions of Methane were 11.3 Million MtCO2e in 2019, this places Papua New Guinea as the 83rd worst Methane emitter globally.

Papua New Guinea'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 2.27 755.72
India 0.48 668.84
Russia 4.76 694.54
Japan 0.22 27.73
Germany 0.59 49.50
Saudi Arabia 3.22 113.80
Indonesia 1.41 389.67
Korea, Rep. 0.44 22.57
Canada 2.73 103.93
Brazil 2.07 442.97
Turkey 0.58 49.32
South Africa 1.37 82.26
Mexico 1.10 143.29
Australia 5.35 137.97
United Kingdom 0.75 51.16
Italy 0.74 44.67
Poland 0.76 28.73
Vietnam 0.84 82.46
France 0.89 58.23
Taiwan - -
Thailand 1.02 71.35
Kazakhstan 2.64 50.15
Malaysia 1.21 39.66
Egypt 0.75 78.19
Spain 0.83 38.80
Pakistan 0.75 168.90
United Arab Emirates 5.10 50.95
Ukraine 0.74 32.17
Argentina 2.87 130.89
Algeria 2.15 95.93
Philippines 0.60 66.63
Netherlands 0.90 15.46
Nigeria 0.68 143.75
Uzbekistan 1.61 54.64
Kuwait 5.87 25.41
Czech Republic 1.17 12.55
Belgium 0.70 8.14
Qatar 7.58 22.21
Bangladesh 0.57 94.79
Colombia 1.53 78.44
Chile 0.62 11.91
Turkmenistan 13.54 82.84
Oman 4.07 21.26
Romania 0.87 16.64
Libya 9.35 65.06
Morocco 0.33 12.32
Austria 0.78 7.05
Belarus 1.81 17.09
Greece 0.87 9.02
Peru 1.00 33.36
Israel 1.08 9.49
Mongolia 5.83 19.41
Hungary 0.72 6.94
Bulgaria 0.98 6.76
Ecuador 1.56 27.91
Norway 0.85 4.65
Portugal 1.10 11.18
Bahrain 10.61 18.55
Azerbaijan 1.46 14.93
Finland 0.84 4.66
Ireland 3.13 15.60
Myanmar 1.42 77.82
Trinidad and Tobago 5.02 7.04
Sweden 0.46 4.67
Slovak Republic 0.81 4.42
Switzerland 0.59 5.14
New Zealand 6.53 31.74
Singapore 0.75 4.42
Hong Kong - -
Tunisia 0.59 7.04
Serbia 1.66 14.44
Denmark 1.34 7.79
Dominican Republic 0.87 9.53
Jordan 0.66 6.78
Lebanon 0.50 3.38
Bolivia 2.90 34.32
Angola 1.30 44.11
Ghana 0.36 11.42
Sudan 1.29 57.93
Laos 1.15 8.49
Sri Lanka 0.38 8.17
Guatemala 0.63 11.50
Kenya 0.70 38.49
Cambodia 1.18 20.00
Ethiopia 0.75 88.41
Croatia 0.91 3.71
Nepal 0.84 24.93
Lithuania 1.09 2.93
Senegal 0.69 11.87
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.11 3.62
Panama 1.17 5.13
Tanzania 0.81 49.81
Slovenia 0.83 1.73
Yemen, Rep. 0.36 10.98
Afghanistan 0.43 17.13
Cote d'Ivoire 0.28 7.58
Zimbabwe 0.87 13.13
Georgia 1.40 5.57
Honduras 0.80 8.05
Brunei Darussalam - -
Estonia 0.83 1.10
Tajikistan 0.61 5.95
Cameroon 0.62 16.88
Kyrgyzstan 0.74 4.90
Paraguay 4.21 30.39
Papua New Guinea 1.24 11.31
Luxembourg 0.90 0.57
Costa Rica 0.93 4.78
Benin 0.33 4.11
Jamaica 0.27 0.80
Zambia 1.44 27.25
Cyprus 0.62 0.75
Congo, Rep. 1.76 9.96
Latvia 1.03 1.92
El Salvador 0.54 3.52
Mozambique 0.87 27.98
North Macedonia 1.13 2.35
Armenia 0.79 2.34
Uruguay 5.99 20.88
Botswana 0.88 2.11
Uganda 0.54 25.45
Burkina Faso 0.78 16.77
Gabon 2.71 6.18
Moldova 1.25 5.03
Nicaragua 1.45 9.72
Guinea 1.27 17.14
Albania 1.00 2.87
Mauritius 1.54 1.96
Madagascar 0.60 17.06
Mali 1.17 24.40
Mauritania 1.55 7.40
Namibia 1.52 3.93
Iceland 1.46 0.50
Guyana 2.34 1.85
Haiti 0.47 5.42
Suriname 2.45 1.45
Niger 1.17 29.40
Congo, Dem. Rep 0.53 48.96
Bahamas, The 0.57 0.23
Togo 0.35 2.97
Lesotho 0.49 1.06
Chad 3.33 56.33
Rwanda 0.15 1.99
Malta 0.44 0.19
Bhutan 0.62 0.48
Malawi 0.22 4.32
Sierra Leone 0.48 3.91
Liberia 0.10 0.52
Eswatini 1.17 1.37
Burundi 0.12 1.47
Cabo Verde 0.16 0.09
Gambia 0.55 1.37
Guinea-Bissau 0.71 1.43
Comoros 0.31 0.28
Central African Republic 3.30 16.24


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