Environment > Pollution > Greenhouse gas emissions > Methane (CH4) > Emissions (CO2 equivalent) per thousand people: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Carbon dioxide equivalent of methane emissions not including human-based land use, land use change and forestry. These numbers do not represent total methane emissions, but rather the total amount of CO2 that would have to be emitted to have the same global warming potential (GWP) as the amount of methane emitted, which is 21 times more CO2. The GWP of a greenhouse gas is useful in determining a country's overall impact on climate change. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	New Zealand	6.15	2010
2	Australia	5.01	2010
3	Russia	3.41	2010
4	Canada	2.65	2010
5	Ireland	2.59	2010
6	United States	2.14	2010
7	Belarus	1.6	2010
8	Iceland	1.45	2010
9	Ukraine	1.39	2010
10	Bulgaria	1.13	2010
11	Portugal	1.13	2010
12	Romania	1.05	2010
13	Netherlands	1.01	2010
14	Denmark	1	2010
15	Slovenia	0.994	2010
16	Czech Republic	0.978	2010
17	Lithuania	0.976	2010
18	France	0.966	2010
19	Poland	0.916	2010
20	Luxembourg	0.901	2010
21	Norway	0.889	2010
22	Greece	0.866	2010
23	Hungary	0.848	2010
24	Estonia	0.829	2010
25	Croatia	0.812	2010
26	Finland	0.807	2010
27	Turkey	0.798	2010
28	European Union	0.791	2010
29	Slovakia	0.775	2010
30	Latvia	0.775	2010
31	Spain	0.76	2010
32	United Kingdom	0.665	2010
33	Austria	0.664	2010
34	Italy	0.621	2010
35	Belgium	0.621	2010
36	Malta	0.595	2010
37	Germany	0.583	2010
38	Sweden	0.56	2010
39	Switzerland	0.488	2010
40	Liechtenstein	0.419	2010
41	Japan	0.16	2010
42	Monaco	0.0149	2010

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