Adjusted emissions growth rate for methane

 

We calculate the CH4 growth rate indicator as the average annual rate of CH4 emissions over the years 2010–2019. We then adjust for economic trends to isolate change due to policy effort rather than economic fluctuation. A score of 100 indicates a country is cutting emissions by ≥5.0% per year, and a score of 0 indicates that a country has among the worst (≥95th-percentile) rates of emissions growth in the world. Data are drawn from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

 
Adjusted emissions growth rate for methane
 
Country Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
Namibia 1 100.00 69.30
Botswana 1 100.00 NA
Fiji 1 100.00 48.90
Netherlands 4 97.80 -2.20
Hungary 5 90.00 26.90
Gabon 6 88.00 2.60
Lithuania 7 84.50 23.30
Czech Republic 7 84.50 27.00
Australia 9 83.60 19.60
Japan 10 82.50 -3.80
Malta 11 81.50 61.00
Tunisia 12 74.10 41.80
Germany 13 73.90 -26.10
Finland 14 72.50 37.90
United Kingdom 15 71.80 -28.20
Thailand 16 71.50 42.50
El Salvador 17 71.40 32.10
Austria 18 70.50 -0.20
Poland 19 70.10 -23.90
Croatia 19 70.10 51.20
Sweden 21 68.50 10.40
Slovenia 21 68.50 23.30
France 23 67.10 5.80
Cuba 24 62.80 -2.00
North Macedonia 24 62.80 4.90
Greece 26 62.50 14.50
Italy 27 62.20 -16.90
Luxembourg 28 61.90 -21.20
Bhutan 28 61.90 23.40
Trinidad and Tobago 30 60.80 60.80
Ukraine 31 59.00 -11.40
Ecuador 32 58.50 16.70
Bulgaria 33 58.10 -16.20
Jamaica 34 57.70 -23.80
Republic of Congo 35 57.60 8.30
Denmark 36 57.50 0.30
New Zealand 37 56.80 10.90
Chile 38 56.20 10.20
Slovakia 39 56.10 0.60
Belgium 40 55.50 7.80
Equatorial Guinea 41 55.30 50.10
Zimbabwe 42 55.10 1.90
Barbados 43 55.00 -34.70
Georgia 44 54.90 9.50
Sri Lanka 45 54.80 13.80
Moldova 46 54.70 -32.20
Eswatini 47 53.50 9.60
Brunei Darussalam 48 53.40 23.80
Egypt 48 53.40 43.30
United States of America 50 53.30 -9.60
Romania 51 52.60 1.00
Madagascar 52 52.00 11.10
Lesotho 53 51.20 11.50
Cyprus 54 51.10 4.60
Venezuela 55 50.80 4.70
Viet Nam 55 50.80 30.10
Switzerland 57 50.70 -8.80
Central African Republic 58 50.30 -0.40
Iceland 58 50.30 8.40
Spain 58 50.30 8.70
Portugal 61 50.20 -30.00
Antigua and Barbuda 61 50.20 3.70
Afghanistan 61 50.20 43.00
Albania 64 50.10 -14.10
Angola 65 49.70 -8.30
Panama 66 49.50 15.20
Latvia 67 49.20 10.00
Mexico 68 48.70 9.70
Nigeria 69 48.00 -21.10
India 69 48.00 9.30
Saint Lucia 71 47.70 -22.80
South Africa 72 47.60 9.20
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73 47.20 2.30
Mauritius 74 47.10 -1.30
Suriname 75 45.80 -34.70
Cambodia 76 45.70 17.30
Tonga 77 45.40 0.90
Norway 78 45.30 14.00
Serbia 79 45.10 -43.10
Cabo Verde 80 44.90 0.80
Dominica 81 44.50 -0.90
Brazil 82 44.40 21.70
Estonia 83 44.10 0.40
Colombia 84 44.00 3.70
Belarus 85 43.70 -23.00
China 86 43.00 27.20
Grenada 87 42.60 0.20
Gambia 87 42.60 23.50
Azerbaijan 89 41.60 41.60
Nepal 90 41.20 4.00
Uzbekistan 91 41.10 27.80
Taiwan 92 40.80 10.40
South Korea 93 40.30 -4.80
Senegal 93 40.30 -0.70
Argentina 95 40.20 9.10
Armenia 96 40.10 8.70
Zambia 97 39.70 11.60
Sudan 98 39.50 13.80
Bahamas 99 39.30 6.30
Ireland 100 38.50 -10.60
Vanuatu 101 38.40 2.60
Malaysia 102 38.10 30.20
Canada 103 37.70 -7.00
Bangladesh 103 37.70 2.60
Peru 103 37.70 4.10
Russia 106 37.40 0.90
Philippines 107 37.10 6.90
Belize 108 37.00 14.80
Paraguay 109 36.80 1.90
Eritrea 110 36.60 -3.10
Uruguay 110 36.60 1.80
Algeria 112 36.10 -12.80
Haiti 113 34.70 34.70
Bolivia 114 34.60 12.70
Dominican Republic 115 34.10 5.60
Rwanda 116 33.30 22.80
Kuwait 117 32.90 22.60
Costa Rica 118 32.80 -35.00
Djibouti 119 32.60 -3.30
Micronesia 120 32.40 -16.40
Honduras 121 32.30 23.90
Seychelles 122 31.90 -3.00
Montenegro 123 31.80 -54.80
Sierra Leone 124 31.30 31.30
Myanmar 125 30.90 16.70
Kazakhstan 126 30.70 30.70
Guinea-Bissau 127 30.50 9.20
Kenya 128 29.20 16.70
Cote d'Ivoire 129 28.70 7.40
Samoa 130 28.00 -9.80
Tanzania 130 28.00 6.90
Morocco 132 27.90 0.30
Kiribati 133 27.40 -0.30
Ethiopia 134 27.10 10.90
Mauritania 135 26.90 0.70
Burkina Faso 136 26.30 26.10
Guyana 137 25.40 -55.80
Oman 137 25.40 16.20
Togo 139 24.60 -1.20
Pakistan 140 24.50 4.50
Saudi Arabia 140 24.50 14.00
Nicaragua 142 24.10 -2.60
Laos 143 24.00 -5.30
Guatemala 144 23.80 -1.90
Benin 145 23.40 -10.60
Cameroon 146 23.20 -32.30
Sao Tome and Principe 147 23.10 -3.30
Uganda 148 22.40 3.80
Indonesia 149 21.70 -16.60
Timor-Leste 150 21.50 21.50
Comoros 151 21.30 -11.60
United Arab Emirates 152 20.80 -8.50
Marshall Islands 153 20.50 20.50
Iran 154 20.30 12.00
Solomon Islands 155 19.30 -4.40
Turkey 156 18.60 -24.60
Turkmenistan 157 17.50 17.50
Guinea 158 16.30 9.90
Liberia 159 16.20 9.60
Bahrain 160 16.00 -45.80
Burundi 161 15.50 -1.30
Qatar 162 13.60 13.60
Bosnia and Herzegovina 163 13.30 -8.90
Mali 164 13.10 -1.70
Lebanon 165 11.80 -5.10
Singapore 166 11.50 11.50
Maldives 167 10.40 10.40
Kyrgyzstan 168 8.10 -33.90
Jordan 169 7.30 -8.40
Dem. Rep. Congo 169 7.30 -7.30
Malawi 171 6.10 -14.90
Tajikistan 172 5.60 -9.00
Niger 173 3.30 -11.60
Ghana 174 2.90 -33.70
Israel 175 0.40 -17.50
Mongolia 176 NA -50.50
Iraq 176 NA -36.30
Mozambique 176 NA -16.30
Papua New Guinea 176 NA -7.90
Chad 176 NA -2.10