Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 54,129.6 | 73,799.2 | 86,366.4 | 83,875.3 | 81,937.3 | 85,112.1 | 85,057.6 | 88,114.4 | 88,228.6 | 90,856.9 | 90,256.3 | 91,576.9 | 90,220.8 | 86,543.9 |
| Djibouti | 440.7 | 591.1 | 614.3 | 624.1 | 626.8 | 633.4 | 636.4 | 641.1 | 645.5 | 650.4 | 650.0 | 653.1 | 656.5 | 659.9 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 35,446.2 | 52,995.8 | 59,390.4 | 62,141.5 | 63,879.2 | 66,020.2 | 64,723.3 | 65,487.4 | 64,380.5 | 65,722.3 | 66,751.9 | 67,405.8 | 65,216.6 | 64,402.9 |
| Libya | 50,200.1 | 56,058.4 | 64,027.5 | 63,107.2 | 24,771.9 | 62,052.3 | 43,830.0 | 28,337.4 | 26,495.3 | 25,728.1 | 42,299.7 | 49,075.3 | 53,112.8 | 24,033.1 |
| Morocco | 8,909.8 | 9,530.2 | 10,208.0 | 10,578.2 | 10,971.0 | 11,046.7 | 11,238.0 | 11,426.1 | 11,490.7 | 11,618.3 | 11,722.0 | 11,907.4 | 12,095.1 | 12,029.8 |
| Tunisia | 5,065.8 | 6,398.2 | 6,604.5 | 7,402.2 | 7,377.6 | 7,465.8 | 7,382.4 | 7,351.1 | 7,105.7 | 6,896.3 | 6,731.4 | 6,788.1 | 6,705.8 | 6,653.8 |
| Angola | 21,316.8 | 27,459.3 | 33,940.2 | 38,100.5 | 37,827.8 | 36,964.2 | 37,028.6 | 36,190.3 | 38,455.6 | 38,558.3 | 37,896.8 | 34,015.6 | 35,023.5 | 32,703.2 |
| Benin | 2,162.1 | 3,077.5 | 3,176.9 | 3,116.8 | 3,235.7 | 3,296.9 | 3,510.6 | 3,463.1 | 3,531.2 | 3,687.5 | 3,713.2 | 3,821.1 | 3,965.8 | 4,029.6 |
| Botswana | 5,533.5 | 5,314.5 | 3,701.7 | 9,054.0 | 11,140.5 | 5,189.4 | 4,618.6 | 3,132.5 | 2,892.0 | 2,468.0 | 3,844.7 | 2,793.7 | 1,887.4 | 3,434.5 |
| Burkina Faso | 6,143.2 | 8,419.1 | 11,009.1 | 12,514.1 | 12,751.3 | 12,795.8 | 13,165.3 | 13,442.6 | 13,619.6 | 14,301.6 | 14,502.1 | 14,640.5 | 15,021.6 | 15,408.3 |
| Burundi | 599.9 | 519.0 | 604.3 | 926.2 | 1,008.2 | 1,010.0 | 1,207.3 | 1,168.3 | 1,161.3 | 1,324.8 | 1,608.2 | 1,607.0 | 1,364.9 | 1,258.2 |
| Cabo Verde | 76.2 | 78.1 | 83.8 | 88.2 | 89.2 | 90.4 | 91.8 | 93.1 | 94.4 | 95.8 | 88.0 | 88.5 | 89.1 | 93.2 |
| Cameroon | 14,246.1 | 17,725.8 | 17,049.3 | 14,852.9 | 14,523.1 | 14,744.7 | 15,502.7 | 16,015.7 | 17,335.2 | 17,786.4 | 16,892.6 | 17,049.2 | 17,422.2 | 17,797.7 |
| Central African Republic | 8,576.1 | 11,461.5 | 10,361.2 | 10,128.1 | 10,836.4 | 9,465.8 | 10,088.5 | 9,878.1 | 10,048.0 | 10,876.2 | 10,032.4 | 10,304.3 | 9,538.0 | 10,108.5 |
| Chad | 8,524.8 | 20,912.8 | 32,809.5 | 36,576.5 | 38,285.3 | 40,065.6 | 41,724.5 | 43,444.7 | 46,475.5 | 49,232.3 | 51,084.5 | 53,915.8 | 56,111.1 | 59,438.9 |
| Comoros | 152.9 | 155.4 | 171.3 | 202.2 | 217.1 | 224.2 | 228.1 | 235.1 | 238.4 | 234.5 | 236.4 | 236.8 | 237.0 | 236.8 |
| Congo, Rep. | 5,723.4 | 8,082.1 | 8,441.6 | 9,991.0 | 9,705.0 | 9,028.7 | 8,362.2 | 8,142.3 | 7,983.8 | 7,720.9 | 8,476.7 | 10,161.1 | 10,589.1 | 9,957.3 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 3,956.2 | 15,902.2 | 13,114.7 | 8,703.2 | 8,161.3 | 7,507.6 | 7,852.3 | 7,371.6 | 7,266.5 | 7,975.9 | 7,795.0 | 7,734.0 | 7,780.2 | 7,980.4 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 21,776.7 | 22,345.9 | 29,230.9 | 31,219.5 | 30,894.8 | 29,716.8 | 31,158.2 | 32,010.8 | 33,015.4 | 33,572.5 | 35,411.3 | 34,282.0 | 35,279.8 | 35,684.2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 96.5 | 4,654.2 | 7,960.3 | 6,642.0 | 5,940.4 | 5,811.9 | 5,523.3 | 7,559.0 | 6,904.1 | 6,226.9 | 5,634.8 | 5,480.1 | 5,028.4 | 4,778.3 |
| Eritrea | 2,458.6 | 3,266.0 | 3,237.3 | 3,328.1 | 3,465.4 | 3,493.4 | 3,532.2 | 3,556.4 | 3,580.5 | 3,618.4 | 3,661.3 | 3,677.0 | 3,694.4 | 3,732.2 |
| Ethiopia | 41,491.7 | 44,479.2 | 54,109.4 | 71,258.9 | 70,283.8 | 72,736.2 | 74,934.1 | 77,312.3 | 78,962.4 | 81,106.2 | 82,703.4 | 83,783.5 | 90,115.6 | 94,645.6 |
| Gabon | 8,240.9 | 9,931.1 | 9,595.7 | 8,736.6 | 8,589.2 | 8,329.3 | 8,021.2 | 8,140.6 | 8,249.9 | 8,253.5 | 7,484.3 | 7,068.5 | 7,821.9 | 7,451.6 |
| Ghana | 4,969.7 | 7,127.5 | 7,811.5 | 7,884.7 | 8,925.8 | 8,683.0 | 9,303.3 | 9,420.4 | 9,825.8 | 9,890.3 | 10,698.0 | 10,742.1 | 11,193.3 | 11,847.9 |
| Guinea | 4,781.1 | 6,746.0 | 8,657.4 | 11,565.5 | 12,271.8 | 13,040.7 | 13,329.1 | 13,644.5 | 13,816.8 | 15,076.0 | 15,259.1 | 15,343.5 | 16,183.8 | 16,813.3 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 739.3 | 839.7 | 936.0 | 1,115.6 | 1,101.4 | 1,197.8 | 1,195.5 | 1,141.2 | 1,212.9 | 1,200.6 | 1,190.4 | 1,238.3 | 1,249.7 | 1,261.1 |
| Kenya | 18,442.4 | 16,909.4 | 19,499.2 | 29,373.3 | 30,128.2 | 29,959.3 | 29,489.8 | 29,951.0 | 30,438.9 | 32,958.8 | 30,856.6 | 32,036.8 | 36,858.1 | 37,602.5 |
| Lesotho | 986.2 | 1,174.1 | 1,144.6 | 1,090.0 | 1,112.3 | 1,115.1 | 1,047.2 | 1,032.0 | 1,018.4 | 1,000.7 | 1,089.1 | 990.4 | 909.9 | 998.8 |
| Liberia | 217.3 | 198.8 | 203.7 | 295.5 | 301.1 | 306.4 | 299.7 | 333.9 | 397.6 | 337.6 | 322.3 | 322.9 | 362.1 | 338.9 |
| Madagascar | 16,544.8 | 16,811.2 | 17,347.0 | 17,578.8 | 16,995.9 | 17,461.2 | 16,068.5 | 16,173.5 | 15,833.9 | 16,732.2 | 15,695.2 | 17,608.9 | 18,364.0 | 19,021.9 |
| Malawi | 1,347.2 | 1,533.0 | 1,732.8 | 2,381.4 | 2,487.4 | 2,647.6 | 2,765.8 | 2,899.6 | 3,095.9 | 3,273.2 | 3,376.8 | 3,758.9 | 4,240.1 | 4,389.7 |
| Mali | 8,800.2 | 11,632.3 | 13,943.5 | 16,172.8 | 16,487.3 | 17,017.5 | 17,417.1 | 17,863.8 | 18,461.6 | 20,246.4 | 20,695.4 | 21,436.8 | 22,142.7 | 23,070.5 |
| Mauritania | 3,918.9 | 5,185.2 | 5,422.3 | 5,957.0 | 5,990.6 | 6,132.1 | 6,253.8 | 6,442.0 | 6,509.8 | 6,526.5 | 6,650.9 | 6,692.5 | 6,891.2 | 6,896.7 |
| Mauritius | 901.7 | 1,413.4 | 1,511.7 | 1,702.6 | 1,733.6 | 1,765.6 | 1,796.0 | 1,826.5 | 1,858.7 | 1,880.9 | 1,903.8 | 1,927.6 | 1,951.6 | 1,973.7 |
| Mozambique | 9,228.6 | 10,856.4 | 14,246.2 | 13,896.5 | 13,922.8 | 14,947.6 | 15,667.7 | 15,855.5 | 15,361.2 | 15,038.5 | 15,473.9 | 17,072.1 | 16,573.9 | 16,255.5 |
| Namibia | 4,416.5 | 4,932.6 | 4,992.8 | 5,301.7 | 7,567.9 | 8,292.7 | 4,830.8 | 4,449.7 | 4,333.2 | 4,686.0 | 4,622.9 | 4,208.2 | 3,812.5 | 5,335.8 |
| Niger | 8,626.5 | 12,558.5 | 15,335.9 | 18,087.6 | 18,809.2 | 19,745.4 | 20,976.3 | 21,928.7 | 22,759.3 | 23,837.0 | 24,913.3 | 26,094.6 | 27,251.9 | 28,579.4 |
| Nigeria | 140,698.3 | 130,181.9 | 141,851.7 | 143,412.4 | 145,721.2 | 146,252.2 | 143,561.0 | 144,981.8 | 144,436.1 | 145,045.8 | 148,911.7 | 151,730.1 | 155,074.8 | 151,059.8 |
| Rwanda | 1,401.3 | 1,615.0 | 1,871.5 | 2,443.7 | 2,334.7 | 2,334.9 | 2,361.8 | 2,356.6 | 2,610.2 | 2,487.8 | 2,503.8 | 2,584.6 | 2,646.9 | 2,680.9 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 7.7 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.6 |
| Senegal | 6,440.5 | 8,501.6 | 8,544.0 | 9,508.8 | 9,725.6 | 9,574.4 | 9,844.7 | 9,914.2 | 10,066.2 | 10,691.9 | 10,904.7 | 10,918.3 | 11,393.6 | 11,762.8 |
| Seychelles | 56.5 | 72.5 | 77.9 | 83.6 | 84.7 | 85.8 | 87.0 | 88.2 | 89.3 | 90.4 | 91.5 | 92.5 | 93.6 | 94.7 |
| Sierra Leone | 2,114.5 | 1,645.1 | 2,856.4 | 3,031.9 | 3,264.7 | 3,695.0 | 3,635.4 | 3,839.0 | 3,664.9 | 3,880.0 | 3,851.0 | 4,451.8 | 3,550.2 | 3,591.1 |
| Somalia | 17,071.2 | 17,919.8 | 19,129.0 | 17,737.7 | 17,869.9 | 18,086.1 | 18,156.5 | 18,279.4 | 18,351.4 | 18,397.0 | 18,308.2 | 18,312.4 | 18,645.4 | 18,752.1 |
| South Africa | 59,433.2 | 60,592.6 | 66,518.0 | 71,523.7 | 71,549.0 | 73,346.4 | 73,273.9 | 74,095.3 | 73,429.6 | 72,997.2 | 74,315.5 | 73,611.4 | 73,420.6 | 72,213.2 |
| South Sudan | 14,879.7 | 32,632.5 | 41,921.7 | 48,081.2 | 44,539.2 | 28,106.5 | 28,470.0 | 29,534.0 | 29,757.8 | 30,243.2 | 29,480.7 | 32,177.2 | 29,005.6 | 32,385.9 |
| Sudan | 26,711.6 | 45,616.9 | 50,571.3 | 50,862.3 | 54,066.2 | 54,226.2 | 54,535.2 | 54,697.1 | 55,247.7 | 54,677.4 | 54,578.3 | 54,951.4 | 55,211.2 | 55,887.4 |
| Eswatini | 1,262.5 | 1,219.2 | 1,243.5 | 1,271.6 | 1,271.5 | 1,284.4 | 1,298.5 | 1,304.2 | 1,299.4 | 1,297.5 | 1,291.9 | 1,307.3 | 1,338.5 | 1,326.0 |
| Tanzania | 21,782.7 | 25,861.7 | 32,473.1 | 36,376.0 | 37,995.3 | 38,507.4 | 40,321.2 | 41,146.9 | 43,014.0 | 42,896.1 | 42,080.6 | 42,422.7 | 43,778.7 | 46,487.4 |
| Gambia, The | 3,809.9 | 739.4 | 840.1 | 1,353.0 | 1,049.3 | 1,154.3 | 1,219.0 | 1,260.1 | 1,394.1 | 1,270.1 | 1,295.1 | 1,151.0 | 1,316.5 | 1,346.3 |
| Togo | 1,496.7 | 1,814.6 | 2,296.0 | 2,205.6 | 2,464.3 | 2,418.2 | 2,575.3 | 2,532.2 | 2,746.8 | 2,632.1 | 2,680.3 | 2,715.7 | 2,808.9 | 3,039.9 |
| Uganda | 7,415.2 | 9,733.5 | 12,061.2 | 17,172.2 | 17,216.5 | 18,030.9 | 18,117.3 | 18,554.1 | 19,233.4 | 19,092.7 | 19,466.7 | 19,897.2 | 20,336.9 | 21,178.7 |
| Zambia | 11,986.9 | 11,542.7 | 14,455.2 | 14,410.4 | 13,866.7 | 15,462.7 | 15,732.5 | 15,594.0 | 15,821.3 | 15,598.3 | 14,998.3 | 15,218.4 | 15,729.5 | 15,448.8 |
| Zimbabwe | 9,561.3 | 11,647.7 | 11,195.6 | 12,269.6 | 12,642.0 | 12,464.9 | 12,338.9 | 11,373.4 | 12,260.2 | 11,859.2 | 12,044.0 | 12,300.2 | 12,457.2 | 12,060.8 |