Methane Emission by Country/Area

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
1	Coal Mine Methane Emissions by Country / Area
2	Operating and Proposed Mines
3	Global Coal Mine Tracker, Global Energy Monitor
4	This data is based on Global Coal Mine Tracker, updated April 2025 (Download here)
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6	Units of measurement: Million cubic meters (MCM), Million tonnes (Mt), CO₂ equivalent (CO₂e)
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8		Operating Mines				Proposed Projects
9	Country / Area	Annual CH₄ Emisssions (MCM)	Annual CH₄ Emisssions (Mt)	Annual CH₄ Emisssions (Mt CO₂e 20 years)	Annual CH₄ Emisssions (Mt CO₂e 100 years)	Annual CH₄ Emisssions (MCM)	Annual CH₄ Emisssions (Mt)	Annual CH₄ Emisssions (Mt CO₂e 20 years)	Annual CH₄ Emisssions (Mt CO₂ 100 years)

10	Afghanistan	31	0.0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0
11	Albania	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Argentina	6	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
13	Australia	3,945	2.6	218	79	1,247	0.8	69	25
14	Bangladesh	17	0.0	1	0	49	0.0	3	1
15	Bhutan	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16	0.0	1	0	4	0.0	0	0
17	Botswana	9	0.0	1	0	12	0.0	1	0
18	Brazil	22	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
19	Bulgaria	27	0.0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
20	Cambodia	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
21	Canada	206	0.1	11	4	263	0.2	15	5
22	Chile	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
23	China	64,790	43.4	3,584	1,299	18,810	12.6	1,040	378
24	Colombia	288	0.2	16	6	242	0.2	13	5
25	Czech Republic	100	0.1	5	2	0	0.0	0	0
26	Egypt	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
27	Eswatini	5	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
28	Ethiopia	11	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
29	Georgia	3	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
30	Germany	310	0.2	17	6	0	0.0	0	0
31	Greece	30	0.0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0
32	Hungary	7	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
33	India	2,300	1.5	125	44	644	0.4	36	12
34	Indonesia	1,502	1.0	80	27	287	0.2	16	6
35	Iran	8	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
36	Japan	5	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
37	Kazakhstan	1,262	0.8	70	25	58	0.0	3	1
38	Kosovo	10	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
39	Kyrgyzstan	3	0.0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0
40	Laos	101	0.1	6	2	83	0.1	5	2
41	Madagascar	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
42	Malawi	2	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
43	Malaysia	9	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
44	Mexico	1	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
45	Mongolia	382	0.3	21	8	84	0.1	5	2
46	Montenegro	2	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
47	Mozambique	28	0.0	2	1	170	0.1	9	3
48	Myanmar	1	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
49	Nepal	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
50	New Zealand	7	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
51	Niger	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0
52	Nigeria	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
53	North Korea	452	0.3	25	9	0	0.0	0	0
54	North Macedonia	5	0.0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0
55	Norway	3	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
56	Pakistan	42	0.0	2	1	46	0.0	2	1
57	Peru	1	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
58	Philippines	19	0.0	1	0	10	0.0	1	0
59	Poland	996	0.7	55	20	0	0.0	0	0
60	Romania	22	0.0	1	0	6	0.0	0	0
61	Russia	3,637	2.4	201	72	837	0.6	47	17
62	Serbia	63	0.0	3	1	25	0.0	1	1
63	Slovakia	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
64	Slovenia	18	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
65	South Africa	1,629	1.1	90	32	349	0.2	19	7
66	South Korea	19	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
67	Spain	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
68	Tajikistan	10	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
69	Tanzania	3	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
70	Thailand	92	0.1	5	2	0	0.0	0	0
71	Türkiye	95	0.1	5	2	44	0.0	2	1
72	Ukraine	477	0.3	26	10	23	0.0	1	1
73	United Kingdom	4	0.0	0	0	40	0.0	2	1
74	United States	3,979	2.7	219	77	60	0.0	3	1
75	Uzbekistan	56	0.0	3	1	46	0.0	3	1
76	Venezuela	25	0.0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
77	Vietnam	838	0.6	46	17	9	0.0	1	0
78	Zambia	7	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
79	Zimbabwe	77	0.1	4	2	0	0.0	0	0
80	TOTAL	88,011	58.9	4,860	1,753	23,457	15.7	1,297	469
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82	See the methodolgy wiki page on estimating methane emissions from coal mines: https://www.gem.wiki/Estimating_methane_emissions_from_coal_mines