Methane leaks by country
30,000 methane plumes detected by satellite in 96 countries. Sorted by plumes in the 12 months to 1 Sep 2026.
| # | Country | Plumes, last 12 months | Plumes | Sites | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 2,280 | 6,850 | 501 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| 2 | China | 1,370 | 3,845 | 699 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| 3 | United States | 838 | 2,817 | 714 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| 4 | Algeria | 812 | 2,589 | 368 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| 5 | Iran | 575 | 1,612 | 201 | 29 Aug 2026 |
| 6 | Russia | 417 | 1,052 | 102 | 25 Aug 2026 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 374 | 942 | 135 | 26 Aug 2026 |
| 8 | Syria | 356 | 914 | 64 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| 9 | India | 298 | 880 | 58 | 23 Aug 2026 |
| 10 | Egypt | 251 | 487 | 51 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| 11 | Mexico | 222 | 599 | 92 | 26 Aug 2026 |
| 12 | Libya | 218 | 653 | 105 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| 13 | Pakistan | 209 | 678 | 26 | 25 Aug 2026 |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 200 | 622 | 144 | 30 Aug 2026 |
| 15 | Australia | 149 | 518 | 72 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| 16 | Argentina | 140 | 378 | 52 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| 17 | Venezuela | 125 | 278 | 120 | 22 Aug 2026 |
| 18 | Yemen | 123 | 629 | 32 | 29 Aug 2026 |
| 19 | Poland | 105 | 296 | 42 | 14 Aug 2026 |
| 20 | Brazil | 95 | 252 | 60 | 28 Aug 2026 |
| 21 | Ukraine | 83 | 205 | 48 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| 22 | Iraq | 81 | 369 | 79 | 24 Aug 2026 |
| 23 | South Africa | 50 | 210 | 13 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 48 | 194 | 17 | 30 Aug 2026 |
| 25 | Bahrain | 48 | 125 | 35 | 17 Aug 2026 |
| 26 | Morocco | 47 | 95 | 7 | 29 Aug 2026 |
| 27 | Spain | 45 | 169 | 15 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| 28 | Jordan | 42 | 120 | 13 | 26 Aug 2026 |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 39 | 143 | 40 | 22 Aug 2026 |
| 30 | Chile | 37 | 124 | 15 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| 31 | Türkiye | 29 | 104 | 17 | 18 Aug 2026 |
| 32 | Oman | 29 | 89 | 20 | 13 Jul 2026 |
| 33 | Kuwait | 28 | 136 | 36 | 24 Aug 2026 |
| 34 | Thailand | 26 | 52 | 9 | 13 Jun 2026 |
| 35 | Myanmar | 19 | 44 | 7 | 1 May 2026 |
| 36 | Italy | 18 | 40 | 3 | 17 Aug 2026 |
| 37 | Israel | 17 | 72 | 7 | 5 Aug 2026 |
| 38 | Malaysia | 17 | 62 | 5 | 29 Jul 2026 |
| 39 | Tunisia | 16 | 48 | 6 | 23 Aug 2026 |
| 40 | Peru | 14 | 48 | 8 | 16 Jul 2026 |
| 41 | Romania | 13 | 29 | 3 | 17 Aug 2026 |
| 42 | Mongolia | 13 | 23 | 0 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| 43 | Bolivia | 12 | 23 | 4 | 20 Aug 2026 |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 11 | 40 | 12 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| 45 | Indonesia | 11 | 32 | 9 | 29 Aug 2026 |
| 46 | Colombia | 11 | 31 | 12 | 24 Aug 2026 |
| 47 | Canada | 11 | 18 | 6 | 9 Aug 2026 |
| 48 | Mozambique | 10 | 32 | 5 | 25 Aug 2026 |
| 49 | Angola | 10 | 25 | 6 | 19 Jul 2026 |
| 50 | Greece | 8 | 26 | 2 | 10 Aug 2026 |
| 51 | Palestine | 6 | 37 | 2 | 2 Aug 2026 |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 5 | 19 | 0 | 22 Aug 2026 |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 May 2026 |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 Aug 2026 |
| 55 | Czechia | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 Aug 2026 |
| 56 | El Salvador | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 Apr 2026 |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 3 | 58 | 2 | 14 Dec 2025 |
| 58 | Philippines | 3 | 18 | 3 | 2 Dec 2025 |
| 59 | Senegal | 3 | 17 | 1 | 21 Jun 2026 |
| 60 | Portugal | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 Aug 2026 |
| 61 | Vietnam | 3 | 10 | 4 | 24 Apr 2026 |
| 62 | Uruguay | 3 | 9 | 1 | 18 May 2026 |
| 63 | Afghanistan | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 Jun 2026 |
| 64 | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 Aug 2026 |
| 65 | Nigeria | 2 | 55 | 22 | 17 Jan 2026 |
| 66 | Serbia | 2 | 14 | 3 | 5 Aug 2026 |
| 67 | Albania | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 Aug 2026 |
| 68 | Cambodia | 2 | 8 | 2 | 21 Dec 2025 |
| 69 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 Mar 2026 |
| 70 | Belarus | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 Aug 2026 |
| 71 | France | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 Jun 2026 |
| 72 | Ethiopia | 1 | 9 | 1 | 23 Feb 2026 |
| 73 | Qatar | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 Oct 2025 |
| 74 | Guatemala | 1 | 4 | 1 | 27 Apr 2026 |
| 75 | Honduras | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 Feb 2026 |
| 76 | Botswana | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 Oct 2025 |
| 77 | Lebanon | 1 | 3 | 2 | 23 Aug 2026 |
| 78 | Cyprus | 1 | 3 | 1 | 21 Jun 2026 |
| 79 | Georgia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 31 Jan 2026 |
| 80 | Ecuador | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 Dec 2025 |
| 81 | Armenia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 Aug 2026 |
| 82 | Chad | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 Nov 2025 |
| 83 | Rwanda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 Jun 2026 |
| 84 | Jammu and Kashmir | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 Apr 2026 |
| 85 | Singapore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 Mar 2026 |
| 86 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 Feb 2026 |
| 87 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 Sep 2025 |
| 88 | Nepal | 0 | 4 | 1 | 27 Apr 2025 |
| 89 | Mauritius | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 Apr 2025 |
| 90 | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 Mar 2025 |
| 91 | Namibia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 Jun 2025 |
| 92 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 Mar 2025 |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 Oct 2024 |
| 94 | Moldova | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 Jun 2024 |
| 95 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 May 2023 |
| 96 | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 Feb 2023 |