Table 2 Change in global mean surface temperature (GMST) due to emissions of CH4 during 1851–2021, and the contributions of countries or country groupings which contributed at least 3% of the change in GMST.

From: National contributions to climate change due to historical emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide since 1850

Gas

Source

Country or Grouping

°C

%

CH4

Total

GLOBAL

0.41

 

NONANNEX

0.31

74.0

LMDC

0.17

40.5

BASIC

0.12

29.9

ANNEXI

0.11

25.8

OECD

0.10

23.2

ANNEXII

0.07

17.5

China

0.06

14.9

LDC

0.04

9.6

USA

0.04

8.5

India

0.03

8.2

EIT

0.03

8.1

Brazil

0.02

5.9

EU27

0.02

5.8

Russia

0.02

4.8

Indonesia

0.01

3.3

Fossil

GLOBAL

0.26

 

NONANNEX

0.18

71.5

LMDC

0.11

42.8

BASIC

0.07

28.4

ANNEXI

0.07

28.2

OECD

0.06

23.6

China

0.05

18.8

ANNEXII

0.05

17.5

EIT

0.03

10.5

USA

0.02

9.4

Russia

0.02

6.5

EU27

0.02

6.0

LDC

0.01

5.5

India

0.01

5.1

Indonesia

0.01

3.7

Nigeria

0.01

3.7

Brazil

0.01

3.3

LULUC

GLOBAL

0.16

 

NONANNEX

0.12

78.2

LMDC

0.06

36.6

BASIC

0.05

32.5

OECD

0.04

22.5

ANNEXI

0.03

21.7

ANNEXII

0.03

17.6

LDC

0.03

16.4

India

0.02

13.3

Brazil

0.02

10.1

China

0.01

8.5

USA

0.01

6.9

EU27

0.01

5.3

EIT

0.01

4.2

Pakistan

0.00

3.2

Australia

0.00

3.1

  1. Bold text is used to highlight individual countries as opposed to country groupings, while bold italicised text is used to highlight the European Union as its 27 constituent countries share common environmental, agricultural and climate policies. The Data Records44 include all data shown, as well as the values for all countries and country groupings.