Methane emissions from fossil fuel operations in South and Southeast Asia, 2025

Sources

IEA estimates based on measured, satellite, and inferred data (see Documentation for further information).

Notes

Other includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei, Cook Islands, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Palau, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Island, Sri Lanka, Tonga and the Philippines. Methane intensity is calculated in energy terms as emissions from upstream operations divided by marketed fuel production volume, assuming methane has an energy density of 55 megajoules per kilogram (MJ/kg).