AFOLU — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.
Countries reporting
220
Highest
685.55 %
Honduras
Lowest
-319.61 %
Fiji
Median
18.07 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,446
What the numbers show
AFOLU — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 685.55 % in Honduras; the lowest is -319.61 % in Fiji.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.07 %, and the mean is 35.11 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 2,487.8%), and the largest decrease in Serbia and Montenegro (down 2,648.2%).
AFOLU — Emissions Share (CO2eq): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 685.55 % | 2023 | up 304.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Belarus | 598.33 % | 2023 | up 2,061.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Ghana | 510.2 % | 2023 | up 867.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Rwanda | 271.12 % | 2023 | up 687.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Mayotte | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 94.65 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Chad | 92.62 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 8 | South Sudan | 89.79 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 9 | Liberia | 87.09 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 10 | Mali | 86.68 % | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 11 | Madagascar | 85.68 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 12 | Niger | 84.83 % | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 13 | Paraguay | 83.92 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 82.42 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea | 82.02 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 16 | Belize | 81.53 % | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 17 | United Republic of Tanzania | 81.03 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 18 | Cambodia | 79.74 % | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 19 | Tokelau | 79.2 % | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 20 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 78.63 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 21 | Suriname | 77.69 % | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Zambia | 77.55 % | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 77 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 24 | Sudan (former) | 76.73 % | 2011 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 25 | Myanmar | 74.58 % | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 26 | Mozambique | 74.22 % | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 27 | Malawi | 74.06 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | Sudan | 74.03 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 73.98 % | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 30 | Cameroon | 73.4 % | 2023 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 31 | Guyana | 73.17 % | 2023 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 32 | Eritrea | 72.61 % | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 33 | Somalia | 72.14 % | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 71.3 % | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 70.82 % | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 36 | Brazil | 69.32 % | 2023 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 67.55 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 38 | Peru | 67.27 % | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 39 | Nicaragua | 67.23 % | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 40 | Uruguay | 66.67 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 41 | Melanesia | 66.46 % | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 64.15 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 43 | Bhutan | 63.52 % | 2023 | up 439.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Burundi | 62.92 % | 2023 | up 336.6% | falling |
| 45 | Uganda | 62.89 % | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 62.8 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 47 | Botswana | 61.43 % | 2023 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 48 | Mauritania | 61.37 % | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 49 | Angola | 61.13 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 50 | Cote d'Ivoire | 60.74 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 50 | Côte d'Ivoire | 60.74 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 52 | Benin | 60.51 % | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Namibia | 58.3 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 54 | Gambia | 57.39 % | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 55 | East Timor | 56.81 % | 2023 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 55 | Timor-Leste | 56.81 % | 2023 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 57 | Latvia | 55.38 % | 2023 | up 2,487.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Laos | 51.56 % | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 58 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 51.56 % | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 60 | Solomon Islands | 51.51 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 61 | Nepal | 48.56 % | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 62 | Ireland | 48.1 % | 2023 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 63 | Kenya | 47.62 % | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 64 | Pakistan | 47.39 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 65 | Afghanistan | 47.34 % | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 66 | Senegal | 46.2 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 67 | Colombia | 45.97 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 68 | New Zealand | 44.65 % | 2023 | up 20.7% | flat |
| 69 | Mongolia | 44.64 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 70 | Bangladesh | 43.7 % | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 71 | Argentina | 42.67 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 72 | Estonia | 42.02 % | 2023 | up 845.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Samoa | 41.88 % | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 41.43 % | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 75 | Eswatini | 41.23 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 76 | Djibouti | 38.25 % | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 77 | Tuvalu | 37.56 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 78 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 36.26 % | 2023 | up 35.0% | flat |
| 79 | Lithuania | 35.88 % | 2023 | up 79.6% | falling |
| 80 | Haiti | 34.7 % | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 81 | Polynesia | 34.59 % | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 82 | Guatemala | 34.51 % | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 83 | Cuba | 34.17 % | 2023 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Indonesia | 33.65 % | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 85 | Finland | 33.59 % | 2023 | up 114.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Australia and New Zealand | 32.24 % | 2023 | up 42.8% | falling |
| 87 | Australia | 30.79 % | 2023 | up 47.7% | falling |
| 88 | Togo | 29.81 % | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 89 | Sweden | 29.52 % | 2023 | up 141.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 29.21 % | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 91 | Ecuador | 27.92 % | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 92 | Nigeria | 27.73 % | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 93 | Lesotho | 27.39 % | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 94 | Tonga | 26.53 % | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 95 | Thailand | 26.48 % | 2023 | up 38.6% | falling |
| 96 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.37 % | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 25.86 % | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 98 | Denmark | 25.44 % | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 25.18 % | 2023 | up 197.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 24.97 % | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 101 | Albania | 24.76 % | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 102 | Panama | 24.45 % | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 103 | Yemen | 24.26 % | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 104 | Canada | 23.86 % | 2023 | up 51.5% | flat |
| 105 | Dominica | 23.54 % | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 21.5 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 21.01 % | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 108 | Gabon | 20.3 % | 2023 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 109 | Italy | 20.19 % | 2023 | up 369.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Iceland | 18.25 % | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 111 | United Kingdom | 17.9 % | 2023 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 111 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 17.9 % | 2023 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 113 | Malaysia | 17.7 % | 2023 | up 127.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Moldova | 17.6 % | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 114 | Republic of Moldova | 17.6 % | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 116 | Seychelles | 17.55 % | 2023 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Niue | 17.34 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 118 | Morocco | 17.19 % | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 119 | Caribbean | 17.13 % | 2023 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Philippines | 16.44 % | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 121 | Mexico | 16.42 % | 2023 | up 41.9% | falling |
| 122 | Ukraine | 16.32 % | 2023 | up 162.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Norway | 16.31 % | 2023 | up 207.9% | volatile |
| 124 | El Salvador | 16.13 % | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 125 | India | 15.54 % | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 126 | Switzerland | 15.27 % | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 127 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 14.81 % | 2023 | up 25.2% | flat |
| 128 | Cook Islands | 14.79 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Poland | 14.58 % | 2023 | up 207.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Vietnam | 14.17 % | 2023 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Viet Nam | 14.17 % | 2023 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Turkmenistan | 13.62 % | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 133 | Spain | 13.4 % | 2023 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Comoros | 12.59 % | 2023 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 135 | Hungary | 12.55 % | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 136 | Chile | 12.27 % | 2023 | up 523.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Germany | 11.72 % | 2023 | up 167.0% | rising |
| 138 | Montenegro | 11.64 % | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Greece | 11.49 % | 2023 | up 150.9% | volatile |
| 140 | France | 11.17 % | 2023 | up 184.9% | falling |
| 141 | Portugal | 11.03 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 142 | Syria | 10.99 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 142 | Syrian Arab Republic | 10.99 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 144 | Cabo Verde | 10.66 % | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 145 | Kiribati | 9.56 % | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 146 | Kazakhstan | 9.3 % | 2023 | up 166.5% | falling |
| 147 | Tunisia | 9.19 % | 2023 | down 58.5% | flat |
| 148 | Slovenia | 8.83 % | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 8.65 % | 2023 | up 167.7% | volatile |
| 150 | OECD | 8.47 % | 2023 | up 1,664.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Turkey | 8.34 % | 2023 | up 305.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Türkiye | 8.34 % | 2023 | up 305.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Romania | 8.16 % | 2023 | up 120.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Belgium | 7.96 % | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 155 | Armenia | 7.6 % | 2023 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 7.6 % | 2023 | up 95.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Egypt | 6.58 % | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 158 | Azerbaijan | 6.5 % | 2023 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 159 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.79 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 160 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 5.55 % | 1999 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 161 | Grenada | 5 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 162 | Algeria | 4.8 % | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.3 % | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Barbados | 4.19 % | 2023 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 164 | Jordan | 4.19 % | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 166 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4.08 % | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 167 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.99 % | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3.97 % | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 169 | Czechia | 3.65 % | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 170 | Austria | 3.56 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.56 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 172 | Malta | 2.96 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 173 | Libya | 2.91 % | 2023 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 174 | Micronesia | 2.81 % | 2023 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Nauru | 2.75 % | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 175 | Nauru | 2.75 % | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 177 | Lebanon | 2.68 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 178 | Brunei | 2.58 % | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.58 % | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Iraq | 2.15 % | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 181 | Israel | 2.03 % | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 182 | Mauritius | 1.87 % | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 183 | Oman | 1.66 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 184 | Bahamas | 1.51 % | 2023 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 185 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.33 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 186 | Saudi Arabia | 1.29 % | 2023 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 187 | Slovakia | 1.24 % | 2023 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.73 % | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 189 | United Arab Emirates | 0.66 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 190 | United States | 0.53 % | 2023 | up 107.5% | rising |
| 191 | Qatar | 0.39 % | 2023 | up 44.4% | falling |
| 192 | Kuwait | 0.31 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 193 | China, Macao SAR | 0.27 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 194 | Cyprus | 0.25 % | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 195 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.13 % | 2023 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 196 | Maldives | 0.05 % | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 197 | Aruba | 0.03 % | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 198 | Singapore | 0.02 % | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Marshall Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | British Virgin Islands | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 205 | Bahrain | -0.03 % | 2023 | down 130.0% | falling |
| 206 | Japan | -0.21 % | 2023 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 207 | China | -0.98 % | 2023 | down 1,300.0% | volatile |
| 208 | China, mainland | -1.03 % | 2023 | down 836.4% | volatile |
| 209 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -4.08 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 210 | Republic of Korea | -4.61 % | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 211 | Congo | -5.56 % | 2023 | down 111.9% | falling |
| 212 | Jamaica | -7.19 % | 2023 | down 185.2% | volatile |
| 213 | Croatia | -7.99 % | 2023 | down 268.9% | volatile |
| 214 | South Africa | -8.84 % | 2023 | down 375.4% | volatile |
| 215 | Palau | -18.57 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 216 | Georgia | -19.83 % | 2023 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 217 | Bulgaria | -29.87 % | 2023 | down 75.6% | flat |
| 218 | Serbia | -48.9 % | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 219 | Russia | -60.93 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 219 | Russian Federation | -60.93 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 221 | Saint Lucia | -61.12 % | 2023 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 222 | Serbia and Montenegro | -61.56 % | 2005 | down 2,648.2% | volatile |
| 223 | Fiji | -319.61 % | 2023 | down 111.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 74.19 %
- Eastern Africa 72.39 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 71.48 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 65.38 %
- South America 60.78 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 55.52 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 52 %
- Western Africa 45.17 %
- Africa 43.42 %
- Oceania 33.97 %
- South-Eastern Asia 30.33 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 25.67 %
- Northern Europe 25.2 %
- Americas 23.92 %
- Southern Asia 17.81 %
- Non-Annex I countries 17.71 %
- Central America 17.53 %
- Northern Africa 17.35 %
- Central Asia 15.01 %
- European Union (27) 14.28 %
- World 12.87 %
- Southern Europe 12.48 %
- Western Europe 11.36 %
- Asia 7.92 %
- Northern America 3.82 %
- Western Asia 3.08 %
- United States of America 0.53 %
- Annex I countries 0.51 %
- Eastern Asia -0.7 %
- Southern Africa -3.22 %
- Europe -8.47 %
- Eastern Europe -38.88 %
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.