Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita by country
Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 0.0223 kt per person in Suriname; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Guam.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0018 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0027 kt per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 605.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 466.6%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 76.2%).
Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita (capita CO2eq): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 0.0223 kt per person | 2023 | up 154.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Guyana | 0.0175 kt per person | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 3 | Mongolia | 0.0172 kt per person | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0154 kt per person | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 5 | Belize | 0.0135 kt per person | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 6 | Faroe Islands | 0.0126 kt per person | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 0.011 kt per person | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 8 | Australia | 0.0106 kt per person | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 9 | Paraguay | 0.0104 kt per person | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 10 | New Zealand | 0.01 kt per person | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 11 | Brazil | 0.0098 kt per person | 2023 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 12 | Belarus | 0.0094 kt per person | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 0.0093 kt per person | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 14 | Ireland | 0.0076 kt per person | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 15 | Lithuania | 0.0075 kt per person | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 16 | Estonia | 0.0074 kt per person | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 17 | Canada | 0.0073 kt per person | 2023 | up 37.0% | falling |
| 18 | Botswana | 0.0067 kt per person | 2023 | up 42.7% | falling |
| 19 | Iceland | 0.0062 kt per person | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 20 | Chad | 0.0062 kt per person | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 21 | Cambodia | 0.006 kt per person | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Bhutan | 0.0055 kt per person | 2023 | up 466.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Argentina | 0.0054 kt per person | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 24 | South Sudan | 0.0053 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 25 | Latvia | 0.0053 kt per person | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 0.0052 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 27 | Finland | 0.0049 kt per person | 2023 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 28 | Laos | 0.0048 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 29 | Qatar | 0.0044 kt per person | 2023 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 30 | Liberia | 0.0044 kt per person | 2023 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Malaysia | 0.0041 kt per person | 2023 | up 37.9% | falling |
| 32 | Greenland | 0.0039 kt per person | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 33 | Poland | 0.0038 kt per person | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 34 | Thailand | 0.0034 kt per person | 2023 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 35 | Nicaragua | 0.0033 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 36 | Colombia | 0.0033 kt per person | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 37 | Brunei | 0.0032 kt per person | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Guinea | 0.0032 kt per person | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 39 | Turkmenistan | 0.0032 kt per person | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 40 | Namibia | 0.0031 kt per person | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Zambia | 0.0031 kt per person | 2023 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 42 | Vanuatu | 0.0031 kt per person | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 43 | United States | 0.0031 kt per person | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 44 | Denmark | 0.0031 kt per person | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 45 | Sweden | 0.003 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 46 | Romania | 0.003 kt per person | 2023 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 47 | Myanmar | 0.0029 kt per person | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 48 | Russia | 0.0029 kt per person | 2023 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 49 | Indonesia | 0.0029 kt per person | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Cameroon | 0.0028 kt per person | 2023 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 51 | Norway | 0.0028 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 52 | Mali | 0.0028 kt per person | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0027 kt per person | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 54 | Hungary | 0.0027 kt per person | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 55 | American Samoa | 0.0027 kt per person | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 56 | Panama | 0.0026 kt per person | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 0.0026 kt per person | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 58 | Bahrain | 0.0026 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 59 | Kuwait | 0.0025 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 60 | Gabon | 0.0025 kt per person | 2023 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 61 | Aruba | 0.0025 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 62 | Mauritania | 0.0025 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 63 | Oman | 0.0024 kt per person | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 64 | Moldova | 0.0024 kt per person | 2023 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 65 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0023 kt per person | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 0.0023 kt per person | 2023 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 67 | Serbia | 0.0023 kt per person | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 68 | Angola | 0.0023 kt per person | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0022 kt per person | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 70 | Greece | 0.0022 kt per person | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 0.0022 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 72 | Luxembourg | 0.0022 kt per person | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 73 | Ukraine | 0.0021 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 74 | Madagascar | 0.0021 kt per person | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 75 | Germany | 0.0021 kt per person | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 76 | France | 0.0021 kt per person | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 77 | Mozambique | 0.002 kt per person | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 78 | Slovenia | 0.002 kt per person | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 79 | Gibraltar | 0.002 kt per person | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 0.002 kt per person | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 81 | Croatia | 0.002 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 0.002 kt per person | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 0.002 kt per person | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 84 | Austria | 0.002 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 85 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.002 kt per person | 2023 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 0.002 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 0.0019 kt per person | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 88 | Belgium | 0.0019 kt per person | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 89 | Sudan | 0.0019 kt per person | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 90 | Bahamas | 0.0019 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 91 | Ecuador | 0.0019 kt per person | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 92 | Israel | 0.0019 kt per person | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 93 | Guatemala | 0.0019 kt per person | 2023 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 94 | Mexico | 0.0019 kt per person | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 95 | Libya | 0.0019 kt per person | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 96 | Turkey | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 98 | United Kingdom | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 99 | Eswatini | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 100 | Portugal | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 101 | Czechia | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 102 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 103 | Chile | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 104 | Spain | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 105 | Honduras | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 106 | Montenegro | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 107 | Puerto Rico | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 108 | Italy | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 109 | Eritrea | 0.0017 kt per person | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 110 | Barbados | 0.0017 kt per person | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 111 | Somalia | 0.0017 kt per person | 2023 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 112 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0017 kt per person | 2023 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0017 kt per person | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 0.0016 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 115 | China | 0.0016 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 116 | Switzerland | 0.0016 kt per person | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 117 | Albania | 0.0016 kt per person | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 118 | Niger | 0.0016 kt per person | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 119 | Dominica | 0.0016 kt per person | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 120 | New Caledonia | 0.0016 kt per person | 2023 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 121 | Seychelles | 0.0015 kt per person | 2023 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 122 | Cayman Islands | 0.0015 kt per person | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 123 | Saint Lucia | 0.0015 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 124 | Georgia | 0.0015 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 125 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0015 kt per person | 2023 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Mauritius | 0.0014 kt per person | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 127 | Vietnam | 0.0014 kt per person | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 128 | Algeria | 0.0014 kt per person | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 129 | Tunisia | 0.0014 kt per person | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0014 kt per person | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 131 | East Timor | 0.0013 kt per person | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 132 | Samoa | 0.0013 kt per person | 2023 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 133 | Malta | 0.0013 kt per person | 2023 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 134 | South Africa | 0.0013 kt per person | 2023 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 135 | Japan | 0.0013 kt per person | 2023 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 136 | Ethiopia | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 137 | Morocco | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 138 | Uganda | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 139 | Slovakia | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 140 | Cyprus | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 141 | Benin | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 142 | Pakistan | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 143 | Cuba | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 144 | Grenada | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 145 | Congo | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 146 | Senegal | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 147 | Palau | 0.0011 kt per person | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 148 | Fiji | 0.0011 kt per person | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 149 | Jamaica | 0.0011 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 150 | Kenya | 0.0011 kt per person | 2023 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 151 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0011 kt per person | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 152 | Palestine | 0.0011 kt per person | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 153 | Lebanon | 0.0011 kt per person | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 154 | Armenia | 0.001 kt per person | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 155 | Nepal | 0.001 kt per person | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 156 | Haiti | 0.001 kt per person | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 157 | Tonga | 0.001 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 0.001 kt per person | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 159 | India | 0.001 kt per person | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 160 | Malawi | 0.001 kt per person | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 161 | Tuvalu | 0.001 kt per person | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 0.001 kt per person | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 163 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.001 kt per person | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 164 | Philippines | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 166 | Djibouti | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 167 | Singapore | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 168 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 169 | El Salvador | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 170 | Bangladesh | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 171 | Andorra | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 172 | Jordan | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 173 | Gambia | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 174 | Lesotho | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 175 | Nigeria | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 176 | Togo | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 177 | Egypt | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 178 | Syria | 0.0007 kt per person | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 179 | Iraq | 0.0007 kt per person | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 180 | Sri Lanka | 0.0007 kt per person | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 181 | Burundi | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 182 | Maldives | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 183 | Rwanda | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 184 | Ghana | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 186 | French Polynesia | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 187 | Isle of Man | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 188 | Nauru | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Bermuda | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 190 | Yemen | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 191 | Marshall Islands | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 192 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 193 | San Marino | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 194 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 195 | Comoros | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 196 | Liechtenstein | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 197 | Kiribati | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 198 | Channel Islands | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 199 | Monaco | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 200 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 201 | Guam | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
How this figure is calculated
Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.