Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre by country
Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), 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 square kilometre is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 7.83 kt per square kilometre in Gibraltar; the lowest is 0.0005 kt per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1537 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.3721 kt per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14,356.
Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 514.0%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 71.5%).
Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibraltar | 7.83 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 7.45 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 3 | Bahrain | 5.03 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.1 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 5 | Monaco | 3.27 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 6 | Malta | 2.26 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 7 | Aruba | 1.49 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 8 | Barbados | 1.14 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1.11 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 10 | Maldives | 1.04 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Qatar | 1.02 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Palestine | 0.9426 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Mauritius | 0.9064 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 14 | Israel | 0.8671 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 15 | Belgium | 0.7456 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 16 | Kuwait | 0.6921 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 17 | American Samoa | 0.6393 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 18 | Puerto Rico | 0.6344 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 19 | Lebanon | 0.6189 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 20 | Cambodia | 0.5904 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Ireland | 0.5852 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 22 | Bermuda | 0.5602 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 0.5592 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 0.52 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 25 | Germany | 0.5065 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 26 | Faroe Islands | 0.4988 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 27 | Thailand | 0.4841 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 28 | India | 0.4753 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 29 | Vietnam | 0.4622 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 30 | Cayman Islands | 0.46 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 0.458 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 32 | Denmark | 0.4561 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 33 | Poland | 0.4496 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 34 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.4442 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | 0.4438 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 36 | Haiti | 0.4379 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 37 | Japan | 0.4363 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 38 | Indonesia | 0.4361 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 39 | Malaysia | 0.4357 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 40 | Belarus | 0.4254 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 41 | Grenada | 0.408 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 42 | Seychelles | 0.3985 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 43 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3864 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 44 | Pakistan | 0.3812 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 45 | Switzerland | 0.3694 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 46 | Philippines | 0.3642 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3564 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 48 | Italy | 0.3497 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 49 | Lithuania | 0.3445 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 50 | Burundi | 0.3402 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 51 | Rwanda | 0.3306 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 52 | Tuvalu | 0.3192 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 53 | Guatemala | 0.3191 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.9% | falling |
| 54 | Uganda | 0.2993 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2968 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 56 | Jamaica | 0.2965 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 57 | Nauru | 0.2868 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Hungary | 0.2836 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 59 | Brunei | 0.2801 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 60 | El Salvador | 0.2627 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 61 | France | 0.2604 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 62 | Czechia | 0.2566 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 63 | Liberia | 0.2518 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Romania | 0.2485 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2485 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 66 | China | 0.2468 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 67 | Brazil | 0.2464 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 68 | Myanmar | 0.2446 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 69 | Belize | 0.2432 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 0.2393 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 71 | Estonia | 0.2377 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 72 | Austria | 0.2203 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 73 | Malawi | 0.2197 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 74 | Nepal | 0.2159 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 75 | Slovenia | 0.2143 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 76 | Gambia | 0.213 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 77 | Portugal | 0.2113 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 78 | Turkey | 0.205 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 0.2022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 0.2018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 81 | San Marino | 0.1987 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 82 | New Zealand | 0.1976 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 83 | Nigeria | 0.1941 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 84 | Guinea | 0.188 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 0.1848 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 86 | Serbia | 0.1821 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 87 | Paraguay | 0.1803 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 88 | Uruguay | 0.1794 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 89 | Greece | 0.1778 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 90 | Moldova | 0.1772 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 91 | Cyprus | 0.176 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 92 | Spain | 0.1742 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 93 | Honduras | 0.1701 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 94 | Cameroon | 0.17 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | 0.1678 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 96 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1659 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 97 | Latvia | 0.1595 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 98 | Uzbekistan | 0.1595 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 99 | Laos | 0.1589 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 100 | Panama | 0.1577 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 101 | Channel Islands | 0.1537 kt per square kilometre | 2021 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Colombia | 0.1536 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 103 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1533 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 104 | Benin | 0.1512 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 105 | Tonga | 0.1472 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 106 | Andorra | 0.1436 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 107 | Ethiopia | 0.1425 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 108 | Albania | 0.1416 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 109 | Ukraine | 0.1399 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 110 | Dominica | 0.1395 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 111 | Croatia | 0.1394 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 112 | Slovakia | 0.1386 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 113 | Ecuador | 0.1381 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 114 | Bulgaria | 0.1376 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.0% | falling |
| 115 | Peru | 0.1372 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 0.1334 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 117 | Comoros | 0.1315 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 118 | Eswatini | 0.1312 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 119 | Cuba | 0.1259 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 120 | Mexico | 0.1251 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 121 | East Timor | 0.1249 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 122 | Sierra Leone | 0.1176 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 123 | Togo | 0.1169 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 124 | Madagascar | 0.1152 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 125 | Bhutan | 0.1137 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 514.0% | volatile |
| 126 | United States | 0.113 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 127 | British Virgin Islands | 0.1113 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 128 | Armenia | 0.1098 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 129 | Senegal | 0.1097 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 130 | Tunisia | 0.1088 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 131 | Kenya | 0.107 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1051 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1049 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 134 | Morocco | 0.1048 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 135 | Jordan | 0.1047 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 136 | Samoa | 0.1024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 137 | Marshall Islands | 0.0961 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 138 | South Sudan | 0.096 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 139 | Syria | 0.0954 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 140 | Chad | 0.0948 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 0.0928 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 142 | Central African Republic | 0.0908 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 143 | Argentina | 0.0894 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 144 | Finland | 0.0893 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 145 | Egypt | 0.0881 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 146 | Mozambique | 0.0877 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 147 | Zambia | 0.0874 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 148 | Suriname | 0.0873 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 180.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Ghana | 0.0823 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 0.082 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 151 | Montenegro | 0.0815 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 152 | Georgia | 0.0796 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 153 | Sweden | 0.0782 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 154 | Isle of Man | 0.0775 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 155 | Bahamas | 0.0769 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 156 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0762 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Iraq | 0.0742 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 158 | Tajikistan | 0.0707 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 0.0686 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 160 | South Africa | 0.0679 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 161 | Angola | 0.0673 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 162 | Liechtenstein | 0.0626 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0621 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 164 | Lesotho | 0.0592 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 165 | Fiji | 0.0574 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 166 | Mali | 0.0541 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 167 | Sudan | 0.0516 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 168 | Somalia | 0.0508 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 169 | Eritrea | 0.0499 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 170 | Turkmenistan | 0.0495 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 171 | Chile | 0.0479 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 172 | Djibouti | 0.0461 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 173 | Palau | 0.0442 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 0.0438 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 175 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0434 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Norway | 0.0422 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 177 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0408 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 178 | Oman | 0.039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Mongolia | 0.0385 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 180 | Kiribati | 0.0379 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 181 | Australia | 0.0369 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 182 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0349 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 183 | Afghanistan | 0.0347 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 184 | Yemen | 0.0342 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 185 | Canada | 0.0335 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.5% | flat |
| 186 | Niger | 0.0331 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 187 | Botswana | 0.0295 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 188 | Solomon Islands | 0.0275 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 189 | Algeria | 0.0272 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 190 | Russia | 0.0258 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 191 | New Caledonia | 0.0247 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.3% | rising |
| 192 | Gabon | 0.0243 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 193 | Iceland | 0.0239 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 194 | Congo | 0.0213 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.5% | rising |
| 195 | Kazakhstan | 0.0193 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 196 | Mauritania | 0.0122 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 197 | Guam | 0.0113 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 198 | Namibia | 0.0113 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 199 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0085 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 200 | Libya | 0.0077 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 201 | Greenland | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.5% | 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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.