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Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
255
Highest
1.05 million kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Pitcairn
Median
3,744 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,669

What the numbers show

Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 255 countries. The highest value is 1.05 million kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Pitcairn.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,744 kt, and the mean is 31,194 kt.

Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in French Guiana (up 683.4%), and the largest decrease in Western Sahara (down 60.7%).

Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 1.05 million kt 2023 up 2.3% falling
2 India 758,524 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
3 China 708,041 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
4 China, mainland 701,912 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
5 Brazil 498,611 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
6 United States 288,859 kt 2023 up 2.1% flat
7 Indonesia 238,659 kt 2023 up 9.7% falling
8 Pakistan 206,168 kt 2023 up 30.4% rising
9 Australia and New Zealand 160,478 kt 2023 up 25.2% falling
10 Mexico 131,519 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
11 Australia 130,426 kt 2023 up 37.1% falling
12 Argentina 105,714 kt 2023 up 3.1% flat
13 Ethiopia 98,558 kt 2023 up 28.5% rising
14 Nigeria 89,558 kt 2023 up 15.8% rising
15 Russia 87,210 kt 2023 down 6.0% falling
15 Russian Federation 87,210 kt 2023 down 6.0% falling
17 Bangladesh 85,920 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
18 Thailand 79,867 kt 2023 down 3.6% rising
19 Sudan (former) 78,068 kt 2011 up 12.5% rising
20 Chad 69,354 kt 2023 up 71.2% rising
21 Colombia 67,972 kt 2023 up 19.9% rising
22 Philippines 66,901 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
23 United Republic of Tanzania 62,988 kt 2023 up 28.3% rising
24 Myanmar 62,923 kt 2023 down 17.3% rising
25 Vietnam 61,352 kt 2023 down 4.4% rising
25 Viet Nam 61,352 kt 2023 down 4.4% rising
27 Turkey 60,460 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
27 Türkiye 60,460 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
29 Sudan 56,544 kt 2023 up 2.6% flat
30 France 48,550 kt 2023 down 18.4% falling
31 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 43,013 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
32 Kenya 42,843 kt 2023 up 22.4% rising
33 Germany 39,018 kt 2023 down 15.5% falling
34 Spain 38,879 kt 2023 up 1.7% falling
35 Canada 36,586 kt 2023 up 2.2% flat
36 Democratic Republic of the Congo 36,362 kt 2023 down 10.0% flat
37 United Kingdom 36,018 kt 2023 down 1.6% falling
37 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 36,018 kt 2023 down 1.6% falling
39 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 32,627 kt 2023 down 1.9% rising
40 Uzbekistan 31,639 kt 2023 up 37.0% rising
41 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 31,516 kt 2023 up 36.6% rising
42 South Sudan 30,966 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
43 New Zealand 30,052 kt 2023 down 9.2% flat
44 Peru 29,740 kt 2023 up 3.7% rising
45 Caribbean 29,479 kt 2023 down 9.7% flat
46 Egypt 29,371 kt 2023 down 14.6% rising
47 Mali 29,033 kt 2023 up 43.3% rising
48 Italy 28,432 kt 2023 down 23.2% falling
49 Angola 27,909 kt 2023 down 11.0% rising
50 Poland 27,868 kt 2023 up 5.2% falling
51 South Africa 27,668 kt 2023 down 3.5% flat
52 Niger 27,252 kt 2023 up 42.9% rising
53 Uganda 25,724 kt 2023 up 17.2% rising
54 Paraguay 25,218 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
55 Cambodia 24,031 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
56 Japan 23,063 kt 2023 down 5.7% falling
57 Madagascar 22,690 kt 2023 up 13.5% flat
58 Uruguay 22,614 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
59 Mongolia 22,384 kt 2023 up 52.3% rising
60 Zambia 21,951 kt 2023 down 15.3% rising
61 Nepal 20,306 kt 2023 down 19.7% rising
62 Somalia 19,927 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
63 Guinea 19,139 kt 2023 up 36.5% rising
64 Kazakhstan 19,018 kt 2023 up 12.2% flat
65 Republic of Korea 18,632 kt 2023 down 3.5% flat
66 Burkina Faso 18,519 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
67 Central African Republic 18,008 kt 2023 down 17.8% rising
68 Saudi Arabia 17,816 kt 2023 up 37.7% rising
69 Algeria 17,526 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
70 Ukraine 16,980 kt 2023 down 31.0% falling
71 Ireland 16,521 kt 2023 down 2.1% flat
72 Afghanistan 15,859 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
73 Iraq 15,799 kt 2023 down 0.9% rising
74 Mozambique 14,928 kt 2023 down 11.4% rising
75 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 14,062 kt 2023 down 7.2% falling
76 Morocco 13,717 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
77 Ecuador 13,378 kt 2023 down 15.1% flat
78 Belarus 12,264 kt 2023 down 4.1% falling
79 Romania 12,187 kt 2023 down 6.9% falling
80 Nicaragua 11,945 kt 2023 up 19.0% rising
81 Malaysia 11,524 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
82 Laos 11,425 kt 2023 up 29.7% rising
82 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11,425 kt 2023 up 29.7% rising
84 Chile 11,169 kt 2023 down 0.2% flat
85 Ghana 11,143 kt 2023 up 14.2% rising
86 Belgium-Luxembourg 11,051 kt 1999 down 1.4% flat
87 Senegal 10,980 kt 2023 up 17.6% rising
88 Dominican Republic 10,911 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
89 Guatemala 10,804 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
90 Cameroon 10,658 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
91 Greece 9,166 kt 2023 down 7.9% falling
92 Zimbabwe 8,781 kt 2023 down 1.4% rising
93 Sri Lanka 8,668 kt 2023 down 0.9% flat
94 Yemen 8,489 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
95 Cote d'Ivoire 8,368 kt 2023 up 5.4% rising
95 Côte d'Ivoire 8,368 kt 2023 up 5.4% rising
97 Turkmenistan 8,157 kt 2023 up 10.3% rising
98 Mauritania 8,146 kt 2023 up 15.8% rising
99 Cuba 8,107 kt 2023 down 31.9% falling
100 Botswana 8,033 kt 2023 up 66.2% falling
101 Portugal 7,971 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
102 Syria 7,876 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
102 Syrian Arab Republic 7,876 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
104 Honduras 7,701 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
105 Belgium 7,250 kt 2023 down 22.8% falling
106 Tajikistan 6,738 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
107 Denmark 6,701 kt 2023 down 8.4% falling
108 Austria 6,469 kt 2023 down 5.8% falling
109 Serbia and Montenegro 6,322 kt 2005 down 20.8% falling
110 Azerbaijan 6,281 kt 2023 down 4.5% rising
111 Haiti 5,909 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
112 Hungary 5,846 kt 2023 up 4.2% flat
113 Malawi 5,641 kt 2023 up 69.0% rising
114 Costa Rica 5,530 kt 2023 up 33.3% flat
115 Namibia 5,356 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
116 Kyrgyzstan 5,222 kt 2023 up 19.1% rising
117 Czechia 5,213 kt 2023 down 1.5% falling
118 Switzerland 5,159 kt 2023 down 4.2% falling
119 Tunisia 4,999 kt 2023 down 2.6% rising
120 Benin 4,912 kt 2023 up 24.5% rising
121 Serbia 4,901 kt 2023 down 13.1% falling
122 Rwanda 4,873 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
123 Panama 4,573 kt 2023 down 4.2% rising
124 Sweden 4,084 kt 2023 down 10.4% falling
125 United Arab Emirates 3,986 kt 2023 up 17.0% rising
126 Sierra Leone 3,818 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
127 Burundi 3,762 kt 2023 up 44.8% rising
128 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3,744 kt 2023 down 15.2% falling
129 Eritrea 3,557 kt 2023 up 5.1% rising
130 China, Taiwan Province of 3,451 kt 2023 down 12.4% falling
131 Israel 3,407 kt 2023 up 8.1% rising
132 Libya 3,191 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
133 El Salvador 3,186 kt 2023 down 5.7% falling
134 Norway 3,164 kt 2023 down 23.8% flat
135 Togo 3,076 kt 2023 up 15.0% rising
136 Jordan 2,823 kt 2023 up 13.1% rising
137 Bulgaria 2,772 kt 2023 down 5.4% falling
138 Finland 2,715 kt 2023 down 13.5% falling
139 Melanesia 2,565 kt 2023 down 10.5% volatile
140 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,470 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
141 Moldova 2,463 kt 2023 down 10.9% falling
141 Republic of Moldova 2,463 kt 2023 down 10.9% falling
143 Lithuania 2,287 kt 2023 down 17.8% falling
144 Croatia 2,151 kt 2023 down 14.2% falling
145 Albania 2,141 kt 2023 down 27.2% falling
146 Slovakia 2,140 kt 2023 down 10.2% falling
147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,045 kt 2023 down 18.8% flat
148 Kuwait 2,030 kt 2023 up 11.7% rising
149 Congo 1,889 kt 2023 down 10.8% rising
150 Lebanon 1,876 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
151 Oman 1,866 kt 2023 up 18.8% rising
152 Georgia 1,763 kt 2023 down 17.0% flat
153 Guyana 1,693 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
154 Papua New Guinea 1,625 kt 2023 up 12.8% volatile
155 Guinea-Bissau 1,567 kt 2023 down 8.1% rising
156 Slovenia 1,505 kt 2023 down 3.7% falling
157 Latvia 1,498 kt 2023 down 10.3% falling
158 Puerto Rico 1,408 kt 2023 down 3.9% falling
159 Jamaica 1,392 kt 2023 down 1.7% falling
160 Palestine 1,388 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
160 Palestine 1,388 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
162 Armenia 1,183 kt 2023 down 14.7% rising
163 Gambia 1,120 kt 2023 down 7.2% rising
164 North Macedonia 1,063 kt 2023 down 21.8% falling
165 Qatar 994.93 kt 2023 up 30.6% rising
166 East Timor 976.81 kt 2023 up 24.0% rising
166 Timor-Leste 976.81 kt 2023 up 24.0% rising
168 Estonia 926.82 kt 2023 down 7.0% falling
169 Lesotho 909.06 kt 2023 down 12.8% falling
170 Liberia 878.6 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
171 Trinidad and Tobago 789.89 kt 2023 down 0.5% rising
172 Eswatini 759.33 kt 2023 down 14.7% falling
173 Djibouti 636.21 kt 2023 up 3.9% rising
174 Bahrain 563.39 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
175 Suriname 555.47 kt 2023 down 11.7% falling
176 Belize 552.38 kt 2023 down 6.0% rising
177 Luxembourg 547.43 kt 2023 down 0.7% flat
178 Bhutan 506.8 kt 2023 down 11.3% rising
179 Cyprus 496.53 kt 2023 down 9.1% rising
180 Iceland 476.8 kt 2023 up 0.3% flat
181 Fiji 448.83 kt 2023 down 41.3% falling
182 Montenegro 447.1 kt 2023 down 9.7% falling
183 Gabon 442.02 kt 2023 down 1.1% rising
184 Polynesia 258.53 kt 2023 down 15.6% rising
185 Malta 250.57 kt 2023 down 0.1% flat
186 Mauritius 245.78 kt 2023 down 7.5% falling
187 Singapore 241.44 kt 2023 up 6.5% rising
188 Bahamas 237.76 kt 2023 down 14.7% flat
189 Vanuatu 222.8 kt 2023 down 41.5% falling
190 China, Macao SAR 207.96 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
191 Brunei 188.28 kt 2023 down 0.8% volatile
191 Brunei Darussalam 188.28 kt 2023 down 0.8% volatile
193 Barbados 176.83 kt 2023 down 0.4% falling
194 New Caledonia 175.49 kt 2023 down 10.1% falling
195 Cabo Verde 173.35 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
196 Comoros 156.44 kt 2023 up 4.7% falling
197 Equatorial Guinea 145.31 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
198 Samoa 124.39 kt 2023 down 27.8% rising
199 United States Virgin Islands 117.78 kt 2023 up 0.7% volatile
200 Saint Lucia 96.39 kt 2023 up 0.6% flat
201 Solomon Islands 93.47 kt 2023 up 10.9% rising
202 Micronesia 81.51 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
203 Aruba 71.17 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
204 Tonga 69.84 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
205 Maldives 65.38 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
206 Micronesia (Federated States of) 58.07 kt 2023 up 9.0% rising
207 Seychelles 54.49 kt 2023 up 3.9% flat
208 Grenada 46.9 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
209 Cayman Islands 43.56 kt 2023 up 6.8% volatile
210 Antigua and Barbuda 43.52 kt 2023 down 5.6% falling
211 Dominica 42.74 kt 2023 up 0.2% rising
212 French Polynesia 42.47 kt 2023 up 3.8% flat
213 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 40.55 kt 2023 down 6.8% falling
214 Faroe Islands 39.5 kt 2023 up 13.5% rising
215 Saint Kitts and Nevis 36.92 kt 2023 up 1.2% falling
216 Channel Islands 28.72 kt 2023 up 33.9% volatile
217 Sao Tome and Principe 22.84 kt 2023 up 13.3% rising
218 Andorra 14.12 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
219 Kiribati 12.04 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
220 Cook Islands 10.93 kt 2023 down 26.9% flat
221 Reunion 9.62 kt 2023 down 0.2% volatile
221 Réunion 9.62 kt 2023 down 0.2% volatile
223 Liechtenstein 7.88 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
224 Isle of Man 7.41 kt 2023 down 18.4% rising
225 Tuvalu 6.64 kt 2023 up 3.9% rising
226 San Marino 6.14 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
227 Guam 5.97 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
228 Guadeloupe 4.6 kt 2023 down 7.4% volatile
229 Greenland 4.21 kt 2023 up 12.5% rising
230 Monaco 4.09 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
231 Bermuda 2.87 kt 2023 down 0.6% rising
232 French Guiana 2.1 kt 2023 up 683.4% volatile
233 Gibraltar 2.04 kt 2023 up 21.8% rising
234 American Samoa 1.93 kt 2023 down 11.1% flat
235 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1.9 kt 2010 up 11.8% rising
236 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.8 kt 2023 up 36.5% rising
237 Nauru 1.71 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
237 Nauru 1.71 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
239 Northern Mariana Islands 1.62 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
240 British Virgin Islands 1.45 kt 2023 up 19.6% rising
241 Marshall Islands 1.44 kt 2023 down 22.6% falling
242 Niue 1.32 kt 2023 up 6.2% rising
243 Tokelau 0.9864 kt 2023 up 130.5% rising
244 Palau 0.668 kt 2023 down 1.5% flat
245 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.5041 kt 2023 down 2.4% falling
246 Martinique 0.4184 kt 2023 down 49.1% volatile
247 Western Sahara 0.0891 kt 2023 down 60.7% falling
248 Anguilla 0.0689 kt 2023 up 23.3% rising
249 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0508 kt 2023 down 11.7% volatile
250 Montserrat 0.0461 kt 2023 down 56.0% volatile
251 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.0181 kt 2023 down 54.2% falling
252 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.0025 kt 2023 unchanged falling
253 Mayotte 0.0007 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
254 Norfolk Island 0 kt 2023 — volatile
254 Pitcairn 0 kt 2023 — volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
291 places, 9,669 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf