Agrifood systems — Emissions per capita 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
223
Highest
22.27 t CO2eq/cap
Suriname
Lowest
0.1 t CO2eq/cap
Mayotte
Median
1.83 t CO2eq/cap
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,446

What the numbers show

Agrifood systems — Emissions per capita is currently reported for 223 countries. The highest value is 22.27 t CO2eq/cap in Suriname; the lowest is 0.1 t CO2eq/cap in Mayotte.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.83 t CO2eq/cap, and the mean is 2.69 t CO2eq/cap.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 223.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 468.0%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 75.9%).

Agrifood systems — Emissions per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Suriname 22.27 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 154.2% volatile
2 Guyana 17.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 28.2% rising
3 Mongolia 17.46 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.0% falling
4 Trinidad and Tobago 13.99 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 27.0% rising
5 Belize 13.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.2% falling
6 Central African Republic 10.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.5% falling
7 Australia 10.73 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 19.8% falling
8 Australia and New Zealand 10.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.2% falling
9 Paraguay 10.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 34.2% falling
10 New Zealand 10.06 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.3% falling
11 Brazil 9.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 20.5% falling
12 Belarus 9.47 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 0.3% rising
13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 28.1% falling
14 Uruguay 9.27 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.6% flat
15 Ireland 7.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.4% falling
16 Lithuania 7.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.4% rising
17 Canada 7.48 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 40.3% falling
18 Estonia 7.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.5% rising
19 Botswana 6.75 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 42.7% falling
20 Iceland 6.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.7% falling
21 Chad 6.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.1% rising
22 Cambodia 5.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.3% volatile
23 Bhutan 5.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 468.0% volatile
24 Argentina 5.37 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.2% falling
25 South Sudan 5.28 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.0% flat
26 Latvia 5.27 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.2% rising
27 Peru 5.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.7% falling
28 Finland 4.85 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.2% flat
29 Laos 4.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.4% rising
29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.4% rising
31 Liberia 4.42 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 70.5% volatile
32 Malaysia 4.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 37.8% falling
33 Qatar 3.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 30.5% rising
34 Poland 3.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.7% flat
35 Thailand 3.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 51.3% rising
36 Colombia 3.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.4% falling
36 Nicaragua 3.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.9% falling
38 Brunei 3.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.4% volatile
38 Brunei Darussalam 3.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.4% volatile
40 Guinea 3.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.1% falling
41 Turkmenistan 3.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.6% rising
42 Namibia 3.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.1% volatile
43 Zambia 3.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 40.4% falling
44 Vanuatu 3.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 31.6% falling
45 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.2% falling
46 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 21.4% falling
47 Denmark 3.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.6% falling
48 Sweden 3.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.7% falling
49 United States 3.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.2% falling
50 Romania 2.99 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 61.6% rising
51 Sudan (former) 2.96 t CO2eq/cap 2011 down 15.7% falling
52 Myanmar 2.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.0% falling
53 Indonesia 2.94 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.0% volatile
54 Russia 2.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 18.3% falling
54 Russian Federation 2.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 18.3% falling
56 Cameroon 2.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 23.6% falling
57 Norway 2.79 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.8% falling
58 Mali 2.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.5% falling
59 Papua New Guinea 2.71 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.4% falling
60 Hungary 2.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.9% rising
61 OECD 2.63 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.2% falling
62 Panama 2.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.3% falling
63 Bahrain 2.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.4% flat
63 Kazakhstan 2.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.8% rising
65 Kuwait 2.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.9% rising
66 Gabon 2.52 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 49.4% falling
67 Mauritania 2.5 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.8% falling
68 Aruba 2.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.5% rising
69 Melanesia 2.47 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.1% falling
70 United Republic of Tanzania 2.44 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.0% falling
71 Oman 2.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.2% rising
72 Equatorial Guinea 2.33 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.4% falling
73 Angola 2.28 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 33.7% falling
74 Saudi Arabia 2.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.1% rising
74 Serbia 2.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.2% rising
76 Greece 2.24 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.0% falling
77 Bulgaria 2.2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 45.7% rising
77 Zimbabwe 2.2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.0% falling
79 Luxembourg 2.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 32.3% falling
80 Madagascar 2.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 32.4% falling
80 Ukraine 2.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.8% falling
82 France 2.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.9% falling
83 Germany 2.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.0% falling
83 Anguilla 2.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.0% rising
85 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.06 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 74.8% falling
86 Mozambique 2.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 29.6% falling
87 Slovenia 2.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.2% flat
88 Israel 2.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.8% rising
89 Costa Rica 2.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.8% falling
90 Croatia 2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.1% rising
91 Austria 1.99 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.0% falling
91 Burkina Faso 1.99 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.4% falling
93 United Arab Emirates 1.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.9% falling
93 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.6% flat
95 Uzbekistan 1.97 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.5% rising
96 Dominican Republic 1.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.0% rising
97 Belgium 1.94 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.2% falling
98 Bahamas 1.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.0% rising
98 Sudan 1.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.2% falling
100 Ecuador 1.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 33.0% falling
101 Moldova 1.9 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 21.8% rising
101 Republic of Moldova 1.9 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 21.8% rising
103 Guatemala 1.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.7% falling
103 Republic of Korea 1.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.0% rising
105 Mexico 1.87 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.6% falling
106 Libya 1.86 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.1% rising
106 Portugal 1.86 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.1% falling
108 North Macedonia 1.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 24.3% rising
109 Czechia 1.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.7% falling
109 United Kingdom 1.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.0% falling
109 Eswatini 1.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.7% flat
109 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.0% falling
113 Antigua and Barbuda 1.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.7% falling
113 Spain 1.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.5% falling
115 Chile 1.81 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.1% rising
115 Turkey 1.81 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.0% rising
115 Türkiye 1.81 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.0% rising
118 Caribbean 1.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.0% rising
119 Honduras 1.79 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.2% falling
120 Barbados 1.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.1% rising
120 Eritrea 1.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.4% falling
120 Italy 1.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.8% falling
120 Somalia 1.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 62.8% falling
120 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.5% rising
125 Montenegro 1.73 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.5% rising
126 China, Taiwan Province of 1.71 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.8% rising
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.69 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.4% rising
127 Cote d'Ivoire 1.69 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 38.8% falling
127 Côte d'Ivoire 1.69 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 38.8% falling
130 Switzerland 1.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.8% falling
131 Azerbaijan 1.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.6% rising
132 Niger 1.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.9% falling
133 China 1.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.7% rising
133 China, mainland 1.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.7% rising
135 Dominica 1.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.9% rising
136 Saint Lucia 1.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.4% rising
136 Belgium-Luxembourg 1.51 t CO2eq/cap 1999 down 3.8% flat
138 Georgia 1.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.8% rising
139 Vietnam 1.44 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.2% rising
139 Viet Nam 1.44 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.2% rising
141 Seychelles 1.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.5% falling
141 China, Hong Kong SAR 1.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.7% rising
143 Mauritius 1.42 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 34.0% rising
144 Algeria 1.4 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.1% rising
145 Albania 1.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.3% rising
145 Tunisia 1.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.3% rising
147 Guinea-Bissau 1.37 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 26.3% falling
148 Malta 1.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.0% rising
149 East Timor 1.34 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.5% flat
149 Timor-Leste 1.34 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.5% flat
151 Niue 1.33 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.0% falling
152 Samoa 1.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.6% flat
153 South Africa 1.3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.0% flat
154 Japan 1.28 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.6% flat
155 Ethiopia 1.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.8% falling
155 Serbia and Montenegro 1.25 t CO2eq/cap 2005 down 9.4% flat
157 Morocco 1.24 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.8% rising
158 Uganda 1.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 21.7% falling
159 Benin 1.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 67.6% falling
159 Cyprus 1.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.3% falling
159 Slovakia 1.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.7% falling
162 Cuba 1.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.4% falling
162 Pakistan 1.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.2% rising
162 Cook Islands 1.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.0% rising
165 Congo 1.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 66.6% falling
165 Grenada 1.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.9% rising
167 Senegal 1.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.6% falling
168 Palau 1.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.5% rising
169 Fiji 1.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.3% falling
170 Jamaica 1.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.7% falling
171 Kenya 1.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 30.9% rising
172 Kyrgyzstan 1.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.0% rising
173 Lebanon 1.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 27.9% rising
174 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1.09 t CO2eq/cap 2010 up 17.2% rising
175 Armenia 1.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.9% rising
176 Haiti 1.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.0% rising
176 Nepal 1.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.5% rising
178 Polynesia 1.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.9% falling
179 Tonga 1.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.8% rising
180 Sierra Leone 1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.0% falling
181 India 0.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.0% rising
181 Malawi 0.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.9% falling
181 Tuvalu 0.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 19.5% rising
184 Solomon Islands 0.96 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.2% falling
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.96 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
186 Philippines 0.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.4% falling
187 Tajikistan 0.94 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.2% rising
188 Djibouti 0.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.1% falling
189 Singapore 0.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.2% rising
190 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.5% rising
191 El Salvador 0.86 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.4% falling
192 Bangladesh 0.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
193 Jordan 0.81 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.8% flat
194 Gambia 0.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.0% falling
195 Lesotho 0.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.4% falling
195 Nigeria 0.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.3% falling
197 Egypt 0.77 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.6% rising
197 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.77 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.1% falling
199 Syria 0.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.8% falling
199 Syrian Arab Republic 0.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.8% falling
201 Iraq 0.71 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.5% falling
202 Togo 0.68 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.2% falling
203 Burundi 0.64 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.0% falling
203 Sri Lanka 0.64 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.2% falling
205 Cabo Verde 0.63 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.5% rising
206 Maldives 0.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 40.5% rising
207 Rwanda 0.58 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.3% falling
208 Afghanistan 0.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.9% falling
208 Ghana 0.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.2% falling
210 Tokelau 0.5 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 42.9% rising
211 China, Macao SAR 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.5% falling
212 Nauru 0.48 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 33.3% volatile
212 Nauru 0.48 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 33.3% volatile
214 Yemen 0.46 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.7% falling
215 Marshall Islands 0.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 40.6% rising
216 British Virgin Islands 0.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.4% rising
217 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.6% falling
218 Micronesia 0.33 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.0% falling
219 Sao Tome and Principe 0.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 75.9% volatile
220 Comoros 0.29 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.5% falling
221 Kiribati 0.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
222 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.2% rising
223 Mayotte 0.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 44.4% volatile

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Indicator
Agrifood systems — Emissions per capita
Unit
t CO2eq/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
255 places, 8,446 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.