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Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Countries reporting
235
Highest
10,378 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Tokelau
Median
30.96 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,922

What the numbers show

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 235 countries. The highest value is 10,378 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 30.96 kt, and the mean is 280.49 kt.

Over the past decade 168 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 256.5%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 71.5%).

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 10,378 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
2 China, mainland 10,253 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
3 OECD 9,548 kt 2023 down 2.9% rising
4 India 5,765 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
5 Brazil 2,868 kt 2023 down 3.2% rising
6 Indonesia 2,611 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
7 Mexico 2,156 kt 2023 up 6.3% rising
8 Pakistan 1,187 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
9 Türkiye 1,175 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
10 Nigeria 1,138 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
11 Russian Federation 1,094 kt 2023 down 1.9% rising
12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 647.12 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
13 Thailand 624.85 kt 2023 down 1.4% rising
14 Bangladesh 613.19 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
15 Egypt 601.8 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
16 Spain 447.89 kt 2023 down 3.4% falling
17 Colombia 427.37 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
18 Iraq 409.04 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
19 Argentina 399.18 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
20 Poland 388.14 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
21 Caribbean 384.6 kt 2023 down 11.1% rising
22 Philippines 376.57 kt 2023 up 3.5% rising
23 Saudi Arabia 371.4 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
24 United Republic of Tanzania 344.42 kt 2023 up 8.7% rising
25 Peru 329.78 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
26 Algeria 327.23 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
27 Democratic Republic of the Congo 320.79 kt 2023 up 15.0% rising
28 Ukraine 314.16 kt 2023 down 6.0% rising
29 Ethiopia 298.72 kt 2023 up 14.6% rising
30 Viet Nam 269.34 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
31 Myanmar 259.22 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
32 Republic of Korea 252.09 kt 2023 down 13.1% falling
33 Canada 249.65 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
34 Japan 237.38 kt 2023 down 4.6% flat
35 Kenya 235.09 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
36 France 228.75 kt 2023 down 42.6% rising
37 Malaysia 222.97 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
38 Germany 214.6 kt 2023 down 19.8% volatile
39 Australia and New Zealand 213.92 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
40 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 207.5 kt 2023 down 1.9% falling
41 Uganda 206.33 kt 2023 up 9.8% rising
42 Italy 203.44 kt 2023 down 58.6% falling
43 Morocco 202.23 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
44 Chile 190.56 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
45 Greece 173.94 kt 2023 down 0.9% flat
46 Australia 172.74 kt 2023 down 0.6% rising
47 Ecuador 165.11 kt 2023 up 12.6% rising
48 Ghana 160.44 kt 2023 up 7.3% rising
49 Côte d'Ivoire 153.57 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
50 Romania 138.35 kt 2023 down 1.3% rising
51 Syrian Arab Republic 134.16 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
52 Sudan 134.09 kt 2023 up 15.0% rising
53 Dominican Republic 131.12 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
54 Afghanistan 128.44 kt 2023 up 33.0% volatile
55 Uzbekistan 122.36 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
56 Madagascar 118.26 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
57 Sri Lanka 116.11 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
58 Guatemala 114.5 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
59 Hungary 109.79 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
60 Nepal 109.06 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
61 Rwanda 108 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
62 Portugal 103.61 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
63 Mozambique 102.04 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
64 Yemen 99.35 kt 2023 down 8.6% rising
65 Angola 96.3 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
66 Mongolia 96.29 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
67 Tunisia 94.59 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
68 Israel 92.55 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
69 China, Hong Kong SAR 87.12 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
70 Burkina Faso 86.12 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
71 Haiti 86.02 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
72 Senegal 85.83 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
73 Kazakhstan 81.89 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
74 Niger 81.16 kt 2023 up 17.0% rising
75 United Arab Emirates 81.14 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
76 Cameroon 80.71 kt 2023 up 12.6% rising
77 Sudan (former) 78.75 kt 2011 up 14.6% rising
78 Azerbaijan 78.44 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
79 Belarus 75.95 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
80 Honduras 73.64 kt 2023 up 4.1% rising
81 Jordan 73.31 kt 2023 up 11.2% rising
82 Zambia 72.89 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
83 Czechia 69.11 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
84 Republic of Moldova 68.53 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
85 Somalia 68.41 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
86 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 68.24 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
87 Nicaragua 67.07 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
88 Panama 65.49 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
89 Serbia 65.14 kt 2023 up 0.5% flat
90 Belgium-Luxembourg 64.54 kt 1999 down 8.9% flat
91 Kuwait 61.91 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
92 El Salvador 61.2 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
93 Paraguay 58.66 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
94 Cambodia 58.42 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
95 Lebanon 56.67 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
96 Serbia and Montenegro 54.53 kt 2005 up 256.5% volatile
97 Chad 54.03 kt 2023 up 18.1% rising
98 Costa Rica 53.46 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
99 Burundi 51.77 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
100 Mali 50.72 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
101 Austria 48.42 kt 2023 down 3.4% rising
102 Libya 44.24 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
103 Palestine 42.1 kt 2023 up 16.5% rising
104 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 41.73 kt 2023 down 15.9% rising
105 New Zealand 41.18 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
106 Tajikistan 40.86 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
107 Cuba 40.58 kt 2023 down 56.8% falling
108 Togo 39.83 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
109 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 39.71 kt 2023 up 1.0% falling
110 Zimbabwe 38.77 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
111 Slovakia 36.91 kt 2023 down 1.2% flat
112 Uruguay 36.87 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
113 Jamaica 36.55 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
114 Puerto Rico 35.67 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
115 Guinea 32.92 kt 2023 up 14.8% rising
116 Bulgaria 31.54 kt 2023 down 2.0% flat
117 Croatia 31.32 kt 2023 down 2.0% rising
118 Switzerland 30.96 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
119 China, Taiwan Province of 30.56 kt 2023 down 9.5% flat
120 Benin 30.27 kt 2023 up 18.4% rising
121 Belgium 28.86 kt 2023 down 66.8% falling
122 Bosnia and Herzegovina 28.6 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
123 Kyrgyzstan 27.78 kt 2023 up 0.2% rising
124 Malawi 26.3 kt 2023 up 28.3% rising
125 Sierra Leone 25.39 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
126 Albania 24.6 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
127 Trinidad and Tobago 24.38 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
128 Ireland 23 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
129 Sweden 21.72 kt 2023 up 3.5% falling
130 Qatar 21.71 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
131 Georgia 20.93 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
132 Liberia 20.74 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
133 Bahrain 18.96 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
134 Lithuania 18.93 kt 2023 down 3.4% rising
135 Lao People's Democratic Republic 18.73 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
136 Melanesia 17.96 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
137 Oman 17.75 kt 2023 up 12.5% rising
138 Armenia 17.74 kt 2023 down 6.0% rising
139 Turkmenistan 17.72 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
140 Mauritania 17.05 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
141 Finland 16.79 kt 2023 down 1.4% volatile
142 Latvia 16.65 kt 2023 down 5.2% rising
143 Slovenia 14.65 kt 2023 up 3.0% flat
144 Papua New Guinea 14.39 kt 2023 up 20.9% rising
145 North Macedonia 14.18 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
146 South Sudan 14.02 kt 2023 up 3.0% flat
147 Norway 13.39 kt 2023 down 71.5% volatile
148 Denmark 13.09 kt 2023 down 3.7% volatile
149 Cyprus 12.96 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
150 Congo 12.48 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
151 Belize 10.38 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
152 Guinea-Bissau 9.87 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
153 Estonia 8.42 kt 2023 down 0.6% rising
154 Singapore 8.33 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
155 Mauritius 7.97 kt 2023 down 6.2% flat
156 Gambia 7.88 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
157 Bahamas 7.87 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
158 China, Macao SAR 7.4 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
159 Malta 6.75 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
160 Namibia 6.55 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
161 Guyana 6.3 kt 2023 down 0.7% flat
162 Gabon 6.25 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
163 Montenegro 5.91 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
164 Brunei Darussalam 5.86 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
165 Botswana 5.82 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
166 Barbados 5.29 kt 2023 down 0.4% flat
167 Iceland 4.84 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
168 Equatorial Guinea 4.69 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
169 Eritrea 4.54 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
170 Eswatini 4.21 kt 2023 down 13.4% rising
171 United States Virgin Islands 4.21 kt 2023 up 0.7% volatile
172 Bhutan 4.18 kt 2023 up 9.0% rising
173 Cabo Verde 3.84 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
174 Lesotho 3.77 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
175 Djibouti 3.62 kt 2023 up 11.0% rising
176 Luxembourg 3.2 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
177 Timor-Leste 3.09 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
178 Suriname 3 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
179 Comoros 2.91 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
180 Saint Lucia 2.61 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
181 Aruba 2.53 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
182 Maldives 2.32 kt 2023 up 10.3% rising
183 Seychelles 1.87 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
184 Fiji 1.68 kt 2023 down 15.0% flat
185 Cayman Islands 1.55 kt 2023 up 6.8% volatile
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.18 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.08 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
188 Grenada 1.06 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
189 Antigua and Barbuda 1.06 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
190 Solomon Islands 1.05 kt 2023 up 32.1% rising
191 Channel Islands 1.03 kt 2023 up 33.9% rising
192 Curaçao 0.9724 kt 2023 up 3.4% flat
193 Polynesia 0.8721 kt 2023 down 0.7% rising
194 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.757 kt 2023 down 47.1% falling
195 Micronesia 0.6808 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
196 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6054 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
197 Andorra 0.4992 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
198 Dominica 0.4914 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
199 Faroe Islands 0.4267 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
200 New Caledonia 0.4244 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
201 Vanuatu 0.4198 kt 2023 up 19.8% rising
202 French Polynesia 0.37 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
203 Samoa 0.2874 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
204 Liechtenstein 0.2815 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
205 Isle of Man 0.2643 kt 2023 down 18.4% rising
206 San Marino 0.2192 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
207 Guam 0.2132 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
208 Kiribati 0.1743 kt 2023 up 13.6% rising
209 Guadeloupe 0.1642 kt 2023 down 7.4% falling
210 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.1482 kt 2023 up 4.0% flat
211 Monaco 0.146 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
212 Tonga 0.1389 kt 2023 down 5.3% flat
213 Bermuda 0.0998 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
214 Greenland 0.0993 kt 2023 down 1.6% flat
215 Gibraltar 0.0647 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
216 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.059 kt 2023 up 37.3% rising
217 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0577 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
218 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0546 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
219 British Virgin Islands 0.0501 kt 2023 up 21.2% rising
220 Marshall Islands 0.0496 kt 2023 down 23.4% falling
221 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.0408 kt 2010 up 0.6% rising
222 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0351 kt 2023 down 26.5% falling
223 Palau 0.0227 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
224 Nauru 0.0153 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
225 Martinique 0.0149 kt 2023 down 49.1% falling
226 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0146 kt 2023 down 11.4% rising
227 Tuvalu 0.0128 kt 2023 down 12.5% rising
228 Western Sahara 0.0032 kt 2023 down 60.7% falling
229 French Guiana 0.0023 kt 2023 down 44.9% falling
230 Montserrat 0.0012 kt 2023 down 60.9% falling
231 Cook Islands 0.0007 kt 2023 down 63.6% falling
232 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.0005 kt 2023 down 62.8% falling
233 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0002 kt 2023 down 3.7% volatile
234 Niue 0.0001 kt 2023 down 61.1% falling
235 Tokelau 0 kt 2023 down 63.3% falling

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
271 places, 8,922 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food 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). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.