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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
238
Highest
10,378 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Tokelau
Median
30.76 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,922

What the numbers show

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 238 countries. The highest value is 10,378 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 30.76 kt, and the mean is 278.41 kt.

Over the past decade 169 countries rose and 69 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
3 Türkiye 1,175 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
4 India 5,765 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 647.12 kt 2023 up 5.0% 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
7 United Republic of Tanzania 344.42 kt 2023 up 8.7% rising
8 Pakistan 1,187 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 320.79 kt 2023 up 15.0% rising
9 Nigeria 1,138 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
9 Viet Nam 269.34 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
10 Russian Federation 1,094 kt 2023 down 1.9% rising
10 Syrian Arab Republic 134.16 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
11 Thailand 624.85 kt 2023 down 1.4% rising
11 Republic of Moldova 68.53 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
12 Bangladesh 613.19 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 68.24 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
13 Egypt 601.8 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 41.73 kt 2023 down 15.9% rising
14 Spain 447.89 kt 2023 down 3.4% falling
14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 18.73 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
15 Colombia 427.37 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
15 Melanesia 17.96 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
16 Iraq 409.04 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
16 Timor-Leste 3.09 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
17 Argentina 399.18 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
18 Poland 388.14 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
18 Polynesia 0.8721 kt 2023 down 0.7% rising
19 Philippines 376.57 kt 2023 up 3.5% rising
19 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.757 kt 2023 down 47.1% falling
20 Saudi Arabia 371.4 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
20 Micronesia 0.6808 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
21 Peru 329.78 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
21 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.1482 kt 2023 up 4.0% flat
22 Algeria 327.23 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
22 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.0005 kt 2023 down 62.8% falling
23 South Africa 326.95 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
24 Ukraine 314.16 kt 2023 down 6.0% rising
25 Caribbean 384.6 kt 2023 down 11.1% rising
25 Ethiopia 298.72 kt 2023 up 14.6% rising
26 Myanmar 259.22 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
27 Republic of Korea 252.09 kt 2023 down 13.1% falling
28 Canada 249.65 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
29 Japan 237.38 kt 2023 down 4.6% flat
30 Kenya 235.09 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
30 Côte d'Ivoire 153.57 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
31 France 228.75 kt 2023 down 42.6% rising
31 Cabo Verde 3.84 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
32 Malaysia 222.97 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
33 Germany 214.6 kt 2023 down 19.8% volatile
34 Australia and New Zealand 213.92 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 207.5 kt 2023 down 1.9% falling
36 Uganda 206.33 kt 2023 up 9.8% rising
37 Italy 203.44 kt 2023 down 58.6% falling
38 Morocco 202.23 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
39 Chile 190.56 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
40 Greece 173.94 kt 2023 down 0.9% flat
41 Australia 172.74 kt 2023 down 0.6% rising
42 Ecuador 165.11 kt 2023 up 12.6% rising
43 Ghana 160.44 kt 2023 up 7.3% rising
44 Romania 138.35 kt 2023 down 1.3% rising
45 Sudan 134.09 kt 2023 up 15.0% rising
46 Dominican Republic 131.12 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
47 Afghanistan 128.44 kt 2023 up 33.0% volatile
48 Uzbekistan 122.36 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
49 Madagascar 118.26 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
50 Sri Lanka 116.11 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
51 Guatemala 114.5 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
52 Hungary 109.79 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
53 Nepal 109.06 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
54 Rwanda 108 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
55 Portugal 103.61 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
56 Mozambique 102.04 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
57 Yemen 99.35 kt 2023 down 8.6% rising
58 Angola 96.3 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
59 Mongolia 96.29 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
60 Tunisia 94.59 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
61 Israel 92.55 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
62 China, Hong Kong SAR 87.12 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
63 Burkina Faso 86.12 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
64 Haiti 86.02 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
65 Senegal 85.83 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
66 Kazakhstan 81.89 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
67 Niger 81.16 kt 2023 up 17.0% rising
68 United Arab Emirates 81.14 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
69 Cameroon 80.71 kt 2023 up 12.6% rising
70 Sudan (former) 78.75 kt 2011 up 14.6% rising
71 Azerbaijan 78.44 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
72 Belarus 75.95 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
73 Honduras 73.64 kt 2023 up 4.1% rising
74 Jordan 73.31 kt 2023 up 11.2% rising
75 Zambia 72.89 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
76 Czechia 69.11 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
77 Somalia 68.41 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
78 Nicaragua 67.07 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
79 Panama 65.49 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
80 Serbia 65.14 kt 2023 up 0.5% flat
81 Belgium-Luxembourg 64.54 kt 1999 down 8.9% flat
82 Kuwait 61.91 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
83 El Salvador 61.2 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
84 Paraguay 58.66 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
85 Cambodia 58.42 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
86 Lebanon 56.67 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
87 Serbia and Montenegro 54.53 kt 2005 up 256.5% volatile
88 Chad 54.03 kt 2023 up 18.1% rising
89 Costa Rica 53.46 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
90 Burundi 51.77 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
91 Mali 50.72 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
92 Austria 48.42 kt 2023 down 3.4% rising
93 Libya 44.24 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
94 Palestine 42.1 kt 2023 up 16.5% rising
95 New Zealand 41.18 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
96 Tajikistan 40.86 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
97 Cuba 40.58 kt 2023 down 56.8% falling
98 Togo 39.83 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
99 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 39.71 kt 2023 up 1.0% falling
100 Zimbabwe 38.77 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
101 Slovakia 36.91 kt 2023 down 1.2% flat
102 Uruguay 36.87 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
103 Jamaica 36.55 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
104 Puerto Rico 35.67 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
105 Guinea 32.92 kt 2023 up 14.8% rising
106 Bulgaria 31.54 kt 2023 down 2.0% flat
107 Croatia 31.32 kt 2023 down 2.0% rising
108 Switzerland 30.96 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
109 China, Taiwan Province of 30.56 kt 2023 down 9.5% flat
110 Benin 30.27 kt 2023 up 18.4% rising
111 Belgium 28.86 kt 2023 down 66.8% falling
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 28.6 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
113 Kyrgyzstan 27.78 kt 2023 up 0.2% rising
114 Malawi 26.3 kt 2023 up 28.3% rising
115 Sierra Leone 25.39 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
116 Albania 24.6 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
117 Trinidad and Tobago 24.38 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
118 Ireland 23 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
119 Sweden 21.72 kt 2023 up 3.5% falling
120 Qatar 21.71 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
121 Georgia 20.93 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
122 Liberia 20.74 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
123 Central African Republic 20.35 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
124 Bahrain 18.96 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
125 Lithuania 18.93 kt 2023 down 3.4% rising
126 Oman 17.75 kt 2023 up 12.5% rising
127 Armenia 17.74 kt 2023 down 6.0% rising
128 Turkmenistan 17.72 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
129 Mauritania 17.05 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
130 Finland 16.79 kt 2023 down 1.4% volatile
131 Latvia 16.65 kt 2023 down 5.2% rising
132 Slovenia 14.65 kt 2023 up 3.0% flat
133 Papua New Guinea 14.39 kt 2023 up 20.9% rising
134 North Macedonia 14.18 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
135 South Sudan 14.02 kt 2023 up 3.0% flat
136 Norway 13.39 kt 2023 down 71.5% volatile
137 Denmark 13.09 kt 2023 down 3.7% volatile
138 Cyprus 12.96 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
139 Congo 12.48 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
140 Belize 10.38 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
141 Guinea-Bissau 9.87 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
142 Estonia 8.42 kt 2023 down 0.6% rising
143 Singapore 8.33 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
144 Mauritius 7.97 kt 2023 down 6.2% flat
145 Gambia 7.88 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
146 Bahamas 7.87 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
147 China, Macao SAR 7.4 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
148 Malta 6.75 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
149 Namibia 6.55 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
150 Guyana 6.3 kt 2023 down 0.7% flat
151 Gabon 6.25 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
152 Montenegro 5.91 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
153 Brunei Darussalam 5.86 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
154 Botswana 5.82 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
155 Barbados 5.29 kt 2023 down 0.4% flat
156 Iceland 4.84 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
157 Equatorial Guinea 4.69 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
158 Eritrea 4.54 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
159 Eswatini 4.21 kt 2023 down 13.4% rising
160 United States Virgin Islands 4.21 kt 2023 up 0.7% volatile
161 Bhutan 4.18 kt 2023 up 9.0% rising
162 Lesotho 3.77 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
163 Djibouti 3.62 kt 2023 up 11.0% rising
164 Luxembourg 3.2 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
165 Suriname 3 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
166 Comoros 2.91 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
167 Saint Lucia 2.61 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
168 Aruba 2.53 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
169 Maldives 2.32 kt 2023 up 10.3% rising
170 Seychelles 1.87 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
171 Fiji 1.68 kt 2023 down 15.0% flat
172 Cayman Islands 1.55 kt 2023 up 6.8% volatile
173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.18 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
174 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.08 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
175 Grenada 1.06 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
176 Antigua and Barbuda 1.06 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
177 Solomon Islands 1.05 kt 2023 up 32.1% rising
178 Curaçao 0.9724 kt 2023 up 3.4% flat
179 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6054 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
180 Andorra 0.4992 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
181 Dominica 0.4914 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
182 Faroe Islands 0.4267 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
183 New Caledonia 0.4244 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
184 Vanuatu 0.4198 kt 2023 up 19.8% rising
185 French Polynesia 0.37 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
186 Réunion 0.3435 kt 2023 down 0.2% falling
187 Samoa 0.2874 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
188 Liechtenstein 0.2815 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
189 Isle of Man 0.2643 kt 2023 down 18.4% rising
190 San Marino 0.2192 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
191 Guam 0.2132 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
192 Kiribati 0.1743 kt 2023 up 13.6% rising
193 Guadeloupe 0.1642 kt 2023 down 7.4% falling
194 Monaco 0.146 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
195 Tonga 0.1389 kt 2023 down 5.3% flat
196 Bermuda 0.0998 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
197 Greenland 0.0993 kt 2023 down 1.6% flat
198 Gibraltar 0.0647 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
199 American Samoa 0.0618 kt 2023 down 11.8% flat
200 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.059 kt 2023 up 37.3% rising
201 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0577 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
202 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0546 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
203 British Virgin Islands 0.0501 kt 2023 up 21.2% rising
204 Marshall Islands 0.0496 kt 2023 down 23.4% falling
205 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.0408 kt 2010 up 0.6% rising
206 Saint Martin (French Part) 0.0351 kt 2023 down 26.5% falling
207 Palau 0.0227 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
208 Nauru 0.0153 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
209 Martinique 0.0149 kt 2023 down 49.1% falling
210 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0146 kt 2023 down 11.4% rising
211 Tuvalu 0.0128 kt 2023 down 12.5% rising
212 Western Sahara 0.0032 kt 2023 down 60.7% falling
213 French Guiana 0.0023 kt 2023 down 44.9% falling
214 Montserrat 0.0012 kt 2023 down 60.9% falling
215 Cook Islands 0.0007 kt 2023 down 63.6% falling
216 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0002 kt 2023 down 3.7% volatile
217 Niue 0.0001 kt 2023 down 61.1% falling
218 Tokelau 0 kt 2023 down 63.3% falling

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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 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
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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.