Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2) 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
118
Highest
13,849 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0193 kt
Suriname
Median
24.88 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,025
What the numbers show
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2) is currently reported for 118 countries. The highest value is 13,849 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0193 kt in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.88 kt, and the mean is 474.53 kt.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 40.2%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 3.0%).
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 13,849 kt | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | China | 11,228 kt | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 10,703 kt | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 3,870 kt | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Indonesia | 2,604 kt | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 6 | Germany | 1,832 kt | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 7 | France | 986.36 kt | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 938.68 kt | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 9 | Republic of Korea | 923.96 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 10 | India | 823.05 kt | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 628.71 kt | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 597.41 kt | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 13 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 524.38 kt | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 511.81 kt | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Malaysia | 479.57 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 16 | Cuba | 436.03 kt | 2020 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 17 | Haiti | 433.9 kt | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 18 | Philippines | 422.42 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 19 | Switzerland | 357.39 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 20 | Spain | 291.93 kt | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 21 | Jamaica | 193.01 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 22 | Poland | 191.36 kt | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 23 | Austria | 187 kt | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 24 | Greece | 175.06 kt | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Australia and New Zealand | 157.63 kt | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 26 | Myanmar | 141.4 kt | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 27 | Australia | 136.52 kt | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 28 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 131 kt | 1999 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 29 | Mongolia | 122.65 kt | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 30 | Belgium | 117.15 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 31 | Portugal | 107.77 kt | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 32 | Sweden | 99 kt | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 92.12 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 34 | Singapore | 91.12 kt | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 35 | Trinidad and Tobago | 88.44 kt | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 36 | Pakistan | 75.74 kt | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 37 | Belarus | 66.56 kt | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 38 | Croatia | 66.53 kt | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 39 | Serbia and Montenegro | 66.33 kt | 2005 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 40 | Bangladesh | 51.6 kt | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia | 50.34 kt | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 42 | Puerto Rico | 49.64 kt | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 43 | Iraq | 48.85 kt | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 44 | Estonia | 48.1 kt | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 45.19 kt | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 46 | Hungary | 45.03 kt | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 47 | Bahamas | 37.8 kt | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 48 | Israel | 37.45 kt | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 49 | Afghanistan | 36.73 kt | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 50 | Yemen | 34.56 kt | 2018 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 51 | Thailand | 34.46 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 52 | Cambodia | 33.6 kt | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 53 | Ukraine | 32.99 kt | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 54 | Albania | 32.71 kt | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.27 kt | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 56 | Latvia | 29.85 kt | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 57 | Czechia | 28.87 kt | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 58 | Ireland | 27.07 kt | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 59 | Slovakia | 25.98 kt | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 60 | Romania | 23.77 kt | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 61 | Jordan | 22.8 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 62 | Finland | 22.45 kt | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 63 | Canada | 22.26 kt | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 64 | Brazil | 21.72 kt | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 65 | New Zealand | 21.11 kt | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 66 | United States Virgin Islands | 20.99 kt | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 67 | Slovenia | 19.61 kt | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 68 | Montenegro | 19.11 kt | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 69 | Luxembourg | 18.81 kt | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 18.45 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 17.94 kt | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 72 | Lithuania | 17.81 kt | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 73 | Kuwait | 14.29 kt | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 74 | Barbados | 13.5 kt | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 75 | Denmark | 13.48 kt | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 76 | Palestine, State of | 13.07 kt | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 77 | Nepal | 12.72 kt | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 12.46 kt | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 79 | Norway | 12.41 kt | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 80 | Aruba | 11.55 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 81 | Oman | 11.1 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 82 | Lebanon | 10.72 kt | 2022 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 10.47 kt | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 84 | Qatar | 9.04 kt | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 7.08 kt | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 86 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.54 kt | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 87 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.79 kt | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 88 | Bahrain | 4.78 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 89 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.41 kt | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 90 | Argentina | 3.97 kt | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 91 | Cyprus | 3.77 kt | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 92 | Bermuda | 3.77 kt | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 93 | Armenia | 3.66 kt | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 94 | Colombia | 3.65 kt | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 95 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.28 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 96 | Grenada | 2.95 kt | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 97 | Dominica | 2.24 kt | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 98 | Andorra | 2.23 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 99 | Peru | 1.76 kt | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 100 | Cayman Islands | 1.76 kt | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 101 | Ecuador | 1.39 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 102 | Chile | 1.29 kt | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 103 | Faroe Islands | 1.28 kt | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 104 | China, Macao SAR | 1.17 kt | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 105 | Georgia | 1.14 kt | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 106 | Liechtenstein | 0.8489 kt | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 107 | Isle of Man | 0.8141 kt | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 108 | Bhutan | 0.7632 kt | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 109 | Honduras | 0.7103 kt | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 110 | Monaco | 0.5244 kt | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 111 | Paraguay | 0.4598 kt | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 112 | Uruguay | 0.2927 kt | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 113 | Maldives | 0.2818 kt | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 114 | Iceland | 0.2587 kt | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 115 | Malta | 0.1778 kt | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 116 | Guyana | 0.0529 kt | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 117 | San Marino | 0.0296 kt | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 118 | Suriname | 0.0193 kt | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 32,587 kt
- Asia 21,757 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 19,397 kt
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1,475 kt
- Eastern Asia 16,145 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 714.35 kt
- Annex I countries 13,176 kt
- Viet Nam 380.17 kt
- Europe 7,270 kt
- Republic of Moldova 94.65 kt
- European Union (27) 5,612 kt
- Türkiye 71.55 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 4,198 kt
- Syrian Arab Republic 20.92 kt
- Western Europe 4,096 kt
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12.37 kt
- Americas 3,402 kt
- Chagai 2.88 kt
- Northern America 1,989 kt
- Timor-Leste 2.48 kt
- United States of America 1,963 kt
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.92 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1,791 kt
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.4932 kt
- Southern Europe 1,444 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1,413 kt
- Caribbean 1,377 kt
- Northern Europe 1,213 kt
- Southern Asia 1,023 kt
- Eastern Europe 516.3 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 483.36 kt
- Western Asia 391.28 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 304.21 kt
- Oceania 157.63 kt
- South America 35.1 kt
- Central America 0.7103 kt
About this data
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