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Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2) 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
129
Highest
13,849 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0193 kt
Suriname
Median
22.8 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,004

What the numbers show

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2) is currently reported for 129 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 22.8 kt, and the mean is 449.34 kt.

Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 40.2%), and the largest decrease in Caribbean (down 23.7%).

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Caribbean 1,380 kt 2023 down 23.7% flat
8 France 986.36 kt 2023 up 0.3% flat
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 938.68 kt 2023 up 0.7% flat
10 Republic of Korea 923.96 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
11 India 823.05 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
12 Italy 628.71 kt 2023 up 0.2% flat
13 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 597.41 kt 2023 up 1.0% flat
14 China, Hong Kong SAR 524.38 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
15 Dominican Republic 511.81 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
16 Malaysia 479.57 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
17 Cuba 436.03 kt 2020 up 2.4% rising
18 Haiti 433.9 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
19 Philippines 422.42 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
20 Viet Nam 380.17 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
21 Switzerland 357.39 kt 2023 up 0.8% flat
22 Spain 291.93 kt 2023 up 0.6% flat
23 Jamaica 193.01 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
24 Poland 191.36 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
25 Austria 187 kt 2023 up 0.7% flat
26 Greece 175.06 kt 2023 up 0.1% flat
27 Australia and New Zealand 157.62 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
28 Myanmar 141.4 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
29 Australia 136.52 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
30 Belgium-Luxembourg 131 kt 1999 up 1.1% flat
31 Mongolia 122.65 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
32 Belgium 117.15 kt 2023 up 0.8% flat
33 Portugal 107.77 kt 2023 up 0.9% flat
34 Sweden 99 kt 2023 up 0.0% flat
35 Republic of Moldova 94.65 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
36 Saudi Arabia 92.12 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
37 Singapore 91.12 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
38 Trinidad and Tobago 88.44 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
39 Pakistan 75.74 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
40 Türkiye 71.55 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
41 Belarus 66.56 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
42 Croatia 66.53 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
43 Serbia and Montenegro 66.33 kt 2005 up 40.2% rising
44 Bangladesh 51.6 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
45 Serbia 50.34 kt 2023 up 1.9% flat
46 Puerto Rico 49.64 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
47 Iraq 48.85 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
48 Estonia 48.1 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
49 United Arab Emirates 45.19 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
50 Hungary 45.03 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
51 Bahamas 37.8 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
52 Israel 37.45 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
53 Afghanistan 36.73 kt 2023 down 0.7% rising
54 Yemen 34.56 kt 2018 down 0.9% rising
55 Thailand 34.46 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
56 Cambodia 33.6 kt 2023 up 3.2% rising
57 Ukraine 32.99 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
58 Albania 32.71 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
59 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31.27 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
60 Latvia 29.85 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
61 Czechia 28.87 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
62 Ireland 27.07 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
63 Slovakia 25.98 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
64 Romania 23.77 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
65 Jordan 22.8 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
66 Finland 22.45 kt 2023 up 0.3% flat
67 Canada 22.26 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
68 Brazil 21.72 kt 2023 down 0.5% rising
69 New Zealand 21.11 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
70 United States Virgin Islands 20.99 kt 2022 up 0.6% flat
71 Syrian Arab Republic 20.92 kt 2022 down 2.5% flat
72 Slovenia 19.61 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
73 Montenegro 19.11 kt 2023 up 2.4% flat
74 Luxembourg 18.81 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
75 North Macedonia 18.45 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
76 Saint Lucia 17.94 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
77 Lithuania 17.81 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
78 Kuwait 14.29 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
79 Barbados 13.5 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
80 Denmark 13.48 kt 2023 up 0.6% flat
81 Palestine 13.07 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
82 Nepal 12.72 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
83 Azerbaijan 12.46 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
84 Norway 12.41 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
85 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12.37 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
86 Aruba 11.55 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
87 Oman 11.1 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
88 Lebanon 10.72 kt 2022 down 3.0% rising
89 Sri Lanka 10.47 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
90 Qatar 9.04 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
91 Bulgaria 7.08 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
92 Brunei Darussalam 6.54 kt 2023 down 0.8% flat
93 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.79 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
94 Bahrain 4.78 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
95 Antigua and Barbuda 4.41 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
96 Argentina 3.97 kt 2023 up 0.6% flat
97 Cyprus 3.77 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
98 Bermuda 3.77 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
99 Armenia 3.66 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
100 Colombia 3.65 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.28 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
102 Curaçao 3.22 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
103 Grenada 2.95 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
104 Channel Islands 2.88 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
105 Timor-Leste 2.48 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
106 Dominica 2.24 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
107 Andorra 2.23 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
108 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.92 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
109 Peru 1.76 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
110 Cayman Islands 1.76 kt 2023 up 2.2% flat
111 Ecuador 1.39 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
112 Chile 1.29 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
113 Faroe Islands 1.28 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
114 China, Macao SAR 1.17 kt 2023 down 0.5% rising
115 Georgia 1.14 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
116 Liechtenstein 0.8489 kt 2022 up 1.3% rising
117 Isle of Man 0.8141 kt 2021 up 0.8% rising
118 Bhutan 0.7632 kt 2022 up 1.8% rising
119 Honduras 0.7103 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
120 Monaco 0.5244 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
121 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.4932 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
122 Paraguay 0.4598 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
123 Uruguay 0.2927 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
124 Maldives 0.2818 kt 2023 up 3.2% rising
125 Iceland 0.2587 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
126 Malta 0.1778 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
127 Guyana 0.0529 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
128 San Marino 0.0296 kt 2022 up 0.6% flat
129 Suriname 0.0193 kt 2023 down 1.8% rising

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 (CO2)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
154 places, 5,004 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.