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Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
215
Highest
321,635 kt
China
Lowest
0.0008 kt
Tokelau
Median
1,003 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,027

What the numbers show

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 321,635 kt in China; the lowest is 0.0008 kt in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,003 kt, and the mean is 8,898 kt.

Over the past decade 160 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 229.0%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 68.0%).

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2eq): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 321,635 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
2 China, mainland 317,232 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
3 OECD 299,414 kt 2023 down 1.9% rising
4 India 170,768 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
5 Brazil 82,319 kt 2023 down 3.0% rising
6 Indonesia 77,689 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
7 Mexico 61,572 kt 2023 up 6.6% rising
8 Pakistan 34,838 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
9 Nigeria 33,078 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
10 Russian Federation 32,833 kt 2023 down 1.2% rising
11 Bangladesh 18,142 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
12 Thailand 17,974 kt 2023 down 1.1% rising
13 Egypt 17,863 kt 2023 up 4.4% rising
14 Spain 13,554 kt 2023 down 2.9% falling
15 Colombia 12,338 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
16 Japan 12,061 kt 2023 down 2.4% flat
17 Iraq 11,799 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
18 Philippines 11,762 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
19 Argentina 11,697 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
20 Poland 11,678 kt 2023 up 13.6% rising
21 Saudi Arabia 10,837 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
22 South Africa 9,656 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
23 Algeria 9,594 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
24 Peru 9,501 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
25 Ukraine 9,294 kt 2023 down 6.8% rising
26 Ethiopia 9,272 kt 2023 up 18.1% rising
27 Germany 9,089 kt 2023 down 13.0% volatile
28 Republic of Korea 8,642 kt 2023 down 10.1% flat
29 France 8,437 kt 2023 down 35.5% rising
30 Myanmar 7,783 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,737 kt 2023 down 0.4% falling
32 Canada 7,575 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
33 Italy 7,233 kt 2023 down 52.5% falling
34 Malaysia 7,033 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
35 Kenya 6,873 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
36 Australia and New Zealand 6,608 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
37 Morocco 6,044 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
38 Uganda 6,013 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
39 Chile 5,528 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
40 Australia 5,363 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
41 Greece 5,188 kt 2023 down 1.0% flat
42 Ecuador 4,735 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
43 Ghana 4,701 kt 2023 up 8.1% rising
44 Dominican Republic 4,272 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
45 Romania 4,177 kt 2023 down 1.2% rising
46 Sudan 4,130 kt 2023 up 16.8% rising
47 Afghanistan 3,863 kt 2023 up 32.7% volatile
48 Uzbekistan 3,808 kt 2023 up 25.7% rising
49 Madagascar 3,426 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
50 Sri Lanka 3,401 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
51 Guatemala 3,319 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
52 Nepal 3,268 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
53 Hungary 3,244 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
54 Portugal 3,173 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
55 Rwanda 3,094 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
56 China, Hong Kong SAR 3,068 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
57 Mozambique 2,995 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
58 Yemen 2,989 kt 2023 down 7.7% rising
59 Haiti 2,889 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
60 Mongolia 2,874 kt 2023 up 10.9% rising
61 Angola 2,864 kt 2023 up 17.4% rising
62 Tunisia 2,774 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
63 Israel 2,751 kt 2023 up 6.3% rising
64 Burkina Faso 2,604 kt 2023 up 14.9% rising
65 Kazakhstan 2,541 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
66 Senegal 2,522 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
67 Niger 2,494 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
68 United Arab Emirates 2,456 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
69 Cameroon 2,444 kt 2023 up 14.0% rising
70 Belarus 2,345 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
71 Azerbaijan 2,326 kt 2023 up 8.6% rising
72 Sudan (former) 2,249 kt 2011 up 15.0% rising
73 Jordan 2,152 kt 2023 up 11.5% rising
74 Zambia 2,133 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
75 Honduras 2,123 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
76 Czechia 2,099 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
77 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2,021 kt 2023 up 3.2% falling
78 Somalia 1,983 kt 2023 up 14.8% rising
79 Serbia 1,981 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
80 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,958 kt 1999 down 8.0% flat
81 Nicaragua 1,926 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
82 Panama 1,868 kt 2023 up 3.2% rising
83 Kuwait 1,802 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
84 Cambodia 1,764 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
85 El Salvador 1,759 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
86 Paraguay 1,687 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
87 Austria 1,673 kt 2023 down 2.2% rising
88 Chad 1,656 kt 2023 up 21.4% rising
89 Lebanon 1,629 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
90 Serbia and Montenegro 1,615 kt 2005 up 229.0% volatile
91 Mali 1,580 kt 2023 up 19.1% rising
92 Costa Rica 1,535 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
93 Burundi 1,500 kt 2023 up 15.9% rising
94 Switzerland 1,340 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
95 Libya 1,308 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
96 New Zealand 1,245 kt 2023 up 13.0% rising
97 Jamaica 1,242 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
98 Cuba 1,234 kt 2023 down 61.0% falling
99 Tajikistan 1,233 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
100 Palestine, State of 1,192 kt 2023 up 16.2% rising
101 Zimbabwe 1,170 kt 2023 up 9.5% rising
102 Togo 1,163 kt 2023 up 8.1% rising
103 Slovakia 1,117 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
104 China, Taiwan Province of 1,117 kt 2023 down 5.9% flat
105 Belgium 1,106 kt 2023 down 59.2% falling
106 Uruguay 1,066 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
107 Puerto Rico 1,048 kt 2023 down 0.0% rising
108 Croatia 1,003 kt 2023 down 1.0% rising
109 Guinea 995 kt 2023 up 15.8% rising
110 Bulgaria 974.25 kt 2023 down 1.7% falling
111 Benin 939.11 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 876.59 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
113 Sweden 870.45 kt 2023 up 4.9% falling
114 Malawi 863.82 kt 2023 up 29.0% rising
115 Kyrgyzstan 840.34 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
116 Trinidad and Tobago 796.57 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
117 Ireland 770.5 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
118 Albania 768.35 kt 2023 up 12.1% rising
119 Sierra Leone 752.11 kt 2023 up 9.8% rising
120 Qatar 648.61 kt 2023 up 11.8% rising
121 Georgia 626.45 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
122 Lithuania 612.39 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
123 Liberia 603.99 kt 2023 up 8.7% rising
124 Central African Republic 598.97 kt 2023 up 3.7% rising
125 Finland 586.99 kt 2023 up 0.0% volatile
126 Turkmenistan 567.68 kt 2023 up 15.7% rising
127 Oman 562.52 kt 2023 up 14.2% rising
128 Bahrain 552.57 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
129 Armenia 530.2 kt 2023 down 4.7% rising
130 Latvia 523.59 kt 2023 down 4.2% rising
131 Mauritania 517.24 kt 2023 up 14.1% rising
132 Norway 481.2 kt 2023 down 65.8% volatile
133 Denmark 470.15 kt 2023 down 1.6% volatile
134 South Sudan 469.93 kt 2023 up 3.1% flat
135 Papua New Guinea 465.71 kt 2023 up 20.3% rising
136 Slovenia 455.88 kt 2023 up 3.0% flat
137 North Macedonia 435.01 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
138 Congo 382.02 kt 2023 up 15.6% rising
139 Cyprus 379.68 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
140 Singapore 325.8 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
141 Estonia 303.76 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
142 Belize 293.69 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
143 Guinea-Bissau 285.66 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
144 Bahamas 261.69 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
145 Mauritius 236.46 kt 2023 down 5.5% flat
146 Gambia 234.85 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
147 China, Macao SAR 217.85 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
148 Namibia 202.29 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
149 Malta 195.7 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
150 Montenegro 195.21 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
151 Gabon 195.1 kt 2023 up 13.5% rising
152 Guyana 184.53 kt 2023 up 0.6% flat
153 Botswana 179.66 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
154 Brunei Darussalam 174.36 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
155 Barbados 164.56 kt 2023 up 0.0% flat
156 Iceland 144.31 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
157 Equatorial Guinea 131.2 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
158 Eritrea 128.85 kt 2023 up 9.1% rising
159 Eswatini 124.59 kt 2023 down 12.5% rising
160 Bhutan 122.14 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
161 Luxembourg 118.36 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
162 United States Virgin Islands 117.78 kt 2023 down 14.5% volatile
163 Lesotho 116.37 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
164 Djibouti 108.87 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
165 Saint Lucia 92.86 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
166 Suriname 88.03 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
167 Comoros 86.41 kt 2023 up 8.4% rising
168 Aruba 82.38 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
169 Maldives 69.63 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
170 Fiji 55.48 kt 2023 down 11.8% flat
171 Seychelles 53.73 kt 2023 up 3.8% rising
172 Cayman Islands 45.12 kt 2023 up 6.6% volatile
173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 37.57 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
174 Saint Kitts and Nevis 35.41 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
175 Antigua and Barbuda 34.75 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
176 Grenada 33.8 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
177 Solomon Islands 33.79 kt 2023 up 32.6% rising
178 Sao Tome and Principe 18.13 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
179 Dominica 16.59 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
180 Andorra 16.21 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
181 New Caledonia 14.79 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
182 Vanuatu 13.88 kt 2023 up 20.8% rising
183 Faroe Islands 13.5 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
184 French Polynesia 13.09 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
185 Samoa 10.08 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
186 Réunion 9.98 kt 2023 down 0.2% falling
187 Liechtenstein 7.88 kt 2023 down 7.3% rising
188 Isle of Man 7.4 kt 2023 down 25.1% rising
189 Bermuda 7.18 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
190 San Marino 6.14 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
191 Guam 5.97 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
192 Kiribati 5.9 kt 2023 up 16.4% rising
193 Tonga 5.08 kt 2023 down 6.2% flat
194 Guadeloupe 5.02 kt 2023 down 7.3% falling
195 Monaco 4.61 kt 2023 up 5.1% rising
196 Greenland 2.88 kt 2023 down 1.6% rising
197 Gibraltar 1.81 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
198 Marshall Islands 1.79 kt 2023 down 20.6% falling
199 American Samoa 1.73 kt 2023 down 11.8% flat
200 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.65 kt 2023 up 37.3% rising
201 Northern Mariana Islands 1.61 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
202 British Virgin Islands 1.41 kt 2023 up 21.1% rising
203 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1.28 kt 2010 up 0.6% rising
204 Palau 0.6342 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
205 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.5653 kt 2023 down 9.2% rising
206 Naoero 0.5424 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
207 Tuvalu 0.4397 kt 2023 down 12.4% rising
208 Martinique 0.4375 kt 2023 down 49.9% falling
209 Western Sahara 0.096 kt 2023 down 60.7% falling
210 French Guiana 0.0749 kt 2023 down 43.4% falling
211 Montserrat 0.0356 kt 2023 down 60.9% falling
212 Cook Islands 0.0204 kt 2023 down 63.3% falling
213 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0072 kt 2023 down 2.7% volatile
214 Niue 0.0031 kt 2023 down 61.2% falling
215 Tokelau 0.0008 kt 2023 down 68.0% 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 (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
272 places, 9,027 data points, 1990–2023
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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