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Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
321,635 kt
China
Lowest
0.0008 kt
Tokelau
Median
1,003 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,922

What the numbers show

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 235 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 8,561 kt.

Over the past decade 177 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 229.0%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 67.2%).

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 Türkiye 34,035 kt 2023 up 11.5% rising
10 Nigeria 33,078 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
11 Russian Federation 32,833 kt 2023 down 1.2% rising
12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19,163 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
13 Bangladesh 18,142 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
14 Thailand 17,974 kt 2023 down 1.1% rising
15 Egypt 17,863 kt 2023 up 4.4% rising
16 Spain 13,554 kt 2023 down 2.9% falling
17 Caribbean 12,446 kt 2023 down 12.2% rising
18 Colombia 12,338 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
19 Japan 12,061 kt 2023 down 2.4% flat
20 Iraq 11,799 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
21 Philippines 11,762 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
22 Argentina 11,697 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
23 Poland 11,678 kt 2023 up 13.6% rising
24 Saudi Arabia 10,837 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
25 United Republic of Tanzania 10,001 kt 2023 up 9.5% rising
26 Algeria 9,594 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
27 Peru 9,501 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
28 Ukraine 9,294 kt 2023 down 6.8% rising
29 Ethiopia 9,272 kt 2023 up 18.1% rising
30 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,269 kt 2023 up 15.4% rising
31 Germany 9,089 kt 2023 down 13.0% volatile
32 Viet Nam 8,871 kt 2023 up 6.3% rising
33 Republic of Korea 8,642 kt 2023 down 10.1% flat
34 France 8,437 kt 2023 down 35.5% rising
35 Myanmar 7,783 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
36 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,737 kt 2023 down 0.4% falling
37 Canada 7,575 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
38 Italy 7,233 kt 2023 down 52.5% falling
39 Malaysia 7,033 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
40 Kenya 6,873 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
41 Australia and New Zealand 6,608 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
42 Morocco 6,044 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
43 Uganda 6,013 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
44 Chile 5,528 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
45 Australia 5,363 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
46 Greece 5,188 kt 2023 down 1.0% flat
47 Ecuador 4,735 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
48 Ghana 4,701 kt 2023 up 8.1% rising
49 Côte d'Ivoire 4,488 kt 2023 up 9.1% rising
50 Dominican Republic 4,272 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
51 Romania 4,177 kt 2023 down 1.2% rising
52 Sudan 4,130 kt 2023 up 16.8% rising
53 Syrian Arab Republic 3,927 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
54 Afghanistan 3,863 kt 2023 up 32.7% volatile
55 Uzbekistan 3,808 kt 2023 up 25.7% rising
56 Madagascar 3,426 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
57 Sri Lanka 3,401 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
58 Guatemala 3,319 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
59 Nepal 3,268 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
60 Hungary 3,244 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
61 Portugal 3,173 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
62 Rwanda 3,094 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
63 China, Hong Kong SAR 3,068 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
64 Mozambique 2,995 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
65 Yemen 2,989 kt 2023 down 7.7% rising
66 Haiti 2,889 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
67 Mongolia 2,874 kt 2023 up 10.9% rising
68 Angola 2,864 kt 2023 up 17.4% rising
69 Tunisia 2,774 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
70 Israel 2,751 kt 2023 up 6.3% rising
71 Burkina Faso 2,604 kt 2023 up 14.9% rising
72 Kazakhstan 2,541 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
73 Senegal 2,522 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
74 Niger 2,494 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
75 United Arab Emirates 2,456 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
76 Cameroon 2,444 kt 2023 up 14.0% rising
77 Belarus 2,345 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
78 Azerbaijan 2,326 kt 2023 up 8.6% rising
79 Sudan (former) 2,249 kt 2011 up 15.0% rising
80 Jordan 2,152 kt 2023 up 11.5% rising
81 Zambia 2,133 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
82 Honduras 2,123 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
83 Czechia 2,099 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
84 Republic of Moldova 2,047 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
85 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2,021 kt 2023 up 3.2% falling
86 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,997 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
87 Somalia 1,983 kt 2023 up 14.8% rising
88 Serbia 1,981 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
89 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,958 kt 1999 down 8.0% flat
90 Nicaragua 1,926 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
91 Panama 1,868 kt 2023 up 3.2% rising
92 Kuwait 1,802 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
93 Cambodia 1,764 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
94 El Salvador 1,759 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
95 Paraguay 1,687 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
96 Austria 1,673 kt 2023 down 2.2% rising
97 Chad 1,656 kt 2023 up 21.4% rising
98 Lebanon 1,629 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
99 Serbia and Montenegro 1,615 kt 2005 up 229.0% volatile
100 Mali 1,580 kt 2023 up 19.1% rising
101 Costa Rica 1,535 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
102 Burundi 1,500 kt 2023 up 15.9% rising
103 Switzerland 1,340 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
104 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,333 kt 2023 down 16.5% rising
105 Libya 1,308 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
106 New Zealand 1,245 kt 2023 up 13.0% rising
107 Jamaica 1,242 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
108 Cuba 1,234 kt 2023 down 61.0% falling
109 Tajikistan 1,233 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
110 Palestine 1,192 kt 2023 up 16.2% rising
111 Zimbabwe 1,170 kt 2023 up 9.5% rising
112 Togo 1,163 kt 2023 up 8.1% rising
113 Slovakia 1,117 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
114 China, Taiwan Province of 1,117 kt 2023 down 5.9% flat
115 Belgium 1,106 kt 2023 down 59.2% falling
116 Uruguay 1,066 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
117 Puerto Rico 1,048 kt 2023 down 0.0% rising
118 Croatia 1,003 kt 2023 down 1.0% rising
119 Guinea 995 kt 2023 up 15.8% rising
120 Bulgaria 974.25 kt 2023 down 1.7% falling
121 Benin 939.11 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
122 Bosnia and Herzegovina 876.59 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
123 Sweden 870.45 kt 2023 up 4.9% falling
124 Malawi 863.82 kt 2023 up 29.0% rising
125 Kyrgyzstan 840.34 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
126 Trinidad and Tobago 796.57 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
127 Ireland 770.5 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
128 Albania 768.35 kt 2023 up 12.1% rising
129 Sierra Leone 752.11 kt 2023 up 9.8% rising
130 Qatar 648.61 kt 2023 up 11.8% rising
131 Georgia 626.45 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
132 Lithuania 612.39 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
133 Liberia 603.99 kt 2023 up 8.7% rising
134 Finland 586.99 kt 2023 up 0.0% volatile
135 Melanesia 583.65 kt 2023 up 16.4% rising
136 Lao People's Democratic Republic 580.38 kt 2023 up 9.8% rising
137 Turkmenistan 567.68 kt 2023 up 15.7% rising
138 Oman 562.52 kt 2023 up 14.2% rising
139 Bahrain 552.57 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
140 Armenia 530.2 kt 2023 down 4.7% rising
141 Latvia 523.59 kt 2023 down 4.2% rising
142 Mauritania 517.24 kt 2023 up 14.1% rising
143 Norway 481.2 kt 2023 down 65.8% volatile
144 Denmark 470.15 kt 2023 down 1.6% volatile
145 South Sudan 469.93 kt 2023 up 3.1% flat
146 Papua New Guinea 465.71 kt 2023 up 20.3% rising
147 Slovenia 455.88 kt 2023 up 3.0% flat
148 North Macedonia 435.01 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
149 Congo 382.02 kt 2023 up 15.6% rising
150 Cyprus 379.68 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
151 Singapore 325.8 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
152 Estonia 303.76 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
153 Belize 293.69 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
154 Guinea-Bissau 285.66 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
155 Bahamas 261.69 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
156 Mauritius 236.46 kt 2023 down 5.5% flat
157 Gambia 234.85 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
158 China, Macao SAR 217.85 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
159 Namibia 202.29 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
160 Malta 195.7 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
161 Montenegro 195.21 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
162 Gabon 195.1 kt 2023 up 13.5% rising
163 Guyana 184.53 kt 2023 up 0.6% flat
164 Botswana 179.66 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
165 Brunei Darussalam 174.36 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
166 Barbados 164.56 kt 2023 up 0.0% flat
167 Iceland 144.31 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
168 Equatorial Guinea 131.2 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
169 Eritrea 128.85 kt 2023 up 9.1% rising
170 Eswatini 124.59 kt 2023 down 12.5% rising
171 Bhutan 122.14 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
172 Luxembourg 118.36 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
173 United States Virgin Islands 117.78 kt 2023 down 14.5% volatile
174 Lesotho 116.37 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
175 Cabo Verde 111.22 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
176 Djibouti 108.87 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
177 Timor-Leste 96.66 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
178 Saint Lucia 92.86 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
179 Suriname 88.03 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
180 Comoros 86.41 kt 2023 up 8.4% rising
181 Aruba 82.38 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
182 Maldives 69.63 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
183 Fiji 55.48 kt 2023 down 11.8% flat
184 Seychelles 53.73 kt 2023 up 3.8% rising
185 Cayman Islands 45.12 kt 2023 up 6.6% volatile
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 37.57 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 35.41 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
188 Antigua and Barbuda 34.75 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
189 Grenada 33.8 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
190 Solomon Islands 33.79 kt 2023 up 32.6% rising
191 Channel Islands 31.6 kt 2023 up 30.1% rising
192 Polynesia 30.45 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
193 Curaçao 30.45 kt 2023 up 3.1% flat
194 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 23.53 kt 2023 down 46.3% falling
195 Micronesia 21.38 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
196 Sao Tome and Principe 18.13 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
197 Dominica 16.59 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
198 Andorra 16.21 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
199 New Caledonia 14.79 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
200 Vanuatu 13.88 kt 2023 up 20.8% rising
201 Faroe Islands 13.5 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
202 French Polynesia 13.09 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
203 Samoa 10.08 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
204 Liechtenstein 7.88 kt 2023 down 7.3% rising
205 Isle of Man 7.4 kt 2023 down 25.1% rising
206 Bermuda 7.18 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
207 San Marino 6.14 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
208 Guam 5.97 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
209 Kiribati 5.9 kt 2023 up 16.4% rising
210 Tonga 5.08 kt 2023 down 6.2% flat
211 Guadeloupe 5.02 kt 2023 down 7.3% falling
212 Micronesia (Federated States of) 4.92 kt 2023 up 3.4% flat
213 Monaco 4.61 kt 2023 up 5.1% rising
214 Greenland 2.88 kt 2023 down 1.6% rising
215 Gibraltar 1.81 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
216 Marshall Islands 1.79 kt 2023 down 20.6% falling
217 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.65 kt 2023 up 37.3% rising
218 Northern Mariana Islands 1.61 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
219 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.53 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
220 British Virgin Islands 1.4 kt 2023 up 21.1% rising
221 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1.28 kt 2010 up 0.6% rising
222 Saint Martin (French part) 0.9842 kt 2023 down 26.5% falling
223 Palau 0.6342 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
224 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.5653 kt 2023 down 9.2% rising
225 Nauru 0.5423 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
226 Tuvalu 0.4399 kt 2023 down 12.4% rising
227 Martinique 0.4375 kt 2023 down 49.9% falling
228 Western Sahara 0.096 kt 2023 down 60.7% falling
229 French Guiana 0.0749 kt 2023 down 43.4% falling
230 Montserrat 0.0356 kt 2023 down 60.9% falling
231 Cook Islands 0.0204 kt 2023 down 63.4% falling
232 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.0137 kt 2023 down 62.6% falling
233 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0072 kt 2023 down 2.6% volatile
234 Niue 0.0031 kt 2023 down 60.4% falling
235 Tokelau 0.0008 kt 2023 down 67.2% 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 (CO2eq) (AR5)
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.