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Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) by country

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Countries reporting
215
Highest
290,577 kt
China
Lowest
0.0008 kt
Tokelau
Median
867 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,917

What the numbers show

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 290,577 kt in China; the lowest is 0.0008 kt in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 867 kt, and the mean is 8,153 kt.

Over the past decade 152 countries rose and 63 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 (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 290,577 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
2 China, mainland 287,075 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
3 OECD 267,331 kt 2023 down 2.9% rising
4 India 161,422 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
5 Brazil 80,314 kt 2023 down 3.2% rising
6 Indonesia 73,115 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
7 Mexico 60,376 kt 2023 up 6.3% rising
8 Pakistan 33,227 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
9 Nigeria 31,870 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
10 Russian Federation 30,622 kt 2023 down 1.9% rising
11 Thailand 17,496 kt 2023 down 1.4% rising
12 Bangladesh 17,169 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
13 Egypt 16,850 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
14 Spain 12,541 kt 2023 down 3.4% falling
15 Colombia 11,966 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
16 Iraq 11,453 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
17 Argentina 11,177 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
18 Poland 10,868 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
19 Philippines 10,544 kt 2023 up 3.5% rising
20 Saudi Arabia 10,399 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
21 Peru 9,234 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
22 Algeria 9,162 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
23 South Africa 9,155 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
24 Ukraine 8,797 kt 2023 down 6.0% rising
25 Ethiopia 8,364 kt 2023 up 14.6% rising
26 Myanmar 7,258 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
27 Republic of Korea 7,059 kt 2023 down 13.1% falling
28 Canada 6,990 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
29 Japan 6,647 kt 2023 down 4.6% flat
30 Kenya 6,582 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
31 France 6,405 kt 2023 down 42.6% rising
32 Malaysia 6,243 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
33 Germany 6,009 kt 2023 down 19.8% volatile
34 Australia and New Zealand 5,990 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,810 kt 2023 down 1.9% falling
36 Uganda 5,777 kt 2023 up 9.8% rising
37 Italy 5,696 kt 2023 down 58.6% falling
38 Morocco 5,663 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
39 Chile 5,336 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
40 Greece 4,870 kt 2023 down 0.9% flat
41 Australia 4,837 kt 2023 down 0.6% rising
42 Ecuador 4,623 kt 2023 up 12.6% rising
43 Ghana 4,492 kt 2023 up 7.3% rising
44 Romania 3,874 kt 2023 down 1.3% rising
45 Sudan 3,754 kt 2023 up 15.0% rising
46 Dominican Republic 3,671 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
47 Afghanistan 3,596 kt 2023 up 33.0% volatile
48 Uzbekistan 3,426 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
49 Madagascar 3,311 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
50 Sri Lanka 3,251 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
51 Guatemala 3,206 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
52 Hungary 3,074 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
53 Nepal 3,054 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
54 Rwanda 3,024 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
55 Portugal 2,901 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
56 Mozambique 2,857 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
57 Yemen 2,782 kt 2023 down 8.6% rising
58 Angola 2,696 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
59 Mongolia 2,696 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
60 Tunisia 2,648 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
61 Israel 2,591 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
62 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,439 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
63 Burkina Faso 2,411 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
64 Haiti 2,409 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
65 Senegal 2,403 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
66 Kazakhstan 2,293 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
67 Niger 2,272 kt 2023 up 17.0% rising
68 United Arab Emirates 2,272 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
69 Cameroon 2,260 kt 2023 up 12.6% rising
70 Sudan (former) 2,205 kt 2011 up 14.6% rising
71 Azerbaijan 2,196 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
72 Belarus 2,127 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
73 Honduras 2,062 kt 2023 up 4.1% rising
74 Jordan 2,053 kt 2023 up 11.2% rising
75 Zambia 2,041 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
76 Czechia 1,935 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
77 Somalia 1,916 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
78 Nicaragua 1,878 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
79 Panama 1,834 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
80 Serbia 1,824 kt 2023 up 0.5% flat
81 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,807 kt 1999 down 8.9% flat
82 Kuwait 1,733 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
83 El Salvador 1,713 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
84 Paraguay 1,642 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
85 Cambodia 1,636 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
86 Lebanon 1,587 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
87 Serbia and Montenegro 1,527 kt 2005 up 256.5% volatile
88 Chad 1,513 kt 2023 up 18.1% rising
89 Costa Rica 1,497 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
90 Burundi 1,450 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
91 Mali 1,420 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
92 Austria 1,356 kt 2023 down 3.4% rising
93 Libya 1,239 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
94 Palestine 1,179 kt 2023 up 16.5% rising
95 New Zealand 1,153 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
96 Tajikistan 1,144 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
97 Cuba 1,136 kt 2023 down 56.8% falling
98 Togo 1,115 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
99 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,112 kt 2023 up 1.0% falling
100 Zimbabwe 1,086 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
101 Slovakia 1,033 kt 2023 down 1.2% flat
102 Uruguay 1,032 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
103 Jamaica 1,023 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
104 Puerto Rico 998.67 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
105 Guinea 921.74 kt 2023 up 14.8% rising
106 Bulgaria 883.17 kt 2023 down 2.0% flat
107 Croatia 877.04 kt 2023 down 2.0% rising
108 Switzerland 867 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
109 China, Taiwan Province of 855.62 kt 2023 down 9.5% flat
110 Benin 847.54 kt 2023 up 18.4% rising
111 Belgium 808.12 kt 2023 down 66.8% falling
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 800.91 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
113 Kyrgyzstan 777.74 kt 2023 up 0.2% rising
114 Malawi 736.26 kt 2023 up 28.3% rising
115 Sierra Leone 710.85 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
116 Albania 688.74 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
117 Trinidad and Tobago 682.67 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
118 Ireland 643.91 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
119 Sweden 608.29 kt 2023 up 3.5% falling
120 Qatar 607.98 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
121 Georgia 585.99 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
122 Liberia 580.74 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
123 Central African Republic 569.72 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
124 Bahrain 530.87 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
125 Lithuania 530.18 kt 2023 down 3.4% rising
126 Oman 496.94 kt 2023 up 12.5% rising
127 Armenia 496.82 kt 2023 down 6.0% rising
128 Turkmenistan 496.1 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
129 Mauritania 477.43 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
130 Finland 470.15 kt 2023 down 1.4% volatile
131 Latvia 466.21 kt 2023 down 5.2% rising
132 Slovenia 410.19 kt 2023 up 3.0% flat
133 Papua New Guinea 402.8 kt 2023 up 20.9% rising
134 North Macedonia 397.1 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
135 South Sudan 392.58 kt 2023 up 3.0% flat
136 Norway 374.83 kt 2023 down 71.5% volatile
137 Denmark 366.46 kt 2023 down 3.7% volatile
138 Cyprus 362.92 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
139 Congo 349.48 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
140 Belize 290.67 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
141 Guinea-Bissau 276.25 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
142 Estonia 235.66 kt 2023 down 0.6% rising
143 Singapore 233.18 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
144 Mauritius 223.26 kt 2023 down 6.2% flat
145 Gambia 220.65 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
146 Bahamas 220.36 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
147 China, Macao SAR 207.11 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
148 Malta 188.94 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
149 Namibia 183.35 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
150 Guyana 176.51 kt 2023 down 0.7% flat
151 Gabon 174.93 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
152 Montenegro 165.53 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
153 Brunei Darussalam 164.01 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
154 Botswana 163.02 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
155 Barbados 148.09 kt 2023 down 0.4% flat
156 Iceland 135.45 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
157 Equatorial Guinea 131.2 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
158 Eritrea 127.22 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
159 Eswatini 117.93 kt 2023 down 13.4% rising
160 United States Virgin Islands 117.78 kt 2023 up 0.7% volatile
161 Bhutan 117.05 kt 2023 up 9.0% rising
162 Lesotho 105.62 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
163 Djibouti 101.34 kt 2023 up 11.0% rising
164 Luxembourg 89.7 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
165 Suriname 84.03 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
166 Comoros 81.38 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
167 Saint Lucia 73.19 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
168 Aruba 70.83 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
169 Maldives 64.89 kt 2023 up 10.3% rising
170 Seychelles 52.26 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
171 Fiji 47.13 kt 2023 down 15.0% flat
172 Cayman Islands 43.36 kt 2023 up 6.8% volatile
173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33.06 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
174 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30.24 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
175 Grenada 29.81 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
176 Antigua and Barbuda 29.55 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
177 Solomon Islands 29.42 kt 2023 up 32.1% rising
178 Sao Tome and Principe 16.95 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
179 Andorra 13.98 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
180 Dominica 13.76 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
181 Faroe Islands 11.95 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
182 New Caledonia 11.88 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
183 Vanuatu 11.75 kt 2023 up 19.8% rising
184 French Polynesia 10.36 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
185 Réunion 9.62 kt 2023 down 0.2% falling
186 Samoa 8.05 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
187 Liechtenstein 7.88 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
188 Isle of Man 7.4 kt 2023 down 18.4% rising
189 San Marino 6.14 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
190 Guam 5.97 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
191 Kiribati 4.88 kt 2023 up 13.6% rising
192 Guadeloupe 4.6 kt 2023 down 7.4% falling
193 Monaco 4.09 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
194 Tonga 3.89 kt 2023 down 5.3% flat
195 Bermuda 2.79 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
196 Greenland 2.78 kt 2023 down 1.6% flat
197 Gibraltar 1.81 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
198 American Samoa 1.73 kt 2023 down 11.8% flat
199 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.65 kt 2023 up 37.3% rising
200 Northern Mariana Islands 1.61 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
201 British Virgin Islands 1.4 kt 2023 up 21.3% rising
202 Marshall Islands 1.39 kt 2023 down 23.4% falling
203 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1.14 kt 2010 up 0.6% rising
204 Palau 0.6342 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
205 Nauru 0.4274 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
206 Martinique 0.4184 kt 2023 down 49.1% falling
207 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.41 kt 2023 down 11.4% rising
208 Tuvalu 0.3576 kt 2023 down 12.5% rising
209 Western Sahara 0.0891 kt 2023 down 60.7% falling
210 French Guiana 0.0657 kt 2023 down 44.8% falling
211 Montserrat 0.033 kt 2023 down 60.9% falling
212 Cook Islands 0.0188 kt 2023 down 63.6% falling
213 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0051 kt 2023 down 3.8% volatile
214 Niue 0.0029 kt 2023 down 60.8% falling
215 Tokelau 0.0008 kt 2023 down 63.6% 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) from CH4 (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 8,917 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