Cereals excluding rice — Emissions intensity by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat,...
Countries reporting
192
Highest
1,070 kg CO2eq/kg
Suriname
Lowest
0.0435 kg CO2eq/kg
Dominica
Median
0.1845 kg CO2eq/kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,381
What the numbers show
Cereals excluding rice — Emissions intensity is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 1,070 kg CO2eq/kg in Suriname; the lowest is 0.0435 kg CO2eq/kg in Dominica.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1845 kg CO2eq/kg, and the mean is 6.3 kg CO2eq/kg.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24,586.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Guadeloupe (up 1,123.0%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 97.6%).
Cereals excluding rice — Emissions intensity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 1,070 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 246.2% | volatile |
| 1 | Cabo Verde | 5.72 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 709.1% | volatile |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.2278 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 2 | Malaysia | 16.92 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Türkiye | 0.2263 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 3 | French Guiana | 13.83 kg CO2eq/kg | 2006 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.2104 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 4 | Mauritius | 12.47 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.2333 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 5 | Djibouti | 11.41 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 0.1918 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 6 | Guyana | 7.79 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.1909 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Fiji | 7.22 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.1627 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 8 | Saint Lucia | 5.93 kg CO2eq/kg | 1979 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.1573 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 9 | Guadeloupe | 5.25 kg CO2eq/kg | 1977 | up 1,123.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1548 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea | 4.47 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Iceland | 2.56 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.133 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 12 | Qatar | 2.27 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Maldives | 1.71 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 1.68 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 0.0938 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 15 | Botswana | 1.13 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.0855 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 0.8249 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.0843 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 17 | Puerto Rico | 0.7045 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0729 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 18 | Panama | 0.6911 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 18 | Melanesia | 0.0623 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 19 | Turkmenistan | 0.6894 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 19 | Caribbean | 0.1639 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 19 | Micronesia | 0.0519 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 20 | Montenegro | 0.6661 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 21 | New Caledonia | 0.6448 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Cyprus | 0.644 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Namibia | 0.6123 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6114 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 78.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 0.5754 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 26 | Barbados | 0.4986 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4948 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Gabon | 0.4887 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 136.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Tunisia | 0.4709 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 105.4% | rising |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 0.4647 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 0.4539 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 32 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.4511 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Eswatini | 0.4459 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 52.3% | falling |
| 34 | Zambia | 0.4392 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 35 | Palestine | 0.4229 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Georgia | 0.4185 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 79.6% | rising |
| 37 | Honduras | 0.4051 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 38 | Portugal | 0.3961 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 39 | Republic of Korea | 0.3773 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Guatemala | 0.3693 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 41 | Jamaica | 0.3664 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 42 | Belize | 0.366 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Malawi | 0.34 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 139.6% | rising |
| 44 | Chile | 0.3368 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 45 | Pakistan | 0.3195 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 46 | Mongolia | 0.319 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 47 | Belarus | 0.3189 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 48 | Peru | 0.3142 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 49 | Libya | 0.3079 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 50 | Norway | 0.3029 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 51 | Spain | 0.2902 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 52.0% | falling |
| 52 | Gambia | 0.2873 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 231.8% | rising |
| 53 | Congo | 0.2786 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 0.2754 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Egypt | 0.2718 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | flat |
| 56 | Mozambique | 0.2714 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 57 | Jordan | 0.2623 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 58 | Thailand | 0.2584 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 59 | Canada | 0.2538 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 60 | Armenia | 0.2526 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 61 | USSR | 0.2494 kg CO2eq/kg | 1991 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 62 | Colombia | 0.2486 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 0.2463 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 64 | Oman | 0.2427 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Israel | 0.2405 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 66 | India | 0.2401 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 0.2275 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 68 | Vanuatu | 0.2274 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 69 | Lesotho | 0.2261 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 70 | Luxembourg | 0.2214 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 0.2179 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 72 | Albania | 0.2147 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 73 | Switzerland | 0.2118 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 74 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.2082 kg CO2eq/kg | 1999 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 75 | Australia | 0.2079 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 76 | Sudan | 0.2066 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 77 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.2061 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 78 | Benin | 0.2055 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 57.7% | falling |
| 79 | Sweden | 0.2045 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 80 | Grenada | 0.2002 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 81 | Italy | 0.1981 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 82 | Malta | 0.1964 kg CO2eq/kg | 2017 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 83 | Finland | 0.195 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 84 | Philippines | 0.1944 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 85 | El Salvador | 0.1921 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 86 | Somalia | 0.1905 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 70.4% | falling |
| 87 | New Zealand | 0.1902 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 88 | Morocco | 0.1861 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 89 | Greece | 0.185 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 20.4% | falling |
| 90 | Haiti | 0.184 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 91 | Poland | 0.1838 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 92 | Mauritania | 0.1832 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 93 | Rwanda | 0.1819 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 94 | Iraq | 0.1808 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Slovenia | 0.1787 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 96 | Kenya | 0.1737 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 97 | Czechia | 0.1735 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 98 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1727 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 0.1721 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 0.172 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 101 | Denmark | 0.1707 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 102 | Tajikistan | 0.1704 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 105.5% | volatile |
| 103 | China | 0.1702 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 104 | China, mainland | 0.17 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 105 | Burundi | 0.1676 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 106 | Estonia | 0.1645 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 107 | Mexico | 0.164 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 108 | Slovakia | 0.16 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 109 | Czechoslovakia | 0.1579 kg CO2eq/kg | 1992 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 110 | Croatia | 0.1569 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 110 | Indonesia | 0.1569 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 110 | Togo | 0.1569 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 113 | Angola | 0.1566 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 114 | Sudan (former) | 0.1562 kg CO2eq/kg | 2011 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 115 | Brazil | 0.1559 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 116 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.1552 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 117 | Yemen | 0.153 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 118 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.1529 kg CO2eq/kg | 2005 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 119 | Ecuador | 0.1521 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 47.2% | rising |
| 120 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.1471 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 121 | Romania | 0.1429 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 122 | Japan | 0.1417 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 123 | Germany | 0.141 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 124 | South Africa | 0.1407 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 125 | Belgium | 0.139 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 126 | Lebanon | 0.1386 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 127 | Austria | 0.1381 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 128 | Argentina | 0.1371 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1366 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1327 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Eritrea | 0.1327 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Ethiopia | 0.1306 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 30.3% | falling |
| 133 | Sierra Leone | 0.1286 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 134 | Ireland | 0.128 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 135 | Serbia | 0.1279 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 136 | Ethiopia PDR | 0.1265 kg CO2eq/kg | 1992 | up 25.4% | flat |
| 137 | Russian Federation | 0.126 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 138 | Chad | 0.1257 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 139 | Cameroon | 0.1248 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 140 | Burkina Faso | 0.1246 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 141 | Comoros | 0.124 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 142 | Guinea | 0.1224 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 143 | Bangladesh | 0.122 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 144 | Hungary | 0.1201 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 145 | Ghana | 0.1198 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 0.1195 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 0.117 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 148 | Ukraine | 0.1156 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 149 | Réunion | 0.1142 kg CO2eq/kg | 2006 | down 86.7% | falling |
| 150 | Paraguay | 0.1139 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 151 | Lithuania | 0.1126 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 152 | Yugoslav SFR | 0.1115 kg CO2eq/kg | 1991 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 153 | Cuba | 0.1106 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Kuwait | 0.1081 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Bhutan | 0.1058 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 156 | Madagascar | 0.1019 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 157 | Nigeria | 0.1014 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 158 | Mali | 0.0998 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 159 | Niger | 0.0992 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 160 | South Sudan | 0.0981 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 161 | Uganda | 0.0978 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 162 | France | 0.0975 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 163 | Nepal | 0.0968 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 164 | Afghanistan | 0.0965 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 165 | Algeria | 0.0954 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 166 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0912 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 167 | Cambodia | 0.0812 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 168 | Latvia | 0.0741 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 169 | Myanmar | 0.0729 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 170 | Senegal | 0.0721 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 48.9% | rising |
| 171 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0689 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0605 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Bahamas | 0.0521 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 174 | Dominica | 0.0435 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Asia 0.2367 kg CO2eq/kg
- Northern Africa 0.2356 kg CO2eq/kg
- Asia 0.198 kg CO2eq/kg
- Western Asia 0.2194 kg CO2eq/kg
- Oceania 0.2066 kg CO2eq/kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.2047 kg CO2eq/kg
- Southern Europe 0.2014 kg CO2eq/kg
- Eastern Africa 0.1996 kg CO2eq/kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.1918 kg CO2eq/kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.1404 kg CO2eq/kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.1899 kg CO2eq/kg
- Central America 0.1843 kg CO2eq/kg
- Middle Africa 0.127 kg CO2eq/kg
- Americas 0.1767 kg CO2eq/kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.1108 kg CO2eq/kg
- South-Eastern Asia 0.1752 kg CO2eq/kg
- World 0.1745 kg CO2eq/kg
- Northern America 0.1734 kg CO2eq/kg
- Africa 0.1717 kg CO2eq/kg
- Eastern Asia 0.1683 kg CO2eq/kg
- United States of America 0.1612 kg CO2eq/kg
- Northern Europe 0.1581 kg CO2eq/kg
- South America 0.1521 kg CO2eq/kg
- Southern Africa 0.15 kg CO2eq/kg
- European Union (27) 0.1461 kg CO2eq/kg
- Eastern Europe 0.1392 kg CO2eq/kg
- Europe 0.1335 kg CO2eq/kg
- Western Europe 0.1199 kg CO2eq/kg
- Western Africa 0.1145 kg CO2eq/kg
- Central Asia 0.0934 kg CO2eq/kg
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat, milk, eggs), by country, with global coverage.