Cold Chain F-Gas — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (AR5), per square kilometre by country

Cold Chain F-Gas — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
178
Highest
2.8 kt per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Zambia
Median
0.0044 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,932

What the numbers show

Cold Chain F-Gas — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 2.8 kt per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Zambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0044 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0559 kt per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 157 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 108,684.0%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 90.6%).

Cold Chain F-Gas: Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (AR5) … square: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 2.8 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 23.9% volatile
2 Monaco 1.06 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.2% volatile
3 Gibraltar 0.573 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% volatile
4 Mauritius 0.5376 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 63.8% volatile
5 Malta 0.4776 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% volatile
6 Palestine 0.4738 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 136.3% volatile
7 Bahrain 0.4444 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
8 Israel 0.2599 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 88.8% volatile
9 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2398 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
10 Barbados 0.2382 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 108.1% volatile
11 Aruba 0.212 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 113.7% volatile
12 Qatar 0.2035 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.5% volatile
13 Lebanon 0.1951 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 137.2% volatile
14 Kuwait 0.1621 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 28.4% volatile
15 Bermuda 0.1579 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.1% volatile
16 Haiti 0.1491 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 128.2% volatile
17 Puerto Rico 0.131 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 86.8% volatile
18 United States Virgin Islands 0.1077 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 101.5% volatile
19 Cayman Islands 0.0986 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 128.2% volatile
20 San Marino 0.0964 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.2% volatile
21 Switzerland 0.0811 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
22 Saint Lucia 0.0739 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
23 British Virgin Islands 0.0722 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 116.9% volatile
24 Maldives 0.0673 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 178.4% volatile
25 Italy 0.0603 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.7% volatile
26 Thailand 0.0486 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6,753.8% volatile
27 Belgium 0.0444 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 22.1% rising
28 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0412 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 45.9% volatile
29 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0397 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 49.7% volatile
30 Uganda 0.0303 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 121.4% volatile
31 Dominican Republic 0.0284 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.8% volatile
32 Andorra 0.028 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% volatile
33 Seychelles 0.0278 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 85.0% volatile
34 France 0.0262 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 17.8% volatile
35 Czechia 0.0235 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 40.3% volatile
36 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0212 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 126.5% volatile
37 Malaysia 0.0165 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 103.0% volatile
38 Philippines 0.0154 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 125.2% rising
39 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0151 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 49.0% volatile
40 Japan 0.0151 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 43.1% volatile
41 Bangladesh 0.015 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.6% volatile
42 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0147 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 132.3% volatile
43 India 0.0142 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 87.9% volatile
44 Bahamas 0.0141 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 122.3% volatile
45 Greece 0.0139 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.5% volatile
46 Serbia 0.0138 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.9% rising
47 Hungary 0.0137 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 45.8% volatile
48 Azerbaijan 0.0135 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 108,684.0% volatile
49 Liechtenstein 0.0133 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.6% volatile
50 North Macedonia 0.0131 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 84.0% volatile
51 Portugal 0.0127 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 29.1% volatile
52 Gambia 0.0124 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 149.4% volatile
53 Austria 0.0123 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 17.6% volatile
54 Isle of Man 0.012 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 23.3% volatile
55 China 0.011 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 43.3% volatile
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0108 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% volatile
57 El Salvador 0.0106 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 46.4% volatile
58 Togo 0.0098 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
59 Panama 0.0093 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 140.2% volatile
60 Jamaica 0.0091 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 45.9% volatile
61 Lesotho 0.0089 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 127.6% volatile
62 Grenada 0.0086 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% rising
63 Eswatini 0.0085 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 130.7% volatile
64 Fiji 0.0084 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
65 Yemen 0.0083 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 131.3% volatile
66 Montenegro 0.0078 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% rising
67 Germany 0.0077 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 32.3% rising
68 United Arab Emirates 0.0077 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 28.1% rising
69 Nepal 0.0076 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 133.1% volatile
70 Burundi 0.0075 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
71 Slovakia 0.0072 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% volatile
72 Armenia 0.007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 114.0% volatile
73 Tunisia 0.007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
74 Albania 0.007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 50.4% volatile
75 Slovenia 0.0066 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.4% volatile
76 Ireland 0.0064 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 47.0% volatile
77 Rwanda 0.0064 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 54.9% volatile
78 Denmark 0.0061 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 46.6% volatile
79 Equatorial Guinea 0.006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
80 Sri Lanka 0.006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 147.6% volatile
81 Croatia 0.0057 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.5% volatile
82 Benin 0.0057 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
83 Djibouti 0.0056 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 90.3% volatile
84 Poland 0.0054 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 68.3% volatile
85 Honduras 0.0054 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 132.6% volatile
86 Chile 0.0053 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 98.3% volatile
87 Senegal 0.005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
88 Cyprus 0.0049 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 70.7% volatile
89 Vanuatu 0.0044 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 186.9% volatile
90 Cuba 0.0044 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 145.2% volatile
91 Solomon Islands 0.0043 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 188.5% volatile
92 Jordan 0.004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 52.7% volatile
93 Lithuania 0.0038 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% volatile
94 Guinea-Bissau 0.0036 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 140.8% volatile
95 Costa Rica 0.0035 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 48.1% volatile
96 Egypt 0.0034 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% rising
97 Colombia 0.0033 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 125.7% volatile
98 Mexico 0.0032 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 76.9% volatile
99 Guatemala 0.0031 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 111.4% volatile
100 Malawi 0.0031 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
101 New Zealand 0.0029 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% volatile
102 Faroe Islands 0.0029 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 21.3% rising
103 Romania 0.0028 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 53.2% volatile
104 Estonia 0.0027 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% volatile
105 South Africa 0.0025 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 31.0% volatile
106 New Caledonia 0.0025 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 142.1% volatile
107 Guinea 0.0025 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
108 Burkina Faso 0.0024 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 129.8% volatile
109 Cambodia 0.0023 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
110 Argentina 0.0023 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 174.6% volatile
111 South Sudan 0.0023 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 140.0% rising
112 Finland 0.0022 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.7% volatile
113 Spain 0.0021 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 90.6% volatile
114 Oman 0.002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 72.5% volatile
115 Luxembourg 0.002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
116 Nicaragua 0.0019 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 122.3% volatile
117 Eritrea 0.0018 kt per square kilometre 2011 up 320.3% volatile
118 Bulgaria 0.0018 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 98.2% volatile
119 Brazil 0.0017 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 55.5% volatile
120 Iceland 0.0015 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% volatile
121 Pakistan 0.0015 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 16.2% rising
122 Nigeria 0.0015 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 47.1% volatile
123 Georgia 0.0013 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 57.4% volatile
124 Sweden 0.0012 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% rising
125 Zimbabwe 0.0012 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
126 Ukraine 0.0012 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 260.0% volatile
127 Belize 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 137.5% volatile
128 Belarus 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 61.9% volatile
129 Afghanistan 0.001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
130 Uruguay 0.0009 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2,928.0% volatile
131 Ecuador 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 48.2% volatile
132 Sudan 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% rising
133 Bhutan 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 132.0% volatile
134 Norway 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 49.6% rising
135 Latvia 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 39.8% volatile
136 Australia 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 45.2% volatile
137 Myanmar 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 26.2% rising
138 Canada 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 69.0% volatile
139 Peru 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 135.4% volatile
140 Botswana 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
141 Turkmenistan 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 87.5% volatile
142 Central African Republic 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
143 Guyana 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 130.1% volatile
144 Suriname 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 156.4% volatile
145 Liberia 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 53.7% volatile
146 Libya 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 32.5% volatile
147 Comoros 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 53.8% volatile
148 Papua New Guinea 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 51.7% volatile
149 Kyrgyzstan 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 49.4% volatile
150 Chad 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
151 Niger 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
152 Mali 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
153 Mozambique 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 144.2% volatile
154 Tajikistan 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 52.9% volatile
155 Saudi Arabia 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 42.3% volatile
156 Morocco 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 337.5% volatile
157 Algeria 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.9% rising
158 Kazakhstan 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.5% volatile
159 Uzbekistan 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 58.2% volatile
160 Sierra Leone 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 54.9% volatile
161 Kenya 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 45.5% volatile
162 Namibia 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 65.2% volatile
163 Ghana 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 50.6% volatile
164 Dominica 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 54.9% volatile
165 Gabon 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 48.1% volatile
166 Mongolia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 37.9% volatile
167 Iraq 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% falling
168 Indonesia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.8% volatile
169 Cameroon 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 87.7% volatile
170 Angola 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 55.2% volatile
171 Congo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 52.8% volatile
172 Madagascar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 46.4% volatile
173 Ethiopia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 49.3% volatile
174 Greenland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.6% volatile
175 Mauritania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 77.3% volatile
176 Somalia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 47.7% volatile
177 Paraguay 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 32.1% volatile
178 Zambia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 51.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Cold Chain F-Gas — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Cold Chain F-Gas — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Cold Chain F-Gas — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (AR5), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
179 places, 5,932 data points, 1990–2023
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Cold Chain F-Gas — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.