Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) by country

Name: Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Countries reporting

220

Highest

80,463 kt

OECD

Lowest

0.4326 kt

Tuvalu

Median

328.39 kt

Years covered

1990–2023

Data points

8,353

What the numbers show

Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 80,463 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.4326 kt in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 328.39 kt, and the mean is 2,349 kt.

Over the past decade 195 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 47.3%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French Part) (down 26.5%).

Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	OECD	80,463 kt	2023	up 7.8%	rising
2	China	78,243 kt	2023	up 9.2%	rising
3	China, mainland	76,794 kt	2023	up 9.4%	rising
4	India	62,079 kt	2023	up 13.5%	rising
5	Indonesia	12,098 kt	2023	up 13.2%	rising
6	Pakistan	10,593 kt	2023	up 18.3%	rising
7	Brazil	9,496 kt	2023	up 7.6%	rising
8	Nigeria	8,838 kt	2023	up 24.4%	rising
9	Bangladesh	7,328 kt	2023	up 11.8%	rising
10	Russian Federation	6,521 kt	2023	up 4.3%	rising
11	Mexico	5,850 kt	2023	up 12.3%	rising
12	Ethiopia	5,187 kt	2023	up 36.1%	rising
13	Japan	5,054 kt	2023	down 0.6%	flat
14	Philippines	4,946 kt	2023	up 16.5%	rising
15	Germany	4,855 kt	2023	up 5.8%	rising
16	Egypt	4,696 kt	2023	up 17.3%	rising
17	Viet Nam	4,509 kt	2023	up 14.5%	rising
18	Türkiye	4,012 kt	2023	up 15.9%	rising
19	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	3,981 kt	2023	up 11.7%	rising
20	France	3,939 kt	2023	up 5.0%	rising
21	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	3,889 kt	2023	up 8.0%	rising
22	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3,814 kt	2023	up 39.0%	rising
23	Italy	3,582 kt	2023	down 0.5%	rising
24	Thailand	3,032 kt	2023	up 4.2%	rising
25	Spain	2,891 kt	2023	up 4.6%	rising
26	South Africa	2,588 kt	2023	up 14.6%	rising
27	United Republic of Tanzania	2,567 kt	2023	up 36.6%	rising
28	Canada	2,398 kt	2023	up 13.5%	rising
29	Republic of Korea	2,398 kt	2023	up 6.8%	rising
30	Myanmar	2,340 kt	2023	up 6.9%	rising
31	Poland	2,276 kt	2023	up 4.3%	flat
32	Colombia	2,266 kt	2023	up 17.1%	rising
33	Argentina	2,120 kt	2023	up 10.4%	rising
34	Kenya	2,115 kt	2023	up 21.0%	rising
35	Ukraine	2,102 kt	2023	down 17.9%	falling
36	Sudan	1,984 kt	2023	up 33.6%	rising
37	Iraq	1,939 kt	2023	up 30.0%	rising
38	Algeria	1,908 kt	2023	up 21.2%	rising
39	Australia and New Zealand	1,865 kt	2023	up 16.6%	rising
40	Uganda	1,850 kt	2023	up 37.7%	rising
41	Afghanistan	1,711 kt	2023	up 31.9%	rising
42	Caribbean	1,700 kt	2023	up 8.0%	rising
43	Yemen	1,609 kt	2023	up 34.0%	rising
44	Uzbekistan	1,607 kt	2023	up 25.4%	rising
45	Malaysia	1,569 kt	2023	up 19.6%	rising
46	Morocco	1,566 kt	2023	up 11.6%	rising
47	Australia	1,565 kt	2023	up 16.1%	rising
48	Peru	1,485 kt	2023	up 16.4%	rising
49	Saudi Arabia	1,464 kt	2023	up 19.1%	rising
50	Angola	1,389 kt	2023	up 37.8%	rising
51	Ghana	1,338 kt	2023	up 24.3%	rising
52	Nepal	1,303 kt	2023	up 10.2%	rising
53	Mozambique	1,253 kt	2023	up 33.7%	rising
54	Côte d'Ivoire	1,231 kt	2023	up 32.6%	rising
55	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1,186 kt	2023	down 7.1%	rising
56	Madagascar	1,150 kt	2023	up 27.3%	rising
57	Cameroon	1,128 kt	2023	up 32.9%	rising
58	Romania	1,107 kt	2023	down 3.6%	falling
59	Niger	1,084 kt	2023	up 43.6%	rising
60	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	1,061 kt	2023	up 7.9%	rising
61	China, Taiwan Province of	1,057 kt	2023	up 2.2%	rising
62	Syrian Arab Republic	989.26 kt	2023	up 7.1%	rising
63	Sri Lanka	987.54 kt	2023	up 9.8%	rising
64	Burkina Faso	964.08 kt	2023	up 34.1%	rising
65	Mali	954.88 kt	2023	up 32.9%	rising
66	Kazakhstan	929.09 kt	2023	up 19.6%	rising
67	Chile	884.59 kt	2023	up 14.1%	rising
68	Malawi	827.83 kt	2023	up 31.0%	rising
69	Zambia	780.53 kt	2023	up 32.5%	rising
70	Guatemala	775.35 kt	2023	up 19.7%	rising
71	Chad	771.34 kt	2023	up 46.1%	rising
72	Ecuador	759.13 kt	2023	up 15.2%	rising
73	Cambodia	727.09 kt	2023	up 13.9%	rising
74	Senegal	720.93 kt	2023	up 35.6%	rising
75	Belgium	684.96 kt	2023	up 8.7%	rising
76	Somalia	677.76 kt	2023	up 41.1%	rising
77	Portugal	634.74 kt	2023	up 1.8%	rising
78	Zimbabwe	627.75 kt	2023	up 19.0%	rising
79	Czechia	611.81 kt	2023	up 5.1%	flat
80	Greece	607.57 kt	2023	down 6.7%	flat
81	Sweden	602.78 kt	2023	up 11.2%	rising
82	Benin	564.59 kt	2023	up 34.2%	rising
83	Guinea	556.1 kt	2023	up 28.9%	rising
84	Hungary	537.55 kt	2023	down 0.0%	falling
85	Rwanda	534.34 kt	2023	up 25.4%	rising
86	Belarus	531.89 kt	2023	up 0.1%	falling
87	Melanesia	531.25 kt	2023	up 22.4%	rising
88	Austria	529.05 kt	2023	up 8.9%	rising
89	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	528.32 kt	2023	up 17.5%	rising
90	Tunisia	511.57 kt	2023	up 10.4%	rising
91	Switzerland	506.07 kt	2023	up 12.3%	rising
92	Burundi	505.3 kt	2023	up 33.9%	rising
93	Dominican Republic	488.76 kt	2023	up 17.2%	rising
94	United Arab Emirates	488.52 kt	2023	up 38.7%	rising
95	Jordan	481.08 kt	2023	up 40.7%	rising
96	Cuba	479.41 kt	2023	down 3.1%	rising
97	Haiti	462.23 kt	2023	up 13.1%	rising
98	South Sudan	459.58 kt	2023	up 3.0%	flat
99	Azerbaijan	455.18 kt	2023	up 9.5%	rising
100	Tajikistan	453.68 kt	2023	up 32.3%	rising
101	Honduras	445.75 kt	2023	up 19.4%	rising
102	Israel	444.12 kt	2023	up 21.8%	rising
103	Papua New Guinea	431.67 kt	2023	up 24.1%	rising
104	Serbia	415.6 kt	2023	up 1.3%	flat
105	Bulgaria	378.81 kt	2023	down 5.0%	falling
106	Togo	359.34 kt	2023	up 26.9%	rising
107	China, Hong Kong SAR	358.59 kt	2023	up 1.9%	rising
108	Denmark	339.52 kt	2023	up 6.8%	rising
109	Lao People's Democratic Republic	332.22 kt	2023	up 18.6%	rising
110	Finland	328.4 kt	2023	up 4.7%	rising
111	Turkmenistan	328.38 kt	2023	up 26.4%	rising
112	Norway	325.01 kt	2023	up 12.5%	rising
113	Sierra Leone	324.31 kt	2023	up 25.3%	rising
114	Ireland	313.14 kt	2023	up 19.3%	rising
115	Kyrgyzstan	311.39 kt	2023	up 24.1%	rising
116	Libya	303 kt	2023	up 16.2%	rising
117	Slovakia	300.18 kt	2023	up 3.5%	flat
118	New Zealand	299.69 kt	2023	up 19.1%	rising
119	Nicaragua	292.59 kt	2023	up 14.9%	rising
120	Paraguay	292.29 kt	2023	up 15.1%	rising
121	El Salvador	276.39 kt	2023	up 5.3%	rising
122	Lebanon	252.4 kt	2023	up 0.9%	rising
123	Congo	237.95 kt	2023	up 28.9%	rising
124	Croatia	231.21 kt	2023	down 3.8%	falling
125	Costa Rica	224.5 kt	2023	up 10.7%	rising
126	Kuwait	224.12 kt	2023	up 39.5%	rising
127	Oman	219.99 kt	2023	up 31.8%	rising
128	Singapore	210.54 kt	2023	up 7.5%	rising
129	Mauritania	207.43 kt	2023	up 35.1%	rising
130	Liberia	206.81 kt	2023	up 25.4%	rising
131	Central African Republic	200.62 kt	2023	up 15.2%	rising
132	Panama	198.76 kt	2023	up 19.8%	rising
133	Palestine	193.48 kt	2023	up 25.4%	rising
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	189.33 kt	2023	down 8.8%	falling
135	Albania	170.41 kt	2023	down 1.8%	falling
136	Mongolia	169.96 kt	2023	up 37.4%	rising
137	Republic of Moldova	168.8 kt	2023	down 7.4%	falling
138	Lithuania	168.3 kt	2023	down 2.8%	falling
139	Georgia	166.32 kt	2023	up 2.4%	falling
140	Uruguay	152.62 kt	2023	up 3.1%	rising
141	Qatar	137.45 kt	2023	up 47.3%	volatile
142	Armenia	132.88 kt	2023	up 4.6%	falling
143	Jamaica	124.94 kt	2023	up 5.4%	rising
144	Slovenia	123.48 kt	2023	up 3.6%	rising
145	Namibia	117.79 kt	2023	up 34.6%	rising
146	Eritrea	115.51 kt	2023	up 12.9%	rising
147	Latvia	106.5 kt	2023	down 2.8%	falling
148	North Macedonia	105.48 kt	2023	down 6.4%	flat
149	Gambia	104.67 kt	2023	up 27.5%	rising
150	Gabon	102.31 kt	2023	up 29.9%	rising
151	Botswana	98.76 kt	2023	up 16.9%	rising
152	Lesotho	87.72 kt	2023	up 5.9%	rising
153	Guinea-Bissau	81.56 kt	2023	up 28.3%	rising
154	Estonia	79.46 kt	2023	up 5.2%	falling
155	Bahrain	70.85 kt	2023	up 24.4%	rising
156	Trinidad and Tobago	65.28 kt	2023	up 7.1%	rising
157	Equatorial Guinea	61.64 kt	2023	up 37.2%	rising
158	Cyprus	59.78 kt	2023	up 19.1%	rising
159	Timor-Leste	58.02 kt	2023	up 21.0%	rising
160	Mauritius	53.85 kt	2023	up 1.1%	rising
161	Eswatini	48 kt	2023	up 9.2%	rising
162	Djibouti	45.88 kt	2023	up 18.8%	rising
163	Fiji	40.05 kt	2023	up 2.9%	rising
164	Luxembourg	39.02 kt	2023	up 23.4%	rising
165	Guyana	37.66 kt	2023	up 16.3%	rising
166	Montenegro	37.4 kt	2023	up 3.6%	flat
167	Bhutan	34.2 kt	2023	up 8.8%	rising
168	China, Macao SAR	33.44 kt	2023	up 25.0%	rising
169	Comoros	33.34 kt	2023	up 23.0%	rising
170	Solomon Islands	32.86 kt	2023	up 35.0%	rising
171	Malta	31.16 kt	2023	up 22.1%	rising
172	Polynesia	29.59 kt	2023	up 4.0%	rising
173	Suriname	26.82 kt	2023	up 12.7%	rising
174	Iceland	23.91 kt	2023	up 23.8%	rising
175	Maldives	23.9 kt	2023	up 26.8%	rising
176	Cabo Verde	21.14 kt	2023	up 2.9%	rising
177	Micronesia	21.09 kt	2023	up 2.1%	rising
178	Brunei Darussalam	20.42 kt	2023	up 11.6%	rising
179	Belize	18 kt	2023	up 22.9%	rising
180	Bahamas	17.8 kt	2023	up 8.2%	rising
181	Vanuatu	13.56 kt	2023	up 26.5%	rising
182	New Caledonia	13.1 kt	2023	up 8.2%	rising
183	Barbados	12.86 kt	2023	up 6.3%	rising
184	French Polynesia	12.76 kt	2023	up 4.1%	rising
185	Samoa	9.76 kt	2023	up 13.0%	rising
186	Sao Tome and Principe	8.88 kt	2023	up 20.5%	rising
187	Saint Lucia	8.12 kt	2023	up 8.0%	rising
188	Curaçao	6.63 kt	2023	up 13.7%	rising
189	Guam	5.96 kt	2023	up 0.3%	rising
190	Kiribati	5.76 kt	2023	up 19.1%	rising
191	Seychelles	5.59 kt	2023	up 33.2%	rising
192	Grenada	5.18 kt	2023	up 9.1%	rising
193	Tonga	4.93 kt	2023	down 3.9%	rising
194	Micronesia (Federated States of)	4.79 kt	2023	up 3.5%	flat
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.65 kt	2023	down 0.9%	flat
196	Antigua and Barbuda	4.13 kt	2023	up 8.7%	rising
197	Aruba	3.86 kt	2023	up 5.2%	rising
198	Andorra	3.81 kt	2023	up 7.5%	rising
199	Isle of Man	3.63 kt	2023	up 0.0%	rising
200	United States Virgin Islands	3.07 kt	2023	down 16.9%	falling
201	Dominica	2.97 kt	2023	up 0.1%	flat
202	Cayman Islands	2.61 kt	2023	up 24.5%	rising
203	Greenland	2.52 kt	2023	down 1.0%	flat
204	Faroe Islands	2.36 kt	2023	up 13.3%	rising
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.06 kt	2023	up 3.9%	rising
206	Gibraltar	1.81 kt	2023	up 18.7%	rising
207	Marshall Islands	1.79 kt	2023	down 20.6%	falling
208	Liechtenstein	1.76 kt	2023	up 7.3%	rising
209	Monaco	1.74 kt	2023	up 9.9%	rising
210	American Samoa	1.7 kt	2023	down 12.0%	flat
211	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.65 kt	2023	up 37.3%	rising
212	Northern Mariana Islands	1.61 kt	2023	down 14.4%	falling
213	San Marino	1.59 kt	2023	up 0.3%	rising
214	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.53 kt	2023	up 19.2%	rising
215	British Virgin Islands	1.39 kt	2023	up 23.0%	rising
216	Saint Martin (French Part)	0.9842 kt	2023	down 26.5%	falling
217	Palau	0.6341 kt	2023	up 0.4%	flat
218	Bermuda	0.618 kt	2023	up 1.8%	rising
219	Nauru	0.5394 kt	2023	up 12.4%	rising
220	Tuvalu	0.4326 kt	2023	down 10.9%	rising

Regions and income groups

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

World 382,286 kt
Non-Annex I countries 300,004 kt
Asia 220,720 kt
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 117,570 kt
Southern Asia 88,042 kt
Eastern Asia 85,865 kt
Annex I countries 82,080 kt
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 73,718 kt
Americas 59,788 kt
Africa 57,971 kt
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 46,330 kt
Europe 41,361 kt
Northern America 30,772 kt
South-Eastern Asia 29,843 kt
United States of America 28,370 kt
European Union (27) 26,418 kt
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 23,846 kt
South America 19,234 kt
Eastern Africa 18,791 kt
Western Africa 17,557 kt
Eastern Europe 14,535 kt
Western Asia 13,340 kt
Western Europe 11,618 kt
Northern Africa 10,968 kt
Southern Europe 9,026 kt
Central America 8,081 kt
Middle Africa 7,714 kt
Northern Europe 6,182 kt
Central Asia 3,630 kt
Southern Africa 2,941 kt
Small island developing States (SIDS) 2,932 kt
Oceania 2,447 kt

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Indicator: Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 252 places, 8,353 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 23 October 2026

The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.