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Emissions from food by country

Countries reporting
217
Highest
2.42 billion
China
Lowest
377
Tokelau
Median
15.84 million
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
5,642

What the numbers show

Emissions from food is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 2.42 billion in China; the lowest is 377 in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.84 million, and the mean is 82.31 million.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 223.9%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 58.5%).

Emissions from food: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 2.42 billion 2015 up 16.9% rising
2 Indonesia 1.58 billion 2015 up 44.5% falling
3 United States 1.47 billion 2015 down 4.5% rising
4 Brazil 1.33 billion 2015 down 35.1% falling
5 India 1.13 billion 2015 up 19.2% rising
6 Russia 465.55 million 2015 down 12.3% falling
7 Zambia 458.79 million 2015 down 13.2% rising
8 Canada 383.41 million 2015 up 26.8% rising
9 Argentina 328.94 million 2015 down 10.5% rising
10 Sudan 322.72 million 2015 down 12.6% rising
11 Nigeria 315.84 million 2015 up 9.2% rising
12 Tanzania 279.20 million 2015 down 9.6% flat
13 Pakistan 273.60 million 2015 up 30.5% rising
14 Myanmar 253.43 million 2015 up 31.6% rising
15 Mexico 237.56 million 2015 up 7.2% rising
16 Japan 209.61 million 2015 up 0.2% rising
17 Australia 195.49 million 2015 down 29.6% rising
18 Paraguay 188.77 million 2015 up 75.7% rising
19 Democratic Republic of Congo 181.81 million 2015 up 2.2% flat
20 Germany 179.57 million 2015 down 7.6% falling
21 Bangladesh 174.88 million 2015 up 14.8% rising
22 France 171.06 million 2015 down 1.6% rising
23 Venezuela 164.27 million 2015 down 21.3% falling
24 Vietnam 163.31 million 2015 up 32.6% rising
25 Thailand 158.21 million 2015 down 20.3% rising
26 Iran 143.02 million 2015 up 10.9% rising
27 Cameroon 141.37 million 2015 up 0.9% rising
28 Ethiopia 137.89 million 2015 up 36.0% rising
29 Botswana 133.24 million 2015 up 52.0% falling
30 Angola 133.21 million 2015 down 3.9% rising
31 Malaysia 123.51 million 2015 down 15.4% rising
32 Turkey 121.75 million 2015 up 40.8% rising
33 Peru 120.08 million 2015 up 32.8% flat
34 Bolivia 118.22 million 2015 up 6.1% rising
35 Colombia 115.06 million 2015 down 58.5% falling
36 Papua New Guinea 113.64 million 2015 up 139.6% rising
37 United Kingdom 112.85 million 2015 down 18.8% falling
38 Poland 100.33 million 2015 down 4.8% falling
39 South Africa 99.33 million 2015 up 8.2% rising
40 Italy 98.58 million 2015 down 18.9% flat
41 Spain 97.05 million 2015 down 13.8% rising
42 Philippines 91.97 million 2015 down 7.7% rising
43 South Korea 89.00 million 2015 up 3.4% rising
44 Ukraine 80.75 million 2015 down 14.7% falling
45 Egypt 76.29 million 2015 up 12.6% rising
46 Saudi Arabia 71.41 million 2015 up 53.7% rising
47 Uzbekistan 64.56 million 2015 up 42.2% rising
48 Uganda 62.33 million 2015 up 43.9% rising
49 Kenya 61.61 million 2015 up 52.9% falling
50 Belarus 60.09 million 2015 up 15.4% falling
51 Ecuador 59.12 million 2015 up 2.7% flat
52 New Zealand 57.29 million 2015 up 1.8% rising
53 Netherlands 57.12 million 2015 down 8.1% falling
54 Sweden 56.34 million 2015 down 1.4% rising
55 Algeria 54.67 million 2015 up 47.0% rising
56 Kazakhstan 53.44 million 2015 up 15.9% falling
57 Cambodia 52.95 million 2015 down 4.1% rising
58 Zimbabwe 51.74 million 2015 down 3.1% flat
59 Mozambique 48.06 million 2015 up 3.1% rising
60 Mongolia 46.87 million 2015 up 46.0% flat
61 Guyana 46.00 million 2015 up 74.3% rising
62 Madagascar 45.61 million 2015 down 16.8% falling
63 Chad 45.14 million 2015 up 104.5% rising
64 Morocco 43.54 million 2015 up 45.2% rising
65 Somalia 42.05 million 2015 down 1.8% rising
66 Congo 41.62 million 2015 down 7.3% rising
67 Honduras 39.44 million 2015 up 0.8% falling
68 Nepal 38.40 million 2015 down 39.2% falling
69 Iraq 37.07 million 2015 up 32.1% rising
70 Mali 36.19 million 2015 up 24.1% rising
71 Burkina Faso 34.65 million 2015 up 23.6% rising
72 Guinea 34.36 million 2015 up 25.2% rising
73 Romania 33.66 million 2015 down 3.9% falling
74 Uruguay 33.62 million 2015 down 2.1% rising
75 Guatemala 32.38 million 2015 down 0.3% rising
76 Belgium 32.26 million 2015 up 1.3% flat
77 Chile 31.99 million 2015 up 15.2% rising
78 Ireland 31.38 million 2015 down 4.5% flat
79 North Korea 31.32 million 2015 down 1.7% rising
80 Taiwan 30.34 million 2015 down 10.7% flat
81 Niger 29.71 million 2015 up 34.4% rising
82 Finland 27.88 million 2015 down 53.9% rising
83 Turkmenistan 27.71 million 2015 up 30.1% rising
84 Czechia 23.69 million 2015 down 3.9% falling
85 United Arab Emirates 23.20 million 2015 up 58.9% rising
86 Senegal 22.54 million 2015 up 16.7% rising
87 Hungary 22.50 million 2015 down 12.8% falling
88 Liberia 21.57 million 2015 up 34.2% rising
89 Greece 21.55 million 2015 down 24.3% falling
90 Austria 21.54 million 2015 down 6.0% flat
91 Portugal 21.22 million 2015 down 17.8% flat
92 Qatar 21.13 million 2015 up 148.2% rising
93 Costa Rica 21.06 million 2015 up 223.9% rising
94 Denmark 21.01 million 2015 down 15.5% falling
95 Afghanistan 20.85 million 2015 up 32.7% rising
96 Cuba 20.11 million 2015 up 9.2% falling
97 Sri Lanka 19.36 million 2015 up 7.9% rising
98 Laos 18.61 million 2015 up 20.1% falling
99 Azerbaijan 18.12 million 2015 up 36.8% rising
100 Norway 18.11 million 2015 down 11.8% flat
101 Nicaragua 17.95 million 2015 down 55.6% falling
102 Lithuania 17.79 million 2015 up 29.2% rising
103 Central African Republic 17.72 million 2015 up 12.1% rising
104 Cote d'Ivoire 17.63 million 2015 up 53.2% rising
105 Benin 17.28 million 2015 up 11.3% falling
106 Kuwait 16.97 million 2015 up 33.4% rising
107 Namibia 16.43 million 2015 up 1.8% rising
108 Dominican Republic 16.14 million 2015 up 26.2% rising
109 Syria 15.84 million 2015 down 26.2% rising
110 Israel 15.73 million 2015 up 15.9% rising
111 Yemen 15.51 million 2015 down 5.8% rising
112 Panama 15.17 million 2015 down 4.4% flat
113 Malawi 15.08 million 2015 up 0.6% rising
114 Bulgaria 14.86 million 2015 down 18.0% falling
115 Tunisia 13.50 million 2015 up 19.2% rising
116 Switzerland 13.13 million 2015 down 0.7% rising
117 Ghana 13.07 million 2015 up 49.6% rising
118 Oman 12.87 million 2015 up 62.8% rising
119 Trinidad and Tobago 12.78 million 2015 down 9.2% rising
120 Togo 10.73 million 2015 up 12.9% rising
121 Slovakia 10.10 million 2015 down 1.5% falling
122 Mauritania 10.05 million 2015 up 5.8% rising
123 Libya 9.85 million 2015 down 25.9% flat
124 Tajikistan 9.57 million 2015 up 69.5% rising
125 Latvia 9.04 million 2015 up 11.3% rising
126 Rwanda 8.88 million 2015 up 20.8% rising
127 Kyrgyzstan 8.87 million 2015 up 50.3% rising
128 Burundi 8.62 million 2015 down 1.9% falling
129 Croatia 8.50 million 2015 down 6.3% flat
130 Jordan 8.16 million 2015 up 67.6% rising
131 Sierra Leone 7.77 million 2015 down 20.9% falling
132 Hong Kong 7.15 million 2015 up 7.5% rising
133 Estonia 6.90 million 2015 up 9.4% falling
134 Haiti 6.84 million 2015 up 8.8% rising
135 Suriname 6.72 million 2015 up 50.5% rising
136 El Salvador 6.56 million 2015 down 1.0% rising
137 Eritrea 6.48 million 2015 up 6.5% rising
138 Georgia 6.20 million 2015 up 1.7% falling
139 Equatorial Guinea 6.03 million 2015 down 0.3% rising
140 Lebanon 5.81 million 2015 up 51.5% rising
141 Singapore 5.71 million 2015 up 15.4% rising
142 Belize 5.08 million 2015 down 32.3% falling
143 Albania 5.02 million 2015 up 15.8% rising
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.99 million 2015 up 26.3% rising
145 Slovenia 4.86 million 2015 down 5.1% rising
146 Bahrain 4.04 million 2015 up 45.7% rising
147 Guinea-Bissau 3.94 million 2015 up 23.2% rising
148 Armenia 3.55 million 2015 up 29.3% rising
149 Moldova 3.52 million 2015 up 1.5% falling
150 Gabon 3.37 million 2015 up 4.9% falling
151 Puerto Rico 2.42 million 2015 down 1.1% falling
152 North Macedonia 2.41 million 2015 down 11.0% falling
153 Cyprus 2.26 million 2015 down 0.1% rising
154 Jamaica 2.25 million 2015 down 18.4% falling
155 Brunei 2.10 million 2015 down 28.7% falling
156 Luxembourg 1.94 million 2015 down 9.7% rising
157 Solomon Islands 1.88 million 2015 up 5.9% flat
158 Iceland 1.88 million 2015 down 2.4% flat
159 Lesotho 1.80 million 2015 down 6.2% rising
160 Fiji 1.60 million 2015 down 31.3% flat
161 Gambia 1.42 million 2015 up 37.4% rising
162 Djibouti 1.18 million 2015 up 3.6% rising
163 Mauritius 934,963 2015 down 9.8% rising
164 Netherlands Antilles 903,408 2015 up 41.6% rising
165 Bhutan 841,445 2015 down 3.9% flat
166 Bahamas 694,266 2015 up 17.6% rising
167 Western Sahara 632,365 2015 up 4.0% rising
168 Vanuatu 561,180 2015 up 22.8% rising
169 Guadeloupe 561,050 2015 up 27.7% rising
170 Reunion 530,013 2015 down 10.0% rising
171 New Caledonia 523,561 2015 up 28.5% rising
172 Comoros 516,664 2015 up 14.1% rising
173 Malta 491,347 2015 down 12.3% rising
174 Barbados 455,450 2015 up 29.9% rising
175 Falkland Islands 403,495 2015 up 1.0% rising
176 Martinique 394,434 2015 up 39.4% rising
177 Cape Verde 301,214 2015 up 28.5% rising
178 Samoa 251,619 2015 up 22.7% rising
179 French Guiana 207,652 2015 up 20.8% rising
180 Macao 190,741 2015 up 1.7% rising
181 Greenland 187,941 2015 up 7.6% volatile
182 French Polynesia 182,221 2015 up 7.2% rising
183 Maldives 166,079 2015 up 92.3% volatile
184 Dominica 164,483 2015 down 0.9% rising
185 Saint Lucia 149,089 2015 up 22.1% rising
186 Palau 142,617 2015 up 6.9% flat
187 Antigua and Barbuda 141,285 2015 up 0.1% rising
188 Aruba 137,738 2015 up 61.4% rising
189 Seychelles 120,515 2015 up 20.1% rising
190 Tonga 115,824 2015 up 8.0% rising
191 Mayotte 80,636 2015 down 6.7% rising
192 Grenada 78,962 2015 up 27.1% rising
193 Cayman Islands 77,896 2015 up 77.0% rising
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 74,376 2015 up 11.9% rising
195 Bermuda 73,540 2015 up 22.9% rising
196 United States Virgin Islands 65,859 2015 down 12.0% flat
197 Sao Tome and Principe 65,146 2015 up 45.2% volatile
198 Northern Mariana Islands 63,995 2015 down 0.6% rising
199 Saint Kitts and Nevis 63,725 2015 up 12.6% rising
200 Gibraltar 63,282 2015 up 36.8% rising
201 Guam 52,314 2015 up 3.8% rising
202 Faroe Islands 51,596 2015 down 2.0% flat
203 Niue 49,805 2015 up 3.6% rising
204 Montserrat 30,456 2015 up 11.7% falling
205 Kiribati 29,406 2015 up 27.4% rising
206 Turks and Caicos Islands 29,129 2015 up 204.2% volatile
207 British Virgin Islands 28,562 2015 up 59.4% rising
208 American Samoa 27,005 2015 down 2.5% rising
209 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 15,754 2015 up 10.8% rising
210 Wallis and Futuna 14,468 2015 down 7.4% flat
211 Cook Islands 14,396 2015 down 3.2% rising
212 Anguilla 7,079 2015 up 54.2% rising
213 Tuvalu 5,999 2015 up 13.4% rising
214 Saint Helena 2,937 2015 down 21.9% falling
215 Nauru 2,633 2015 up 42.9% rising
216 Marshall Islands 2,196 2015 up 2.5% rising
217 Tokelau 377 2015 up 0.4% falling

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Indicator
Emissions from food
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
217 places, 5,642 data points, 1990–2015
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