Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) by country

Name: Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Countries reporting

228

Highest

26,568 kt

OECD

Lowest

0.0329 kt

Tokelau

Median

135.89 kt

Years covered

1961–2050

Data points

15,473

What the numbers show

Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 228 countries. The highest value is 26,568 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0329 kt in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 135.89 kt, and the mean is 888.94 kt.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 20.2%), and the largest decrease in Serbia and Montenegro (down 36.8%).

Emissions from livestock — Emissions: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	OECD	26,568 kt	2050	—	falling
2	India	17,753 kt	2050	—	rising
3	Brazil	15,703 kt	2050	—	rising
4	China	14,763 kt	2050	—	rising
5	China, mainland	14,697 kt	2050	—	rising
6	USSR	11,109 kt	1991	down 0.7%	rising
7	United States	7,627 kt	2050	—	falling
8	Pakistan	4,885 kt	2050	—	volatile
9	Australia and New Zealand	4,241 kt	2050	—	falling
10	Argentina	4,085 kt	2050	—	rising
11	Australia	3,015 kt	2050	—	falling
12	Mexico	2,837 kt	2050	—	rising
13	Colombia	2,494 kt	2050	—	rising
14	Russia	2,381 kt	2050	—	falling
14	Russian Federation	2,381 kt	2050	—	falling
16	Sudan (former)	2,233 kt	2011	up 10.9%	rising
17	Ethiopia	2,122 kt	2050	—	rising
18	Sudan	1,809 kt	2023	up 1.9%	flat
19	Myanmar	1,614 kt	2050	—	rising
20	France	1,572 kt	2050	—	falling
21	Bangladesh	1,520 kt	2050	—	rising
22	Nigeria	1,500 kt	2050	—	rising
23	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1,449 kt	2050	—	rising
24	Ethiopia PDR	1,431 kt	1992	up 16.1%	rising
25	Vietnam	1,377 kt	2050	—	rising
25	Viet Nam	1,377 kt	2050	—	rising
27	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1,368 kt	2050	—	rising
28	Indonesia	1,312 kt	2050	—	rising
29	Chad	1,284 kt	2050	—	volatile
30	United Republic of Tanzania	1,257 kt	2050	—	rising
31	Germany	1,246 kt	2050	—	falling
32	Canada	1,240 kt	2050	—	flat
33	Kenya	1,231 kt	2050	—	rising
34	New Zealand	1,226 kt	2050	—	rising
35	Paraguay	1,103 kt	2050	—	rising
36	Somalia	1,052 kt	2050	—	rising
37	United Kingdom	1,036 kt	2050	—	falling
37	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1,036 kt	2050	—	falling
39	Turkey	911.41 kt	2050	—	falling
39	Türkiye	911.41 kt	2050	—	falling
41	Spain	870.55 kt	2050	—	rising
42	Uruguay	863.65 kt	2050	—	rising
43	Philippines	827.72 kt	2050	—	rising
44	South Africa	807.99 kt	2050	—	flat
45	Niger	797.98 kt	2050	—	volatile
46	Caribbean	792.87 kt	2050	—	rising
47	Mali	789.66 kt	2050	—	volatile
48	South Sudan	746.39 kt	2023	up 15.7%	rising
49	Nepal	699.59 kt	2050	—	rising
50	Burkina Faso	687.74 kt	2050	—	volatile
51	Peru	685.61 kt	2050	—	rising
52	Ukraine	675.47 kt	2050	—	volatile
53	Italy	659.79 kt	2050	—	falling
54	Uzbekistan	643.38 kt	2050	—	rising
55	Afghanistan	638.89 kt	2050	—	rising
56	Uganda	627.02 kt	2050	—	volatile
57	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	606.52 kt	2050	—	rising
58	Yugoslav SFR	594.87 kt	1991	down 13.8%	flat
59	Egypt	586.18 kt	2050	—	rising
60	Kazakhstan	577.6 kt	2050	—	flat
61	Thailand	567.45 kt	2050	—	falling
62	Madagascar	562.62 kt	2050	—	rising
63	Poland	550.03 kt	2050	—	falling
64	Ecuador	515.62 kt	2050	—	rising
65	Ireland	515.47 kt	2050	—	rising
66	Mongolia	461.19 kt	2050	—	rising
67	Zimbabwe	425.42 kt	2050	—	rising
68	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	422.26 kt	2050	—	flat
69	Czechoslovakia	393.49 kt	1992	down 15.0%	rising
70	Chile	384.71 kt	2050	—	rising
71	Romania	361.69 kt	2050	—	falling
72	Belarus	348.13 kt	2050	—	falling
73	Cameroon	346.46 kt	2050	—	rising
74	Morocco	343.39 kt	2050	—	rising
75	Nicaragua	341.31 kt	2023	up 20.2%	rising
76	Cambodia	331.43 kt	2050	—	rising
77	Belgium-Luxembourg	329.83 kt	1999	up 1.9%	rising
78	Senegal	328.96 kt	2050	—	rising
79	Algeria	325.12 kt	2050	—	rising
80	Mauritania	324.5 kt	2050	—	rising
81	Cuba	320.8 kt	2050	—	falling
82	Central African Republic	319.84 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Angola	316.97 kt	2050	—	rising
84	Guatemala	307.77 kt	2050	—	rising
85	Japan	305.27 kt	2050	—	rising
86	Laos	303.01 kt	2050	—	rising
86	Lao People's Democratic Republic	303.01 kt	2050	—	rising
88	Syria	288.21 kt	2050	—	rising
88	Syrian Arab Republic	288.21 kt	2050	—	rising
90	Turkmenistan	282.16 kt	2050	—	rising
91	Republic of Korea	276.98 kt	2050	—	rising
92	Guinea	273.25 kt	2050	—	volatile
93	Yemen	262.5 kt	2050	—	rising
94	Iraq	245.84 kt	2050	—	falling
95	Belgium	235.6 kt	2050	—	falling
96	Dominican Republic	235.59 kt	2050	—	rising
97	Denmark	233.8 kt	2050	—	falling
98	Mozambique	209.52 kt	2050	—	rising
99	Azerbaijan	190.93 kt	2050	—	rising
100	Austria	178.59 kt	2050	—	falling
101	Switzerland	171.99 kt	2050	—	falling
102	Zambia	169.71 kt	2050	—	rising
103	Honduras	167.37 kt	2050	—	rising
104	Serbia and Montenegro	167.34 kt	2005	down 36.8%	falling
105	Serbia	162.74 kt	2050	—	flat
106	Haiti	158.62 kt	2050	—	rising
107	Greece	157.66 kt	2050	—	falling
108	Portugal	154.46 kt	2050	—	flat
109	Eritrea	153.28 kt	2050	—	rising
110	Benin	149.17 kt	2050	—	volatile
111	El Salvador	148.4 kt	2050	—	rising
112	Ghana	142.09 kt	2050	—	rising
113	Tajikistan	141.81 kt	2050	—	rising
114	Botswana	137.34 kt	2050	—	rising
115	Melanesia	134.44 kt	2050	—	rising
116	Sweden	134.07 kt	2050	—	falling
117	Panama	129.58 kt	2050	—	rising
118	Kyrgyzstan	125.6 kt	2050	—	rising
119	Tunisia	125.16 kt	2050	—	rising
120	Namibia	120.84 kt	2050	—	rising
121	Democratic Republic of the Congo	117.07 kt	2050	—	rising
122	Czechia	113.19 kt	2050	—	falling
123	Norway	112.4 kt	2050	—	falling
124	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	103.53 kt	2050	—	rising
125	Cote d'Ivoire	100.31 kt	2050	—	rising
125	Côte d'Ivoire	100.31 kt	2050	—	rising
127	Costa Rica	100.29 kt	2050	—	rising
128	Albania	100.28 kt	2050	—	rising
129	Sri Lanka	100 kt	2050	—	falling
130	Libya	97.48 kt	2050	—	rising
131	Malaysia	93.41 kt	2050	—	rising
132	Hungary	91.58 kt	2050	—	falling
133	Malawi	89.31 kt	2050	—	volatile
134	Rwanda	88.33 kt	2050	—	rising
135	Finland	87.77 kt	2050	—	falling
136	Lithuania	85.96 kt	2050	—	falling
137	Bulgaria	79.24 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	Saudi Arabia	79.03 kt	2050	—	volatile
139	Georgia	71.58 kt	2050	—	rising
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70.49 kt	2050	—	flat
141	Croatia	68.17 kt	2050	—	falling
142	Papua New Guinea	67.64 kt	2050	—	rising
143	China, Taiwan Province of	65.41 kt	2050	—	rising
144	Togo	62.85 kt	2050	—	volatile
145	Lesotho	50.03 kt	2050	—	rising
146	Slovakia	48.18 kt	2050	—	falling
147	Moldova	44.7 kt	2050	—	falling
147	Republic of Moldova	44.7 kt	2050	—	falling
149	Burundi	43.18 kt	2050	—	rising
150	Slovenia	39.46 kt	2050	—	falling
151	Latvia	38.45 kt	2050	—	falling
152	North Macedonia	37.67 kt	2050	—	falling
153	Armenia	37.52 kt	2050	—	rising
154	United Arab Emirates	37.11 kt	2050	—	volatile
155	Fiji	36.76 kt	2050	—	rising
156	Sierra Leone	36.02 kt	2050	—	volatile
157	Eswatini	35.32 kt	2050	—	rising
158	Puerto Rico	34.34 kt	2050	—	falling
159	Guinea-Bissau	33.29 kt	2050	—	rising
160	Gambia	28.43 kt	2050	—	rising
161	East Timor	25.18 kt	2050	—	rising
161	Timor-Leste	25.18 kt	2050	—	rising
163	Oman	25.07 kt	2050	—	volatile
164	Estonia	25.03 kt	2050	—	falling
165	Jamaica	23.14 kt	2050	—	falling
166	Jordan	23.07 kt	2050	—	rising
167	Djibouti	22.92 kt	2050	—	rising
168	Israel	22.36 kt	2050	—	rising
169	Bhutan	17.97 kt	2050	—	rising
170	Vanuatu	17.51 kt	2050	—	rising
171	Congo	17.29 kt	2050	—	volatile
172	Polynesia	16.57 kt	2050	—	rising
173	Montenegro	15.79 kt	2050	—	flat
174	Luxembourg	14.1 kt	2050	—	falling
175	Iceland	12.58 kt	2050	—	falling
176	Guyana	11.03 kt	2050	—	falling
177	Palestine	9.36 kt	2050	—	rising
177	Palestine	9.36 kt	2050	—	rising
179	New Caledonia	9.3 kt	2050	—	falling
180	Samoa	9.22 kt	2050	—	rising
181	Lebanon	8.51 kt	2050	—	rising
182	Kuwait	7.34 kt	2050	—	volatile
183	Liberia	7.33 kt	2050	—	rising
184	Cyprus	6.68 kt	2050	—	rising
185	Guadeloupe	6.2 kt	2050	—	rising
186	Belize	5.7 kt	2050	—	rising
187	Suriname	5.06 kt	2050	—	rising
188	Trinidad and Tobago	4.32 kt	2050	—	falling
189	Reunion	4.12 kt	2050	—	rising
189	Réunion	4.12 kt	2050	—	rising
191	Gabon	4.1 kt	2050	—	rising
192	Tonga	3.94 kt	2050	—	rising
193	Micronesia	3.47 kt	2050	—	volatile
194	Comoros	3.31 kt	2050	—	rising
195	Solomon Islands	3.22 kt	2050	—	rising
196	Malta	3.13 kt	2050	—	rising
197	Micronesia (Federated States of)	2.95 kt	2050	—	rising
198	Cabo Verde	2.77 kt	2050	—	rising
199	Qatar	2.65 kt	2050	—	volatile
200	French Polynesia	1.77 kt	2050	—	rising
201	Antigua and Barbuda	1.75 kt	2050	—	rising
202	Martinique	1.65 kt	2050	—	falling
203	Barbados	1.53 kt	2050	—	falling
204	Brunei	1.51 kt	2050	—	falling
204	Brunei Darussalam	1.51 kt	2050	—	falling
206	Dominica	1.46 kt	2050	—	rising
207	Saint Lucia	1.16 kt	2050	—	rising
208	French Guiana	1.14 kt	2050	—	volatile
209	Cook Islands	1.08 kt	2050	—	rising
210	Bahrain	0.8709 kt	2050	—	rising
211	Faroe Islands	0.8547 kt	2050	—	flat
212	Mauritius	0.7765 kt	2050	—	falling
213	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.652 kt	2050	—	falling
214	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.6082 kt	2050	—	falling
215	Grenada	0.6011 kt	2050	—	rising
216	Equatorial Guinea	0.5221 kt	2050	—	rising
217	Bahamas	0.4605 kt	2050	—	falling
218	Tuvalu	0.4437 kt	2050	—	rising
219	Kiribati	0.4434 kt	2050	—	rising
220	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.4132 kt	2050	—	volatile
221	Sao Tome and Principe	0.2811 kt	2050	—	rising
222	Seychelles	0.1363 kt	2050	—	falling
223	Singapore	0.0999 kt	2050	—	volatile
224	Niue	0.0848 kt	2050	—	rising
225	Nauru	0.0787 kt	2050	—	rising
225	Nauru	0.0787 kt	2050	—	rising
227	China, Macao SAR	0.0544 kt	2050	—	volatile
228	Tokelau	0.0329 kt	2050	—	rising

Regions and income groups

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

World 130,918 kt
Non-Annex I countries 103,793 kt
Asia 53,345 kt
Americas 41,659 kt
Latin America and the Caribbean 32,791 kt
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 28,792 kt
South America 27,907 kt
Annex I countries 27,115 kt
Southern Asia 26,982 kt
Africa 18,362 kt
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 17,566 kt
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 16,976 kt
Eastern Asia 15,910 kt
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 13,579 kt
Europe 13,156 kt
Northern America 8,867 kt
Eastern Africa 8,062 kt
European Union (27) 7,993 kt
United States of America 7,627 kt
South-Eastern Asia 6,453 kt
Western Africa 5,264 kt
Eastern Europe 4,693 kt
Oceania 4,396 kt
Central America 4,092 kt
Western Europe 3,841 kt
Middle Africa 2,407 kt
Southern Europe 2,340 kt
Northern Europe 2,282 kt
Western Asia 2,230 kt
Central Asia 1,771 kt
Northern Africa 1,477 kt
Southern Africa 1,152 kt
Small island developing States (SIDS) 1,035 kt

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Indicator: Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 261 places, 15,473 data points, 1961–2050
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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