Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre by country
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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
170
Highest
0.2747 kt per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.0004 kt per square kilometre
Suriname
Median
0.0272 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,815
What the numbers show
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 0.2747 kt per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.0004 kt per square kilometre in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0272 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0402 kt per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 726.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 127.2%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 49.7%).
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4, per square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 0.2747 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 2 | Ireland | 0.2301 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 3 | Tuvalu | 0.2089 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium | 0.2086 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 5 | Pakistan | 0.2046 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Malta | 0.1891 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 0.1763 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 8 | Denmark | 0.156 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 9 | India | 0.1489 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 10 | Haiti | 0.1201 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 0.1187 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 0.1165 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 13 | New Zealand | 0.1094 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 14 | Switzerland | 0.1074 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 15 | Uganda | 0.094 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Germany | 0.0932 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 17 | Tonga | 0.0915 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 18 | Nepal | 0.0847 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 0.0794 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 0.0782 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 0.078 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 22 | France | 0.0767 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 23 | Burundi | 0.0718 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 24 | Rwanda | 0.0708 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.0695 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 26 | Guatemala | 0.0688 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 27 | Italy | 0.0654 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 28 | Barbados | 0.0652 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 29 | Nauru | 0.0641 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 0.0626 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 31 | Cuba | 0.0624 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 32 | Kenya | 0.0619 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 33 | Austria | 0.061 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 34 | Paraguay | 0.0555 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 35 | Slovenia | 0.054 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 36 | Poland | 0.0527 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 37 | Albania | 0.0527 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 38 | Chad | 0.052 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Spain | 0.0505 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 40 | Portugal | 0.0504 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 0.0502 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Grenada | 0.0497 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 43 | Belarus | 0.0492 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 44 | Brazil | 0.0482 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 0.0479 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 46 | Malawi | 0.0467 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Colombia | 0.0461 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 48 | Nigeria | 0.0458 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 49 | Honduras | 0.0456 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 50 | Puerto Rico | 0.0451 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 51 | Samoa | 0.0418 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 52 | Czechia | 0.0414 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 53 | Comoros | 0.0394 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 0.0389 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 55 | Guinea | 0.0388 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Gambia | 0.0385 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 57 | Dominica | 0.0383 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | 0.0376 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 59 | Philippines | 0.0358 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 60 | Mexico | 0.0356 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 61 | Serbia | 0.0353 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 62 | Panama | 0.0349 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 63 | Romania | 0.0349 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 64 | Eswatini | 0.0347 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 65 | State of Palestine | 0.0339 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 66 | Jamaica | 0.0337 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 67 | Argentina | 0.0334 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 68 | Senegal | 0.0332 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 69 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0331 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 70 | Israel | 0.0331 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 71 | South Sudan | 0.0331 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 72 | Qatar | 0.0329 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Bahrain | 0.0326 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 74 | Myanmar | 0.0326 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 75 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0313 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 76 | Togo | 0.0312 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Benin | 0.0311 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 0.0304 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 79 | Cambodia | 0.0295 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 80 | Greece | 0.0292 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 81 | Somalia | 0.0287 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 82 | Hungary | 0.0286 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 83 | Eritrea | 0.0281 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 84 | Lebanon | 0.0274 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 85 | Lithuania | 0.0274 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 86 | Sudan | 0.0271 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 87 | Ecuador | 0.0268 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 88 | China | 0.0266 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 89 | Lesotho | 0.0257 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0253 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 0.025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 93 | Armenia | 0.0237 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 94 | Djibouti | 0.0231 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0227 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 96 | Slovak Republic | 0.0222 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 97 | Croatia | 0.0221 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 98 | United Arab Emirates | 0.022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Fiji | 0.0213 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.3% | rising |
| 100 | Montenegro | 0.0208 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 101 | Japan | 0.0202 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 102 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0201 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 103 | Ghana | 0.02 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 104 | Niger | 0.0196 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Mali | 0.0195 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Thailand | 0.0193 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 107 | Indonesia | 0.0193 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0188 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 109 | Afghanistan | 0.0179 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 110 | Zimbabwe | 0.0177 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 111 | Morocco | 0.0174 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 112 | Vanuatu | 0.0173 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.1% | rising |
| 113 | Faroe Islands | 0.0173 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 0.0167 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Georgia | 0.0167 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 116 | Latvia | 0.0162 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 117 | Estonia | 0.0159 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 0.0156 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 0.0156 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 120 | Cameroon | 0.0151 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 121 | Tunisia | 0.0147 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 122 | Peru | 0.0137 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 123 | Madagascar | 0.0136 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 124 | Cyprus | 0.0136 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 125 | Ukraine | 0.013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Kuwait | 0.0129 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 127 | South Africa | 0.0128 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 128 | Mongolia | 0.0123 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 129 | Yemen | 0.0108 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 130 | Iraq | 0.0095 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 131 | Australia | 0.0094 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 132 | Mauritius | 0.0094 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 133 | Bhutan | 0.0094 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 0.0091 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 135 | Central African Republic | 0.0089 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 0.0088 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 137 | Kiribati | 0.0085 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 138 | Sweden | 0.0083 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 139 | Belize | 0.0077 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 140 | Jordan | 0.0076 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 141 | Chile | 0.0074 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 142 | Norway | 0.0074 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 143 | Finland | 0.0072 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 144 | Egypt | 0.007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.2% | rising |
| 145 | Zambia | 0.0068 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 146 | Mauritania | 0.0067 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 147 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0059 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 0.0056 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 149 | Malaysia | 0.005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 150 | Namibia | 0.0049 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 151 | Angola | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 152 | Oman | 0.0043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Seychelles | 0.0043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 154 | Mozambique | 0.0037 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 155 | Algeria | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 156 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 127.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Iceland | 0.0031 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 158 | Canada | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 159 | Singapore | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 161 | Botswana | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 163 | Liberia | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 164 | Guyana | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 165 | Congo | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Libya | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 167 | Bahamas | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 169 | Gabon | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 170 | Suriname | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0249 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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.
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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.