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Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre by country

Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (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
0.3439 kt per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.0006 kt per square kilometre
Suriname
Median
0.0386 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,815

What the numbers show

Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 0.3439 kt per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.0006 kt per square kilometre in Suriname.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0386 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0551 kt per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 541.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 121.2%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 49.3%).

Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 0.3439 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% rising
2 Ireland 0.2853 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% rising
3 Belgium 0.2651 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% falling
4 Pakistan 0.2515 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 38.1% volatile
5 Tuvalu 0.2486 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
6 Malta 0.2295 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.9% rising
7 Luxembourg 0.2167 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.6% flat
8 Denmark 0.1991 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.2% falling
9 India 0.176 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% rising
10 Dominican Republic 0.1681 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% rising
11 Haiti 0.1626 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
12 Uruguay 0.1482 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% rising
13 New Zealand 0.1445 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.2% flat
14 Uganda 0.1427 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.9% volatile
15 Barbados 0.1341 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% falling
16 Switzerland 0.134 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% falling
17 Burundi 0.1185 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 53.0% rising
18 Germany 0.1176 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.0% falling
19 Tonga 0.1159 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
20 Ethiopia 0.1134 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 32.2% rising
21 Rwanda 0.109 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.1% rising
22 Nepal 0.1054 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 26.0% rising
23 Nicaragua 0.101 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.4% rising
24 Costa Rica 0.1009 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 55.0% rising
25 France 0.0972 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 12.8% falling
26 El Salvador 0.092 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.1% falling
27 Guatemala 0.0919 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 19.8% rising
28 Kenya 0.0889 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 23.4% rising
29 Malawi 0.0884 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 121.2% volatile
30 Cuba 0.0831 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.8% falling
31 Italy 0.0818 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.6% falling
32 Uzbekistan 0.0817 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 38.7% rising
33 Austria 0.0757 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% falling
34 Burkina Faso 0.0749 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% volatile
35 Nauru 0.0747 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
36 Grenada 0.0742 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 24.0% rising
37 Chad 0.073 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 82.6% volatile
38 Azerbaijan 0.0727 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% rising
39 Nigeria 0.0717 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 17.7% volatile
40 Paraguay 0.0704 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
41 Albania 0.0686 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 37.4% rising
42 Poland 0.068 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% falling
43 Slovenia 0.0676 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.0% falling
44 Spain 0.0643 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
45 Lebanon 0.0643 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.5% rising
46 Portugal 0.0628 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% flat
47 Brazil 0.0619 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% rising
48 Belarus 0.0618 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% falling
49 Israel 0.0609 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% rising
50 Colombia 0.0599 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 26.8% rising
51 Comoros 0.0597 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% flat
52 Honduras 0.0591 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
53 Puerto Rico 0.0588 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.8% falling
54 Guinea 0.0572 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 55.5% volatile
55 Gambia 0.0571 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.7% rising
56 Bahrain 0.055 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.2% rising
57 State of Palestine 0.0548 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% rising
58 Qatar 0.0546 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 99.7% volatile
59 Saint Lucia 0.0542 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% rising
60 Togo 0.054 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 43.5% volatile
61 Samoa 0.054 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 27.0% rising
62 Jamaica 0.0522 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.6% falling
63 Czechia 0.0519 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% falling
64 Guinea-Bissau 0.0517 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.5% rising
65 Eswatini 0.0516 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.6% rising
66 Senegal 0.0512 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 17.1% rising
67 Tajikistan 0.051 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% rising
68 Trinidad and Tobago 0.051 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
69 Dominica 0.0506 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% rising
70 Philippines 0.0501 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% rising
71 South Sudan 0.0485 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% rising
72 Mexico 0.0481 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.8% rising
73 Benin 0.0481 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 38.6% rising
74 Romania 0.0464 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% falling
75 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0463 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.1% rising
76 Panama 0.0459 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.8% rising
77 Serbia 0.0452 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.7% falling
78 Mauritius 0.0444 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% rising
79 Myanmar 0.0433 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 33.3% rising
80 Argentina 0.0427 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% flat
81 Greece 0.04 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.7% falling
82 Eritrea 0.0398 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
83 China (People’s Republic of) 0.0398 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.3% rising
84 Cambodia 0.0392 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.9% rising
85 Sudan 0.0387 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% flat
86 Lesotho 0.0384 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.7% rising
87 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0384 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% falling
88 Hungary 0.0382 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% falling
89 Somalia 0.0374 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% rising
90 Armenia 0.0372 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.6% rising
91 Ecuador 0.0365 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 26.2% rising
92 Sri Lanka 0.0361 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.6% falling
93 Lithuania 0.0344 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 21.5% falling
94 Djibouti 0.0328 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
95 Indonesia 0.0326 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 42.7% rising
96 Ghana 0.0323 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 48.0% rising
97 North Macedonia 0.0323 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 30.7% falling
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.031 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 28.8% falling
99 United Arab Emirates 0.0309 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 26.3% volatile
100 Kuwait 0.0306 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 38.6% volatile
101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0301 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 24.7% falling
102 Kyrgyzstan 0.03 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% rising
103 Japan 0.0295 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% rising
104 Fiji 0.029 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 44.2% rising
105 Mali 0.0287 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 51.6% volatile
106 Croatia 0.0286 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.0% falling
107 Slovak Republic 0.0282 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 17.6% falling
108 Niger 0.0281 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 46.3% volatile
109 Morocco 0.0279 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
110 Thailand 0.0273 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.9% falling
111 Montenegro 0.0263 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 17.3% falling
112 Sierra Leone 0.0263 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% volatile
113 Zimbabwe 0.0263 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% rising
114 Georgia 0.0257 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 23.7% falling
115 Tunisia 0.025 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.4% rising
116 Cyprus 0.0245 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 32.9% rising
117 Faroe Islands 0.0236 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% flat
118 Cameroon 0.0233 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
119 Afghanistan 0.0229 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% rising
120 Vanuatu 0.0227 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 43.7% rising
121 Singapore 0.0221 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.5% volatile
122 Turkmenistan 0.0214 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.2% rising
123 Madagascar 0.0208 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.0% rising
124 Latvia 0.0203 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 12.5% falling
125 Bulgaria 0.0198 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.4% falling
126 Estonia 0.0198 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% falling
127 South Africa 0.0195 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.6% flat
128 Peru 0.0181 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% rising
129 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0179 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.4% rising
130 Mongolia 0.0175 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 58.0% rising
131 Ukraine 0.0171 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 45.6% volatile
132 Yemen 0.0165 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% rising
133 Iraq 0.015 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% falling
134 Central African Republic 0.0134 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.6% volatile
135 Australia 0.0131 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% falling
136 Jordan 0.0129 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 19.3% rising
137 Kiribati 0.0123 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.4% rising
138 French Polynesia 0.0122 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
139 Seychelles 0.012 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 46.2% flat
140 New Caledonia 0.0119 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.6% falling
141 Bhutan 0.011 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% rising
142 Chile 0.0108 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% rising
143 Egypt 0.0107 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 43.1% rising
144 Zambia 0.0105 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.4% rising
145 Sweden 0.0103 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 14.7% falling
146 Malaysia 0.0102 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.3% rising
147 Belize 0.0102 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.5% rising
148 Norway 0.0096 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% falling
149 Mauritania 0.0094 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.1% rising
150 Finland 0.0091 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.0% falling
151 Kazakhstan 0.0077 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 17.4% flat
152 Angola 0.0076 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.4% rising
153 Namibia 0.0072 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 30.2% rising
154 Oman 0.0062 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.7% volatile
155 Mozambique 0.0058 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.5% rising
156 Algeria 0.0054 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% rising
157 Saudi Arabia 0.0049 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 102.0% volatile
158 Iceland 0.004 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.1% falling
159 Canada 0.0037 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.1% flat
160 Liberia 0.0033 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% rising
161 Botswana 0.0029 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 49.3% falling
162 Papua New Guinea 0.0028 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
163 Solomon Islands 0.0025 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
164 Bahamas 0.002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% flat
165 Guyana 0.0019 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.5% falling
166 Libya 0.0017 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% rising
167 Congo 0.0017 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% volatile
168 Equatorial Guinea 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
169 Gabon 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.9% rising
170 Suriname 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.9% rising

Regions and income groups

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

  • World 0.0333 kt per square kilometre

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Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (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) (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
171 places, 9,815 data points, 1961–2023
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Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (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.