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Emissions from livestock β€” Emissions (CH4), per capita by country

Emissions from livestock β€” Emissions (CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
170
Highest
0.0002 kt per person
Uruguay
Lowest
0 kt per person
Singapore
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,815

What the numbers show

Emissions from livestock β€” Emissions (CH4), per capita is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 0.0002 kt per person in Uruguay; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per person, and the mean is 0 kt per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17,959.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 86.2%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 56.6%).

Emissions from livestock β€” Emissions, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uruguay 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 0.3% falling
2 New Zealand 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 23.0% falling
3 Mongolia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 33.1% falling
4 Chad 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 29.6% rising
5 Paraguay 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 11.8% flat
6 Ireland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 14.8% falling
7 Australia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 13.3% falling
8 Argentina 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 2.2% falling
9 Brazil 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 5.0% rising
10 South Sudan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 12.6% rising
11 Nicaragua 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 5.4% falling
12 Mauritania 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.4% falling
13 Namibia 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.7% falling
14 Belarus 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.1% falling
15 Central African Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.8% rising
16 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.4% falling
17 Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
18 Mali 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.7% falling
19 Turkmenistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.6% rising
20 Eritrea 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.4% falling
21 Somalia 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.0% falling
22 Colombia 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.3% falling
23 Niger 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.1% falling
24 Iceland 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.8% falling
25 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 up 44.6% falling
26 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 17.1% rising
27 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.6% falling
28 Ethiopia 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.8% rising
29 Luxembourg 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
30 Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 20.5% rising
31 Vanuatu 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.8% falling
32 Kenya 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.3% falling
33 Canada 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.7% falling
34 Tuvalu 0 kt per person 2023 up 17.8% rising
35 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.7% flat
36 Tonga 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.8% rising
37 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.4% rising
38 France 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.7% falling
39 Albania 0 kt per person 2023 down 27.1% flat
40 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.6% falling
41 Burkina Faso 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.8% rising
42 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
43 Panama 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.0% falling
44 New Caledonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.5% falling
45 Austria 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.2% falling
46 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.1% falling
47 Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 down 35.3% rising
48 Latvia 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
49 Mexico 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.8% falling
50 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.2% flat
51 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.8% rising
52 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.2% falling
53 Slovenia 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.8% falling
54 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.8% falling
55 Estonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.5% falling
56 Norway 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.7% falling
57 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.3% falling
58 Honduras 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.9% falling
59 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
60 Djibouti 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
61 Botswana 0 kt per person 2023 down 56.6% falling
62 Bhutan 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
63 Montenegro 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.9% falling
64 Serbia 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
65 Poland 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.5% falling
66 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.1% falling
67 Faroe Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.4% falling
68 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.1% rising
69 Dominica 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.2% rising
70 Belize 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.8% falling
71 Fiji 0 kt per person 2023 down 44.7% falling
72 Romania 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.2% falling
73 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.9% falling
74 Nepal 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.4% falling
75 Guatemala 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.2% falling
76 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 down 38.4% rising
77 Germany 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.6% falling
78 Finland 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.9% falling
79 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.6% rising
80 Uganda 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.6% falling
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.8% rising
82 Ecuador 0 kt per person 2023 down 36.5% falling
83 Greece 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.7% falling
84 Senegal 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
85 North Macedonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 27.9% falling
86 Lesotho 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.7% falling
87 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.1% falling
88 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.8% falling
89 Croatia 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.8% falling
90 Georgia 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.2% rising
91 India 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.5% falling
92 Cambodia 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.0% falling
93 Czechia 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.4% falling
94 Haiti 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.6% falling
95 Guyana 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.8% falling
96 Afghanistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
97 Chile 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.1% falling
98 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.4% falling
99 Oman 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.3% rising
100 Bulgaria 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.5% falling
101 Libya 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.3% falling
102 Madagascar 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.9% falling
103 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.2% falling
104 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.3% flat
105 South Africa 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.6% falling
106 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.5% falling
107 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.2% falling
108 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.0% rising
109 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per person 2023 up 86.2% falling
110 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 up 57.9% rising
111 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.7% falling
112 Togo 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.7% flat
113 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.0% falling
114 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 down 35.1% volatile
115 Slovak Republic 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.3% falling
116 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.8% falling
117 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.5% rising
118 China 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.2% flat
119 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.5% falling
120 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.0% falling
121 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.7% volatile
122 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.2% falling
123 Yemen 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.2% falling
124 Gambia 0 kt per person 2023 down 38.2% falling
125 Grenada 0 kt per person 2023 up 17.8% falling
126 Qatar 0 kt per person 2023 up 28.5% volatile
127 Sierra Leone 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.7% rising
128 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.3% falling
129 Thailand 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.4% falling
130 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 up 19.8% falling
131 Burundi 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.0% falling
132 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 23.0% falling
133 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.6% falling
134 Saint Lucia 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.2% falling
135 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.4% falling
136 Puerto Rico 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.1% falling
137 French Polynesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.5% falling
138 Malta 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.1% flat
139 Nauru 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.7% rising
140 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.7% falling
141 Barbados 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
142 Suriname 0 kt per person 2023 down 33.7% falling
143 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2023 down 40.2% falling
144 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.8% falling
145 Iraq 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.1% volatile
146 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
147 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
148 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.6% falling
149 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.9% falling
150 Israel 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.2% falling
151 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.1% falling
152 Solomon Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.6% falling
153 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 down 56.0% falling
154 Congo 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.9% rising
155 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.0% falling
156 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.1% volatile
157 Kiribati 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.3% falling
158 Lebanon 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.3% falling
159 Kuwait 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.3% falling
160 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2023 down 27.4% falling
161 Gabon 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.0% rising
162 State of Palestine 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.0% falling
163 Liberia 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.7% falling
164 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.8% falling
165 Bahamas 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.6% volatile
166 Bahrain 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.8% falling
167 Seychelles 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
168 Mauritius 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.4% volatile
169 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.0% falling
170 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.9% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Emissions from livestock β€” Emissions (CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Emissions from livestock β€” Emissions (CH4) Γ· Population, total

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Indicator
Emissions from livestock β€” Emissions (CH4), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
171 places, 9,815 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Emissions from livestock β€” Emissions (CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.