Emissions from livestock — Emissions per capita by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.

Countries reporting
213
Highest
7.93 t CO2eq/cap
Mongolia
Lowest
0 t CO2eq/cap
China, Macao SAR
Median
0.46 t CO2eq/cap
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,121

What the numbers show

Emissions from livestock — Emissions per capita is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 7.93 t CO2eq/cap in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 t CO2eq/cap in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.46 t CO2eq/cap, and the mean is 0.733 t CO2eq/cap.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 141 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 69.6%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 56.5%).

Emissions from livestock — Emissions per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 7.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 31.3% rising
2 Uruguay 7.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 0.3% falling
3 New Zealand 7.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.7% falling
4 Chad 4.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 29.7% rising
5 Australia and New Zealand 4.4 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.1% falling
6 Paraguay 4.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.7% rising
7 Australia 3.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.2% falling
8 Ireland 3.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.7% falling
9 South Sudan 2.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.7% rising
10 Argentina 2.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.3% falling
11 Brazil 2.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.2% rising
12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.2% rising
13 Namibia 1.99 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.0% falling
14 Sudan (former) 1.93 t CO2eq/cap 2011 down 17.5% rising
15 Mauritania 1.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.6% falling
16 Nicaragua 1.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.3% rising
17 Central African Republic 1.61 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
18 Mali 1.47 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.4% rising
19 Sudan 1.44 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.4% falling
20 Eritrea 1.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.3% falling
21 Belarus 1.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
22 Turkmenistan 1.37 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.1% rising
23 Niger 1.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.8% rising
24 Denmark 1.34 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.0% falling
25 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.8% falling
26 Somalia 1.28 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 30.4% falling
27 Colombia 1.27 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.4% falling
28 Laos 1.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.3% rising
28 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.3% rising
30 Belgium-Luxembourg 1.1 t CO2eq/cap 1999 down 1.8% flat
31 Iceland 1.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.5% falling
32 Kazakhstan 1.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.0% falling
33 Costa Rica 1.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 44.3% falling
33 Uzbekistan 1.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.4% rising
35 Ethiopia 0.99 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.0% rising
36 Guinea 0.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 21.0% rising
37 United Republic of Tanzania 0.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.8% rising
38 Kenya 0.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.2% flat
39 Cook Islands 0.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.9% rising
40 Burkina Faso 0.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.0% rising
40 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.6% falling
42 Niue 0.88 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.5% rising
43 Vanuatu 0.86 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 55.4% falling
44 Luxembourg 0.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.0% falling
45 Canada 0.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.4% falling
46 Kyrgyzstan 0.81 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
47 Tonga 0.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.7% flat
48 France 0.79 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.1% falling
49 Cuba 0.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.4% falling
49 Pakistan 0.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 18.2% rising
51 Panama 0.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.2% falling
51 Tuvalu 0.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 18.8% flat
53 Lithuania 0.75 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.4% falling
54 United States 0.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.3% falling
55 Serbia and Montenegro 0.73 t CO2eq/cap 2005 down 34.2% falling
56 Dominican Republic 0.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.7% flat
56 Mexico 0.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.4% falling
56 Eswatini 0.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.9% falling
59 Belgium 0.69 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.5% falling
59 Samoa 0.69 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 34.3% falling
61 Austria 0.68 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.0% falling
61 Peru 0.68 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.1% flat
61 Tajikistan 0.68 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.2% rising
64 Albania 0.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 35.0% falling
64 Botswana 0.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 56.5% falling
64 Spain 0.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.1% falling
64 Guinea-Bissau 0.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.2% falling
64 Latvia 0.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.9% falling
64 OECD 0.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.6% falling
70 Djibouti 0.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.0% falling
71 East Timor 0.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.6% rising
71 Timor-Leste 0.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.6% rising
73 Slovenia 0.64 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.6% falling
74 Norway 0.63 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.0% falling
75 Estonia 0.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.7% falling
75 Honduras 0.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.7% falling
75 Zimbabwe 0.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.1% falling
78 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.61 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.2% rising
79 Switzerland 0.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.0% falling
80 Uganda 0.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.6% rising
81 Azerbaijan 0.58 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.1% rising
82 Dominica 0.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.6% rising
82 Fiji 0.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 45.2% falling
82 United Kingdom 0.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.6% falling
82 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.6% falling
86 Belize 0.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.3% falling
86 Montenegro 0.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.6% falling
86 Romania 0.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.4% falling
86 Serbia 0.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.8% falling
90 Portugal 0.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
90 Senegal 0.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.8% falling
92 Guatemala 0.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.9% rising
92 Poland 0.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.8% falling
94 Bhutan 0.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.9% falling
95 Myanmar 0.52 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 38.1% rising
96 Nepal 0.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 31.1% rising
96 Caribbean 0.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.9% falling
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.5 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.4% rising
98 Ecuador 0.5 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 35.9% falling
98 Greece 0.5 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.8% falling
98 Lesotho 0.5 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 25.4% falling
102 Germany 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.3% falling
102 Finland 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.3% falling
102 Guyana 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.5% falling
102 Tokelau 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 69.0% rising
106 Georgia 0.47 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.0% rising
107 Turkey 0.46 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.5% falling
107 Türkiye 0.46 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.5% falling
109 Russia 0.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.0% falling
109 Russian Federation 0.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.0% falling
111 North Macedonia 0.44 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.1% falling
112 Polynesia 0.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.9% falling
113 Chile 0.41 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.3% falling
113 Croatia 0.41 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.8% falling
113 Italy 0.41 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.4% falling
116 Cambodia 0.4 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.0% falling
116 Libya 0.4 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.1% rising
116 Sweden 0.4 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 21.6% falling
119 Cameroon 0.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.4% falling
119 Haiti 0.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.1% falling
119 Madagascar 0.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 38.1% falling
119 Malawi 0.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 69.6% rising
123 Benin 0.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.6% falling
123 Oman 0.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.5% rising
123 Zambia 0.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.5% falling
126 Czechia 0.37 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.1% falling
126 South Africa 0.37 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.5% falling
128 Afghanistan 0.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.4% falling
128 Armenia 0.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.0% rising
128 Hungary 0.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.9% falling
128 India 0.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.3% falling
132 Morocco 0.33 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.3% flat
133 Bulgaria 0.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.0% falling
133 Saudi Arabia 0.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 68.4% falling
133 Togo 0.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.3% rising
133 Tunisia 0.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.1% falling
137 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.2% falling
138 El Salvador 0.3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.3% falling
139 Nigeria 0.29 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.5% flat
140 Algeria 0.28 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.4% rising
141 Angola 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.8% falling
141 Bangladesh 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.7% falling
141 China 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.3% falling
141 Moldova 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.5% falling
141 Syria 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.3% falling
141 Ukraine 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 33.3% volatile
141 Republic of Moldova 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.5% falling
141 Syrian Arab Republic 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.3% falling
141 China, mainland 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.3% falling
150 Slovakia 0.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.7% falling
150 Vietnam 0.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
150 Viet Nam 0.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
153 Antigua and Barbuda 0.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 21.4% falling
153 Burundi 0.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.8% rising
153 Ghana 0.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.2% rising
153 Grenada 0.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.2% rising
153 Indonesia 0.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 29.4% rising
153 Sierra Leone 0.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.5% rising
153 Yemen 0.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 21.4% falling
160 United Arab Emirates 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.5% falling
160 Gambia 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 38.2% falling
160 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.5% falling
160 Qatar 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 31.2% falling
160 Cabo Verde 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.5% falling
165 Barbados 0.2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.3% falling
165 Jamaica 0.2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.8% falling
167 Brunei 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.5% rising
167 Rwanda 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.0% rising
167 Thailand 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.6% falling
167 Melanesia 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 34.5% falling
167 Republic of Korea 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 18.8% rising
167 Brunei Darussalam 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.5% rising
173 Saint Lucia 0.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.3% falling
174 Cyprus 0.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 39.3% falling
174 Trinidad and Tobago 0.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
176 Suriname 0.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.3% falling
177 Cote d'Ivoire 0.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.1% falling
177 Micronesia 0.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.1% rising
177 Côte d'Ivoire 0.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.1% falling
180 Iraq 0.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 26.3% falling
180 Israel 0.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.7% falling
180 Malta 0.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 33.3% falling
180 Mozambique 0.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.7% falling
184 Comoros 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.8% falling
184 Nauru 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.1% flat
184 Philippines 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.3% falling
184 Nauru 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.1% flat
188 Papua New Guinea 0.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.0% falling
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.3% falling
190 Kuwait 0.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
190 Lebanon 0.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
192 Jordan 0.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.7% falling
192 Sri Lanka 0.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.1% falling
192 Malaysia 0.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.7% falling
195 Congo 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 25.0% rising
195 Egypt 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 55.0% falling
195 Japan 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
195 Solomon Islands 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.2% falling
195 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.0% falling
200 Gabon 0.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.0% falling
200 Kiribati 0.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
200 China, Taiwan Province of 0.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.1% falling
203 Mauritius 0.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
203 Sao Tome and Principe 0.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
205 Liberia 0.06 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.3% falling
206 Bahamas 0.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
207 Seychelles 0.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
207 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
209 Bahrain 0.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
210 Equatorial Guinea 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 50.0% falling
210 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
212 Singapore 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 — volatile
212 China, Macao SAR 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Emissions from livestock — Emissions per capita
Unit
t CO2eq/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
245 places, 8,121 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.