Emissions from livestock — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
125.84 %
Fiji
Lowest
-223.37 %
Honduras
Median
9.31 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,121
What the numbers show
Emissions from livestock — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 125.84 % in Fiji; the lowest is -223.37 % in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.31 %, and the mean is 13.49 %.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of the Congo (up 271.4%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 951.9%).
Emissions from livestock — Emissions Share (CO2eq): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiji | 125.84 % | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Niger | 81.86 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 3 | Tokelau | 79.39 % | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 4 | Chad | 72.69 % | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 5 | Kenya | 65.41 % | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 6 | Uruguay | 65.16 % | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 63.41 % | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 8 | Somalia | 62.13 % | 2023 | up 75.0% | falling |
| 9 | Eritrea | 59.89 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 10 | Mauritania | 58.01 % | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 11 | Sudan (former) | 55.08 % | 2011 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 12 | New Zealand | 49.4 % | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 47.43 % | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 14 | South Sudan | 47.22 % | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 15 | Nicaragua | 46.07 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 43.9 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 43.45 % | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 18 | Uganda | 42.74 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 19 | Namibia | 41.77 % | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 20 | Pakistan | 39.99 % | 2023 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 21 | Paraguay | 39.2 % | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 22 | Guinea-Bissau | 38.61 % | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 23 | Tajikistan | 38.32 % | 2023 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 24 | Djibouti | 38.15 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 25 | East Timor | 37.72 % | 2023 | up 36.5% | falling |
| 25 | Timor-Leste | 37.72 % | 2023 | up 36.5% | falling |
| 27 | Tuvalu | 37.71 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 36.8 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 29 | Nepal | 35.84 % | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 30 | United Republic of Tanzania | 35.45 % | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 31 | Haiti | 35.19 % | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 32 | Malawi | 32.85 % | 2023 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 33 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 32.48 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 34 | Polynesia | 30.67 % | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 30.35 % | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 36 | Senegal | 29.8 % | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 37 | Eswatini | 28.75 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 38 | Samoa | 28.13 % | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 39 | Ireland | 27.89 % | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 40 | Argentina | 27.79 % | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.61 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 42 | Burundi | 27.51 % | 2023 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Togo | 27.11 % | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 44 | Tonga | 26.41 % | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 45 | Guinea | 26.21 % | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 46 | Lesotho | 26.08 % | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 47 | Yemen | 24.02 % | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 48 | Brazil | 23.94 % | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 49 | Colombia | 23.25 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 50 | Vanuatu | 22.71 % | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 51 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 22.31 % | 2023 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 52 | Mongolia | 22.13 % | 2023 | up 29.6% | falling |
| 53 | Zimbabwe | 21.48 % | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 54 | Albania | 21.24 % | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 55 | Denmark | 20.61 % | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 56 | Guatemala | 20.37 % | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 57 | Cuba | 19.95 % | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 19.9 % | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 59 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 19.81 % | 2023 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 18.9 % | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 61 | Australia and New Zealand | 18.82 % | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 62 | Gambia | 18.69 % | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 18.05 % | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 64 | Niue | 17.31 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 65 | Benin | 16.78 % | 2023 | up 124.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Sierra Leone | 16.26 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 67 | Laos | 15.81 % | 2023 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 15.81 % | 2023 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Serbia and Montenegro | 15.63 % | 2005 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 70 | Panama | 15.5 % | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 71 | El Salvador | 15.41 % | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 72 | Georgia | 15.38 % | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Australia | 15.26 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 74 | Nigeria | 14.98 % | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 75 | Dominica | 14.9 % | 2023 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 76 | Myanmar | 14.85 % | 2023 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 77 | Cook Islands | 14.73 % | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 78 | France | 14.31 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 79 | Comoros | 14.04 % | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 80 | Central African Republic | 13.99 % | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 81 | Caribbean | 13.65 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 82 | Syria | 13.44 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 82 | Syrian Arab Republic | 13.44 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 84 | Madagascar | 12.78 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 85 | Mexico | 12.72 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 86 | India | 12.28 % | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 87 | Switzerland | 12.25 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 88 | Armenia | 11.88 % | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 89 | Romania | 11.65 % | 2023 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 90 | Cabo Verde | 11.03 % | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 91 | Morocco | 10.9 % | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 92 | Spain | 10.77 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 93 | Montenegro | 10.73 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Cameroon | 10.66 % | 2023 | down 32.9% | flat |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 10.59 % | 2023 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 96 | Ecuador | 10.52 % | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 10.43 % | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 98 | Portugal | 10.28 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 99 | Micronesia | 10.18 % | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 100 | Peru | 9.98 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 101 | Zambia | 9.56 % | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 102 | Kiribati | 9.54 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 102 | Serbia | 9.54 % | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 104 | Slovenia | 9.44 % | 2023 | up 43.7% | falling |
| 105 | Austria | 9.42 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 106 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 9.41 % | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 107 | United Kingdom | 9.31 % | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 107 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 9.31 % | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 8.54 % | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Moldova | 8.41 % | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 110 | Republic of Moldova | 8.41 % | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 112 | Jamaica | 8.23 % | 2023 | up 40.4% | falling |
| 113 | Tunisia | 8.15 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 114 | Lithuania | 7.89 % | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 115 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 7.79 % | 1999 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 116 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.59 % | 2023 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 116 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.59 % | 2023 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 118 | Latvia | 7.39 % | 2023 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Angola | 7.35 % | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 120 | Croatia | 7.24 % | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 7.24 % | 2023 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 122 | Sweden | 7.23 % | 2023 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 123 | Belgium | 7.06 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 124 | Greece | 7.04 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 125 | Turkey | 7.01 % | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 125 | Türkiye | 7.01 % | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 127 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.92 % | 2023 | up 93.3% | falling |
| 128 | Botswana | 6.84 % | 2023 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 129 | Luxembourg | 6.83 % | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 130 | Kazakhstan | 6.58 % | 2023 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 131 | Chile | 6.57 % | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 132 | Bhutan | 6.44 % | 2023 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Sri Lanka | 6.41 % | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 134 | Iceland | 6.36 % | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 135 | Philippines | 6.31 % | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 136 | OECD | 6.3 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 6.29 % | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 6.21 % | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 139 | Melanesia | 5.93 % | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 140 | Germany | 5.81 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.79 % | 2023 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Italy | 5.7 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 143 | Hungary | 5.67 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 144 | Cambodia | 5.65 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 145 | Poland | 5.58 % | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 146 | Norway | 5.38 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 147 | Ukraine | 5.24 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 148 | Vietnam | 4.94 % | 2023 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Viet Nam | 4.94 % | 2023 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 150 | South Africa | 4.88 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 151 | Grenada | 4.84 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 152 | Finland | 4.54 % | 2023 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Mozambique | 4.49 % | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 153 | United States | 4.49 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 155 | Algeria | 4.47 % | 2023 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 156 | Czechia | 4.01 % | 2023 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 156 | Russia | 4.01 % | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 156 | Russian Federation | 4.01 % | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 159 | Barbados | 3.87 % | 2023 | up 49.4% | falling |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.81 % | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 161 | Belize | 3.74 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 162 | Jordan | 3.56 % | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 163 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.54 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 164 | Canada | 3.51 % | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 3.46 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 166 | Slovakia | 3.44 % | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 167 | Indonesia | 3.34 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 168 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3.28 % | 2023 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 169 | Estonia | 3.18 % | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 170 | Egypt | 2.89 % | 2023 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 171 | Malta | 2.84 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 172 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.83 % | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 173 | Thailand | 2.81 % | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 174 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.78 % | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 174 | Libya | 2.78 % | 2023 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 176 | Congo | 2.72 % | 2023 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 177 | Nauru | 2.7 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 177 | Nauru | 2.7 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 179 | China, mainland | 2.66 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 180 | China | 2.62 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 181 | Cyprus | 2.35 % | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 182 | Lebanon | 2.34 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 183 | Guyana | 2.2 % | 2023 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 184 | Iraq | 1.82 % | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 185 | Israel | 1.78 % | 2023 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 186 | Oman | 1.59 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 187 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.56 % | 2023 | up 271.4% | rising |
| 188 | Republic of Korea | 1.47 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 189 | Mauritius | 1.4 % | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 190 | Liberia | 1.18 % | 2023 | up 162.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Saudi Arabia | 1.15 % | 2023 | up 57.5% | falling |
| 192 | Japan | 1.01 % | 2023 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 193 | Malaysia | 0.81 % | 2023 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 194 | Bahamas | 0.77 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 195 | Gabon | 0.76 % | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 196 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.68 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 197 | United Arab Emirates | 0.66 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 198 | Brunei | 0.62 % | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 198 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.62 % | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 200 | Suriname | 0.61 % | 2023 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 201 | Seychelles | 0.6 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.48 % | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 203 | Qatar | 0.38 % | 2023 | up 46.2% | falling |
| 204 | Kuwait | 0.31 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 205 | China, Macao SAR | 0.27 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 206 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.16 % | 2023 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 207 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.12 % | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 208 | Bahrain | 0.08 % | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 209 | Singapore | 0.02 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 210 | Ghana | -85.53 % | 2023 | down 951.9% | volatile |
| 211 | Rwanda | -91.08 % | 2023 | down 269.9% | volatile |
| 212 | Belarus | -93 % | 2023 | down 837.5% | volatile |
| 213 | Honduras | -223.37 % | 2023 | down 573.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Africa 37.79 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 32.27 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 30.14 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 28.55 %
- Western Africa 25.08 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 24.95 %
- South America 22.79 %
- Africa 20.63 %
- Oceania 18.16 %
- Middle Africa 17.19 %
- Central America 15.37 %
- Southern Asia 13.45 %
- Central Asia 12.42 %
- Americas 11.43 %
- Northern Africa 10.56 %
- Northern Europe 10.36 %
- Non-Annex I countries 9.15 %
- Western Europe 8.79 %
- European Union (27) 8.29 %
- World 8.28 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 8.12 %
- Southern Europe 8.01 %
- Europe 7.31 %
- Southern Africa 6.27 %
- Annex I countries 6.07 %
- Asia 5.28 %
- Eastern Europe 5.22 %
- United States of America 4.49 %
- Northern America 4.35 %
- South-Eastern Asia 4.12 %
- Western Asia 2.99 %
- Eastern Asia 2.62 %
About this data
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.