Farm gate — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
239
Highest
1.84 million kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Median
6,395 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,163

What the numbers show

Farm gate — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 is currently reported for 239 countries. The highest value is 1.84 million kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 6,395 kt, and the mean is 45,240 kt.

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Tokelau (up 131.9%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 72.7%).

Farm gate — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 1.84 million kt 2023 up 4.8% flat
2 India 1.04 million kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
3 China 959,162 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
4 China, mainland 951,492 kt 2023 up 6.2% rising
5 Brazil 612,993 kt 2023 up 15.2% rising
6 Indonesia 397,368 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
7 Australia and New Zealand 271,824 kt 2023 up 34.1% falling
8 Pakistan 236,940 kt 2023 up 34.4% rising
9 Australia 226,906 kt 2023 up 48.0% falling
10 Russian Federation 192,292 kt 2023 up 7.1% falling
11 Argentina 150,931 kt 2023 up 3.5% rising
12 Ethiopia 142,260 kt 2023 up 29.8% rising
13 Canada 128,104 kt 2023 up 6.7% rising
14 Sudan (former) 124,019 kt 2011 up 10.6% rising
15 Mexico 121,760 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
16 Bangladesh 113,558 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
17 Chad 95,733 kt 2023 up 73.2% rising
18 Germany 94,053 kt 2023 down 9.3% falling
19 Thailand 91,810 kt 2023 down 3.9% rising
20 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 87,282 kt 2023 up 19.6% rising
21 France 86,287 kt 2023 down 10.5% falling
22 Nigeria 84,878 kt 2023 up 19.6% rising
23 Viet Nam 82,967 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 81,626 kt 2023 down 0.4% falling
25 United Republic of Tanzania 81,424 kt 2023 up 33.4% rising
26 Sudan 78,360 kt 2023 up 2.8% flat
27 Poland 75,822 kt 2023 down 2.0% falling
28 Myanmar 75,488 kt 2023 down 18.7% rising
29 Colombia 75,178 kt 2023 up 23.8% rising
30 Türkiye 72,596 kt 2023 up 23.9% rising
31 Belarus 69,972 kt 2023 down 1.8% falling
32 Philippines 67,736 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
33 South Sudan 57,014 kt 2023 up 2.2% flat
34 Mongolia 55,038 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
35 Kenya 53,632 kt 2023 up 25.0% rising
36 Spain 48,493 kt 2023 down 0.7% rising
37 Ukraine 47,356 kt 2023 down 20.8% falling
38 Uzbekistan 47,150 kt 2023 up 25.1% rising
39 Malaysia 45,687 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
40 New Zealand 44,918 kt 2023 down 9.0% flat
41 Japan 44,050 kt 2023 up 0.0% falling
42 Italy 43,473 kt 2023 down 1.5% falling
43 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 43,014 kt 2023 down 1.5% rising
44 Mali 41,624 kt 2023 up 43.9% rising
45 Zambia 38,667 kt 2023 up 0.2% rising
46 Uganda 37,200 kt 2023 up 16.9% rising
47 Niger 36,453 kt 2023 up 45.7% rising
48 Angola 35,979 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
49 Ireland 35,370 kt 2023 down 2.4% flat
50 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 35,335 kt 2023 up 23.6% rising
51 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 34,950 kt 2023 down 11.6% falling
52 Paraguay 31,849 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
53 Egypt 31,332 kt 2023 down 14.8% rising
54 Uruguay 29,324 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
55 Madagascar 29,186 kt 2023 up 5.5% flat
56 Republic of Korea 28,598 kt 2023 down 2.5% rising
57 Peru 28,522 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
58 Democratic Republic of the Congo 28,231 kt 2023 up 4.4% rising
59 Kazakhstan 27,950 kt 2023 up 11.6% falling
60 Caribbean 27,321 kt 2023 down 8.4% flat
61 Melanesia 26,433 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
62 Cambodia 26,337 kt 2023 up 15.7% rising
63 Papua New Guinea 25,163 kt 2023 up 4.1% rising
64 Guinea 25,090 kt 2023 up 35.6% rising
65 Burkina Faso 24,302 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
66 Nepal 23,824 kt 2023 down 18.3% rising
67 Somalia 23,486 kt 2023 down 1.2% rising
68 Finland 22,220 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
69 Morocco 20,539 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
70 Sweden 18,567 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
71 Mozambique 18,232 kt 2023 down 4.1% rising
72 Turkmenistan 17,726 kt 2023 up 22.0% rising
73 Romania 17,247 kt 2023 down 0.8% falling
74 Afghanistan 16,159 kt 2023 down 3.0% rising
75 Saudi Arabia 16,058 kt 2023 up 67.3% rising
76 Algeria 15,605 kt 2023 up 22.3% rising
77 Botswana 15,261 kt 2023 up 77.3% falling
78 Lithuania 15,041 kt 2023 down 4.9% falling
79 Denmark 14,597 kt 2023 down 8.4% falling
80 Cameroon 14,550 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
81 Hungary 14,342 kt 2023 down 1.5% falling
82 Senegal 13,668 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
83 Chile 13,560 kt 2023 up 8.1% flat
84 Nicaragua 13,152 kt 2023 up 22.7% rising
85 Belgium-Luxembourg 13,055 kt 1999 up 0.4% flat
86 Zimbabwe 12,800 kt 2023 down 3.2% flat
87 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12,480 kt 2023 up 23.7% rising
88 Ecuador 12,252 kt 2023 down 24.4% falling
89 Norway 12,097 kt 2023 up 3.7% falling
90 Ghana 11,670 kt 2023 up 15.3% rising
91 Malawi 11,535 kt 2023 up 96.9% rising
92 Belgium 11,497 kt 2023 down 8.7% falling
93 Guatemala 11,188 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
94 Dominican Republic 11,061 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
95 Mauritania 10,772 kt 2023 up 15.4% rising
96 Greece 10,176 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
97 Côte d'Ivoire 10,079 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
98 Cuba 9,554 kt 2023 down 26.4% falling
99 Azerbaijan 9,241 kt 2023 up 4.5% rising
100 Yemen 9,003 kt 2023 down 4.2% rising
101 Portugal 8,780 kt 2023 down 0.7% falling
102 Latvia 8,681 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
103 Iraq 8,659 kt 2023 down 6.5% rising
104 Austria 8,611 kt 2023 down 6.5% falling
105 Namibia 8,491 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
106 Serbia and Montenegro 8,160 kt 2005 down 25.0% falling
107 Czechia 8,113 kt 2023 down 5.8% falling
108 Sri Lanka 8,014 kt 2023 down 3.5% flat
109 Tajikistan 7,807 kt 2023 up 24.6% rising
110 Estonia 7,777 kt 2023 down 2.1% flat
111 Honduras 7,706 kt 2023 up 10.5% rising
112 China, Taiwan Province of 7,617 kt 2023 down 2.3% falling
113 Syrian Arab Republic 7,459 kt 2023 down 5.7% flat
114 Burundi 6,960 kt 2023 up 27.6% rising
115 Bulgaria 6,873 kt 2023 up 2.0% falling
116 Benin 6,836 kt 2023 up 34.0% rising
117 Switzerland 6,575 kt 2023 down 5.0% falling
118 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 6,552 kt 2023 down 0.1% flat
119 Tunisia 6,401 kt 2023 up 4.5% rising
120 Serbia 6,395 kt 2023 down 19.7% falling
121 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6,366 kt 2023 down 1.7% falling
122 Kyrgyzstan 6,121 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
123 Costa Rica 5,984 kt 2023 up 41.1% flat
124 Guyana 5,814 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
125 Congo 5,632 kt 2023 down 4.4% rising
126 United Arab Emirates 5,313 kt 2023 up 34.3% volatile
127 Panama 5,310 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
128 Eritrea 4,905 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
129 Rwanda 4,730 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
130 Haiti 4,713 kt 2023 up 2.9% rising
131 Libya 4,413 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
132 Sierra Leone 4,108 kt 2023 up 9.9% rising
133 Togo 3,649 kt 2023 up 23.4% rising
134 Israel 3,410 kt 2023 up 15.0% rising
135 Croatia 3,161 kt 2023 down 8.0% falling
136 Jordan 3,137 kt 2023 up 26.5% rising
137 Slovakia 2,620 kt 2023 down 12.0% falling
138 Albania 2,458 kt 2023 down 31.9% falling
139 Oman 2,351 kt 2023 up 27.0% rising
140 El Salvador 2,192 kt 2023 down 16.0% falling
141 Republic of Moldova 2,164 kt 2023 up 7.8% falling
142 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,135 kt 2023 down 28.8% rising
143 Georgia 2,123 kt 2023 down 16.8% falling
144 Iceland 1,981 kt 2023 down 4.1% falling
145 Slovenia 1,981 kt 2023 down 3.0% falling
146 Guinea-Bissau 1,899 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
147 Suriname 1,853 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
148 Kuwait 1,500 kt 2023 up 38.4% volatile
149 Armenia 1,434 kt 2023 down 20.7% rising
150 Lesotho 1,226 kt 2023 down 15.6% falling
151 Eswatini 1,183 kt 2023 down 7.7% flat
152 Gambia 1,173 kt 2023 down 10.0% rising
153 Gabon 1,133 kt 2023 down 4.9% rising
154 Timor-Leste 1,122 kt 2023 up 23.4% rising
155 North Macedonia 1,039 kt 2023 down 27.4% falling
156 Jamaica 840.85 kt 2023 down 15.1% volatile
157 Djibouti 767.48 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
158 Lebanon 760.49 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
159 Luxembourg 713.38 kt 2023 down 4.0% rising
160 Faroe Islands 650.37 kt 2023 up 10.5% flat
161 Fiji 650.34 kt 2023 down 38.8% falling
162 Qatar 636.02 kt 2023 up 94.9% volatile
163 Liberia 621.38 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
164 Puerto Rico 615.38 kt 2023 down 12.4% falling
165 Belize 564.86 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
166 Cyprus 501.79 kt 2023 down 14.0% rising
167 Bhutan 460.16 kt 2023 down 15.0% flat
168 Palestine 427.66 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
169 Montenegro 404.11 kt 2023 down 20.1% falling
170 Polynesia 375.33 kt 2023 down 13.8% rising
171 Brunei Darussalam 367.71 kt 2023 up 2.7% falling
172 Vanuatu 276.73 kt 2023 down 43.7% falling
173 Trinidad and Tobago 269.45 kt 2023 down 4.7% rising
174 New Caledonia 245.31 kt 2023 down 7.4% falling
175 Greenland 182.77 kt 2023 up 20.2% volatile
176 Malta 158.3 kt 2023 up 36.2% flat
177 Samoa 154.09 kt 2023 down 28.0% rising
178 Mauritius 138.84 kt 2023 down 12.2% falling
179 Comoros 120.55 kt 2023 up 8.0% falling
180 Cabo Verde 115 kt 2023 down 3.7% flat
181 Solomon Islands 97.68 kt 2023 up 3.5% rising
182 Micronesia 89.01 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
183 Bahrain 86.94 kt 2023 down 12.4% rising
184 Tonga 83.85 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
185 French Polynesia 81.87 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
186 Micronesia (Federated States of) 69.13 kt 2023 up 9.2% rising
187 Barbados 60.64 kt 2023 down 3.0% falling
188 French Guiana 55.49 kt 2023 up 58.3% volatile
189 Grenada 51.75 kt 2023 up 64.8% rising
190 China, Hong Kong SAR 50.5 kt 2023 down 8.2% falling
191 Dominica 44.62 kt 2023 down 2.2% flat
192 Saint Lucia 42.5 kt 2023 up 5.8% flat
193 Equatorial Guinea 25.28 kt 2023 up 10.9% rising
194 Isle of Man 24.2 kt 2023 down 0.0% flat
195 Sao Tome and Principe 22.78 kt 2023 up 28.4% rising
196 Bahamas 22.18 kt 2023 down 45.2% rising
197 Antigua and Barbuda 20.36 kt 2023 down 16.8% falling
198 Kiribati 18.3 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
199 Singapore 16.08 kt 2023 down 9.1% volatile
200 Cook Islands 13.08 kt 2023 down 26.7% flat
201 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.31 kt 2023 down 23.9% falling
202 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.37 kt 2023 up 9.3% falling
203 Tuvalu 7.9 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
204 Seychelles 5.74 kt 2023 up 48.4% falling
205 China, Macao SAR 3.24 kt 2023 up 11.8% rising
206 Martinique 1.83 kt 2023 down 2.8% volatile
207 Niue 1.7 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
208 Nauru 1.52 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
209 Maldives 1.33 kt 2023 down 5.6% volatile
210 Tokelau 1.17 kt 2023 up 131.9% rising
211 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.4386 kt 2023 down 12.1% volatile
212 Bermuda 0.0795 kt 2023 down 72.7% volatile
213 Palau 0.053 kt 2023 down 71.4% volatile
214 Aruba 0 kt 2023 volatile
214 Andorra 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Channel Islands 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Cayman Islands 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Gibraltar 0 kt 2023 volatile
214 Guam 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Liechtenstein 0 kt 2023 volatile
214 Monaco 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt 2023 flat
214 San Marino 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt 2023 volatile
214 British Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 flat
214 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 volatile
214 Mayotte 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Western Sahara 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Anguilla 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Montserrat 0 kt 2023 volatile
214 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Norfolk Island 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Pitcairn 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Holy See 0 kt 2023 flat
214 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 kt 2010 flat
214 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt 2023 flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Farm gate — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
276 places, 9,163 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf