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Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4) 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
197
Highest
39.53 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Solomon Islands
Median
0.018 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,241

What the numbers show

Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 39.53 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Solomon Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.018 kt, and the mean is 0.706 kt.

Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 3,498.7%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 72.0%).

Food Household Consumption — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 39.53 kt 2023 down 11.0% falling
2 China, mainland 39.05 kt 2023 down 11.1% falling
3 OECD 15.15 kt 2023 down 20.6% falling
4 Russian Federation 6.31 kt 2023 up 100.2% falling
5 India 4.66 kt 2023 down 6.3% volatile
6 Kazakhstan 3.92 kt 2023 up 310.9% volatile
7 Poland 3.54 kt 2023 down 35.5% falling
8 Indonesia 2.72 kt 2023 up 231.0% volatile
9 Algeria 1.96 kt 2023 up 57.4% rising
10 South Africa 1.79 kt 2023 down 41.9% rising
11 Thailand 1.58 kt 2023 up 117.9% volatile
12 Brazil 1.37 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
13 Germany 1.14 kt 2023 down 4.5% flat
14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.06 kt 2023 down 17.5% falling
15 Egypt 0.9376 kt 2023 down 15.2% rising
16 Japan 0.8036 kt 2023 down 5.8% rising
17 Mexico 0.7462 kt 2023 down 34.5% falling
18 Uzbekistan 0.6575 kt 2023 down 4.8% rising
19 Morocco 0.5339 kt 2023 up 27.9% volatile
20 Canada 0.53 kt 2023 down 2.0% rising
21 Colombia 0.5171 kt 2023 up 63.1% rising
22 Italy 0.5044 kt 2023 down 29.6% flat
23 Saudi Arabia 0.4725 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
24 Argentina 0.4633 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
25 Republic of Korea 0.4205 kt 2023 down 2.8% rising
26 Ukraine 0.4144 kt 2023 down 72.0% volatile
27 China, Taiwan Province of 0.4075 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
28 Malaysia 0.4042 kt 2023 up 43.3% rising
29 Iraq 0.365 kt 2023 up 21.6% rising
30 France 0.3456 kt 2023 down 32.6% falling
31 Pakistan 0.3091 kt 2023 up 35.7% rising
32 Philippines 0.3074 kt 2023 up 81.4% rising
33 Tajikistan 0.2663 kt 2023 up 3,498.7% volatile
34 Mongolia 0.2196 kt 2023 down 13.5% volatile
35 Australia and New Zealand 0.2178 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
36 Australia 0.2053 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
37 Guatemala 0.2031 kt 2023 up 26.4% volatile
38 Spain 0.1962 kt 2023 down 22.3% falling
39 Peru 0.1709 kt 2023 up 23.5% rising
40 Romania 0.1648 kt 2023 up 14.4% falling
41 Tunisia 0.1647 kt 2023 up 34.6% rising
42 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.1614 kt 2023 down 41.7% falling
43 Ecuador 0.1584 kt 2023 up 16.5% rising
44 Portugal 0.1498 kt 2023 up 36.2% rising
45 Nigeria 0.1449 kt 2023 up 950.0% volatile
46 Libya 0.1261 kt 2023 up 21.7% falling
47 Azerbaijan 0.1232 kt 2023 up 41.9% rising
48 Czechia 0.1206 kt 2023 down 51.0% falling
49 Bangladesh 0.1079 kt 2023 up 54.1% volatile
50 Belgium 0.1065 kt 2023 down 49.5% falling
51 Hungary 0.1013 kt 2023 down 5.9% falling
52 Afghanistan 0.1008 kt 2023 up 68.0% volatile
53 Yemen 0.0986 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
54 Angola 0.0937 kt 2023 up 63.8% volatile
55 Belarus 0.0901 kt 2023 down 3.7% falling
56 El Salvador 0.088 kt 2023 up 87.2% volatile
57 Honduras 0.0857 kt 2023 up 139.4% volatile
58 Sudan 0.0841 kt 2023 up 35.6% rising
59 Jordan 0.0792 kt 2023 up 51.7% rising
60 Kuwait 0.0785 kt 2023 up 21.3% rising
61 Cuba 0.0754 kt 2023 down 1.6% rising
62 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0744 kt 2023 down 14.3% rising
63 Ireland 0.0737 kt 2023 down 62.6% falling
64 Dominican Republic 0.0735 kt 2023 up 30.1% rising
65 Austria 0.0693 kt 2023 down 35.2% falling
66 Uganda 0.0689 kt 2023 up 1,011.3% volatile
67 Slovakia 0.0666 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
68 United Arab Emirates 0.0651 kt 2023 down 22.6% rising
69 Georgia 0.0619 kt 2023 up 114.9% volatile
70 Singapore 0.0608 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
71 Cambodia 0.0605 kt 2023 up 656.2% volatile
72 Switzerland 0.0596 kt 2023 down 8.3% rising
73 Sri Lanka 0.0582 kt 2023 up 85.9% volatile
74 Bulgaria 0.0528 kt 2023 down 55.9% volatile
75 Lebanon 0.0524 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
75 Panama 0.0524 kt 2023 up 69.6% volatile
77 Nicaragua 0.0504 kt 2023 up 40.8% volatile
78 Chile 0.0502 kt 2023 down 46.7% rising
79 Senegal 0.0475 kt 2023 up 125.1% rising
80 Nepal 0.0439 kt 2023 up 82.2% volatile
81 Israel 0.0433 kt 2023 down 38.3% flat
82 Palestine, State of 0.043 kt 2023 up 85.3% rising
83 Sweden 0.0427 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
84 Oman 0.0421 kt 2023 up 38.5% rising
85 Norway 0.0417 kt 2023 up 30.3% rising
86 Sudan (former) 0.0405 kt 2011 up 289.4% volatile
87 Qatar 0.0402 kt 2023 up 57.0% volatile
88 Myanmar 0.0368 kt 2023 up 323.0% volatile
89 Ghana 0.0339 kt 2023 up 6.3% volatile
90 Armenia 0.0323 kt 2023 up 62.3% volatile
91 Puerto Rico 0.0318 kt 2023 up 0.3% falling
92 Kyrgyzstan 0.0302 kt 2023 down 6.5% volatile
93 Lithuania 0.0268 kt 2023 down 51.7% falling
94 Greece 0.025 kt 2023 down 55.3% falling
95 Bahrain 0.0231 kt 2023 up 63.8% rising
96 Uruguay 0.0201 kt 2023 down 5.6% rising
97 Serbia 0.0189 kt 2023 up 4.4% flat
98 Denmark 0.0186 kt 2023 down 46.7% falling
99 Burkina Faso 0.018 kt 2023 up 172.7% volatile
100 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0178 kt 2023 up 6.6% rising
101 Costa Rica 0.0177 kt 2023 up 63.9% rising
102 Finland 0.0175 kt 2023 down 2.8% falling
103 Croatia 0.0172 kt 2023 down 2.8% rising
104 Cameroon 0.0171 kt 2023 up 30.5% rising
105 Zimbabwe 0.0157 kt 2023 up 67.0% volatile
106 Mauritania 0.0153 kt 2023 up 33.0% volatile
107 Kenya 0.0143 kt 2023 up 204.3% volatile
108 Albania 0.0133 kt 2023 up 9.0% volatile
109 Jamaica 0.0129 kt 2023 up 44.9% rising
110 New Zealand 0.0125 kt 2023 up 15.7% volatile
111 Turkmenistan 0.0108 kt 2023 up 47.9% rising
112 Niger 0.0104 kt 2023 up 205.9% volatile
113 Mauritius 0.0092 kt 2023 up 13.6% rising
114 Brunei Darussalam 0.0091 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
115 Latvia 0.0088 kt 2023 down 57.5% volatile
116 Luxembourg 0.0084 kt 2023 up 20.0% rising
117 Chad 0.0082 kt 2023 up 64.0% rising
118 Mali 0.0081 kt 2023 up 76.1% volatile
119 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.008 kt 2010 up 21.2% rising
120 Gabon 0.0078 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
121 Estonia 0.0067 kt 2023 down 27.2% volatile
122 Benin 0.0062 kt 2023 up 169.6% volatile
123 Belize 0.0061 kt 2023 up 96.8% rising
124 Guyana 0.0058 kt 2023 up 34.9% rising
124 Togo 0.0058 kt 2023 up 93.3% volatile
124 Serbia and Montenegro 0.0058 kt 2004 up 1.8% rising
127 Suriname 0.0057 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
128 Slovenia 0.0056 kt 2023 down 5.1% rising
129 Haiti 0.0054 kt 2023 down 20.6% volatile
130 Cyprus 0.0051 kt 2023 up 15.9% rising
131 Paraguay 0.0049 kt 2023 up 58.1% volatile
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0048 kt 2023 up 14.3% rising
133 Botswana 0.0047 kt 2023 down 46.6% rising
133 Malawi 0.0047 kt 2023 up 147.4% volatile
135 Bahamas 0.0046 kt 2023 unchanged falling
136 Maldives 0.0035 kt 2023 up 59.1% volatile
137 Congo 0.0034 kt 2023 up 112.5% volatile
137 North Macedonia 0.0034 kt 2023 down 12.8% rising
139 Djibouti 0.0033 kt 2023 up 230.0% volatile
140 Mozambique 0.0028 kt 2023 up 180.0% volatile
141 Lesotho 0.0027 kt 2023 up 42.1% volatile
141 Malta 0.0027 kt 2023 down 28.9% falling
143 Barbados 0.0025 kt 2023 unchanged falling
144 Ethiopia 0.0024 kt 2023 up 118.2% volatile
145 China, Macao SAR 0.0023 kt 2023 down 8.0% rising
146 Aruba 0.002 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
146 Madagascar 0.002 kt 2023 up 53.8% rising
146 Zambia 0.002 kt 2023 up 33.3% volatile
149 Guinea 0.0019 kt 2023 up 216.7% volatile
150 Bhutan 0.0018 kt 2023 up 28.6% rising
151 Rwanda 0.0016 kt 2023 up 166.7% volatile
152 Saint Lucia 0.0014 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
152 Eswatini 0.0014 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
152 Guadeloupe 0.0014 kt 2010 up 16.7% falling
155 Fiji 0.0013 kt 2023 up 44.4% rising
155 Equatorial Guinea 0.0013 kt 2023 up 18.2% volatile
157 Anguilla 0.0012 kt 2023 up 71.4% rising
158 Burundi 0.0011 kt 2023 up 175.0% volatile
158 Seychelles 0.0011 kt 2023 up 175.0% volatile
158 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0011 kt 2023 unchanged rising
161 Iceland 0.001 kt 2023 up 25.0% rising
161 Réunion 0.001 kt 2010 down 16.7% flat
163 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0009 kt 2023 unchanged rising
163 Grenada 0.0009 kt 2023 unchanged rising
163 Montenegro 0.0009 kt 2023 up 12.5% rising
163 Sierra Leone 0.0009 kt 2023 up 800.0% volatile
167 Eritrea 0.0008 kt 2023 up 33.3% rising
167 South Sudan 0.0008 kt 2023 up 14.3% rising
169 Namibia 0.0007 kt 2023 up 40.0% rising
169 Papua New Guinea 0.0007 kt 2023 up 16.7% volatile
171 Cayman Islands 0.0006 kt 2023 up 20.0% rising
171 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0006 kt 2023 up 20.0% volatile
171 French Guiana 0.0006 kt 2010 unchanged rising
174 Comoros 0.0005 kt 2023 up 400.0% volatile
174 Dominica 0.0005 kt 2023 unchanged rising
174 Isle of Man 0.0005 kt 2023 down 28.6% rising
174 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0005 kt 2023 up 25.0% falling
174 Somalia 0.0005 kt 2023 up 66.7% rising
179 Guinea-Bissau 0.0004 kt 2023 up 300.0% volatile
179 French Polynesia 0.0004 kt 2023 unchanged rising
181 Gibraltar 0.0003 kt 2023 unchanged flat
182 New Caledonia 0.0002 kt 2023 down 33.3% falling
182 Montserrat 0.0002 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
184 Andorra 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged falling
184 American Samoa 0.0001 kt 2010 — volatile
184 Bermuda 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
184 Central African Republic 0.0001 kt 2023 down 50.0% volatile
184 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
184 Tonga 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
184 Vanuatu 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
184 Samoa 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
184 Mayotte 0.0001 kt 2010 — volatile
193 Greenland 0 kt 2023 — volatile
193 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
193 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
193 Palau 0 kt 2023 — volatile
193 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile

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

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Indicator
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
254 places, 8,241 data points, 1990–2023
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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