Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
207
Highest
525,533 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Réunion
Median
233.03 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,609

What the numbers show

Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 525,533 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Réunion.

The median across all reporting countries is 233.03 kt, and the mean is 9,153 kt.

Over the past decade 142 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Gibraltar (up 3,221.2%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 77.3%).

Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 525,533 kt 2023 up 58.5% volatile
2 China, mainland 506,020 kt 2023 up 61.6% volatile
3 OECD 238,783 kt 2023 down 16.0% falling
4 India 87,116 kt 2023 up 59.7% volatile
5 Russian Federation 65,027 kt 2023 up 86.0% rising
6 Indonesia 52,577 kt 2023 up 97.4% volatile
7 Algeria 26,043 kt 2023 up 53.7% rising
8 Germany 25,784 kt 2023 down 21.8% falling
9 Brazil 21,324 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
10 Japan 17,777 kt 2023 down 16.8% rising
11 Malaysia 16,102 kt 2023 up 36.2% volatile
12 Egypt 15,444 kt 2023 down 11.7% rising
13 Mexico 15,430 kt 2023 down 20.2% rising
14 China, Taiwan Province of 14,987 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
15 Thailand 14,222 kt 2023 up 21.8% rising
16 Australia and New Zealand 12,664 kt 2023 up 10.9% rising
17 Australia 12,376 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
18 Saudi Arabia 12,210 kt 2023 up 5.4% rising
19 Morocco 10,680 kt 2023 up 38.2% volatile
20 Republic of Korea 9,939 kt 2023 up 7.3% rising
21 South Africa 9,413 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
22 Italy 9,260 kt 2023 down 22.8% falling
23 Uzbekistan 8,813 kt 2023 down 4.9% rising
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8,634 kt 2023 down 52.8% falling
25 Philippines 8,412 kt 2023 up 85.5% volatile
26 Kazakhstan 8,221 kt 2023 up 197.4% volatile
27 Canada 7,319 kt 2023 down 9.6% falling
28 Poland 7,260 kt 2023 down 16.7% flat
29 Colombia 6,600 kt 2023 up 64.0% rising
30 Argentina 6,515 kt 2023 up 14.4% rising
31 Iraq 6,170 kt 2023 up 34.7% rising
32 Pakistan 5,203 kt 2023 up 28.7% rising
33 Ukraine 5,141 kt 2023 down 59.1% falling
34 China, Hong Kong SAR 4,496 kt 2023 down 4.3% rising
35 France 4,457 kt 2023 down 36.0% falling
36 Libya 3,968 kt 2023 up 69.6% rising
37 Bangladesh 3,139 kt 2023 up 101.1% volatile
38 Spain 2,973 kt 2023 down 10.7% rising
39 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2,949 kt 2023 down 37.0% falling
40 Tunisia 2,730 kt 2023 up 32.4% rising
41 United Arab Emirates 2,549 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
42 Czechia 2,395 kt 2023 down 22.0% falling
43 Portugal 2,384 kt 2023 up 28.1% rising
44 Nigeria 2,379 kt 2023 up 291.9% volatile
45 Chile 2,352 kt 2023 down 17.5% rising
46 Romania 2,328 kt 2023 up 9.1% rising
47 Peru 2,316 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
48 Kuwait 2,299 kt 2023 up 26.5% rising
49 Ecuador 2,116 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
50 Myanmar 1,681 kt 2023 up 348.4% volatile
51 Sudan 1,620 kt 2023 up 79.1% rising
52 Azerbaijan 1,603 kt 2023 up 30.6% rising
53 Angola 1,483 kt 2023 up 55.2% volatile
54 Israel 1,458 kt 2023 down 19.0% rising
55 Cambodia 1,435 kt 2023 up 617.3% volatile
56 Yemen 1,409 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
57 Afghanistan 1,407 kt 2023 up 68.9% volatile
58 Qatar 1,390 kt 2023 up 67.3% volatile
59 Guatemala 1,389 kt 2023 up 119.9% volatile
60 Dominican Republic 1,361 kt 2023 up 29.1% rising
61 Singapore 1,354 kt 2023 up 8.4% rising
62 Jordan 1,309 kt 2023 up 46.6% rising
63 Belarus 1,236 kt 2023 down 3.9% falling
64 Serbia 1,224 kt 2023 down 5.5% rising
65 Cuba 1,189 kt 2023 down 12.3% rising
66 Hungary 1,176 kt 2023 up 1.2% falling
67 Austria 1,112 kt 2023 down 7.2% flat
68 Belgium 1,059 kt 2023 down 27.8% falling
69 Greece 1,058 kt 2023 down 77.3% falling
70 Oman 1,026 kt 2023 up 20.3% rising
71 Sri Lanka 1,008 kt 2023 up 105.6% volatile
72 Panama 934.74 kt 2023 up 109.4% volatile
73 Lebanon 909.14 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
74 Puerto Rico 881.65 kt 2023 down 1.7% falling
75 Bulgaria 866.86 kt 2023 up 3.8% falling
76 Mongolia 839.1 kt 2023 up 33.2% volatile
77 Bahrain 799.12 kt 2023 up 45.1% rising
78 Turkmenistan 732.09 kt 2023 up 36.9% rising
79 Georgia 718.51 kt 2023 up 110.6% volatile
80 Palestine, State of 704.85 kt 2023 up 72.9% rising
81 Slovakia 703.37 kt 2023 down 5.8% falling
82 Senegal 680.85 kt 2023 up 135.7% volatile
83 Honduras 670.54 kt 2023 up 107.8% volatile
84 Ghana 615.19 kt 2023 up 29.1% volatile
85 El Salvador 601.14 kt 2023 up 28.0% rising
86 Nepal 536.33 kt 2023 up 96.7% volatile
87 Sudan (former) 512.32 kt 2011 up 289.1% volatile
88 Brunei Darussalam 450.68 kt 2023 up 15.2% rising
89 Ireland 429.45 kt 2023 down 31.7% falling
90 Switzerland 426.95 kt 2023 down 10.5% rising
91 Trinidad and Tobago 421.87 kt 2023 down 11.2% rising
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 400.09 kt 2023 down 1.0% rising
93 Kyrgyzstan 357.31 kt 2023 up 145.9% volatile
94 Denmark 331.62 kt 2023 down 67.0% falling
95 Botswana 327.85 kt 2023 down 32.5% volatile
96 North Macedonia 324.44 kt 2023 down 6.4% flat
97 Croatia 313.9 kt 2023 down 9.5% rising
98 Armenia 307.78 kt 2023 up 23.1% rising
99 New Zealand 288.24 kt 2023 down 2.6% rising
100 Cameroon 273.14 kt 2023 up 42.8% volatile
101 Tajikistan 262.05 kt 2023 up 3,204.2% volatile
102 Nicaragua 253.12 kt 2023 up 31.7% rising
103 Jamaica 250.09 kt 2023 up 33.7% rising
104 Slovenia 233.03 kt 2023 down 18.3% falling
105 Finland 227.8 kt 2023 down 44.4% falling
106 Burkina Faso 227.47 kt 2023 up 151.1% volatile
107 Zimbabwe 227.4 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
108 Uruguay 225.6 kt 2023 down 16.1% rising
109 Mauritania 224.41 kt 2023 up 36.5% volatile
110 Lithuania 190.47 kt 2023 down 21.9% falling
111 Niger 188.34 kt 2023 up 139.8% volatile
112 Kenya 187.56 kt 2023 up 174.1% volatile
113 Costa Rica 185.01 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
114 Gabon 184.56 kt 2023 up 37.7% rising
115 Estonia 181.74 kt 2023 down 28.4% rising
116 Albania 160.81 kt 2023 up 24.0% volatile
117 Cyprus 132 kt 2023 up 19.4% rising
118 Haiti 128.84 kt 2023 down 16.1% volatile
119 Chad 124.13 kt 2023 up 46.2% rising
120 Congo 119.43 kt 2023 up 221.0% volatile
121 Mali 114.45 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
122 Suriname 114.23 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
123 Latvia 110.15 kt 2023 down 14.7% falling
124 Bahamas 106.9 kt 2023 down 3.0% rising
125 Guyana 106.75 kt 2023 up 50.5% rising
126 Mauritius 106.12 kt 2023 up 19.6% rising
127 Montenegro 105.56 kt 2023 up 11.5% flat
128 Netherlands Antilles (former) 101.42 kt 2010 up 21.8% rising
129 Togo 98.85 kt 2023 up 98.5% volatile
130 Benin 89.27 kt 2023 up 94.7% volatile
131 Lesotho 88.83 kt 2023 up 30.6% volatile
132 Zambia 75.16 kt 2023 up 1,736.7% volatile
133 Belize 71.8 kt 2023 up 135.9% rising
134 Eswatini 70.93 kt 2023 down 2.2% rising
135 Luxembourg 67.06 kt 2023 down 21.8% falling
136 Malta 66.3 kt 2023 down 12.7% falling
137 Sweden 61.56 kt 2023 down 19.5% falling
138 Maldives 60.19 kt 2023 up 83.8% volatile
139 Papua New Guinea 55.95 kt 2023 up 4.4% volatile
140 Equatorial Guinea 53.67 kt 2023 up 107.8% volatile
141 Aruba 50 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
142 Guinea 48.25 kt 2023 up 203.5% volatile
143 Barbados 47.37 kt 2023 down 13.8% falling
144 Norway 47.36 kt 2023 down 30.1% volatile
145 Madagascar 44.51 kt 2023 up 29.0% volatile
146 Fiji 43.97 kt 2023 up 36.6% rising
147 Bhutan 36.57 kt 2023 up 45.4% volatile
148 Mozambique 33.97 kt 2023 up 351.8% volatile
149 China, Macao SAR 29.18 kt 2023 down 10.4% rising
150 Saint Lucia 28.92 kt 2023 up 8.7% rising
151 Malawi 25.84 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
152 Rwanda 24.92 kt 2023 up 85.7% rising
153 Djibouti 20.4 kt 2023 up 59.7% rising
154 South Sudan 20.23 kt 2023 up 14.0% rising
155 Antigua and Barbuda 20.03 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19.27 kt 2023 up 3.5% rising
157 Eritrea 19 kt 2023 up 54.0% rising
158 Uganda 18.04 kt 2023 up 422.9% volatile
159 Grenada 17.5 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
160 Anguilla 16.8 kt 2023 up 53.6% rising
161 Sierra Leone 14.51 kt 2023 up 717.9% volatile
162 Namibia 12.52 kt 2023 up 45.3% volatile
163 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.4 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
164 Dominica 9.62 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
165 Gibraltar 7.98 kt 2023 up 3,221.2% volatile
166 Cayman Islands 7.72 kt 2023 up 29.6% rising
167 Turks and Caicos Islands 7.7 kt 2023 up 29.2% volatile
168 Seychelles 6.9 kt 2023 up 37.8% rising
169 Guinea-Bissau 6.84 kt 2023 up 605.2% volatile
170 Samoa 6.58 kt 2023 up 101.0% rising
171 Somalia 6.17 kt 2023 up 47.4% volatile
172 Burundi 5.82 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
173 Isle of Man 5.77 kt 2023 down 23.2% volatile
174 Ethiopia 5.18 kt 2023 up 26.1% volatile
175 French Polynesia 5.13 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
176 Sao Tome and Principe 4.04 kt 2023 up 81.3% volatile
177 Central African Republic 3.79 kt 2023 down 28.4% volatile
178 Tonga 3.78 kt 2023 up 49.4% volatile
179 Vanuatu 3.64 kt 2023 up 17.9% rising
180 Comoros 3.25 kt 2023 up 152.6% volatile
181 Marshall Islands 3.02 kt 2023 up 44.2% rising
182 Palau 2.94 kt 2023 up 40.8% falling
183 New Caledonia 2.78 kt 2023 down 24.4% falling
184 Montserrat 2.61 kt 2023 up 75.3% volatile
185 Andorra 2.37 kt 2023 up 14.5% falling
186 Naoero 2.07 kt 2023 up 105.3% falling
187 Solomon Islands 1.99 kt 2023 up 4.1% flat
188 Bermuda 1.65 kt 2023 up 14.3% volatile
189 Kiribati 1.19 kt 2023 up 17.7% rising
190 Greenland 1 kt 2023 up 1.3% volatile
191 Iceland 0.7817 kt 2023 down 8.5% falling
192 Tuvalu 0.4926 kt 2023 up 60.5% volatile
193 Northern Mariana Islands 0.4748 kt 2023 down 9.5% falling
194 Paraguay 0.439 kt 2023 up 44.5% rising
195 San Marino 0.2369 kt 2023 up 2.1% volatile
196 Niue 0.1553 kt 2023 up 21.1% flat
197 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1012 kt 2023 down 46.5% volatile
198 Monaco 0.0271 kt 2023 down 60.7% volatile
199 Liechtenstein 0.0262 kt 2023 down 62.0% volatile
200 Faroe Islands 0.0243 kt 2023 down 67.1% rising
201 Holy See 0.0095 kt 2023 up 61.0% volatile
202 American Samoa 0 kt 2023 volatile
202 French Guiana 0 kt 2023 volatile
202 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 volatile
202 Mayotte 0 kt 2023 volatile
202 Serbia and Montenegro 0 kt 2005 volatile
202 Réunion 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 (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
259 places, 8,609 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