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Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4) — 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
133
Highest
129.59 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Median
0.0056 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,005

What the numbers show

Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 129.59 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0056 kt, and the mean is 2.14 kt.

Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 6,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 100.0%).

Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 129.59 kt 2023 down 9.9% volatile
2 China, mainland 127.53 kt 2023 down 9.1% volatile
3 OECD 6.27 kt 2023 down 30.7% falling
4 Indonesia 3.42 kt 2023 up 544.4% volatile
5 India 3.19 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
6 China, Taiwan Province of 2.06 kt 2023 down 39.9% falling
7 Brazil 1.87 kt 2023 up 425.9% volatile
8 Viet Nam 1.48 kt 2023 up 3,657.2% volatile
9 Japan 1.46 kt 2023 down 33.2% flat
10 Kazakhstan 1.18 kt 2023 up 24.2% volatile
11 Colombia 0.5015 kt 2023 up 295.2% volatile
12 Russian Federation 0.5002 kt 2023 up 76.1% volatile
13 Republic of Korea 0.4616 kt 2023 down 1.9% rising
14 Türkiye 0.4494 kt 2023 up 349.4% volatile
15 France 0.4089 kt 2023 up 86.3% volatile
16 Australia and New Zealand 0.379 kt 2023 up 20.9% falling
17 Australia 0.376 kt 2023 up 21.3% falling
18 Canada 0.3463 kt 2023 down 11.2% falling
19 Germany 0.3408 kt 2023 down 28.8% falling
20 Thailand 0.3328 kt 2023 up 49.2% volatile
21 Poland 0.3121 kt 2023 down 32.4% volatile
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1591 kt 2023 down 38.9% volatile
23 Slovakia 0.1311 kt 2023 down 41.8% falling
24 Finland 0.1155 kt 2023 up 124.3% rising
25 Italy 0.0992 kt 2023 down 3.8% falling
26 Spain 0.0972 kt 2023 down 22.9% falling
27 Sweden 0.0969 kt 2023 down 11.7% rising
28 Ukraine 0.0867 kt 2023 down 65.7% volatile
29 Norway 0.0773 kt 2023 up 16.4% falling
30 Austria 0.0512 kt 2023 down 47.5% rising
31 Uganda 0.0493 kt 2023 up 1,197.4% volatile
32 Mexico 0.0448 kt 2023 down 28.1% falling
33 Algeria 0.0355 kt 2023 up 144.8% volatile
34 Tajikistan 0.0317 kt 2023 up 712.8% volatile
35 Belgium 0.0308 kt 2023 down 49.3% falling
36 Myanmar 0.0298 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
37 Czechia 0.0258 kt 2023 down 49.7% volatile
38 Chile 0.0238 kt 2023 down 34.4% volatile
39 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0214 kt 2023 down 59.7% falling
40 Uzbekistan 0.0198 kt 2023 — volatile
41 Zimbabwe 0.0189 kt 2023 up 195.3% volatile
42 Romania 0.0187 kt 2023 down 49.0% flat
43 Caribbean 0.0166 kt 2023 up 253.2% volatile
44 Qatar 0.0159 kt 2023 up 211.8% volatile
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0158 kt 2023 up 558.3% volatile
46 Iceland 0.0152 kt 2023 down 55.3% rising
47 Dominican Republic 0.0151 kt 2023 up 459.3% volatile
48 Portugal 0.0149 kt 2023 down 4.5% falling
49 Argentina 0.0143 kt 2012 up 615.0% volatile
49 Hungary 0.0143 kt 2023 up 78.8% rising
51 Pakistan 0.0135 kt 2023 up 2,150.0% volatile
52 Bulgaria 0.0127 kt 2023 up 74.0% rising
53 Bahrain 0.0116 kt 2023 up 31.8% rising
54 Peru 0.0114 kt 2023 down 36.0% volatile
55 Serbia 0.0112 kt 2023 up 119.6% flat
56 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.0108 kt 2023 up 980.0% volatile
57 Morocco 0.0102 kt 2023 up 7.4% volatile
58 Greece 0.0079 kt 2023 down 93.0% volatile
59 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.0078 kt 2023 down 63.7% volatile
60 Mozambique 0.0068 kt 2023 up 134.5% volatile
61 Serbia and Montenegro 0.0067 kt 2004 up 6,600.0% volatile
62 Philippines 0.0066 kt 2023 down 20.5% rising
63 Tunisia 0.0064 kt 2023 down 3.0% volatile
64 Uruguay 0.006 kt 2023 — volatile
65 Ireland 0.0058 kt 2023 up 13.7% falling
66 Belarus 0.0057 kt 2023 down 33.7% falling
67 Switzerland 0.0056 kt 2023 down 30.0% volatile
68 Azerbaijan 0.0055 kt 2023 up 96.4% volatile
69 Luxembourg 0.0051 kt 2023 down 19.0% volatile
70 Senegal 0.0048 kt 2023 up 84.6% volatile
71 Slovenia 0.0046 kt 2023 down 13.2% rising
72 Angola 0.0043 kt 2023 up 330.0% volatile
73 Egypt 0.0038 kt 2023 up 245.5% volatile
74 Albania 0.0037 kt 2023 up 1,750.0% volatile
75 Kyrgyzstan 0.0033 kt 2023 up 266.7% volatile
75 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.0033 kt 2023 up 57.1% volatile
77 New Zealand 0.003 kt 2023 down 18.9% falling
78 Zambia 0.0028 kt 2023 up 16.7% falling
79 Denmark 0.0027 kt 2023 down 32.5% volatile
80 Croatia 0.0026 kt 2023 up 36.8% volatile
80 New Caledonia 0.0026 kt 2023 down 13.3% rising
80 Saudi Arabia 0.0026 kt 2023 down 52.7% volatile
80 Melanesia 0.0026 kt 2023 down 13.3% rising
84 Eswatini 0.0023 kt 2023 — volatile
85 Honduras 0.0019 kt 2023 up 11.8% volatile
86 United Republic of Tanzania 0.0018 kt 2023 up 500.0% volatile
87 Cameroon 0.0017 kt 2023 up 70.0% volatile
88 Armenia 0.0013 kt 2023 up 18.2% volatile
88 Georgia 0.0013 kt 2023 up 160.0% volatile
88 Malawi 0.0013 kt 2023 up 85.7% rising
91 Costa Rica 0.0012 kt 2023 up 33.3% volatile
91 Oman 0.0012 kt 2023 down 47.8% falling
91 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0012 kt 2023 down 33.3% rising
94 Cyprus 0.0011 kt 2023 up 57.1% falling
95 North Macedonia 0.0009 kt 2023 down 71.9% volatile
95 Nigeria 0.0009 kt 2023 up 125.0% volatile
97 Estonia 0.0008 kt 2023 down 33.3% falling
97 Sudan (former) 0.0008 kt 2011 — volatile
99 Benin 0.0007 kt 2023 down 30.0% volatile
99 Kuwait 0.0007 kt 2023 up 40.0% volatile
99 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0007 kt 2023 up 250.0% volatile
102 Lithuania 0.0006 kt 2023 down 14.3% volatile
102 Latvia 0.0006 kt 2023 down 33.3% falling
102 Malaysia 0.0006 kt 2023 — volatile
105 Republic of Moldova 0.0005 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
106 Bangladesh 0.0004 kt 1998 — volatile
106 Iraq 0.0004 kt 2010 down 66.7% falling
106 Jamaica 0.0004 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
106 Togo 0.0004 kt 2023 down 55.6% falling
110 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0003 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Burkina Faso 0.0002 kt 2023 — flat
111 Jordan 0.0002 kt 2023 down 83.3% volatile
111 Malta 0.0002 kt 2023 up 100.0% rising
111 Montenegro 0.0002 kt 2023 down 60.0% volatile
111 Nauru 0.0002 kt 2001 down 50.0% falling
111 Micronesia 0.0002 kt 2001 down 50.0% falling
117 United Arab Emirates 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
117 Botswana 0.0001 kt 2023 — volatile
117 Ghana 0.0001 kt 2023 — volatile
117 Israel 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
117 Singapore 0.0001 kt 2023 down 66.7% volatile
117 Turkmenistan 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
117 Brunei Darussalam 0.0001 kt 2023 — volatile
124 Cuba 0 kt 2023 — volatile
124 Gabon 0 kt 2023 — flat
124 Greenland 0 kt 2023 — flat
124 Guyana 0 kt 2023 — flat
124 Sri Lanka 0 kt 2016 — flat
124 Palestine 0 kt 2023 — flat
124 El Salvador 0 kt 2023 — flat
124 Suriname 0 kt 2019 down 100.0% volatile
124 Syrian Arab Republic 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
124 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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
Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
167 places, 5,005 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