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Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4), per capita by country

Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
108
Highest
0 kt per person
China
Lowest
0 kt per person
Guyana
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
3,249

What the numbers show

Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4), per capita is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 0 kt per person in China; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Guyana.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per person, and the mean is 0 kt per person.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 86,848.4%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 100.0%).

Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.9% volatile
2 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.3% volatile
3 Iceland 0 kt per person 2023 down 62.5% rising
4 South Africa 0 kt per person 2023 up 40.5% rising
5 Slovakia 0 kt per person 2023 down 41.9% falling
6 Nauru 0 kt per person 2001 down 43.8% falling
7 Finland 0 kt per person 2023 up 118.6% rising
8 Australia 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.3% volatile
9 Norway 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.2% falling
10 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 486.3% volatile
11 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.6% flat
12 Colombia 0 kt per person 2023 up 248.5% volatile
13 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.6% rising
14 New Caledonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.1% flat
15 Brazil 0 kt per person 2023 up 394.3% volatile
16 Canada 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.2% falling
17 Poland 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.9% volatile
18 Luxembourg 0 kt per person 2023 down 33.9% volatile
19 Bahrain 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.0% falling
20 Qatar 0 kt per person 2023 up 126.1% volatile
21 France 0 kt per person 2023 up 79.8% volatile
22 Austria 0 kt per person 2023 down 51.3% rising
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2023 up 659.6% volatile
24 Thailand 0 kt per person 2023 up 45.3% volatile
25 Germany 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.0% falling
26 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 547.0% volatile
27 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 down 52.0% falling
28 Czechia 0 kt per person 2023 down 51.4% volatile
29 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 down 58.0% volatile
30 India 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.6% rising
31 Slovenia 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.7% rising
32 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.7% falling
33 Bulgaria 0 kt per person 2023 up 92.7% rising
34 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
35 Uruguay 0 kt per person 2023 up 17,288.5% volatile
36 Serbia 0 kt per person 2023 up 136.1% rising
37 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.6% falling
38 Albania 0 kt per person 2023 up 2,399.1% volatile
39 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 up 84.1% rising
40 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.6% falling
41 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 399.1% volatile
42 Chile 0 kt per person 2023 down 41.0% volatile
43 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 up 154.2% volatile
44 Ireland 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.5% falling
45 Uganda 0 kt per person 2023 up 833.2% volatile
46 Romania 0 kt per person 2023 down 46.6% rising
47 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per person 2023 down 35.7% rising
48 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2023 up 35.6% volatile
49 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 up 103.3% volatile
50 Greece 0 kt per person 2023 down 92.6% volatile
51 Croatia 0 kt per person 2023 up 47.9% falling
52 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 35.6% volatile
53 Belarus 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.0% falling
54 Estonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.8% falling
55 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.0% falling
56 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 86,848.4% volatile
57 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.3% volatile
58 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 up 79.7% volatile
59 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.3% volatile
60 North Macedonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 70.6% volatile
61 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 199.4% volatile
62 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 down 35.5% volatile
63 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 up 21.4% volatile
64 Malta 0 kt per person 2023 up 38.1% rising
65 Mexico 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.4% falling
66 Latvia 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
67 Georgia 0 kt per person 2023 up 165.6% volatile
68 Argentina 0 kt per person 2012 up 557.9% volatile
69 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 down 43.5% volatile
70 Montenegro 0 kt per person 2023 down 64.1% volatile
71 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.5% volatile
72 Senegal 0 kt per person 2023 up 39.3% volatile
73 Oman 0 kt per person 2023 down 58.9% falling
74 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 up 29.3% volatile
75 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 up 72.8% volatile
76 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.7% volatile
77 Honduras 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.2% volatile
78 Kuwait 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.0% volatile
79 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.8% falling
80 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 up 76.4% volatile
81 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 up 200.1% volatile
82 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per person 2023 down 60.8% falling
83 Suriname 0 kt per person 2019 down 95.3% volatile
84 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 up 50.8% rising
85 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 up 22.9% volatile
86 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 down 28.9% rising
87 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,792.4% volatile
88 Togo 0 kt per person 2023 down 60.9% falling
89 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 down 47.3% volatile
90 Botswana 0 kt per person 2023 up 642.3% volatile
91 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 up 180.4% volatile
92 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
93 Greenland 0 kt per person 2023 down 50.3% falling
94 Turkmenistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 17.7% rising
95 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 down 63.1% volatile
96 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 down 89.3% volatile
97 Iraq 0 kt per person 2010 down 73.0% falling
98 Burkina Faso 0 kt per person 2023 — falling
99 Israel 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.7% volatile
100 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.5% volatile
101 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 up 71.6% volatile
102 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 1998 up 861.3% volatile
103 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
104 Palestine 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.1% falling
105 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2016 down 40.9% rising
106 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 down 67.6% falling
107 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
107 Guyana 0 kt per person 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.

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Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
111 places, 3,249 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.