Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2), per capita by country

Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2) 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
118
Highest
0.0006 kt per person
Nauru
Lowest
0 kt per person
Guyana
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
3,473

What the numbers show

Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2), per capita is currently reported for 118 countries. The highest value is 0.0006 kt per person in Nauru; 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 48 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 152,139.0%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 95.9%).

Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2), per capita (Food capita): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nauru 0.0006 kt per person 2001 down 43.7% falling
2 Bahrain 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 4.7% falling
3 Qatar 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 126.1% volatile
4 New Caledonia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 16.5% flat
5 Australia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 33.6% falling
6 Kazakhstan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 11.4% volatile
7 Finland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 31.7% rising
8 Slovakia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 24.8% falling
9 Canada 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
10 Slovenia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 22.3% falling
11 Russia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.1% rising
12 Austria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 12.5% rising
13 Chile 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.5% rising
14 Poland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.8% falling
15 Serbia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 84.1% flat
16 South Africa 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.7% volatile
17 China 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 5.8% volatile
18 United States 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
19 Germany 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 23.5% falling
20 Japan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 25.4% falling
21 Czechia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.7% falling
22 Luxembourg 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 66.9% falling
23 Italy 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 6.6% falling
24 Bulgaria 0 kt per person 2023 up 19.5% rising
25 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per person 2023 down 35.7% rising
26 Greece 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.9% falling
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.9% volatile
28 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 up 104.0% volatile
29 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 down 27.5% falling
30 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.7% falling
31 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 386.5% volatile
32 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.1% falling
33 Turkey 0 kt per person 2023 up 42.4% rising
34 Ireland 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.0% falling
35 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.5% falling
36 Belarus 0 kt per person 2023 down 35.4% falling
37 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.9% volatile
38 Norway 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.8% falling
39 France 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.5% falling
40 Thailand 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.3% rising
41 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 up 75.6% volatile
42 United Kingdom 0 kt per person 2023 down 44.6% falling
43 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 152,139.0% volatile
44 Romania 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.5% falling
45 Brazil 0 kt per person 2023 up 384.7% volatile
46 Estonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 41.5% falling
47 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2023 down 40.2% falling
48 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 up 17.8% volatile
49 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2023 up 31.4% volatile
50 Vietnam 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,204.8% volatile
51 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.0% falling
52 North Macedonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.7% falling
53 Croatia 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.4% falling
54 Argentina 0 kt per person 2012 up 557.9% volatile
55 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.3% falling
56 Colombia 0 kt per person 2023 down 28.8% volatile
57 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.3% rising
58 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,065.6% volatile
59 Mexico 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.9% falling
60 Latvia 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.4% falling
61 Oman 0 kt per person 2023 down 58.9% falling
62 Moldova 0 kt per person 2023 up 13.4% volatile
63 Malta 0 kt per person 2023 up 56.4% rising
64 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.2% falling
65 Georgia 0 kt per person 2023 up 123.8% volatile
66 Brunei 0 kt per person 2023 up 13,453.5% volatile
67 Montenegro 0 kt per person 2023 down 83.4% volatile
68 Kuwait 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.2% volatile
69 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 37.0% volatile
70 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 11,984.5% volatile
71 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 down 44.6% volatile
72 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 up 528.4% volatile
73 Honduras 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.2% volatile
74 Senegal 0 kt per person 2023 up 48.1% volatile
75 Iceland 0 kt per person 2023 down 94.2% volatile
76 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
77 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.4% volatile
78 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 up 81.7% volatile
79 Botswana 0 kt per person 2023 up 2,773.9% volatile
80 Uruguay 0 kt per person 2023 up 444.0% volatile
81 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per person 2023 down 49.6% volatile
82 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 down 43.0% volatile
83 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 up 181.2% volatile
84 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 up 200.0% volatile
85 Albania 0 kt per person 2023 up 248.9% volatile
86 India 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.4% volatile
87 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.1% rising
88 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 up 58.8% rising
89 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
90 Suriname 0 kt per person 2019 down 95.6% volatile
91 Togo 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.6% falling
92 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 up 69.6% volatile
93 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.9% rising
94 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,016.3% volatile
95 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 up 174.4% volatile
96 Turkmenistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.9% rising
97 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 down 79.0% volatile
98 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kt per person 2023 up 187.9% volatile
99 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 up 76.9% volatile
100 Israel 0 kt per person 2023 down 46.3% volatile
101 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 down 43.4% volatile
102 Greenland 0 kt per person 2023 down 53.6% falling
103 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 down 63.3% volatile
104 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.8% volatile
105 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 up 24.5% rising
106 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 up 71.8% volatile
107 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 1998 up 946.7% volatile
108 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
109 Burkina Faso 0 kt per person 2023 — falling
110 Iraq 0 kt per person 2010 down 73.1% falling
111 Syria 0 kt per person 2023 down 53.2% volatile
112 Palestine 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
113 Uganda 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,148.4% volatile
114 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2016 down 38.9% rising
115 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 up 52.1% volatile
116 Gabon 0 kt per person 2023 up 62.3% rising
117 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.9% falling
118 Guyana 0 kt per person 2023 down 95.9% 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 (CO2) 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 (CO2) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
119 places, 3,473 data points, 1990–2023
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Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.