Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre by country
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
109
Highest
0.9307 kt per square kilometre
Bahrain
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Guyana
Median
0.0008 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
3,249
What the numbers show
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre is currently reported for 109 countries. The highest value is 0.9307 kt per square kilometre in Bahrain; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Guyana.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0008 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0145 kt per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 180,482.0%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 95.2%).
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 0.9307 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 2 | Nauru | 0.2908 kt per square kilometre | 2001 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 3 | Qatar | 0.0778 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Malta | 0.0213 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.6% | rising |
| 5 | Japan | 0.0198 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 6 | Belgium | 0.0167 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 7 | Germany | 0.0151 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 0.0146 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0127 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 10 | Slovakia | 0.0117 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 11 | China | 0.0102 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Italy | 0.0101 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 13 | Slovenia | 0.0094 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 0.0092 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 442.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Poland | 0.0086 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 16 | Austria | 0.0081 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 17 | Czechia | 0.008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 18 | Serbia | 0.0054 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.9% | falling |
| 19 | Portugal | 0.0045 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 20 | Spain | 0.0039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 21 | Greece | 0.0038 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 22 | Thailand | 0.0038 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 23 | New Caledonia | 0.0037 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 24 | South Africa | 0.0037 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Singapore | 0.0036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 26 | France | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 27 | Cyprus | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.3% | falling |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Ireland | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 32 | Denmark | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 33 | Armenia | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Tunisia | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Hungary | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 36 | Switzerland | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 37 | Finland | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 38 | Kuwait | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Romania | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 180,482.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Chile | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 43 | Croatia | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 44 | Belarus | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 45 | India | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Morocco | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,201.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Indonesia | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Jamaica | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Ukraine | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.6% | rising |
| 50 | Philippines | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Mexico | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 53 | Sweden | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 54 | Algeria | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 145.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Estonia | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 56 | Colombia | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Brazil | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 415.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15,310.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Honduras | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Australia | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 61 | Senegal | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Malaysia | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Georgia | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 123.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Pakistan | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,209.0% | volatile |
| 65 | New Zealand | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 66 | Norway | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Montenegro | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Canada | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 70 | Latvia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 71 | Lithuania | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Argentina | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2012 | up 629.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Togo | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 74 | Israel | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Albania | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 198.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Oman | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 77 | Benin | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 78 | Bangladesh | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 1998 | up 1,115.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Egypt | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 229.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Zambia | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 745.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Eswatini | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Cameroon | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.5% | rising |
| 83 | Mozambique | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 277.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Jordan | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Angola | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 305.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.8% | falling |
| 88 | Malawi | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 89 | Uruguay | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 449.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Palestine | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 91 | Nigeria | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 94 | Myanmar | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Iceland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Ghana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 98 | Botswana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,230.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Peru | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | flat |
| 101 | Suriname | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2019 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Iraq | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2010 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 103 | Uganda | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,619.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2016 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 105 | Cuba | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 106 | El Salvador | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 107 | Greenland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Gabon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Guyana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0016 kt per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0002 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Food Packaging — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.