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Food Packaging — 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
121
Highest
99,753 kt
China (People's Republic of)
Lowest
0 kt
Serbia and Montenegro
Median
107.04 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,582

What the numbers show

Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 99,753 kt in China (People's Republic of); the lowest is 0 kt in Serbia and Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 107.04 kt, and the mean is 3,002 kt.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 182,175.0%), and the largest decrease in Sri Lanka (down 100.0%).

Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China (People's Republic of) 99,753 kt 2023 down 2.8% volatile
2 China, mainland 96,234 kt 2023 down 1.5% volatile
3 OECD 69,600 kt 2023 down 11.7% falling
4 Russian Federation 12,397 kt 2023 down 9.0% rising
5 Japan 7,283 kt 2023 down 27.1% falling
6 Brazil 5,313 kt 2023 up 415.2% volatile
7 Germany 5,293 kt 2023 down 21.0% falling
8 South Africa 4,570 kt 2023 up 20.3% volatile
9 Australia and New Zealand 4,304 kt 2023 down 23.6% falling
10 Australia 4,180 kt 2023 down 23.4% falling
11 India 3,760 kt 2023 down 48.8% volatile
12 Canada 3,682 kt 2023 up 6.0% falling
13 Republic of Korea 3,643 kt 2023 down 5.0% rising
14 China, Taiwan Province of 3,519 kt 2023 down 28.2% falling
15 Italy 3,008 kt 2023 up 4.2% falling
16 Poland 2,637 kt 2023 down 3.0% falling
17 Kazakhstan 2,613 kt 2023 up 28.9% volatile
18 Indonesia 2,311 kt 2023 up 55.5% volatile
19 Algeria 2,049 kt 2023 up 145.2% volatile
20 Thailand 1,943 kt 2023 down 0.5% rising
21 Spain 1,931 kt 2023 down 4.3% falling
22 France 1,921 kt 2023 down 0.8% falling
23 Mexico 1,844 kt 2023 down 24.2% falling
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,780 kt 2023 down 40.8% falling
25 Chile 1,412 kt 2023 up 15.0% volatile
26 Uzbekistan 914.84 kt 2023 up 182,175.0% volatile
27 Qatar 894.9 kt 2023 up 213.4% volatile
28 Colombia 834.35 kt 2023 down 18.2% volatile
29 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 787.79 kt 2023 down 16.6% falling
30 Bahrain 745.29 kt 2023 up 20.0% rising
31 Finland 701.07 kt 2023 down 29.7% rising
32 Austria 670.46 kt 2023 down 6.0% rising
33 Czechia 617.73 kt 2023 down 6.8% falling
34 Ukraine 582.17 kt 2023 down 62.6% rising
35 Slovak Republic 567.7 kt 2023 down 24.8% falling
36 Morocco 550.2 kt 2023 up 1,195.4% volatile
37 Belgium 511 kt 2023 down 23.6% falling
38 Greece 488.78 kt 2023 down 26.2% falling
39 Romania 487.72 kt 2023 down 20.4% falling
40 Serbia 473.91 kt 2023 up 70.2% falling
41 Dominican Republic 445.41 kt 2023 up 440.9% volatile
42 Portugal 412.43 kt 2023 down 0.0% falling
43 Tunisia 367.36 kt 2023 down 5.7% volatile
44 Pakistan 366.57 kt 2023 up 1,211.0% volatile
45 Sweden 359.38 kt 2023 down 9.5% falling
46 Bulgaria 313.32 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
47 Belarus 299.41 kt 2023 down 37.2% falling
48 Philippines 291.36 kt 2023 down 31.4% volatile
49 Azerbaijan 271.29 kt 2023 up 89.4% volatile
50 Hungary 214.72 kt 2023 down 6.6% falling
51 Ireland 191.54 kt 2023 up 1.1% flat
52 Slovenia 189.9 kt 2023 down 20.1% falling
53 Egypt 169.2 kt 2023 up 229.6% volatile
54 Norway 167.56 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
55 Malaysia 167.33 kt 2023 — volatile
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 147.53 kt 2023 down 46.9% volatile
57 New Zealand 123.85 kt 2023 down 30.0% falling
58 Zambia 123.41 kt 2023 up 741.5% volatile
59 Saudi Arabia 114.27 kt 2023 down 38.6% rising
60 Angola 110.02 kt 2023 — volatile
61 Denmark 107.04 kt 2023 down 28.3% falling
62 Senegal 102.14 kt 2023 up 95.3% volatile
63 Mozambique 102.1 kt 2023 up 276.7% volatile
64 Switzerland 91.6 kt 2023 down 11.3% falling
65 Croatia 84.12 kt 2023 down 8.5% falling
66 Tajikistan 78.45 kt 2023 up 11,945.2% volatile
67 Armenia 70.51 kt 2023 up 15.6% volatile
68 New Caledonia 69.37 kt 2023 down 12.6% rising
69 Oman 68.43 kt 2023 down 45.9% volatile
70 Trinidad and Tobago 65.26 kt 2023 down 34.4% rising
71 Cameroon 63.97 kt 2023 up 110.3% volatile
72 Honduras 62.2 kt 2023 up 13.6% volatile
73 Nigeria 50.21 kt 2023 up 116.2% volatile
74 North Macedonia 40.74 kt 2023 down 57.0% falling
75 Kuwait 39.27 kt 2023 up 38.7% volatile
76 Luxembourg 37.84 kt 2023 down 59.2% falling
77 Myanmar 34.93 kt 2023 up 86.4% volatile
78 Georgia 34.61 kt 2023 up 123.7% volatile
79 Estonia 33.82 kt 2023 down 39.1% falling
80 Cyprus 31.97 kt 2023 up 49.3% falling
81 Zimbabwe 30.27 kt 2023 up 99.0% falling
82 Latvia 25.86 kt 2023 down 9.6% falling
83 Benin 23.25 kt 2023 down 14.2% volatile
84 Costa Rica 22.59 kt 2023 up 1.5% volatile
85 Kyrgyzstan 21.98 kt 2023 down 29.7% volatile
86 Sudan (former) 20.64 kt 2011 — volatile
87 Lithuania 18.71 kt 2023 down 46.2% volatile
88 Peru 17.07 kt 2023 down 35.7% volatile
89 Togo 15.93 kt 2023 down 17.4% flat
90 Uruguay 12.05 kt 2023 — volatile
91 Jamaica 11.3 kt 2023 up 85.3% volatile
92 Jordan 11.11 kt 2023 down 70.0% volatile
93 Botswana 8.96 kt 2023 up 3,235.9% volatile
94 Turkmenistan 7.95 kt 2023 up 38.8% rising
95 Malawi 7.21 kt 2023 — volatile
96 Malta 6.74 kt 2023 up 103.3% volatile
97 Albania 6.48 kt 2023 up 203.0% volatile
98 Montenegro 5.74 kt 2023 down 83.4% volatile
99 Israel 5.44 kt 2023 down 34.4% volatile
100 Uganda 4.84 kt 2023 up 1,270.7% volatile
101 Ghana 4.31 kt 2023 — volatile
102 Brunei Darussalam 4.23 kt 2023 up 15,053.8% volatile
103 United Arab Emirates 3.83 kt 2023 up 9.3% volatile
104 Iceland 3.5 kt 2023 down 88.5% volatile
105 Eswatini 2.76 kt 2023 — volatile
106 Singapore 2.61 kt 2023 down 59.8% volatile
107 Burkina Faso 2.52 kt 2023 — volatile
108 Palestine 0.3354 kt 2023 up 9.6% volatile
109 Cuba 0.0994 kt 2023 up 48.4% volatile
110 Greenland 0.0252 kt 2023 down 53.4% falling
111 El Salvador 0.0141 kt 2023 down 53.5% volatile
112 Gabon 0.0078 kt 2023 up 110.8% volatile
113 Guyana 0.0002 kt 2023 — volatile
114 Argentina 0 kt 2023 — volatile
114 Bangladesh 0 kt 2023 — volatile
114 Fiji 0 kt 2023 — volatile
114 Iraq 0 kt 2023 — volatile
114 Sri Lanka 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
114 Nauru 0 kt 2023 — volatile
114 Suriname 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
114 Serbia and Montenegro 0 kt 2005 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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Indicator
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
168 places, 5,582 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