Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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
119
Highest
3,629 kt
China (People’s Republic of)
Lowest
0 kt
El Salvador
Median
0.1671 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,005
What the numbers show
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 119 countries. The highest value is 3,629 kt in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 0 kt in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1671 kt, and the mean is 66.83 kt.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 110,860.0%), and the largest decrease in Greenland (down 100.0%).
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (People’s Republic of) | 3,629 kt | 2023 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 3,571 kt | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 3 | OECD | 175.58 kt | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 4 | Indonesia | 95.7 kt | 2023 | up 544.3% | volatile |
| 5 | India | 89.39 kt | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 6 | China, Taiwan Province of | 57.75 kt | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 7 | South Africa | 53.86 kt | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Brazil | 52.38 kt | 2023 | up 425.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Japan | 40.89 kt | 2023 | down 33.2% | flat |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 33.04 kt | 2023 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Colombia | 14.04 kt | 2023 | up 295.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 14 kt | 2023 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Republic of Korea | 12.93 kt | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 14 | France | 11.45 kt | 2023 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Australia and New Zealand | 10.61 kt | 2023 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 16 | Australia | 10.53 kt | 2023 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 17 | Canada | 9.7 kt | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 18 | Germany | 9.54 kt | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 19 | Thailand | 9.32 kt | 2023 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Poland | 8.74 kt | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4.46 kt | 2023 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Slovak Republic | 3.67 kt | 2023 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 23 | Finland | 3.23 kt | 2023 | up 124.4% | rising |
| 24 | Italy | 2.78 kt | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 25 | Spain | 2.72 kt | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 26 | Sweden | 2.71 kt | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 27 | Ukraine | 2.43 kt | 2023 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Norway | 2.16 kt | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 29 | Austria | 1.43 kt | 2023 | down 47.6% | rising |
| 30 | Uganda | 1.38 kt | 2023 | up 1,184.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Mexico | 1.26 kt | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 32 | Algeria | 0.9951 kt | 2023 | up 144.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Tajikistan | 0.8879 kt | 2023 | up 718.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Belgium | 0.862 kt | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 35 | Myanmar | 0.8337 kt | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Czechia | 0.7213 kt | 2023 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Chile | 0.6666 kt | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.5986 kt | 2023 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 0.5548 kt | 2023 | up 110,860.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 0.5289 kt | 2023 | up 196.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Romania | 0.5238 kt | 2023 | down 49.0% | flat |
| 42 | Qatar | 0.4462 kt | 2023 | up 213.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.442 kt | 2023 | up 569.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Iceland | 0.4246 kt | 2023 | down 55.3% | rising |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | 0.4222 kt | 2023 | up 454.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Portugal | 0.4178 kt | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 47 | Argentina | 0.4005 kt | 2012 | up 629.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Hungary | 0.4002 kt | 2023 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 49 | Pakistan | 0.379 kt | 2023 | up 2,116.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 0.3564 kt | 2023 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 51 | Bahrain | 0.3257 kt | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 0.3198 kt | 2023 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Serbia | 0.3134 kt | 2023 | up 118.2% | flat |
| 54 | Morocco | 0.2863 kt | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Greece | 0.2218 kt | 2023 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Mozambique | 0.191 kt | 2023 | up 132.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.1888 kt | 2004 | up 4,868.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Philippines | 0.1859 kt | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 59 | Tunisia | 0.1794 kt | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Uruguay | 0.1671 kt | 2023 | up 16,610.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Ireland | 0.1634 kt | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 62 | Belarus | 0.1596 kt | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 63 | Switzerland | 0.1581 kt | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 0.1529 kt | 2023 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 0.1442 kt | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Senegal | 0.1343 kt | 2023 | up 83.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Slovenia | 0.1276 kt | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 68 | Angola | 0.119 kt | 2023 | up 306.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Egypt | 0.1063 kt | 2023 | up 236.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Albania | 0.103 kt | 2023 | up 2,045.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0935 kt | 2023 | up 268.1% | volatile |
| 72 | New Zealand | 0.0842 kt | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 73 | Zambia | 0.0792 kt | 2023 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 74 | Denmark | 0.0764 kt | 2023 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0741 kt | 2023 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 76 | New Caledonia | 0.0734 kt | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 77 | Croatia | 0.0726 kt | 2023 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Eswatini | 0.0635 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Honduras | 0.0535 kt | 2023 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Cameroon | 0.0468 kt | 2023 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Malawi | 0.0374 kt | 2023 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 82 | Armenia | 0.0368 kt | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Georgia | 0.0353 kt | 2023 | up 165.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 0.0343 kt | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Oman | 0.0341 kt | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0325 kt | 2023 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 87 | Cyprus | 0.0314 kt | 2023 | up 53.9% | falling |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 0.0253 kt | 2023 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Nigeria | 0.025 kt | 2023 | up 115.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Estonia | 0.0235 kt | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 91 | Sudan (former) | 0.0225 kt | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Kuwait | 0.0199 kt | 2023 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Benin | 0.0188 kt | 2023 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Latvia | 0.0181 kt | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 95 | Malaysia | 0.018 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Lithuania | 0.0158 kt | 2023 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Togo | 0.0119 kt | 2023 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 0.0116 kt | 1998 | up 1,060.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Iraq | 0.0116 kt | 2010 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 100 | Jamaica | 0.0105 kt | 2023 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Nauru | 0.0063 kt | 2001 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 102 | Malta | 0.0057 kt | 2023 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 103 | Burkina Faso | 0.0056 kt | 2023 | — | flat |
| 104 | Jordan | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Montenegro | 0.0052 kt | 2023 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 0.0036 kt | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 107 | Singapore | 0.0028 kt | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Ghana | 0.0025 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Botswana | 0.0024 kt | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Israel | 0.0023 kt | 2023 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 111 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0018 kt | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0018 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Suriname | 0.0011 kt | 2019 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Palestine, State of | 0.0003 kt | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 0.0002 kt | 2016 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Cuba | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Greenland | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Guyana | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | El Salvador | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4,222 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 4,044 kt
- Eastern Asia 3,682 kt
- Annex I countries 178.4 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 147.61 kt
- Americas 109.29 kt
- Southern Asia 89.86 kt
- European Union (27) 51.06 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 69.9 kt
- Northern America 39.39 kt
- South America 68.09 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 37.21 kt
About this data
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