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Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (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
117
Highest
227.82 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Greenland
Median
0.2253 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,005

What the numbers show

Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 227.82 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2253 kt, and the mean is 7.11 kt.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 66,290.9%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 95.3%).

Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 227.82 kt 2023 down 5.9% volatile
2 China, mainland 217.44 kt 2023 down 4.3% volatile
3 OECD 157.48 kt 2023 down 22.7% falling
4 Russian Federation 20.86 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
5 Japan 19.31 kt 2023 down 22.6% falling
6 South Africa 17.29 kt 2023 up 22.5% volatile
7 Germany 12.63 kt 2023 down 31.8% falling
8 Australia and New Zealand 12.09 kt 2023 down 26.4% falling
9 Australia 11.95 kt 2023 down 26.4% falling
10 Republic of Korea 11.37 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
11 China, Taiwan Province of 10.38 kt 2023 down 30.9% falling
12 Brazil 9.58 kt 2023 up 227.9% volatile
13 Kazakhstan 8.33 kt 2023 up 31.6% volatile
14 Poland 8.28 kt 2023 down 6.0% falling
15 Canada 8.25 kt 2023 down 7.3% falling
16 Thailand 6.93 kt 2023 up 25.9% volatile
17 India 6.05 kt 2023 down 75.4% volatile
18 Indonesia 5.46 kt 2023 up 64.2% volatile
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.46 kt 2023 down 39.5% falling
20 Chile 4.34 kt 2023 up 0.7% volatile
21 Italy 4.24 kt 2023 down 28.4% falling
22 France 3 kt 2023 down 0.5% falling
23 Mexico 2.81 kt 2023 down 23.5% falling
24 Finland 2.68 kt 2023 down 27.9% rising
25 Spain 2.65 kt 2023 down 35.8% falling
26 Norway 2.47 kt 2023 down 18.0% falling
27 Uganda 2.19 kt 2023 up 1,174.6% volatile
28 Morocco 2.12 kt 2023 up 1,977.3% volatile
29 Colombia 2.07 kt 2023 down 22.1% volatile
30 Ukraine 1.67 kt 2023 down 58.0% volatile
31 Serbia 1.59 kt 2023 up 71.8% flat
32 Czechia 1.41 kt 2023 down 6.8% falling
33 Greece 1.18 kt 2023 down 42.1% falling
34 Iceland 1.17 kt 2023 down 29.2% volatile
35 Dominican Republic 1.11 kt 2023 up 497.0% volatile
36 Philippines 1.08 kt 2023 down 24.3% volatile
37 Algeria 1.06 kt 2023 up 142.6% volatile
38 Romania 1.04 kt 2023 down 28.0% falling
39 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.01 kt 2023 down 46.9% falling
40 Austria 0.9156 kt 2023 down 38.2% rising
41 Sweden 0.8997 kt 2023 down 15.6% rising
42 Portugal 0.8692 kt 2023 down 17.5% falling
43 Belgium 0.7995 kt 2023 down 44.9% falling
44 Bulgaria 0.7825 kt 2023 up 6.6% rising
45 Uzbekistan 0.7303 kt 2023 up 66,290.9% volatile
46 Slovakia 0.7192 kt 2023 down 48.8% falling
47 Pakistan 0.7017 kt 2023 up 3,133.6% volatile
48 Hungary 0.5756 kt 2023 up 2.9% falling
49 Zambia 0.5313 kt 2023 up 572.5% volatile
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4895 kt 2023 down 51.4% volatile
51 Bahrain 0.4322 kt 2023 up 31.8% rising
52 Qatar 0.4224 kt 2023 up 213.1% volatile
53 Slovenia 0.3938 kt 2023 down 38.2% falling
54 Argentina 0.379 kt 2012 up 630.2% volatile
55 Senegal 0.326 kt 2023 up 113.9% volatile
56 Ireland 0.2907 kt 2023 down 14.1% falling
57 Serbia and Montenegro 0.252 kt 2004 up 7,775.0% volatile
58 Uruguay 0.2502 kt 2023 up 31,175.0% volatile
59 Angola 0.2253 kt 2023 up 306.7% volatile
60 Luxembourg 0.2048 kt 2023 up 35.1% falling
61 Mozambique 0.1905 kt 2023 up 132.6% volatile
62 Tunisia 0.173 kt 2023 down 16.7% volatile
63 Switzerland 0.1715 kt 2023 down 20.1% falling
64 Azerbaijan 0.1704 kt 2023 up 90.8% volatile
65 Saudi Arabia 0.1667 kt 2023 down 46.2% volatile
66 Tajikistan 0.1664 kt 2023 up 358.4% volatile
67 Denmark 0.1603 kt 2023 down 56.0% volatile
68 Belarus 0.1595 kt 2023 down 33.3% falling
69 New Zealand 0.1415 kt 2023 down 21.0% volatile
70 New Caledonia 0.1375 kt 2023 down 13.5% rising
71 North Macedonia 0.132 kt 2023 down 61.9% falling
72 Estonia 0.1246 kt 2023 down 33.8% falling
73 Egypt 0.1208 kt 2023 up 182.9% volatile
74 Croatia 0.1134 kt 2023 down 29.8% falling
75 Honduras 0.1012 kt 2023 up 13.7% volatile
76 Cameroon 0.0935 kt 2023 up 32.6% falling
77 Zimbabwe 0.0922 kt 2023 up 115.9% volatile
78 Malawi 0.0731 kt 2023 up 81.4% rising
79 Cyprus 0.0729 kt 2023 up 51.9% falling
80 Costa Rica 0.066 kt 2023 up 40.7% volatile
81 Peru 0.0557 kt 2023 down 16.6% volatile
82 Myanmar 0.0474 kt 2023 up 18.5% volatile
83 Sudan (former) 0.0427 kt 2011 — volatile
84 Botswana 0.0408 kt 2023 up 8,060.0% volatile
85 Benin 0.0374 kt 2023 down 32.1% volatile
86 Armenia 0.0368 kt 2023 up 25.2% volatile
86 Kyrgyzstan 0.0368 kt 2023 up 36.3% volatile
88 Georgia 0.036 kt 2023 up 195.1% volatile
89 Oman 0.0323 kt 2023 down 45.8% falling
90 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0307 kt 2023 down 34.5% rising
91 Lithuania 0.0252 kt 2023 down 11.9% volatile
92 Nigeria 0.0236 kt 2023 up 116.5% volatile
93 Togo 0.0228 kt 2023 down 55.9% falling
94 Albania 0.0225 kt 2023 up 251.6% volatile
94 Jamaica 0.0225 kt 2023 up 54.1% volatile
96 Latvia 0.0209 kt 2023 down 10.3% volatile
97 Montenegro 0.0204 kt 2023 down 85.2% volatile
98 Kuwait 0.0193 kt 2023 up 45.1% volatile
99 Malaysia 0.017 kt 2023 — volatile
100 Israel 0.0159 kt 2023 down 44.0% volatile
101 Naoero 0.0119 kt 2001 down 42.5% falling
102 Burkina Faso 0.0109 kt 2023 — flat
102 Bangladesh 0.0109 kt 1998 up 738.5% volatile
104 Malta 0.0093 kt 2023 up 20.8% flat
104 Eswatini 0.0093 kt 2023 — volatile
106 Jordan 0.008 kt 2023 down 89.3% volatile
107 Iraq 0.0066 kt 2010 down 65.4% falling
108 Brunei Darussalam 0.0056 kt 2023 — volatile
109 Singapore 0.0053 kt 2023 down 60.2% volatile
110 Ghana 0.005 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Turkmenistan 0.0045 kt 2023 up 55.2% rising
112 Suriname 0.0029 kt 2019 down 95.3% volatile
113 United Arab Emirates 0.0016 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
114 Sri Lanka 0.0005 kt 2016 down 37.5% rising
114 Palestine, State of 0.0005 kt 2023 unchanged falling
116 Cuba 0 kt 2023 — volatile
116 Greenland 0 kt 2023 — 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) from N2O (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
167 places, 5,005 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