Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita by country

Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) 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
115
Highest
0 kt per person
Iceland
Lowest
0 kt per person
Greenland
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
3,473

What the numbers show

Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita is currently reported for 115 countries. The highest value is 0 kt per person in Iceland; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per person, and the mean is 0 kt per person.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 55,251.5%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 95.7%).

Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita (capita): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 0 kt per person 2023 down 40.6% volatile
2 Nauru 0 kt per person 2001 down 44.1% falling
3 Finland 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.8% rising
4 New Caledonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.4% flat
5 Australia 0 kt per person 2023 down 36.2% falling
6 Norway 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
7 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 13.7% volatile
8 Luxembourg 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.1% falling
9 Bahrain 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.8% falling
10 South Africa 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.0% volatile
11 Serbia 0 kt per person 2023 up 85.9% rising
12 Poland 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.5% falling
13 Chile 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.4% volatile
14 Canada 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.8% falling
15 Slovenia 0 kt per person 2023 down 40.0% falling
16 China 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.1% volatile
17 Qatar 0 kt per person 2023 up 125.9% volatile
18 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.8% falling
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2023 down 44.9% volatile
20 Germany 0 kt per person 2023 down 33.9% falling
21 Russia 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.1% rising
22 Slovakia 0 kt per person 2023 down 48.9% falling
23 Czechia 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.8% falling
24 Bulgaria 0 kt per person 2023 up 18.4% rising
25 Greece 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.0% falling
26 United States 0 kt per person 2023 down 38.4% volatile
27 Turkey 0 kt per person 2023 up 84.6% rising
28 Austria 0 kt per person 2023 down 42.6% rising
29 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 437.0% volatile
30 Thailand 0 kt per person 2023 up 22.7% volatile
31 Estonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 36.3% falling
32 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
33 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.4% falling
34 United Kingdom 0 kt per person 2023 down 43.4% falling
35 Uruguay 0 kt per person 2023 up 30,881.9% volatile
36 North Macedonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 59.9% falling
37 Vietnam 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,297.5% volatile
38 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 down 26.8% falling
39 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 down 47.8% falling
40 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.9% falling
41 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,761.2% volatile
42 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 down 38.2% falling
43 Ireland 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.2% falling
44 Romania 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
45 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2023 up 33.7% volatile
46 Brazil 0 kt per person 2023 up 208.2% rising
47 Uganda 0 kt per person 2023 up 825.7% volatile
48 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 down 48.6% volatile
49 France 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.0% falling
50 Colombia 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.3% volatile
51 Montenegro 0 kt per person 2023 down 85.3% volatile
52 Croatia 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.0% falling
53 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.5% volatile
54 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 down 58.5% volatile
55 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 up 399.7% volatile
56 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 up 101.8% volatile
57 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per person 2023 down 35.8% rising
58 Mexico 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.2% falling
59 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 55,251.5% volatile
60 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 49.4% volatile
61 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 27.3% falling
62 Senegal 0 kt per person 2023 up 62.2% volatile
63 Belarus 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.3% falling
64 Malta 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
65 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 up 77.0% volatile
66 Botswana 0 kt per person 2023 up 6,942.9% volatile
67 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 262.5% volatile
68 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.0% volatile
69 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 up 30.0% volatile
70 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 up 27.6% volatile
71 Brunei 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
72 Latvia 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.2% volatile
73 Georgia 0 kt per person 2023 up 195.3% volatile
74 Honduras 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.0% volatile
75 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.8% rising
76 Albania 0 kt per person 2023 up 310.6% volatile
77 Argentina 0 kt per person 2012 up 558.7% volatile
78 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.1% volatile
79 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 up 51.1% volatile
80 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
81 Moldova 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.2% volatile
82 Oman 0 kt per person 2023 down 58.9% falling
83 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 up 200.6% volatile
84 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 up 73.2% volatile
85 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 up 85.2% volatile
86 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.9% volatile
87 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per person 2023 down 55.9% volatile
88 Suriname 0 kt per person 2019 down 95.7% volatile
89 India 0 kt per person 2023 down 77.8% volatile
90 Kuwait 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.9% volatile
91 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 up 50.9% rising
92 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.0% volatile
93 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 2,657.7% volatile
94 Togo 0 kt per person 2023 down 63.5% falling
95 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 down 48.5% volatile
96 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 down 26.5% volatile
97 Israel 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.2% volatile
98 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 up 135.5% volatile
99 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 down 63.6% volatile
100 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.0% volatile
101 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kt per person 2023 up 173.9% volatile
102 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 down 92.5% volatile
103 Turkmenistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 25.1% rising
104 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
105 Burkina Faso 0 kt per person 2023 — falling
106 Iraq 0 kt per person 2010 down 72.8% falling
107 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per person 2023 down 26.6% volatile
108 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
109 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 up 72.0% volatile
110 Palestine 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.1% volatile
111 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 1998 up 622.1% volatile
112 Syria 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.1% volatile
113 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2016 down 40.0% rising
114 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
114 Greenland 0 kt per person 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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Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) 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 (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), 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 (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.