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

Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O) 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
104
Highest
0 kt per person
Iceland
Lowest
0 kt per person
Suriname
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
3,473

What the numbers show

Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O), per capita is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 0 kt per person in Iceland; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Suriname.

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

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 2,117.3%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 0 kt per person 2023 down 40.4% volatile
2 Finland 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.7% rising
3 New Caledonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.4% falling
4 Australia 0 kt per person 2023 down 36.2% falling
5 Norway 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
6 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 13.5% volatile
7 Luxembourg 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.7% falling
8 South Africa 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.0% volatile
9 Bahrain 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.0% falling
10 Serbia 0 kt per person 2023 up 85.5% rising
11 Poland 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.6% falling
12 Chile 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.9% volatile
13 Canada 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.9% falling
14 Slovenia 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.3% falling
15 China 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.1% volatile
16 Qatar 0 kt per person 2023 up 130.9% volatile
17 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.8% falling
18 Germany 0 kt per person 2023 down 33.9% falling
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2023 down 46.3% volatile
20 Russia 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.1% rising
21 Slovakia 0 kt per person 2023 down 49.2% falling
22 Czechia 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.0% falling
23 Bulgaria 0 kt per person 2023 up 19.0% rising
24 Greece 0 kt per person 2023 down 38.4% falling
25 United States 0 kt per person 2023 down 38.4% volatile
26 Turkey 0 kt per person 2023 up 84.5% rising
27 Austria 0 kt per person 2023 down 42.0% rising
28 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 439.8% volatile
29 Estonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.3% falling
30 Thailand 0 kt per person 2023 up 22.2% volatile
31 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.6% falling
32 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.4% falling
33 United Kingdom 0 kt per person 2023 down 43.5% falling
34 North Macedonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 59.5% falling
35 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 down 26.6% falling
36 Vietnam 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,263.9% volatile
37 Uruguay 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
38 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 down 48.3% falling
39 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.8% falling
40 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2023 up 32.0% volatile
41 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,691.8% volatile
42 Ireland 0 kt per person 2023 down 26.3% falling
43 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 down 38.2% falling
44 Romania 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.7% falling
45 Brazil 0 kt per person 2023 up 209.4% rising
46 Uganda 0 kt per person 2023 up 904.6% volatile
47 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 down 48.7% volatile
48 France 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.3% falling
49 Montenegro 0 kt per person 2023 down 80.0% volatile
50 Colombia 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.2% volatile
51 Croatia 0 kt per person 2023 down 26.9% falling
52 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 down 59.5% volatile
53 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 up 395.4% volatile
54 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.0% volatile
55 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 up 108.0% volatile
56 Mexico 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.9% falling
57 Botswana 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
58 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
59 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 48.8% volatile
60 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per person 2023 down 51.0% rising
61 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.7% falling
62 Senegal 0 kt per person 2023 up 51.7% volatile
63 Belarus 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.4% falling
64 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 up 85.5% volatile
65 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 374.5% volatile
66 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.1% volatile
67 Latvia 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.8% falling
68 Albania 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
69 Moldova 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.3% volatile
70 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.6% volatile
71 Honduras 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.3% volatile
72 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.5% rising
73 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.0% volatile
74 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.1% volatile
75 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.9% volatile
76 Argentina 0 kt per person 2012 up 531.4% volatile
77 Georgia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
78 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 up 232.6% volatile
79 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 up 73.8% volatile
80 Kuwait 0 kt per person 2023 down 27.7% volatile
81 Oman 0 kt per person 2023 down 62.0% volatile
82 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 up 28.6% volatile
83 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per person 2023 down 59.0% volatile
84 India 0 kt per person 2023 down 77.9% volatile
85 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 up 24.8% rising
86 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.6% volatile
87 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.6% volatile
88 Togo 0 kt per person 2023 down 58.7% falling
89 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 2,117.3% volatile
90 Israel 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.2% volatile
91 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 down 62.1% volatile
92 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 down 41.3% volatile
93 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 up 108.1% volatile
94 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.2% volatile
95 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
96 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
97 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
98 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
98 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 1998 — volatile
98 Iraq 0 kt per person 2010 down 100.0% volatile
98 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
98 Nauru 0 kt per person 2001 down 100.0% volatile
98 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
98 Suriname 0 kt per person 2019 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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Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O) 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 (N2O) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O), 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
Last refreshed

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