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Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Countries reporting
131
Highest
0.8597 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Greenland
Median
0.0007 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,039

What the numbers show

Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 0.8597 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0007 kt, and the mean is 0.0245 kt.

Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 68,800.0%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 95.3%).

Food Packaging — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 0.8597 kt 2023 down 5.9% volatile
2 China, mainland 0.8205 kt 2023 down 4.3% volatile
2 Türkiye 0.0339 kt 2023 up 106.8% volatile
3 OECD 0.5943 kt 2023 down 22.7% falling
3 Viet Nam 0.0272 kt 2023 up 1,448.3% volatile
4 Russian Federation 0.0787 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
5 Japan 0.0729 kt 2023 down 22.6% falling
6 South Africa 0.0653 kt 2023 up 22.5% volatile
7 Germany 0.0477 kt 2023 down 31.8% falling
7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.0012 kt 2023 down 65.8% volatile
8 Australia and New Zealand 0.0456 kt 2023 down 26.4% falling
8 Melanesia 0.0005 kt 2023 down 13.5% rising
9 Australia 0.0451 kt 2023 down 26.4% falling
9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.0003 kt 2023 up 53.8% rising
10 Republic of Korea 0.0429 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
10 United Republic of Tanzania 0.0002 kt 2023 up 581.5% volatile
11 China, Taiwan Province of 0.0392 kt 2023 down 30.9% falling
11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.0001 kt 2023 up 991.7% volatile
12 Brazil 0.0362 kt 2023 up 227.9% volatile
12 Republic of Moldova 0.0001 kt 2023 down 4.4% volatile
13 Kazakhstan 0.0314 kt 2023 up 31.6% volatile
13 Micronesia 0 kt 2001 down 42.3% falling
14 Poland 0.0312 kt 2023 down 6.0% falling
14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 kt 2023 — volatile
15 Canada 0.0311 kt 2023 down 7.3% falling
15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 kt 2023 down 77.8% volatile
16 Thailand 0.0261 kt 2023 up 25.9% volatile
16 Syrian Arab Republic 0 kt 2023 down 50.0% volatile
17 India 0.0228 kt 2023 down 75.4% volatile
18 Indonesia 0.0206 kt 2023 up 64.2% volatile
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0206 kt 2023 down 39.5% falling
20 Chile 0.0164 kt 2023 up 0.7% volatile
21 Italy 0.016 kt 2023 down 28.4% falling
22 France 0.0113 kt 2023 down 0.5% falling
23 Mexico 0.0106 kt 2023 down 23.5% falling
24 Finland 0.0101 kt 2023 down 27.9% rising
25 Spain 0.01 kt 2023 down 35.8% falling
26 Norway 0.0093 kt 2023 down 18.0% falling
27 Uganda 0.0083 kt 2023 up 1,174.7% volatile
28 Morocco 0.008 kt 2023 up 1,976.9% volatile
29 Colombia 0.0078 kt 2023 down 22.1% volatile
30 Ukraine 0.0063 kt 2023 down 58.0% volatile
30 Caribbean 0.0044 kt 2023 up 369.3% volatile
31 Serbia 0.006 kt 2023 up 71.8% flat
32 Czechia 0.0053 kt 2023 down 6.8% falling
32 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0001 kt 2023 up 257.7% volatile
33 Greece 0.0045 kt 2023 down 42.1% falling
34 Iceland 0.0044 kt 2023 down 29.2% volatile
35 Dominican Republic 0.0042 kt 2023 up 496.9% volatile
36 Philippines 0.0041 kt 2023 down 24.3% volatile
37 Algeria 0.004 kt 2023 up 142.6% volatile
38 Romania 0.0039 kt 2023 down 28.0% falling
39 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0038 kt 2023 down 46.9% falling
40 Austria 0.0035 kt 2023 down 38.2% rising
41 Sweden 0.0034 kt 2023 down 15.7% rising
42 Portugal 0.0033 kt 2023 down 17.5% falling
43 Belgium 0.003 kt 2023 down 44.9% falling
44 Bulgaria 0.003 kt 2023 up 6.6% rising
45 Uzbekistan 0.0028 kt 2023 up 68,800.0% volatile
46 Slovakia 0.0027 kt 2023 down 48.8% falling
47 Pakistan 0.0026 kt 2023 up 3,129.3% volatile
48 Hungary 0.0022 kt 2023 up 2.9% falling
49 Zambia 0.002 kt 2023 up 572.8% volatile
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0018 kt 2023 down 51.4% volatile
51 Bahrain 0.0016 kt 2023 up 31.9% rising
52 Qatar 0.0016 kt 2023 up 213.2% volatile
53 Slovenia 0.0015 kt 2023 down 38.2% falling
54 Argentina 0.0014 kt 2012 up 629.6% volatile
55 Senegal 0.0012 kt 2023 up 113.9% volatile
56 Ireland 0.0011 kt 2023 down 14.1% falling
57 Serbia and Montenegro 0.001 kt 2004 up 7,825.0% volatile
58 Uruguay 0.0009 kt 2023 up 31,366.7% volatile
59 Angola 0.0008 kt 2023 up 306.7% volatile
60 Luxembourg 0.0008 kt 2023 up 35.1% falling
61 Mozambique 0.0007 kt 2023 up 132.7% volatile
62 Tunisia 0.0007 kt 2023 down 16.7% volatile
63 Switzerland 0.0006 kt 2023 down 20.1% falling
64 Azerbaijan 0.0006 kt 2023 up 90.8% volatile
65 Saudi Arabia 0.0006 kt 2023 down 46.2% volatile
66 Tajikistan 0.0006 kt 2023 up 358.4% volatile
67 Denmark 0.0006 kt 2023 down 56.0% volatile
68 Belarus 0.0006 kt 2023 down 33.3% falling
69 New Zealand 0.0005 kt 2023 down 21.0% volatile
70 New Caledonia 0.0005 kt 2023 down 13.5% rising
71 North Macedonia 0.0005 kt 2023 down 61.9% falling
72 Estonia 0.0005 kt 2023 down 33.8% falling
73 Egypt 0.0005 kt 2023 up 183.2% volatile
74 Croatia 0.0004 kt 2023 down 29.8% falling
75 Honduras 0.0004 kt 2023 up 13.7% volatile
76 Cameroon 0.0004 kt 2023 up 32.7% falling
77 Zimbabwe 0.0003 kt 2023 up 116.1% volatile
78 Malawi 0.0003 kt 2023 up 81.6% rising
79 Cyprus 0.0003 kt 2023 up 51.9% falling
80 Costa Rica 0.0002 kt 2023 up 40.7% volatile
81 Peru 0.0002 kt 2023 down 16.7% volatile
82 Myanmar 0.0002 kt 2023 up 18.5% volatile
83 Sudan (former) 0.0002 kt 2011 — volatile
84 Botswana 0.0002 kt 2023 up 7,600.0% volatile
85 Benin 0.0001 kt 2023 down 32.2% volatile
86 Armenia 0.0001 kt 2023 up 25.2% volatile
86 Kyrgyzstan 0.0001 kt 2023 up 36.3% volatile
88 Georgia 0.0001 kt 2023 up 195.7% volatile
89 Oman 0.0001 kt 2023 down 45.8% falling
90 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0001 kt 2023 down 34.5% rising
91 Lithuania 0.0001 kt 2023 down 12.0% volatile
92 Nigeria 0.0001 kt 2023 up 117.1% volatile
93 Togo 0.0001 kt 2023 down 55.9% falling
94 Albania 0.0001 kt 2023 up 254.2% volatile
94 Jamaica 0.0001 kt 2023 up 54.5% volatile
96 Latvia 0.0001 kt 2023 down 10.2% volatile
97 Montenegro 0.0001 kt 2023 down 85.2% volatile
98 Kuwait 0.0001 kt 2023 up 46.0% volatile
99 Malaysia 0.0001 kt 2023 — volatile
100 Israel 0.0001 kt 2023 down 43.9% volatile
101 Nauru 0 kt 2001 down 42.3% falling
102 Burkina Faso 0 kt 2023 — flat
102 Bangladesh 0 kt 1998 up 720.0% volatile
104 Malta 0 kt 2023 up 20.7% flat
104 Eswatini 0 kt 2023 — volatile
106 Jordan 0 kt 2023 down 89.4% volatile
107 Iraq 0 kt 2010 down 65.3% falling
108 Brunei Darussalam 0 kt 2023 — volatile
109 Singapore 0 kt 2023 down 60.0% volatile
110 Ghana 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Turkmenistan 0 kt 2023 up 54.5% rising
112 Suriname 0 kt 2019 down 95.3% volatile
113 United Arab Emirates 0 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
114 Sri Lanka 0 kt 2016 down 33.3% volatile
114 Palestine 0 kt 2023 unchanged falling
116 Cuba 0 kt 2023 — volatile
116 Greenland 0 kt 2023 — volatile

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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 (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
168 places, 5,039 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food 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). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.