Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O) by country
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases...
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 (N2O): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 0.8597 kt | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 0.8205 kt | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 3 | OECD | 0.5943 kt | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 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 |
| 8 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.0456 kt | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 9 | Australia | 0.0451 kt | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 10 | Republic of Korea | 0.0429 kt | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 11 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.0392 kt | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 12 | Brazil | 0.0362 kt | 2023 | up 227.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Türkiye | 0.0339 kt | 2023 | up 106.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 0.0314 kt | 2023 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Poland | 0.0312 kt | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 16 | Canada | 0.0311 kt | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 0.0272 kt | 2023 | up 1,448.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Thailand | 0.0261 kt | 2023 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 19 | India | 0.0228 kt | 2023 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Indonesia | 0.0206 kt | 2023 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0206 kt | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 22 | Chile | 0.0164 kt | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Italy | 0.016 kt | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 24 | France | 0.0113 kt | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.0106 kt | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 26 | Finland | 0.0101 kt | 2023 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 0.01 kt | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 28 | Norway | 0.0093 kt | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 29 | Uganda | 0.0083 kt | 2023 | up 1,174.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Morocco | 0.008 kt | 2023 | up 1,976.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Colombia | 0.0078 kt | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Ukraine | 0.0063 kt | 2023 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Serbia | 0.006 kt | 2023 | up 71.8% | flat |
| 34 | Czechia | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 35 | Greece | 0.0045 kt | 2023 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 36 | Iceland | 0.0044 kt | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Caribbean | 0.0044 kt | 2023 | up 369.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 0.0042 kt | 2023 | up 496.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Philippines | 0.0041 kt | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Algeria | 0.004 kt | 2023 | up 142.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Romania | 0.0039 kt | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 42 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.0038 kt | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 43 | Austria | 0.0035 kt | 2023 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 44 | Sweden | 0.0034 kt | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 45 | Portugal | 0.0033 kt | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 46 | Belgium | 0.003 kt | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 0.003 kt | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 0.0028 kt | 2023 | up 68,800.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Slovakia | 0.0027 kt | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 50 | Pakistan | 0.0026 kt | 2023 | up 3,129.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Hungary | 0.0022 kt | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 52 | Zambia | 0.002 kt | 2023 | up 572.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0018 kt | 2023 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Bahrain | 0.0016 kt | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 55 | Qatar | 0.0016 kt | 2023 | up 213.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Slovenia | 0.0015 kt | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 57 | Argentina | 0.0014 kt | 2012 | up 629.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Senegal | 0.0012 kt | 2023 | up 113.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.0012 kt | 2023 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Ireland | 0.0011 kt | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 61 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.001 kt | 2004 | up 7,825.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Uruguay | 0.0009 kt | 2023 | up 31,366.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Angola | 0.0008 kt | 2023 | up 306.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 0.0008 kt | 2023 | up 35.1% | falling |
| 65 | Mozambique | 0.0007 kt | 2023 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Tunisia | 0.0007 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Switzerland | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 68 | Azerbaijan | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | up 90.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | up 358.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Denmark | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Belarus | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 73 | New Zealand | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 74 | New Caledonia | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 74 | Melanesia | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 76 | North Macedonia | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 77 | Estonia | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 78 | Egypt | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | up 183.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Croatia | 0.0004 kt | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 80 | Honduras | 0.0004 kt | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Cameroon | 0.0004 kt | 2023 | up 32.7% | falling |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 0.0003 kt | 2023 | up 116.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.0003 kt | 2023 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 84 | Malawi | 0.0003 kt | 2023 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 85 | Cyprus | 0.0003 kt | 2023 | up 51.9% | falling |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Peru | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 88 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | up 581.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Myanmar | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Sudan (former) | 0.0002 kt | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Botswana | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | up 7,600.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Benin | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Armenia | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Georgia | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | up 195.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | up 991.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Oman | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 98 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 99 | Lithuania | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | up 257.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Nigeria | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | up 117.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Togo | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 103 | Albania | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | up 254.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Jamaica | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Latvia | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Montenegro | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Kuwait | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Malaysia | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Israel | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Nauru | 0 kt | 2001 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 111 | Micronesia | 0 kt | 2001 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 113 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt | 2023 | — | flat |
| 113 | Bangladesh | 0 kt | 1998 | up 720.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Malta | 0 kt | 2023 | up 20.7% | flat |
| 116 | Eswatini | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Jordan | 0 kt | 2023 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Iraq | 0 kt | 2010 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 120 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Singapore | 0 kt | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Ghana | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 124 | Suriname | 0 kt | 2019 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 125 | United Arab Emirates | 0 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 126 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 kt | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt | 2016 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Palestine | 0 kt | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 130 | Cuba | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | 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.
- World 1.85 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 1.23 kt
- Asia 1.15 kt
- Eastern Asia 0.9755 kt
- Annex I countries 0.6182 kt
- Europe 0.2991 kt
- Americas 0.2529 kt
- Northern America 0.1745 kt
- European Union (27) 0.1702 kt
- United States of America 0.1433 kt
- Eastern Europe 0.134 kt
- Africa 0.0933 kt
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0802 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.0784 kt
- South-eastern Asia 0.0783 kt
- Western Europe 0.0707 kt
- Southern Africa 0.0654 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.0654 kt
- South America 0.0628 kt
- Northern Europe 0.0502 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.0476 kt
- Oceania 0.0462 kt
- Southern Europe 0.0442 kt
- Western Asia 0.0392 kt
- Central Asia 0.035 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.0323 kt
- Southern Asia 0.0258 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.014 kt
- Northern Africa 0.0131 kt
- Eastern Africa 0.0118 kt
- Central America 0.0112 kt
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 0.0065 kt
- Western Africa 0.0017 kt
- Middle Africa 0.0012 kt
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.