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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
133
Highest
0.8597 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
El Salvador
Median
0.0006 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,039

What the numbers show

Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 0.8597 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0006 kt, and the mean is 0.0236 kt.

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

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

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.