Food Processing — Emissions (CH4) 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...
What the numbers show
Food Processing — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 142.47 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0364 kt, and the mean is 3.52 kt.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 242,186.0%), and the largest decrease in India (down 99.7%).
Food Processing — Emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 142.47 kt | 2023 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 142.32 kt | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 3 | OECD | 27.42 kt | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 4 | Thailand | 11.82 kt | 2023 | up 199.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Colombia | 7.13 kt | 2023 | up 1,099.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Poland | 4.6 kt | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 7 | Brazil | 3.53 kt | 2023 | up 242,186.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.26 kt | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 3.06 kt | 2023 | up 473.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Australia | 3.01 kt | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 11 | Türkiye | 2.62 kt | 2023 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 1.97 kt | 2023 | up 58.7% | falling |
| 13 | Germany | 1.07 kt | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 14 | France | 0.9714 kt | 2023 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.6701 kt | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Japan | 0.547 kt | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 17 | Belgium | 0.3594 kt | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 0.3548 kt | 2023 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Eswatini | 0.3145 kt | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Republic of Korea | 0.3137 kt | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 21 | Chile | 0.3055 kt | 2023 | up 209,168.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Philippines | 0.297 kt | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 23 | Italy | 0.263 kt | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 24 | Spain | 0.2603 kt | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 25 | New Zealand | 0.2472 kt | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Denmark | 0.2418 kt | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 27 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.2148 kt | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 28 | Caribbean | 0.1947 kt | 2023 | up 293.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 0.1864 kt | 2023 | up 350.9% | rising |
| 30 | Canada | 0.1847 kt | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 31 | Ukraine | 0.1666 kt | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 32 | Hungary | 0.1587 kt | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 33 | Morocco | 0.1584 kt | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 34 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.1461 kt | 2023 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Serbia | 0.1285 kt | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 36 | Malawi | 0.1263 kt | 2023 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 37 | Czechia | 0.1226 kt | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Romania | 0.0775 kt | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 39 | Sweden | 0.0767 kt | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Mexico | 0.073 kt | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 41 | Finland | 0.0678 kt | 2023 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Argentina | 0.0677 kt | 2012 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 0.0595 kt | 2023 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0579 kt | 2023 | up 6,735.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Portugal | 0.0475 kt | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 46 | Switzerland | 0.0442 kt | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 47 | Algeria | 0.0438 kt | 2023 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 48 | Norway | 0.043 kt | 2023 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 0.0407 kt | 2023 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Austria | 0.0407 kt | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 51 | Belarus | 0.0388 kt | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 52 | Ireland | 0.0364 kt | 2023 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Georgia | 0.0352 kt | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 0.0301 kt | 2023 | up 3,648.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 0.0301 kt | 2023 | up 97,003.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Greece | 0.0294 kt | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 57 | Lithuania | 0.0271 kt | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Sudan (former) | 0.0236 kt | 2011 | — | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 0.0206 kt | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 60 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0183 kt | 2023 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 61 | Slovakia | 0.0164 kt | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 0.0148 kt | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 63 | Montenegro | 0.0136 kt | 2023 | up 2,071.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Latvia | 0.0132 kt | 2023 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Senegal | 0.0112 kt | 2023 | up 131.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Israel | 0.0111 kt | 2023 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 67 | Tunisia | 0.0108 kt | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 68 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0102 kt | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Estonia | 0.0085 kt | 2023 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Myanmar | 0.008 kt | 2023 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 71 | Indonesia | 0.0079 kt | 2016 | down 91.5% | falling |
| 72 | Uruguay | 0.0074 kt | 2023 | up 2,418.8% | volatile |
| 73 | North Macedonia | 0.0072 kt | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Albania | 0.0067 kt | 2023 | up 140.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Iceland | 0.0065 kt | 2023 | up 35.1% | falling |
| 76 | Cyprus | 0.0063 kt | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 77 | Luxembourg | 0.0057 kt | 2023 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 78 | Slovenia | 0.0054 kt | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 79 | Armenia | 0.0046 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Jamaica | 0.0044 kt | 2023 | up 579.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Ghana | 0.0043 kt | 2023 | up 212.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0042 kt | 2023 | up 202.0% | rising |
| 83 | Cuba | 0.0039 kt | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 84 | Gabon | 0.0036 kt | 2023 | up 145.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Burkina Faso | 0.0032 kt | 2023 | up 4,047.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Polynesia | 0.0031 kt | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 87 | Congo | 0.0022 kt | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 88 | Kenya | 0.0019 kt | 2023 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 89 | Cameroon | 0.0018 kt | 2023 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Mozambique | 0.0016 kt | 2023 | up 712.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Viet Nam | 0.0015 kt | 2023 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Botswana | 0.0012 kt | 2023 | up 241.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Benin | 0.0012 kt | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 94 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.001 kt | 2023 | up 152.8% | rising |
| 95 | Malta | 0.0009 kt | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 96 | Greenland | 0.0008 kt | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 97 | Togo | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 98 | India | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0003 kt | 1995 | up 286.7% | rising |
| 100 | Kuwait | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | down 81.5% | falling |
| 101 | Lesotho | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 102 | Seychelles | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Mali | 0 kt | 2012 | down 28.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 199.77 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 170.68 kt
- Asia 158.62 kt
- Eastern Asia 143.33 kt
- Annex I countries 29.09 kt
- Americas 22.2 kt
- South-eastern Asia 12.13 kt
- Europe 11.9 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 11.28 kt
- South America 10.97 kt
- Northern America 10.93 kt
- United States of America 10.74 kt
About this data
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.