Food Processing — Emissions (CO2) 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 (CO2) is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 257,009 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.2985 kt in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 518.12 kt, and the mean is 6,887 kt.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 569,804.0%), and the largest decrease in India (down 99.9%).
Food Processing — Emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 257,009 kt | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 84,975 kt | 2023 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Türkiye | 12,029 kt | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 81,150 kt | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 27,566 kt | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 5 | Thailand | 25,997 kt | 2023 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 305.7 kt | 2023 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Brazil | 19,748 kt | 2023 | up 57,322.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Japan | 19,731 kt | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 88.84 kt | 2023 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia and New Zealand | 16,121 kt | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 8 | Polynesia | 76.78 kt | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 9 | Germany | 16,082 kt | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0358 kt | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 13,555 kt | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 11 | Poland | 12,939 kt | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 12 | Republic of Korea | 10,245 kt | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 13 | France | 9,053 kt | 2023 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 14 | Philippines | 8,396 kt | 2023 | up 119.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Italy | 8,230 kt | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 16 | Colombia | 8,099 kt | 2023 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6,845 kt | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 18 | Canada | 6,498 kt | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 19 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5,973 kt | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 20 | Spain | 5,542 kt | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 21 | China, Taiwan Province of | 3,824 kt | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 22 | Argentina | 3,795 kt | 2012 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 23 | Belgium | 3,710 kt | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 2,959 kt | 2023 | up 455.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 2,914 kt | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 26 | Ukraine | 2,879 kt | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Algeria | 2,654 kt | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 28 | New Zealand | 2,566 kt | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Caribbean | 2,353 kt | 2023 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 2,417 kt | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 2,120 kt | 2023 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia | 2,092 kt | 2023 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 31 | Côte d'Ivoire | 776.14 kt | 2023 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 32 | Morocco | 2,032 kt | 2023 | up 811.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Czechia | 1,951 kt | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 34 | Romania | 1,914 kt | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 35 | Hungary | 1,864 kt | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 36 | Belarus | 1,803 kt | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 1,801 kt | 2023 | up 569,804.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Greece | 1,572 kt | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 39 | Ireland | 1,337 kt | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 40 | Denmark | 1,310 kt | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 41 | Austria | 1,297 kt | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 42 | Portugal | 1,182 kt | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 43 | South Africa | 1,108 kt | 2023 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 1,072 kt | 2023 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Israel | 741.83 kt | 2023 | down 34.3% | rising |
| 46 | Switzerland | 713.77 kt | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 697.42 kt | 2023 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 48 | Tunisia | 627.52 kt | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 49 | Sudan (former) | 598.28 kt | 2011 | — | rising |
| 50 | Malawi | 518.12 kt | 2023 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 51 | Finland | 506.69 kt | 2023 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 52 | Croatia | 502.85 kt | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 53 | Sweden | 484.98 kt | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 54 | Slovakia | 407.39 kt | 2023 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 55 | Chile | 394.09 kt | 2023 | up 8,600.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Norway | 373.15 kt | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 371.8 kt | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Lithuania | 356.55 kt | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 59 | Eswatini | 321.06 kt | 2023 | up 61.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Estonia | 287.75 kt | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 273.31 kt | 2023 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 62 | Armenia | 244 kt | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Senegal | 217.36 kt | 2023 | up 133.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Myanmar | 211.45 kt | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 65 | Indonesia | 203.25 kt | 2016 | down 91.2% | falling |
| 66 | Ghana | 202.71 kt | 2023 | up 267.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Georgia | 187.99 kt | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 68 | Cyprus | 185.51 kt | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 69 | Slovenia | 182.49 kt | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 168.1 kt | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Latvia | 166.33 kt | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 149.23 kt | 2023 | up 485.4% | rising |
| 73 | Jamaica | 132.86 kt | 2023 | up 598.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Botswana | 123.48 kt | 2023 | up 900.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Gabon | 117.35 kt | 2023 | up 125.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Montenegro | 116.96 kt | 2023 | up 433.9% | rising |
| 77 | Cuba | 99.75 kt | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 78 | American Samoa | 76.78 kt | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 79 | Cameroon | 68.22 kt | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 57.06 kt | 2023 | up 3,475.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Congo | 53.59 kt | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 82 | Albania | 51.23 kt | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 49.98 kt | 2023 | up 47,499.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 43.61 kt | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 85 | Uruguay | 42.04 kt | 2023 | up 127.2% | rising |
| 86 | Malta | 38.34 kt | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 87 | Benin | 38.34 kt | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 88 | Mozambique | 37.77 kt | 2023 | up 250.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Kenya | 28.54 kt | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Togo | 21.44 kt | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Greenland | 17.75 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 92 | India | 15.63 kt | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Lesotho | 15.36 kt | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 94 | Iceland | 9.77 kt | 2023 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.6 kt | 1995 | up 436.9% | rising |
| 96 | Kuwait | 5.6 kt | 2023 | down 81.5% | falling |
| 97 | Seychelles | 3.13 kt | 2023 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Mali | 0.2985 kt | 2012 | down 33.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 464,322 kt
- Asia 168,169 kt
- Annex I countries 279,126 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 185,196 kt
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2,433 kt
- Americas 146,709 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,180 kt
- Europe 121,202 kt
- Eastern Asia 114,950 kt
- Middle Africa 239.21 kt
- Northern America 112,788 kt
- United States of America 106,272 kt
- European Union (27) 78,191 kt
- Eastern Europe 52,702 kt
- Western Europe 36,873 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 34,694 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 33,921 kt
- South America 28,283 kt
- Southern Europe 19,951 kt
- Oceania 16,198 kt
- Western Asia 14,091 kt
- Africa 12,044 kt
- Northern Europe 11,677 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 9,827 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 7,559 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 7,162 kt
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6,730 kt
- Northern Africa 5,314 kt
- Central Asia 4,418 kt
- Eastern Africa 3,610 kt
- Central America 3,285 kt
- Southern Africa 1,568 kt
- Western Africa 1,313 kt
- Southern Asia 15.63 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.