Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
113
Highest
285,079 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Mali
Median
404.19 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
4,834

What the numbers show

Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 285,079 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 404.19 kt, and the mean is 6,915 kt.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 57,775.1%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 100.0%).

Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 285,079 kt 2023 down 2.3% rising
2 China 89,166 kt 2023 down 44.8% volatile
3 China, mainland 85,327 kt 2023 down 46.0% volatile
4 Russian Federation 36,971 kt 2023 up 26.5% rising
5 Thailand 26,449 kt 2023 up 63.2% rising
6 Brazil 19,972 kt 2023 up 57,775.1% volatile
7 Japan 19,795 kt 2023 down 18.8% rising
8 Germany 17,142 kt 2023 down 11.7% rising
9 Australia and New Zealand 16,641 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
10 France 14,972 kt 2023 down 7.9% rising
11 Australia 13,717 kt 2023 up 10.5% rising
12 Poland 13,112 kt 2023 up 6.0% falling
13 Türkiye 12,212 kt 2023 up 56.1% rising
14 Republic of Korea 10,287 kt 2023 up 28.1% rising
15 Italy 9,453 kt 2023 down 37.7% flat
16 Philippines 8,442 kt 2023 up 119.3% volatile
17 Colombia 8,322 kt 2023 up 84.7% volatile
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8,016 kt 2023 down 28.4% falling
19 Canada 7,044 kt 2023 up 58.2% volatile
20 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,327 kt 2023 down 4.4% falling
21 Spain 6,019 kt 2023 down 53.0% rising
22 China, Taiwan Province of 3,839 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
23 Belgium 3,729 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
24 Zimbabwe 3,054 kt 2023 up 456.1% volatile
25 Mexico 2,956 kt 2023 up 5.0% falling
26 New Zealand 2,923 kt 2023 up 15.9% volatile
27 Ukraine 2,909 kt 2023 up 50.3% volatile
28 Kazakhstan 2,816 kt 2023 up 15.8% volatile
29 Algeria 2,657 kt 2023 up 50.1% volatile
30 Caribbean 2,364 kt 2023 up 49.8% volatile
31 Czechia 2,341 kt 2023 up 6.8% falling
32 Hungary 2,316 kt 2023 up 23.1% falling
33 Dominican Republic 2,131 kt 2023 up 56.1% volatile
34 Serbia 2,106 kt 2023 down 23.1% rising
35 Switzerland 2,049 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
36 Morocco 2,044 kt 2023 up 799.2% volatile
37 Romania 2,026 kt 2023 up 14.5% falling
38 Belarus 1,939 kt 2023 down 14.4% falling
39 Uzbekistan 1,858 kt 2023 up 5,188.9% volatile
40 Greece 1,576 kt 2023 down 19.5% falling
41 Denmark 1,455 kt 2023 down 22.1% falling
42 Austria 1,413 kt 2023 up 10.1% rising
43 Ireland 1,339 kt 2023 down 16.5% falling
44 Portugal 1,188 kt 2023 up 1.1% falling
45 Bulgaria 1,078 kt 2023 up 10.6% volatile
46 Israel 809.64 kt 2023 down 31.0% rising
47 Côte d'Ivoire 777.26 kt 2023 down 24.7% volatile
48 Azerbaijan 711.29 kt 2023 down 29.1% volatile
49 Sweden 708.64 kt 2023 down 7.3% falling
50 Tunisia 628.12 kt 2023 up 26.3% volatile
51 Sudan (former) 600.19 kt 2011 volatile
52 Croatia 563.76 kt 2023 down 5.2% falling
53 Finland 559.78 kt 2023 down 38.7% falling
54 Malawi 526.67 kt 2023 up 67.8% volatile
55 Slovakia 455.21 kt 2023 up 14.8% falling
56 Norway 422.8 kt 2023 down 27.4% flat
57 Chile 404.19 kt 2023 up 8,801.6% volatile
58 Lithuania 400.25 kt 2023 down 23.7% flat
59 Costa Rica 375.58 kt 2023 down 15.8% volatile
60 Estonia 335.54 kt 2023 down 25.8% falling
61 Eswatini 330.9 kt 2023 up 57.7% rising
62 Republic of Moldova 306.2 kt 2023 down 25.3% volatile
63 Bosnia and Herzegovina 274.4 kt 2023 up 76.8% volatile
64 Armenia 244.25 kt 2023 down 18.7% volatile
65 Senegal 218.49 kt 2023 up 133.8% volatile
66 Myanmar 212.09 kt 2023 down 34.1% volatile
67 Slovenia 208.81 kt 2023 down 9.8% falling
68 Ghana 203.07 kt 2023 volatile
69 Cyprus 193.2 kt 2023 up 21.7% rising
70 Kyrgyzstan 192.19 kt 2023 up 255.8% volatile
71 North Macedonia 191.26 kt 2023 down 31.1% volatile
72 Georgia 190.27 kt 2023 up 22.4% volatile
73 Latvia 173.65 kt 2023 down 28.9% falling
74 Jamaica 133.25 kt 2023 up 598.5% volatile
75 Botswana 124.06 kt 2023 up 903.1% volatile
76 Montenegro 117.96 kt 2023 up 436.5% volatile
77 Gabon 117.63 kt 2023 up 125.4% volatile
78 Cuba 100.06 kt 2023 down 48.3% volatile
79 Viet Nam 88.93 kt 2023 down 59.0% volatile
80 Polynesia 77.04 kt 2023 down 4.0% falling
81 Tajikistan 71.49 kt 2023 up 405.6% volatile
82 Cameroon 68.37 kt 2023 up 62.3% volatile
83 Albania 64.5 kt 2023 down 49.3% volatile
84 Turkmenistan 63.44 kt 2008 up 50,247.7% volatile
85 United Republic of Tanzania 63.09 kt 2023 volatile
86 Burkina Faso 57.31 kt 2023 up 3,476.0% volatile
87 Congo 53.77 kt 2023 down 23.5% volatile
88 Luxembourg 44.03 kt 2023 down 27.7% falling
89 Uruguay 42.55 kt 2023 volatile
90 Iceland 40.53 kt 2023 up 14.6% volatile
91 Kuwait 39.17 kt 2023 up 32.7% volatile
92 Benin 38.43 kt 2023 up 32.2% volatile
93 Malta 38.4 kt 2023 down 7.8% volatile
94 Mozambique 37.87 kt 2023 up 251.2% volatile
95 Kenya 28.73 kt 2023 down 65.2% volatile
96 Togo 21.49 kt 2023 down 37.3% volatile
97 Greenland 17.81 kt 2023 up 5.5% falling
98 India 15.68 kt 2023 down 99.9% volatile
99 Lesotho 15.44 kt 2023 volatile
100 Oman 7.36 kt 2023 up 18.8% volatile
101 Saudi Arabia 6.83 kt 2023 up 26.0% volatile
102 United Arab Emirates 6.34 kt 2023 up 13.4% volatile
103 Jordan 4.15 kt 2023 up 35.2% volatile
104 Bahrain 4.13 kt 2023 down 2.6% rising
105 Andorra 3.69 kt 2016 up 49.8% volatile
106 Seychelles 3.14 kt 2023 down 76.6% volatile
107 El Salvador 1.23 kt 2023 up 952.4% volatile
108 Iraq 0.393 kt 2023 down 10.8% rising
109 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0984 kt 2023 volatile
110 Argentina 0 kt 2023 volatile
110 Indonesia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt 2023 volatile
110 Mali 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.

About this data

Indicator
Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
148 places, 4,834 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood 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). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf