Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
114
Highest
285,079 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0983 kt
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Median
439.01 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
4,038
What the numbers show
Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 114 countries. The highest value is 285,079 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0983 kt in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 439.01 kt, and the mean is 6,900 kt.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 57,774.9%), and the largest decrease in India (down 99.9%).
Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) (Food CO2eq AR5): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | falling |
| 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 57,774.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Japan | 19,795 kt | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 17,142 kt | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 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 | Argentina | 3,799 kt | 2012 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 24 | Belgium | 3,729 kt | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 3,054 kt | 2023 | up 456.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Mexico | 2,956 kt | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 27 | New Zealand | 2,923 kt | 2023 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Ukraine | 2,909 kt | 2023 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 2,816 kt | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Algeria | 2,657 kt | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 31 | Caribbean | 2,364 kt | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Czechia | 2,341 kt | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 33 | Hungary | 2,316 kt | 2023 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 2,131 kt | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 35 | Serbia | 2,106 kt | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 36 | Switzerland | 2,049 kt | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 37 | Morocco | 2,044 kt | 2023 | up 799.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Romania | 2,026 kt | 2023 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 39 | Belarus | 1,939 kt | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 1,858 kt | 2023 | up 5,188.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Greece | 1,576 kt | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 42 | Denmark | 1,455 kt | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 43 | Austria | 1,413 kt | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 44 | Ireland | 1,339 kt | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 45 | Portugal | 1,188 kt | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 46 | South Africa | 1,113 kt | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 1,078 kt | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Israel | 809.64 kt | 2023 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 49 | Côte d'Ivoire | 777.26 kt | 2023 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 711.29 kt | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Sweden | 708.64 kt | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 52 | Tunisia | 628.12 kt | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 53 | Sudan (former) | 600.19 kt | 2011 | — | rising |
| 54 | Croatia | 563.76 kt | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 55 | Finland | 559.78 kt | 2023 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 56 | Malawi | 526.67 kt | 2023 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 57 | Slovakia | 455.21 kt | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 58 | Norway | 422.8 kt | 2023 | down 27.4% | flat |
| 59 | Chile | 404.19 kt | 2023 | up 8,801.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Lithuania | 400.25 kt | 2023 | down 23.7% | flat |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 375.58 kt | 2023 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Estonia | 335.54 kt | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 63 | Eswatini | 330.9 kt | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 64 | Republic of Moldova | 306.2 kt | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 274.4 kt | 2023 | up 76.8% | rising |
| 66 | Armenia | 244.25 kt | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Senegal | 218.49 kt | 2023 | up 133.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Myanmar | 212.09 kt | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 69 | Slovenia | 208.81 kt | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 70 | Indonesia | 203.89 kt | 2016 | down 91.2% | falling |
| 71 | Ghana | 203.07 kt | 2023 | up 267.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Cyprus | 193.2 kt | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 192.19 kt | 2023 | up 255.8% | volatile |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 191.26 kt | 2023 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Georgia | 190.27 kt | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Latvia | 173.65 kt | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 77 | Jamaica | 133.25 kt | 2023 | up 598.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Botswana | 124.06 kt | 2023 | up 903.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Montenegro | 117.96 kt | 2023 | up 436.5% | rising |
| 80 | Gabon | 117.63 kt | 2023 | up 125.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Cuba | 100.06 kt | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 82 | Viet Nam | 88.93 kt | 2023 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 83 | American Samoa | 77.04 kt | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 83 | Polynesia | 77.04 kt | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 71.49 kt | 2023 | up 405.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Cameroon | 68.37 kt | 2023 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 87 | Albania | 64.5 kt | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 63.44 kt | 2008 | up 50,251.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Burkina Faso | 57.31 kt | 2023 | up 3,476.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Congo | 53.77 kt | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 44.03 kt | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 92 | Uruguay | 42.55 kt | 2023 | up 129.7% | rising |
| 93 | Iceland | 40.53 kt | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Kuwait | 39.17 kt | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Benin | 38.43 kt | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 96 | Malta | 38.4 kt | 2023 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Mozambique | 37.87 kt | 2023 | up 251.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Kenya | 28.73 kt | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Togo | 21.49 kt | 2023 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Greenland | 17.81 kt | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 101 | India | 15.68 kt | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Lesotho | 15.44 kt | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 103 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.63 kt | 1995 | up 436.3% | rising |
| 104 | Oman | 7.36 kt | 2023 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 6.83 kt | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 106 | United Arab Emirates | 6.34 kt | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Jordan | 4.15 kt | 2023 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Bahrain | 4.13 kt | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 109 | Andorra | 3.69 kt | 2016 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Seychelles | 3.14 kt | 2023 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 111 | El Salvador | 1.23 kt | 2023 | up 952.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Iraq | 0.393 kt | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 113 | Mali | 0.2987 kt | 2012 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 114 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0983 kt | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 508,138 kt
- Annex I countries 316,836 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 191,302 kt
- Asia 173,824 kt
- Americas 161,034 kt
- Europe 144,381 kt
- Northern America 126,596 kt
- United States of America 119,534 kt
- Eastern Asia 119,248 kt
- European Union (27) 89,167 kt
- Eastern Europe 63,453 kt
- Western Europe 45,675 kt
- South-eastern Asia 35,193 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 34,400 kt
- South America 28,742 kt
- Southern Europe 21,801 kt
- Oceania 16,718 kt
- Western Asia 14,430 kt
- Northern Europe 13,451 kt
- Africa 12,182 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 10,499 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 7,611 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 7,391 kt
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6,853 kt
- Northern Africa 5,329 kt
- Central Asia 4,937 kt
- Eastern Africa 3,714 kt
- Central America 3,332 kt
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2,448 kt
- Southern Africa 1,583 kt
- Western Africa 1,316 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,191 kt
- Middle Africa 239.87 kt
- Southern Asia 15.68 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.