Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (AR5) 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
57
Highest
26,645 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.1608 kt
Armenia
Median
46.47 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
2,131

What the numbers show

Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (AR5) is currently reported for 57 countries. The highest value is 26,645 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.1608 kt in Armenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 46.47 kt, and the mean is 900.16 kt.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 96,200.4%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 93.6%).

Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 26,645 kt 2023 down 12.0% volatile
2 Russian Federation 9,287 kt 2023 up 174.4% volatile
3 France 5,876 kt 2023 up 6.2% volatile
4 Switzerland 1,332 kt 2023 up 32.2% volatile
5 Italy 1,201 kt 2023 down 82.6% falling
6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,134 kt 2023 down 1.7% volatile
7 Germany 989.14 kt 2023 up 8.6% volatile
8 Canada 532.58 kt 2023 up 37.4% rising
9 Spain 460.37 kt 2023 down 93.6% volatile
10 Hungary 440.33 kt 2023 up 85.0% volatile
11 Kazakhstan 381.12 kt 2023 up 18.4% rising
12 Czechia 380.26 kt 2023 up 38.9% volatile
13 New Zealand 344.96 kt 2023 up 0.5% volatile
13 Australia and New Zealand 344.96 kt 2023 up 0.5% volatile
15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 338.62 kt 2023 up 21.2% volatile
16 Sweden 219.58 kt 2023 up 0.6% volatile
17 Denmark 135.22 kt 2023 up 803.7% volatile
18 Belarus 134.52 kt 2023 up 177.4% volatile
19 Austria 113.4 kt 2023 up 35.4% volatile
20 Romania 105.26 kt 2023 up 153.3% volatile
21 Türkiye 72.96 kt 2023 up 28.5% volatile
22 Israel 65.33 kt 2023 up 67.2% volatile
23 Turkmenistan 63.44 kt 2008 up 50,251.7% volatile
24 Croatia 59.34 kt 2023 up 11.6% volatile
25 Republic of Moldova 54.67 kt 2014 up 1,109.9% volatile
26 Uzbekistan 54.23 kt 2023 up 54.4% volatile
27 Finland 48.55 kt 2023 down 5.2% volatile
28 Slovakia 46.65 kt 2023 down 10.1% volatile
29 Estonia 46.47 kt 2023 up 35.5% volatile
30 Norway 45.5 kt 2023 down 72.7% volatile
31 Lithuania 41.96 kt 2023 up 27.7% volatile
32 Kyrgyzstan 41.01 kt 2023 up 44.1% volatile
33 Mexico 35.61 kt 2023 up 1,261.3% volatile
34 Kuwait 33.55 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
35 Iceland 30.08 kt 2023 up 38.5% volatile
36 Slovenia 25.72 kt 2023 down 30.0% volatile
37 North Macedonia 22.32 kt 2023 down 73.4% volatile
38 Tajikistan 20.48 kt 2023 up 46.3% falling
39 Ukraine 13.53 kt 2023 down 65.8% volatile
40 Azerbaijan 12.96 kt 2023 up 96,200.4% volatile
41 Albania 12.86 kt 2023 down 78.3% volatile
42 Malta 12.64 kt 2004 up 1,402.9% volatile
43 Oman 7.36 kt 2023 up 18.8% volatile
44 Cyprus 7.12 kt 2023 up 89.4% volatile
45 Saudi Arabia 6.83 kt 2023 up 26.0% volatile
46 Latvia 6.55 kt 2023 down 26.5% rising
47 United Arab Emirates 6.34 kt 2023 up 13.4% volatile
48 Jordan 4.15 kt 2023 up 35.2% volatile
49 Bahrain 4.13 kt 2023 down 2.6% rising
50 Andorra 3.69 kt 2016 up 49.8% volatile
51 Bulgaria 2.66 kt 1999 up 154.2% volatile
52 Portugal 1.63 kt 2023 up 42.6% volatile
53 El Salvador 1.23 kt 2023 up 952.0% volatile
54 Georgia 1.09 kt 2023 down 62.3% volatile
55 Costa Rica 1.01 kt 2023 up 964.7% volatile
56 Iraq 0.393 kt 2023 down 10.8% rising
57 Armenia 0.1608 kt 1997 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) from F-gases (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 2,131 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.