Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) 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
112
Highest
657.42 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Mali
Median
1.49 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
3,850
What the numbers show
Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) is currently reported for 112 countries. The highest value is 657.42 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.49 kt, and the mean is 21.34 kt.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 162,254.0%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 100.0%).
Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 657.42 kt | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 2 | United States | 238.43 kt | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 3 | China | 202.49 kt | 2023 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 4 | China, mainland | 191.56 kt | 2023 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 125.17 kt | 2023 | up 162,254.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Thailand | 121.07 kt | 2023 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 83.61 kt | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 77.61 kt | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 9 | Russia | 63.13 kt | 2023 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 63.13 kt | 2023 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 11 | Japan | 48.53 kt | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 12 | Poland | 43.54 kt | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 13 | Germany | 41.52 kt | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 14 | Philippines | 37.73 kt | 2023 | up 126.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Turkey | 37.14 kt | 2023 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 15 | Türkiye | 37.14 kt | 2023 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 17 | Republic of Korea | 33.78 kt | 2023 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 24.35 kt | 2023 | up 102.9% | volatile |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 18.27 kt | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 18.27 kt | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 21 | France | 15.79 kt | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 15.12 kt | 2023 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 23 | Ukraine | 11.13 kt | 2023 | up 88.4% | volatile |
| 24 | China, Taiwan Province of | 10.93 kt | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 9.94 kt | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 26 | Serbia | 9.91 kt | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 9.42 kt | 2023 | up 461.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8.86 kt | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 29 | Canada | 8.41 kt | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 30 | Belgium | 8.38 kt | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 31 | Morocco | 7.61 kt | 2023 | up 1,342.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 7.46 kt | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Hungary | 7.41 kt | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 34 | New Zealand | 6 kt | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Caribbean | 5.7 kt | 2023 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Czechia | 5.4 kt | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 5.23 kt | 2023 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 38 | Malawi | 5.01 kt | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 39 | Romania | 4.91 kt | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 40 | Mexico | 4.5 kt | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 41 | Bulgaria | 4.22 kt | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 42 | South Africa | 3.71 kt | 2023 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Greece | 3.47 kt | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 44 | Portugal | 3.06 kt | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 45 | Norway | 2.95 kt | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 46 | Denmark | 2.72 kt | 2023 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 47 | Finland | 2.64 kt | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 48 | Israel | 2.17 kt | 2023 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 49 | Sweden | 1.94 kt | 2023 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 50 | Argentina | 1.79 kt | 2012 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 51 | Ireland | 1.69 kt | 2023 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 52 | Austria | 1.64 kt | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 1.62 kt | 2023 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Switzerland | 1.56 kt | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 1.55 kt | 2023 | up 119,500.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Chile | 1.55 kt | 2023 | up 21,479.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Algeria | 1.42 kt | 2023 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 58 | Sudan (former) | 1.25 kt | 2011 | — | rising |
| 59 | Belarus | 1.14 kt | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 60 | Estonia | 1.08 kt | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 61 | Eswatini | 1.04 kt | 2023 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Croatia | 0.9985 kt | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9741 kt | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 64 | Lithuania | 0.9704 kt | 2023 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 65 | Senegal | 0.8202 kt | 2023 | up 189.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Slovakia | 0.7197 kt | 2023 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 0.6363 kt | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Montenegro | 0.6127 kt | 2023 | up 883.5% | rising |
| 69 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.6095 kt | 2023 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 69 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.6095 kt | 2023 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 71 | Botswana | 0.5525 kt | 2023 | up 3,310.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Iceland | 0.4945 kt | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 0.4895 kt | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 74 | Slovenia | 0.4494 kt | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 75 | Indonesia | 0.4176 kt | 2016 | down 91.5% | falling |
| 76 | Myanmar | 0.4092 kt | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 77 | Latvia | 0.3999 kt | 2023 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 78 | Cyprus | 0.3925 kt | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3233 kt | 2023 | up 677.2% | rising |
| 80 | Uruguay | 0.3021 kt | 2023 | up 3,823.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Tunisia | 0.2957 kt | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 82 | Jamaica | 0.2669 kt | 2023 | up 482.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Luxembourg | 0.2602 kt | 2023 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 84 | Ghana | 0.2398 kt | 2023 | up 317.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Albania | 0.2295 kt | 2023 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Moldova | 0.2101 kt | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Republic of Moldova | 0.2101 kt | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Georgia | 0.2094 kt | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 89 | Cuba | 0.2048 kt | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 0.1815 kt | 2023 | up 2,352.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Gabon | 0.1794 kt | 2023 | up 122.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Burkina Faso | 0.1685 kt | 2023 | up 3,410.4% | volatile |
| 93 | American Samoa | 0.1648 kt | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 93 | Polynesia | 0.1648 kt | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 95 | Kenya | 0.1336 kt | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 96 | Armenia | 0.1203 kt | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Congo | 0.1142 kt | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 98 | Cameroon | 0.1002 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 99 | Lesotho | 0.0723 kt | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 100 | Benin | 0.0649 kt | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 101 | Mozambique | 0.0496 kt | 2023 | up 892.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Greenland | 0.0408 kt | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 103 | Vietnam | 0.04 kt | 2023 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Viet Nam | 0.04 kt | 2023 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0358 kt | 2023 | up 155.7% | rising |
| 106 | Togo | 0.0334 kt | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Malta | 0.0326 kt | 2023 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 108 | India | 0.0321 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0193 kt | 1995 | up 328.9% | rising |
| 110 | Kuwait | 0.0119 kt | 2023 | down 81.7% | falling |
| 111 | Seychelles | 0.0064 kt | 2023 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Mali | 0 kt | 2012 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1,318 kt
- Annex I countries 702.54 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 615.57 kt
- Asia 494.14 kt
- Americas 410.09 kt
- Europe 298.38 kt
- Eastern Asia 284.8 kt
- Northern America 246.88 kt
- United States of America 238.43 kt
- European Union (27) 187.54 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 163.21 kt
- South-eastern Asia 159.25 kt
- South America 151.38 kt
- Eastern Europe 141.81 kt
- Oceania 83.78 kt
- Western Europe 78 kt
- Southern Europe 45.44 kt
- Western Asia 40.53 kt
- Northern Europe 33.14 kt
- Africa 31.72 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 27.24 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 22.81 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 18.11 kt
- Eastern Africa 14.65 kt
- Central Asia 9.52 kt
- Northern Africa 9.33 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 6.7 kt
- Central America 6.13 kt
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 5.87 kt
- Southern Africa 5.37 kt
- Western Africa 1.94 kt
- Middle Africa 0.4296 kt
- Southern Asia 0.0321 kt
About this data
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