Food Processing — Emissions (N2O) 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
111
Highest
2.48 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Seychelles
Median
0.0059 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
3,850
What the numbers show
Food Processing — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 2.48 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0059 kt, and the mean is 0.0813 kt.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 157,367.0%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 100.0%).
Food Processing — Emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 2.48 kt | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 2 | United States | 0.8997 kt | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 3 | China | 0.7641 kt | 2023 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 4 | China, mainland | 0.7229 kt | 2023 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 0.4724 kt | 2023 | up 157,367.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Thailand | 0.4569 kt | 2023 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.3155 kt | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 0.2929 kt | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 9 | Russia | 0.2382 kt | 2023 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 0.2382 kt | 2023 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 11 | Japan | 0.1831 kt | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 12 | Poland | 0.1643 kt | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 13 | Germany | 0.1567 kt | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 14 | Philippines | 0.1424 kt | 2023 | up 126.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Turkey | 0.1401 kt | 2023 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 15 | Türkiye | 0.1401 kt | 2023 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 17 | Republic of Korea | 0.1275 kt | 2023 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 0.0919 kt | 2023 | up 102.9% | volatile |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 0.0689 kt | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0689 kt | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 21 | France | 0.0596 kt | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 0.0571 kt | 2023 | down 20.7% | flat |
| 23 | Ukraine | 0.042 kt | 2023 | up 88.3% | volatile |
| 24 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.0412 kt | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 0.0375 kt | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 26 | Serbia | 0.0374 kt | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 0.0355 kt | 2023 | up 463.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.0334 kt | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 29 | Canada | 0.0317 kt | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 30 | Belgium | 0.0316 kt | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 31 | Morocco | 0.0287 kt | 2023 | up 1,335.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 0.0282 kt | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Hungary | 0.028 kt | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 34 | New Zealand | 0.0226 kt | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Caribbean | 0.0215 kt | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Czechia | 0.0204 kt | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 0.0197 kt | 2023 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 38 | Malawi | 0.0189 kt | 2023 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 39 | Romania | 0.0185 kt | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 40 | Mexico | 0.017 kt | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 41 | Bulgaria | 0.0159 kt | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 42 | South Africa | 0.014 kt | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Greece | 0.0131 kt | 2023 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 44 | Portugal | 0.0115 kt | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 45 | Norway | 0.0111 kt | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 46 | Denmark | 0.0103 kt | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 47 | Finland | 0.01 kt | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 48 | Israel | 0.0082 kt | 2023 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 49 | Sweden | 0.0073 kt | 2023 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 50 | Argentina | 0.0068 kt | 2012 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 51 | Ireland | 0.0064 kt | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 52 | Austria | 0.0062 kt | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 0.0061 kt | 2023 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Switzerland | 0.0059 kt | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 54 | Chile | 0.0059 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 0.0059 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Algeria | 0.0054 kt | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 58 | Sudan (former) | 0.0047 kt | 2011 | — | rising |
| 59 | Belarus | 0.0043 kt | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 60 | Estonia | 0.0041 kt | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 61 | Eswatini | 0.0039 kt | 2023 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Croatia | 0.0038 kt | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0037 kt | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 63 | Lithuania | 0.0037 kt | 2023 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 65 | Senegal | 0.0031 kt | 2023 | up 181.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Slovakia | 0.0027 kt | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 0.0024 kt | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0023 kt | 2023 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 68 | Montenegro | 0.0023 kt | 2023 | up 1,050.0% | rising |
| 68 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0023 kt | 2023 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 71 | Botswana | 0.0021 kt | 2023 | up 2,000.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Iceland | 0.0019 kt | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 0.0018 kt | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 74 | Slovenia | 0.0017 kt | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 75 | Indonesia | 0.0016 kt | 2016 | down 91.4% | falling |
| 76 | Cyprus | 0.0015 kt | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 76 | Latvia | 0.0015 kt | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 76 | Myanmar | 0.0015 kt | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0012 kt | 2023 | up 500.0% | rising |
| 80 | Tunisia | 0.0011 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Uruguay | 0.0011 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Jamaica | 0.001 kt | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Luxembourg | 0.001 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 84 | Albania | 0.0009 kt | 2023 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Ghana | 0.0009 kt | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Cuba | 0.0008 kt | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 86 | Georgia | 0.0008 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Moldova | 0.0008 kt | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0008 kt | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Gabon | 0.0007 kt | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 0.0007 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 92 | American Samoa | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Burkina Faso | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Polynesia | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Armenia | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Kenya | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 97 | Cameroon | 0.0004 kt | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 97 | Congo | 0.0004 kt | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 99 | Lesotho | 0.0003 kt | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 100 | Benin | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Greenland | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 100 | Mozambique | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Vietnam | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Viet Nam | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 105 | India | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0001 kt | 1995 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Malta | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Togo | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Kuwait | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Seychelles | 0 kt | 2023 | 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 4.97 kt
- Annex I countries 2.65 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 2.32 kt
- Asia 1.86 kt
- Americas 1.55 kt
- Europe 1.13 kt
- Eastern Asia 1.07 kt
- Northern America 0.9316 kt
- United States of America 0.8997 kt
- European Union (27) 0.7077 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.6159 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 0.6009 kt
- South America 0.5713 kt
- Eastern Europe 0.5351 kt
- Oceania 0.3161 kt
- Western Europe 0.2943 kt
- Southern Europe 0.1715 kt
- Western Asia 0.153 kt
- Northern Europe 0.1251 kt
- Africa 0.1197 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.1028 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.0861 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.0684 kt
- Eastern Africa 0.0553 kt
- Central Asia 0.0359 kt
- Northern Africa 0.0352 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.0253 kt
- Central America 0.0231 kt
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.0222 kt
- Southern Africa 0.0203 kt
- Western Africa 0.0073 kt
- Middle Africa 0.0016 kt
- Southern Asia 0.0001 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