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Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) 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
190
Highest
4.6 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Median
0.0104 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,490

What the numbers show

Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 4.6 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in St. Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0104 kt, and the mean is 0.0972 kt.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 20,750.0%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan, Republic of (down 72.4%).

Food Retail — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 4.6 kt 2023 down 7.3% rising
2 Uganda 1.14 kt 2023 up 502.7% volatile
3 Nigeria 1.01 kt 2023 up 18.1% rising
4 Japan 0.9531 kt 2023 down 8.3% rising
5 Indonesia 0.7567 kt 2023 up 1,064.2% volatile
6 India 0.6308 kt 2023 down 12.0% rising
7 Thailand 0.5302 kt 2023 up 167.9% volatile
8 Russian Federation 0.4709 kt 2023 down 12.9% rising
9 Madagascar, Republic of 0.4689 kt 2023 up 31.6% volatile
10 Germany 0.4596 kt 2023 down 16.8% rising
11 Sudan (former) 0.3418 kt 2011 up 90.2% rising
12 Myanmar 0.2995 kt 2023 up 18.1% rising
13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2885 kt 2023 up 30.2% rising
14 Brazil 0.2679 kt 2023 up 214.1% volatile
14 Philippines 0.2679 kt 2023 up 11.0% volatile
16 Republic of Korea 0.2642 kt 2023 down 3.4% rising
17 Cameroon 0.2579 kt 2023 up 74.8% rising
18 Gabon 0.2502 kt 2023 up 20,750.0% volatile
19 Argentina 0.2293 kt 2023 down 20.2% volatile
20 Sudan 0.2278 kt 2023 up 134.8% rising
21 Saudi Arabia 0.1973 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
22 Burkina Faso 0.1893 kt 2023 up 122.4% volatile
23 South Africa 0.1767 kt 2023 down 32.2% volatile
24 France 0.1686 kt 2023 down 12.8% flat
25 Italy 0.1579 kt 2023 down 16.1% rising
26 Guatemala 0.1512 kt 2023 up 41.2% rising
27 Morocco 0.149 kt 2023 up 60.4% volatile
28 Benin 0.1298 kt 2023 up 26.4% volatile
29 Poland 0.1275 kt 2023 down 23.3% falling
30 Spain 0.122 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
31 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.1117 kt 2023 down 1.3% volatile
32 Canada 0.1066 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
33 Ukraine 0.0953 kt 2023 up 189.7% volatile
34 Ghana 0.0887 kt 2023 down 7.3% volatile
35 Nepal 0.0882 kt 2023 up 47.5% volatile
36 China (People’s Republic of) 0.0878 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
37 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.0847 kt 2023 up 30.1% rising
37 Peru 0.0847 kt 2023 up 11.3% volatile
37 Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 0.0003 kt 2023 unchanged rising
39 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.0815 kt 2023 up 111.7% volatile
40 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0801 kt 2023 down 15.6% rising
41 Mozambique, Republic of 0.0777 kt 2023 up 2,406.4% volatile
41 Niue 0 kt 2023 — flat
42 Haiti 0.0742 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
43 Niger 0.067 kt 2023 up 16.1% rising
44 Pakistan 0.066 kt 2023 up 23.1% rising
45 Malaysia 0.0643 kt 2023 up 9.2% volatile
46 Switzerland 0.0637 kt 2023 down 6.9% rising
47 Namibia 0.0621 kt 2023 up 4,676.9% volatile
48 Togo 0.0608 kt 2023 up 20.9% volatile
49 China, Taiwan Province of 0.0593 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
50 Turkmenistan 0.057 kt 2023 up 74.8% rising
51 Australia and New Zealand 0.0553 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
52 Belgium 0.0537 kt 2023 down 25.6% rising
53 Sweden 0.0529 kt 2023 up 36.3% rising
54 Australia 0.0488 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
55 Oman 0.0486 kt 2023 up 434.1% volatile
56 Singapore 0.0482 kt 2023 up 9.8% volatile
57 Mexico 0.047 kt 2023 down 39.5% flat
58 Portugal 0.0467 kt 2023 down 4.5% volatile
59 United Arab Emirates 0.0426 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
60 Honduras 0.042 kt 2023 up 21.4% volatile
61 Norway 0.0406 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
62 Mali 0.0396 kt 2023 up 44.5% rising
63 Colombia 0.0392 kt 2023 up 91.2% rising
64 Nicaragua 0.0383 kt 2023 up 16.4% volatile
65 Puerto Rico 0.0358 kt 2023 down 12.9% falling
66 Finland 0.0346 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
67 Chile 0.033 kt 2023 up 35.2% volatile
68 Bulgaria 0.0327 kt 2023 up 214.4% volatile
69 Ireland 0.0302 kt 2023 up 52.5% rising
69 El Salvador 0.0302 kt 2023 down 32.0% volatile
71 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.0294 kt 2023 up 76.0% rising
72 Hungary 0.0269 kt 2023 up 5.9% falling
73 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0265 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
74 Kuwait 0.0259 kt 2023 down 6.5% rising
75 Tunisia 0.0251 kt 2023 up 217.7% rising
76 Congo, Republic of 0.0241 kt 2023 up 45.2% rising
77 Austria 0.024 kt 2023 down 40.7% rising
78 Mongolia 0.0235 kt 2023 up 46.0% volatile
79 Czechia 0.0224 kt 2023 down 7.1% falling
79 Malawi 0.0224 kt 2023 up 279.7% volatile
81 Dominican Republic 0.0221 kt 2023 up 106.5% rising
82 Belarus, Republic of 0.021 kt 2023 down 12.1% falling
83 Romania 0.0204 kt 2023 up 124.2% volatile
84 Panama 0.0192 kt 2023 up 17.1% volatile
85 Jamaica 0.0181 kt 2023 up 32.1% volatile
86 Israel 0.0172 kt 2023 up 23.7% rising
87 Greece 0.0162 kt 2023 down 6.4% rising
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0157 kt 2023 up 528.0% volatile
89 Ecuador 0.0143 kt 2023 down 28.5% volatile
90 Serbia, Republic of 0.0141 kt 2023 down 14.5% falling
91 Luxembourg 0.0127 kt 2023 up 84.1% volatile
92 Denmark 0.0121 kt 2023 down 34.9% falling
93 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.0115 kt 2023 up 10.6% rising
94 Slovak Republic 0.0114 kt 2023 down 54.2% volatile
95 Cyprus 0.0105 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
96 Sri Lanka 0.0103 kt 2023 up 139.5% volatile
96 Lithuania 0.0103 kt 2023 down 6.4% falling
98 Latvia 0.01 kt 2023 down 38.7% falling
99 Bangladesh 0.0098 kt 2023 up 92.2% volatile
99 Kyrgyz Republic 0.0098 kt 2023 up 476.5% volatile
99 Zimbabwe 0.0098 kt 2023 up 206.2% volatile
102 Central African Republic 0.0097 kt 2023 up 9,600.0% volatile
102 Mauritius 0.0097 kt 2023 up 3.2% volatile
104 Angola 0.0096 kt 2023 down 52.0% volatile
105 Estonia 0.0095 kt 2023 up 55.7% rising
106 Senegal 0.0081 kt 2023 up 131.4% volatile
107 Eritrea, The State of 0.0077 kt 2023 up 18.5% rising
108 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0.0074 kt 2023 up 19.4% volatile
109 Qatar 0.0073 kt 2023 up 82.5% volatile
110 Cambodia 0.0071 kt 2023 up 136.7% volatile
111 Kenya 0.007 kt 2023 up 180.0% volatile
111 Lebanon 0.007 kt 2023 down 6.7% rising
113 Iraq 0.0067 kt 2023 down 30.2% falling
114 New Zealand 0.0066 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
115 Algeria 0.0064 kt 2023 — volatile
115 Croatia 0.0064 kt 2023 up 52.4% rising
117 Paraguay 0.0058 kt 2023 up 87.1% volatile
118 Bahamas, The 0.0052 kt 2023 up 20.9% volatile
119 Libya 0.0051 kt 2023 down 61.1% volatile
120 Costa Rica 0.0049 kt 2023 down 41.0% volatile
120 Iceland 0.0049 kt 2023 up 104.2% volatile
122 Uruguay 0.0048 kt 2023 down 27.3% volatile
123 Cuba 0.0046 kt 2023 up 31.4% rising
124 Palestine 0.0045 kt 2023 up 21.6% volatile
125 Slovenia 0.0043 kt 2023 up 4.9% volatile
126 Jordan 0.0041 kt 2023 down 44.6% volatile
127 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.004 kt 2023 up 233.3% volatile
128 Comoros, Union of the 0.0036 kt 2023 up 111.8% rising
129 Albania 0.0035 kt 2023 down 16.7% volatile
130 Djibouti 0.0029 kt 2023 up 314.3% volatile
130 South Sudan, Republic of 0.0029 kt 2023 down 72.4% volatile
132 Botswana 0.0027 kt 2023 down 50.9% volatile
132 Georgia 0.0027 kt 2023 down 6.9% falling
134 Barbados 0.0023 kt 2023 up 21.1% volatile
134 Montenegro 0.0023 kt 2023 up 130.0% rising
134 Brunei Darussalam 0.0023 kt 2023 up 9.5% volatile
137 Seychelles 0.0022 kt 2023 up 340.0% volatile
138 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 0.0021 kt 2023 down 8.7% falling
138 Belize 0.0021 kt 2023 up 110.0% volatile
138 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0021 kt 2023 down 4.5% rising
141 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0.002 kt 2023 up 122.2% volatile
142 Guinea 0.0019 kt 2023 up 533.3% volatile
142 China, mainland 0.0019 kt 2023 down 64.2% volatile
144 North Macedonia, Republic of 0.0018 kt 2023 unchanged falling
145 Armenia, Republic of 0.0015 kt 2023 up 50.0% volatile
145 Yemen, Republic of 0.0015 kt 2023 down 64.3% volatile
147 Suriname 0.0014 kt 2023 down 39.1% volatile
148 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.0013 kt 2023 up 225.0% volatile
148 Guyana 0.0013 kt 2023 down 7.1% flat
150 Malta 0.0011 kt 2023 down 60.7% volatile
150 Papua New Guinea 0.0011 kt 2023 up 57.1% volatile
152 St. Lucia 0.001 kt 2023 unchanged rising
152 Zambia 0.001 kt 2023 down 9.1% rising
154 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0008 kt 2023 up 33.3% rising
154 Rwanda 0.0008 kt 2023 up 166.7% rising
156 Maldives 0.0007 kt 2023 up 600.0% volatile
157 Grenada 0.0006 kt 2023 up 20.0% rising
158 Fiji, Republic of 0.0005 kt 2023 up 25.0% rising
158 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.0005 kt 2023 unchanged rising
160 Bhutan 0.0004 kt 2023 up 300.0% volatile
160 Eswatini, Kingdom of 0.0004 kt 2023 up 33.3% volatile
162 Burundi 0.0003 kt 2023 up 200.0% rising
162 Dominica 0.0003 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
162 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0.0003 kt 2023 down 25.0% volatile
162 Lesotho, Kingdom of 0.0003 kt 2023 down 62.5% rising
162 Sierra Leone 0.0003 kt 2023 up 200.0% volatile
162 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0003 kt 2023 unchanged rising
168 American Samoa 0.0002 kt 2023 down 33.3% falling
168 Greenland 0.0002 kt 2023 unchanged rising
168 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0.0002 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
171 Faroe Islands 0.0001 kt 2023 down 50.0% flat
171 Gibraltar 0.0001 kt 2023 — volatile
171 Guinea-Bissau 0.0001 kt 2023 — volatile
171 New Caledonia 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged falling
171 Chad 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
171 Samoa 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
171 China, Macao SAR 0.0001 kt 2023 — volatile
178 Gambia, The 0 kt 1994 — flat
178 Kiribati 0 kt 2023 — flat
178 Liberia 0 kt 2023 — flat
178 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 0 kt 2023 — volatile
178 Nauru, Republic of 0 kt 2023 — flat
178 Palau, Republic of 0 kt 2023 — volatile
178 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
178 Tonga 0 kt 2023 — flat
178 Tuvalu 0 kt 2023 — flat
178 Vanuatu 0 kt 2023 — flat
178 St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt 2023 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Food Retail — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
242 places, 7,490 data points, 1990–2023
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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