Food Retail — Emissions (CH4), per capita by country

Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
178
Highest
0 kt per person
Gabon
Lowest
0 kt per person
Palau
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,719

What the numbers show

Food Retail — Emissions (CH4), per capita is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 0 kt per person in Gabon; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per person, and the mean is 0 kt per person.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 15,952.6%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 73.4%).

Food Retail — Emissions (CH4), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gabon 0 kt per person 2023 up 15,952.6% volatile
2 Uganda 0 kt per person 2023 up 337.7% volatile
3 Namibia 0 kt per person 2023 up 3,531.3% volatile
4 Aruba 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.1% falling
5 Luxembourg 0 kt per person 2023 up 50.1% rising
6 Seychelles 0 kt per person 2023 up 230.4% volatile
7 Madagascar 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.7% volatile
8 Laos 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.8% rising
9 Bahamas 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.7% volatile
10 Iceland 0 kt per person 2023 up 71.4% rising
11 Puerto Rico 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.3% flat
12 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.7% rising
13 Oman 0 kt per person 2023 up 305.5% volatile
14 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.1% volatile
15 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.1% rising
16 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 up 31.9% flat
17 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt per person 2023 up 25.8% rising
18 Guatemala 0 kt per person 2023 up 19.9% rising
19 Burkina Faso 0 kt per person 2023 up 70.9% rising
20 Barbados 0 kt per person 2023 up 19.0% volatile
21 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.2% volatile
22 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.2% rising
23 Mauritius 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.0% volatile
24 Turkmenistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 41.0% rising
25 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.2% rising
26 Thailand 0 kt per person 2023 up 161.0% volatile
27 Togo 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.1% rising
28 Norway 0 kt per person 2023 up 13.2% rising
29 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.2% rising
30 Estonia 0 kt per person 2023 up 49.8% rising
31 Mongolia 0 kt per person 2023 up 21.6% volatile
32 Haiti 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.1% falling
33 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 up 29.5% volatile
34 Finland 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.1% rising
35 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.3% flat
36 Ireland 0 kt per person 2023 up 32.8% rising
37 Nicaragua 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.1% volatile
38 Saint Lucia 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.3% rising
39 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.6% rising
40 Germany 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.5% rising
41 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.8% volatile
42 Kuwait 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.4% rising
43 Latvia 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.5% falling
44 Grenada 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.3% rising
45 Belize 0 kt per person 2023 up 74.5% volatile
46 Bulgaria 0 kt per person 2023 up 249.2% volatile
47 Argentina 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.4% volatile
48 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 up 24.2% flat
49 Brunei 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.9% volatile
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2023 up 612.0% volatile
51 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 down 33.8% volatile
52 Bahrain 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.2% rising
53 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.5% rising
54 Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 up 77.3% rising
55 Dominica 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.8% volatile
56 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.1% rising
57 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.6% volatile
58 Panama 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.4% volatile
59 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 up 73.4% rising
60 United Kingdom 0 kt per person 2023 up 21.9% rising
61 American Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
62 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.9% falling
63 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 43.7% volatile
64 Honduras 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.4% volatile
65 Congo 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.1% rising
66 Montenegro 0 kt per person 2023 up 129.7% rising
67 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.4% falling
68 Greenland 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.7% rising
69 Poland 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
70 Russia 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.9% rising
71 United States 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.4% falling
72 Nepal 0 kt per person 2023 up 37.0% volatile
73 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.7% rising
74 Turkey 0 kt per person 2023 down 35.7% volatile
75 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.0% falling
76 South Africa 0 kt per person 2023 down 41.4% volatile
77 Qatar 0 kt per person 2023 up 31.7% rising
78 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 959.3% volatile
79 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.2% rising
80 Canada 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.7% rising
81 Austria 0 kt per person 2023 down 45.0% flat
82 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.9% volatile
83 Gibraltar 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
84 Niger 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.8% falling
85 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 up 254.1% volatile
86 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.6% rising
87 Djibouti 0 kt per person 2023 up 253.9% volatile
88 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.9% volatile
89 France 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
90 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.4% volatile
91 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,766.8% volatile
92 Belarus 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.6% falling
93 Suriname 0 kt per person 2023 down 44.9% volatile
94 Eritrea 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.9% falling
95 Serbia 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.5% falling
96 Slovakia 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.3% volatile
97 Czechia 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.0% falling
98 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 up 190.1% rising
99 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 down 38.6% falling
100 Slovenia 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.9% volatile
101 Malta 0 kt per person 2023 down 69.8% volatile
102 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 85.8% rising
103 Moldova 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.2% volatile
104 Central African Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 8,639.9% volatile
105 Faroe Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 55.7% falling
106 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.2% volatile
107 Australia 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.6% rising
108 Vietnam 0 kt per person 2023 up 469.4% volatile
109 Israel 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.3% falling
110 Chile 0 kt per person 2023 up 21.7% volatile
111 Mali 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.2% rising
112 Croatia 0 kt per person 2023 up 67.2% rising
113 Guyana 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.7% falling
114 Greece 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.3% rising
115 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.4% rising
116 Albania 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.7% volatile
117 Uruguay 0 kt per person 2023 down 28.2% volatile
118 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 369.1% volatile
119 Maldives 0 kt per person 2023 up 432.4% volatile
120 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.3% falling
121 Brazil 0 kt per person 2023 up 195.2% volatile
122 Lebanon 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.2% rising
123 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.5% rising
124 Botswana 0 kt per person 2023 down 57.6% volatile
125 Romania 0 kt per person 2023 up 135.0% volatile
126 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 up 190.7% volatile
127 North Macedonia 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.2% falling
128 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 down 45.5% volatile
129 Palestine 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.0% rising
130 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.3% volatile
131 Paraguay 0 kt per person 2023 up 63.5% rising
132 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 46.8% rising
133 Ecuador 0 kt per person 2023 down 37.1% rising
134 Colombia 0 kt per person 2023 up 68.7% rising
135 Georgia 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.8% flat
136 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 up 76.2% rising
137 Libya 0 kt per person 2023 down 66.4% volatile
138 Ethiopia 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.5% rising
139 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 up 162.6% volatile
140 Fiji 0 kt per person 2023 up 23.9% rising
141 Bhutan 0 kt per person 2023 up 268.9% volatile
142 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 up 52.9% volatile
143 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2023 up 123.8% volatile
144 Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.5% volatile
145 Senegal 0 kt per person 2023 up 75.5% volatile
146 India 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.7% rising
147 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 up 34.7% rising
148 Cambodia 0 kt per person 2023 up 106.1% volatile
149 Mauritania 0 kt per person 2023 up 65.2% rising
150 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 163.6% volatile
151 Mexico 0 kt per person 2023 down 44.8% falling
152 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 down 61.3% volatile
153 New Caledonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.5% falling
154 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2023 up 22.4% volatile
155 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.0% flat
156 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 down 65.8% volatile
157 South Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 down 73.1% volatile
158 Syria 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.0% falling
159 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 45.4% volatile
160 Iraq 0 kt per person 2023 down 45.4% falling
161 East Timor 0 kt per person 2023 up 67.4% volatile
162 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
163 Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 392.0% rising
164 Lesotho 0 kt per person 2023 down 66.6% rising
165 Kenya 0 kt per person 2023 up 127.6% volatile
166 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 25.6% volatile
167 China 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.5% rising
168 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2023 up 122.4% rising
169 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2023 up 75.4% volatile
170 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.4% rising
171 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
172 Yemen 0 kt per person 2023 down 73.4% volatile
173 Sierra Leone 0 kt per person 2023 up 138.1% volatile
174 Afghanistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 147.9% volatile
175 Burundi 0 kt per person 2023 up 128.8% rising
176 Chad 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.1% volatile
177 Marshall Islands 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
177 Palau 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile

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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Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Food Retail — Emissions (CH4), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
187 places, 5,719 data points, 1990–2023
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Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.