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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
175
Highest
0 kt per person
Gabon
Lowest
0 kt per person
Gambia
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,422

What the numbers show

Food Retail — Emissions (CH4), per capita is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 0 kt per person in Gabon; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Gambia.

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

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30,899.

Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 15,982.1%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 73.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gabon 0 kt per person 2023 up 15,982.1% volatile
2 Uganda 0 kt per person 2023 up 337.7% volatile
3 Namibia 0 kt per person 2023 up 3,524.2% volatile
4 Aruba 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.2% falling
5 Luxembourg 0 kt per person 2023 up 49.7% rising
6 Seychelles 0 kt per person 2023 up 250.9% volatile
7 Madagascar 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.7% volatile
8 Bahamas 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.4% volatile
9 Iceland 0 kt per person 2023 up 69.7% rising
10 Puerto Rico 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.3% flat
11 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.4% rising
12 Oman 0 kt per person 2023 up 306.1% volatile
13 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.1% rising
14 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 up 31.9% flat
15 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt per person 2023 up 26.2% rising
16 Guatemala 0 kt per person 2023 up 19.9% rising
17 Burkina Faso 0 kt per person 2023 up 71.1% rising
18 Barbados 0 kt per person 2023 up 18.0% volatile
19 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.2% volatile
20 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.7% rising
21 Mauritius 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.9% volatile
22 Turkmenistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 40.9% rising
23 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.2% rising
24 Thailand 0 kt per person 2023 up 160.9% volatile
25 Togo 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
26 Norway 0 kt per person 2023 up 13.3% rising
27 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.2% rising
28 Estonia 0 kt per person 2023 up 48.2% rising
29 Mongolia 0 kt per person 2023 up 21.7% volatile
30 Haiti 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.0% falling
31 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 up 29.3% volatile
32 Finland 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.0% rising
33 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.3% flat
34 Saint Lucia 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.1% rising
35 Ireland 0 kt per person 2023 up 33.0% rising
36 Nicaragua 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.9% volatile
37 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.6% rising
38 Germany 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.5% rising
39 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.8% volatile
40 Kuwait 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.6% rising
41 Latvia 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.6% falling
42 Belize 0 kt per person 2023 up 70.9% volatile
43 Bulgaria 0 kt per person 2023 up 248.3% volatile
44 Argentina 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.4% volatile
45 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 up 24.4% flat
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2023 up 620.9% volatile
47 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 down 33.9% volatile
48 Grenada 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.7% rising
49 Bahrain 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.3% rising
50 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.5% rising
51 Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 up 77.4% rising
52 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.1% rising
53 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.8% volatile
54 Dominica 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.1% volatile
55 Panama 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.4% volatile
56 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 up 80.1% rising
57 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.9% falling
58 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 43.7% volatile
59 Honduras 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.3% volatile
60 Congo 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.2% rising
61 Montenegro 0 kt per person 2023 up 132.1% rising
62 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.6% falling
63 Greenland 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.4% rising
64 Poland 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
65 American Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 down 40.0% falling
66 Gibraltar 0 kt per person 2023 up 285.5% volatile
67 Nepal 0 kt per person 2023 up 36.9% volatile
68 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.9% falling
69 South Africa 0 kt per person 2023 down 41.4% volatile
70 Qatar 0 kt per person 2023 up 30.5% rising
71 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 959.3% volatile
72 Faroe Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.2% falling
73 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.2% rising
74 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.9% rising
75 Canada 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.7% rising
76 Palau 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.4% falling
77 Austria 0 kt per person 2023 down 44.9% flat
78 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.9% volatile
79 Niger 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.8% falling
80 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 up 254.6% volatile
81 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.6% rising
82 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.9% volatile
83 Djibouti 0 kt per person 2023 up 261.8% volatile
84 France 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
85 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.4% volatile
86 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,795.0% volatile
87 Suriname 0 kt per person 2023 down 43.1% volatile
88 Belarus 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.5% falling
89 Eritrea 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.2% falling
90 Serbia 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.5% falling
91 Slovakia 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.5% volatile
92 Czechia 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.8% falling
93 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 up 191.6% rising
94 Slovenia 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.5% volatile
95 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 down 38.6% falling
96 Malta 0 kt per person 2023 down 69.0% volatile
97 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 86.2% rising
98 Central African Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 8,480.0% volatile
99 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.2% volatile
100 Australia 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.8% rising
101 Israel 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.6% falling
102 Chile 0 kt per person 2023 up 22.0% volatile
103 Mali 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.2% rising
104 Croatia 0 kt per person 2023 up 66.9% rising
105 Greece 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.5% rising
106 Guyana 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.3% falling
107 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.2% rising
108 Albania 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.4% volatile
109 Uruguay 0 kt per person 2023 down 27.6% volatile
110 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 358.0% volatile
111 Nauru 0 kt per person 2023 up 102.4% rising
112 Maldives 0 kt per person 2023 up 252.7% volatile
113 Brazil 0 kt per person 2023 up 195.1% volatile
114 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
115 Lebanon 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.7% rising
116 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.6% rising
117 Botswana 0 kt per person 2023 down 57.7% volatile
118 Romania 0 kt per person 2023 up 134.7% volatile
119 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 up 192.4% volatile
120 North Macedonia 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.9% falling
121 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 down 45.0% volatile
122 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.3% volatile
123 Palestine 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.4% rising
124 Paraguay 0 kt per person 2023 up 60.3% rising
125 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 47.3% rising
126 Ecuador 0 kt per person 2023 down 37.2% rising
127 Colombia 0 kt per person 2023 up 68.5% rising
128 Georgia 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.9% flat
129 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 up 75.9% rising
130 Libya 0 kt per person 2023 down 66.1% volatile
131 Marshall Islands 0 kt per person 2023 up 25.9% flat
132 Ethiopia 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.5% rising
133 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 up 159.1% volatile
134 Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 up 24.3% rising
135 Bhutan 0 kt per person 2023 up 457.2% volatile
136 Fiji 0 kt per person 2023 up 32.8% rising
137 Tuvalu 0 kt per person 2023 up 86.8% rising
138 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 up 47.3% volatile
139 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2023 up 125.5% volatile
140 Senegal 0 kt per person 2023 up 74.1% volatile
141 India 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.7% rising
142 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 up 35.2% rising
143 Cambodia 0 kt per person 2023 up 108.2% volatile
144 Mauritania 0 kt per person 2023 up 65.1% rising
145 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 163.1% volatile
146 Mexico 0 kt per person 2023 down 44.9% falling
147 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 down 61.6% volatile
148 New Caledonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.5% falling
149 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2023 up 15.4% volatile
150 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.0% flat
151 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 down 65.9% volatile
152 South Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 down 73.6% volatile
153 Tonga 0 kt per person 2023 up 60.0% rising
154 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 43.1% volatile
155 Iraq 0 kt per person 2023 down 45.1% falling
156 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
157 Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 446.6% rising
158 Lesotho 0 kt per person 2023 down 65.0% rising
159 Kiribati 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.3% rising
160 Kenya 0 kt per person 2023 up 127.5% volatile
161 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 39.4% volatile
162 China 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.5% rising
163 Vanuatu 0 kt per person 2023 down 28.1% rising
164 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2023 up 75.9% volatile
165 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2023 up 128.6% rising
166 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.1% rising
167 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per person 2023 up 670.1% volatile
168 Yemen 0 kt per person 2023 down 72.9% volatile
169 Sierra Leone 0 kt per person 2023 up 126.4% volatile
170 Afghanistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 145.3% volatile
171 Burundi 0 kt per person 2023 up 138.6% rising
172 Solomon Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 43.5% volatile
173 Chad 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.6% rising
174 Liberia 0 kt per person 2023 up 66.2% rising
175 Gambia 0 kt per person 1994 — falling

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
177 places, 5,422 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.