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Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases...

Countries reporting
209
Highest
4.6 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
0.0103 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,524

What the numbers show

Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 4.6 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0103 kt, and the mean is 0.0943 kt.

Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 20,788.3%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 72.9%).

Food Retail — Emissions (CH4): 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 502.6% 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 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 Côte d'Ivoire 0.296 kt 2023 up 4.0% volatile
14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2885 kt 2023 up 30.2% rising
15 Brazil 0.2679 kt 2023 up 214.0% volatile
16 Philippines 0.2679 kt 2023 up 11.0% volatile
17 Republic of Korea 0.2642 kt 2023 down 3.3% rising
18 Cameroon 0.2579 kt 2023 up 74.9% rising
19 Gabon 0.2502 kt 2023 up 20,788.3% volatile
20 Türkiye 0.2417 kt 2023 down 27.9% volatile
21 Argentina 0.2293 kt 2023 down 20.2% volatile
22 Sudan 0.2278 kt 2023 up 134.9% rising
23 Saudi Arabia 0.1973 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
24 Burkina Faso 0.1893 kt 2023 up 122.6% volatile
25 Viet Nam 0.1836 kt 2023 up 530.8% volatile
26 South Africa 0.1767 kt 2023 down 32.2% volatile
27 Caribbean 0.1702 kt 2023 up 10.6% rising
28 France 0.1686 kt 2023 down 12.8% flat
29 Italy 0.1579 kt 2023 down 16.1% rising
30 Guatemala 0.1512 kt 2023 up 41.2% rising
31 Morocco 0.149 kt 2023 up 60.4% volatile
32 Benin 0.1298 kt 2023 up 26.4% volatile
33 Poland 0.1275 kt 2023 down 23.3% falling
34 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.1275 kt 2023 up 12.6% volatile
35 Spain 0.122 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
36 Kazakhstan 0.1117 kt 2023 down 1.3% volatile
37 Canada 0.1066 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
38 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1061 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
39 Ukraine 0.0953 kt 2023 up 190.0% volatile
40 Ghana 0.0887 kt 2023 down 7.3% volatile
41 Nepal 0.0882 kt 2023 up 47.4% volatile
42 China 0.0878 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
43 Peru 0.0847 kt 2023 up 11.3% volatile
44 Ethiopia 0.0847 kt 2023 up 30.1% rising
45 Egypt 0.0815 kt 2023 up 111.4% volatile
46 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0801 kt 2023 down 15.6% rising
47 Mozambique 0.0776 kt 2023 up 2,444.2% volatile
48 Haiti 0.0742 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
49 Niger 0.067 kt 2023 up 16.1% rising
50 Pakistan 0.066 kt 2023 up 23.2% rising
51 Malaysia 0.0643 kt 2023 up 9.2% volatile
52 Switzerland 0.0637 kt 2023 down 6.8% rising
53 Namibia 0.0621 kt 2023 up 4,667.5% volatile
54 Togo 0.0608 kt 2023 up 20.7% volatile
55 China, Taiwan Province of 0.0593 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
56 Turkmenistan 0.057 kt 2023 up 74.7% rising
57 Australia and New Zealand 0.0553 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
58 Belgium 0.0537 kt 2023 down 25.6% rising
59 Sweden 0.0529 kt 2023 up 36.6% rising
60 Australia 0.0488 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
61 Oman 0.0486 kt 2023 up 434.9% volatile
62 Singapore 0.0482 kt 2023 up 9.8% volatile
63 Mexico 0.047 kt 2023 down 39.6% flat
64 Portugal 0.0467 kt 2023 down 4.7% volatile
65 United Arab Emirates 0.0426 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
66 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.0424 kt 2023 down 18.2% falling
67 Honduras 0.042 kt 2023 up 21.3% volatile
68 Norway 0.0406 kt 2023 up 23.2% rising
69 Mali 0.0396 kt 2023 up 44.6% rising
70 Colombia 0.0392 kt 2023 up 91.1% rising
71 Nicaragua 0.0383 kt 2023 up 16.2% volatile
72 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.0359 kt 2023 down 20.2% falling
73 Puerto Rico 0.0358 kt 2023 down 12.9% falling
74 Finland 0.0346 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
75 Chile 0.033 kt 2023 up 35.6% volatile
76 Bulgaria 0.0327 kt 2023 up 213.6% volatile
77 Ireland 0.0302 kt 2023 up 52.7% rising
78 El Salvador 0.0302 kt 2023 down 32.0% volatile
79 Uzbekistan 0.0294 kt 2023 up 76.7% rising
80 Hungary 0.0269 kt 2023 up 5.8% falling
81 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0265 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
82 Kuwait 0.0259 kt 2023 down 6.8% rising
83 Tunisia 0.0251 kt 2023 up 219.3% rising
84 Congo 0.0241 kt 2023 up 45.3% rising
85 Austria 0.024 kt 2023 down 40.7% rising
86 Mongolia 0.0235 kt 2023 up 46.2% volatile
87 Czechia 0.0224 kt 2023 down 6.8% falling
88 Malawi 0.0224 kt 2023 up 281.8% volatile
89 Dominican Republic 0.0221 kt 2023 up 107.0% rising
90 Belarus 0.021 kt 2023 down 12.1% falling
91 Romania 0.0204 kt 2023 up 123.9% volatile
92 Panama 0.0192 kt 2023 up 17.1% volatile
93 Jamaica 0.0181 kt 2023 up 31.9% volatile
94 Israel 0.0172 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
95 Greece 0.0162 kt 2023 down 6.5% rising
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0157 kt 2023 up 535.9% volatile
97 Ecuador 0.0143 kt 2023 down 28.5% volatile
98 Serbia 0.0141 kt 2023 down 14.6% falling
99 Luxembourg 0.0127 kt 2023 up 83.6% volatile
100 Denmark 0.0121 kt 2023 down 35.0% falling
101 Azerbaijan 0.0115 kt 2023 up 10.6% rising
102 Slovakia 0.0114 kt 2023 down 54.4% volatile
103 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.0113 kt 2023 up 89.2% volatile
104 Cyprus 0.0105 kt 2023 up 20.1% rising
105 Lithuania 0.0103 kt 2023 down 6.5% falling
106 Sri Lanka 0.0103 kt 2023 up 141.4% volatile
107 Latvia 0.01 kt 2023 down 38.8% falling
108 Bangladesh 0.0098 kt 2023 up 92.7% volatile
109 Zimbabwe 0.0098 kt 2023 up 202.2% volatile
110 Kyrgyzstan 0.0098 kt 2023 up 462.8% volatile
111 Central African Republic 0.0097 kt 2023 up 9,422.5% volatile
112 Mauritius 0.0097 kt 2023 up 3.0% volatile
113 Angola 0.0096 kt 2023 down 52.1% volatile
114 Estonia 0.0095 kt 2023 up 54.1% rising
115 Senegal 0.0081 kt 2023 up 129.5% volatile
116 Eritrea 0.0077 kt 2023 up 17.7% rising
117 Bahrain 0.0074 kt 2023 up 19.1% volatile
118 Qatar 0.0073 kt 2023 up 80.9% volatile
119 Cambodia 0.0071 kt 2023 up 139.1% volatile
120 Kenya 0.007 kt 2023 up 179.9% volatile
121 Lebanon 0.007 kt 2023 down 7.2% rising
122 Iraq 0.0067 kt 2023 down 29.8% falling
123 New Zealand 0.0066 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
124 Algeria 0.0064 kt 2023 — volatile
125 Croatia 0.0064 kt 2023 up 52.2% rising
126 Paraguay 0.0058 kt 2023 up 83.4% volatile
127 Bahamas 0.0052 kt 2023 up 20.6% volatile
128 Libya 0.0051 kt 2023 down 60.7% volatile
129 Costa Rica 0.0049 kt 2023 down 40.5% volatile
130 Iceland 0.0049 kt 2023 up 102.1% volatile
131 United Republic of Tanzania 0.0048 kt 2023 up 70.7% volatile
132 Uruguay 0.0048 kt 2023 down 26.7% volatile
133 Republic of Moldova 0.0047 kt 2023 down 11.3% volatile
134 Cuba 0.0046 kt 2023 up 31.8% rising
135 Palestine 0.0045 kt 2023 up 21.1% volatile
136 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0045 kt 2023 down 14.2% falling
137 Slovenia 0.0043 kt 2023 up 6.5% volatile
138 Jordan 0.0041 kt 2023 down 45.0% volatile
139 Tajikistan 0.004 kt 2023 up 232.6% volatile
140 Comoros 0.0036 kt 2023 up 120.0% rising
141 Albania 0.0035 kt 2023 down 15.5% volatile
142 Djibouti 0.0029 kt 2023 up 323.5% volatile
143 South Sudan 0.0029 kt 2023 down 72.9% volatile
144 Georgia 0.0027 kt 2023 down 6.0% falling
145 Botswana 0.0027 kt 2023 down 51.0% volatile
146 Barbados 0.0023 kt 2023 up 20.0% volatile
147 Montenegro 0.0023 kt 2023 up 132.4% rising
148 Brunei Darussalam 0.0023 kt 2023 up 8.5% volatile
149 Seychelles 0.0022 kt 2023 up 367.3% volatile
150 Belize 0.0021 kt 2023 up 105.7% volatile
151 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0021 kt 2023 down 4.3% rising
152 Aruba 0.0021 kt 2023 down 8.8% falling
153 Mauritania 0.002 kt 2023 up 122.0% volatile
154 Guinea 0.0019 kt 2023 up 603.6% volatile
155 China, mainland 0.0019 kt 2023 down 65.1% volatile
156 North Macedonia 0.0018 kt 2023 down 2.2% falling
157 Melanesia 0.0018 kt 2023 up 52.2% volatile
158 Yemen 0.0015 kt 2023 down 63.6% volatile
159 Armenia 0.0015 kt 2023 up 44.5% volatile
160 Suriname 0.0014 kt 2023 down 37.1% volatile
161 Afghanistan 0.0013 kt 2023 up 221.6% volatile
162 Guyana 0.0013 kt 2023 down 12.1% flat
163 Cabo Verde 0.0012 kt 2023 up 46.9% volatile
164 Papua New Guinea 0.0011 kt 2023 up 74.5% volatile
165 Malta 0.0011 kt 2023 down 59.7% volatile
166 Zambia 0.001 kt 2023 down 5.9% rising
167 Saint Lucia 0.001 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
168 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0008 kt 2023 up 33.7% rising
169 Rwanda 0.0008 kt 2023 up 174.1% rising
170 Maldives 0.0007 kt 2023 up 363.7% volatile
171 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0007 kt 2023 down 49.7% volatile
172 Grenada 0.0006 kt 2023 up 15.3% rising
173 Fiji 0.0005 kt 2023 up 34.0% rising
174 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0005 kt 2023 up 3.7% rising
175 Bhutan 0.0004 kt 2023 up 504.1% volatile
176 Eswatini 0.0004 kt 2023 up 25.7% volatile
177 Burundi 0.0003 kt 2023 up 212.8% volatile
178 Equatorial Guinea 0.0003 kt 2023 down 21.9% volatile
179 Polynesia 0.0003 kt 2023 down 22.9% falling
180 Lesotho 0.0003 kt 2023 down 60.7% rising
181 Dominica 0.0003 kt 2023 down 7.6% volatile
182 Sierra Leone 0.0003 kt 2023 up 185.3% volatile
183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0003 kt 2023 down 3.6% rising
184 Anguilla 0.0003 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
185 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0002 kt 2023 up 39.0% volatile
186 Greenland 0.0002 kt 2023 up 17.2% rising
187 Timor-Leste 0.0002 kt 2023 up 140.0% volatile
188 American Samoa 0.0002 kt 2023 down 47.2% falling
189 Faroe Islands 0.0001 kt 2023 down 23.6% flat
190 Micronesia 0.0001 kt 2023 up 20.5% flat
191 Chad 0.0001 kt 2023 up 36.0% volatile
192 Samoa 0.0001 kt 2023 up 35.8% rising
193 Gibraltar 0.0001 kt 2023 up 357.7% volatile
194 Guinea-Bissau 0.0001 kt 2023 up 877.8% volatile
195 New Caledonia 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged falling
196 China, Macao SAR 0.0001 kt 2023 up 176.2% falling
197 Palau 0 kt 2023 unchanged falling
198 Liberia 0 kt 2023 up 100.0% rising
199 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 kt 2023 up 61.9% falling
200 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2023 down 3.6% falling
201 Tonga 0 kt 2023 up 56.2% rising
202 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 down 24.0% volatile
202 Vanuatu 0 kt 2023 down 9.5% rising
204 Kiribati 0 kt 2023 up 21.4% rising
205 Nauru 0 kt 2023 up 128.6% rising
206 Tuvalu 0 kt 2023 up 66.7% rising
207 Gambia 0 kt 1994 — flat
208 Niue 0 kt 2023 unchanged flat
208 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt 2023 — volatile

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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
243 places, 7,524 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.