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Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Countries reporting
206
Highest
4.6 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
0.0104 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,524

What the numbers show

Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 206 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 0.0104 kt, and the mean is 0.0947 kt.

Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 20,788.3%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 72.9%).

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

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

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
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food 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). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.