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Food Retail — Emissions (CO2), per capita by country

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2) 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
186
Highest
0.0005 kt per person
Oman
Lowest
0 kt per person
Gambia
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,719

What the numbers show

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2), per capita is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.0005 kt per person in Oman; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Gambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0001 kt per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7,530.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 15,684.3%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 69.1%).

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Oman 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 329.5% volatile
2 Aruba 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 12.0% falling
3 Turkmenistan 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 40.9% rising
4 Bahamas 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 11.4% volatile
5 Brunei 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 7.4% volatile
6 Puerto Rico 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 3.3% rising
7 Bahrain 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 14.3% rising
8 United Arab Emirates 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 5.3% falling
9 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 2.1% rising
10 Saudi Arabia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 16.6% rising
11 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 23.7% rising
12 Barbados 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 15.4% volatile
13 Kuwait 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 16.0% rising
14 Palau 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 10.6% falling
15 Estonia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 26.0% rising
16 Japan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 16.9% rising
17 Qatar 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 25.8% rising
18 Singapore 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 10.3% volatile
19 Mongolia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 36.7% volatile
20 Kazakhstan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 38.6% volatile
21 Saint Lucia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 2.0% rising
22 Australia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 20.2% rising
23 United States 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 18.6% falling
24 Luxembourg 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 43.3% falling
25 Grenada 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 11.1% rising
26 Poland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 10.3% rising
27 Cyprus 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.2% rising
28 Ireland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 15.3% falling
29 Dominica 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 5.2% volatile
30 Panama 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 70.9% volatile
31 Israel 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 28.2% flat
32 Nauru 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 72.9% rising
33 Germany 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 39.1% falling
34 Malaysia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.5% volatile
35 Czechia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 15.3% falling
36 Botswana 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 51.4% volatile
37 Seychelles 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 44.5% volatile
38 Russia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 10.5% rising
39 Serbia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 18.9% rising
40 Greece 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.0% rising
41 Jamaica 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 95.5% volatile
42 Montenegro 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 779.9% volatile
43 Malta 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 50.1% rising
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 67.2% volatile
45 South Africa 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 14.7% rising
46 Belgium 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 29.7% falling
47 Mauritius 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 13.4% volatile
48 Bulgaria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 19.9% volatile
49 Canada 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
50 Italy 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 13.3% rising
51 Turkey 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 1.0% volatile
52 Greenland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 16.3% rising
53 Gibraltar 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 245.6% volatile
54 American Samoa 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 40.1% falling
55 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 17.5% rising
56 Chile 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.4% rising
57 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.8% rising
58 Gabon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 292.6% volatile
59 Latvia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 4.0% flat
60 Finland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 36.6% rising
61 Faroe Islands 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 31.9% falling
62 Belarus 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 22.0% falling
63 Switzerland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 31.7% falling
64 United Kingdom 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 47.6% falling
65 Thailand 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 11.3% volatile
66 Marshall Islands 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 12.0% falling
67 Uganda 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 194.7% volatile
68 Argentina 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.4% volatile
69 Belize 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 105.5% volatile
70 Slovenia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 34.1% falling
71 Slovakia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 45.0% volatile
72 Hungary 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
73 Dominican Republic 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 60.8% rising
74 Maldives 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 266.3% volatile
75 Spain 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.0% rising
76 Portugal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 12.8% rising
77 Croatia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 6.7% rising
78 North Macedonia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 22.5% rising
79 Moldova 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.7% volatile
80 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.5% rising
81 Namibia 0 kt per person 2023 up 440.8% volatile
82 Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 up 45.5% rising
83 France 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.6% falling
84 Fiji 0 kt per person 2023 up 17.8% rising
85 Austria 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.0% falling
86 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 up 27.2% rising
87 Tuvalu 0 kt per person 2023 up 57.3% rising
88 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 down 60.3% falling
89 Suriname 0 kt per person 2023 down 51.1% volatile
90 Guyana 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.3% volatile
91 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.5% flat
92 Madagascar 0 kt per person 2023 up 56.5% volatile
93 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 13.6% rising
94 Romania 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.3% rising
95 Lebanon 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.7% rising
96 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.5% rising
97 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 up 80.8% rising
98 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 34.6% volatile
99 Libya 0 kt per person 2023 down 58.4% volatile
100 Georgia 0 kt per person 2023 up 69.8% rising
101 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 up 19.4% falling
102 Vietnam 0 kt per person 2023 up 294.2% volatile
103 Laos 0 kt per person 2023 up 28.4% rising
104 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 down 49.7% falling
105 Nicaragua 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.9% volatile
106 Norway 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.6% rising
107 Guatemala 0 kt per person 2023 up 61.9% rising
108 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 76.3% volatile
109 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 up 41.9% volatile
110 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 up 18.4% rising
111 Bhutan 0 kt per person 2023 up 482.9% volatile
112 Honduras 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.8% rising
113 Palestine 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.6% rising
114 Burkina Faso 0 kt per person 2023 up 191.9% volatile
115 Tonga 0 kt per person 2023 up 39.5% rising
116 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 up 99.6% flat
117 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.9% rising
118 Ecuador 0 kt per person 2023 down 41.8% rising
119 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.3% volatile
120 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.8% volatile
121 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
122 Brazil 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.8% volatile
123 Togo 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.8% rising
124 Colombia 0 kt per person 2023 up 15.7% rising
125 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2023 up 139.5% volatile
126 Cambodia 0 kt per person 2023 up 162.8% volatile
127 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 276.1% volatile
128 Nepal 0 kt per person 2023 up 66.0% volatile
129 Djibouti 0 kt per person 2023 up 29.7% rising
130 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.0% volatile
131 Mexico 0 kt per person 2023 down 42.0% falling
132 Congo 0 kt per person 2023 up 548.4% volatile
133 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kt per person 2023 down 27.5% rising
134 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per person 2023 up 52.4% volatile
135 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.5% rising
136 Niger 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.8% falling
137 Mauritania 0 kt per person 2023 up 65.9% rising
138 Albania 0 kt per person 2023 up 20.8% volatile
139 Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 up 80.9% rising
140 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 down 42.0% volatile
141 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.9% flat
142 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.0% volatile
143 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
144 Uruguay 0 kt per person 2023 down 66.5% volatile
145 Senegal 0 kt per person 2023 up 75.3% volatile
146 India 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.4% volatile
147 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 up 30.6% volatile
148 Mali 0 kt per person 2023 up 23.0% rising
149 Lesotho 0 kt per person 2023 down 59.6% rising
150 Eritrea 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.3% falling
151 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 down 57.9% volatile
152 New Caledonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.0% falling
153 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 50.0% volatile
154 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 down 65.6% volatile
155 Central African Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 883.0% volatile
156 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.1% volatile
157 Syria 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.6% falling
158 East Timor 0 kt per person 2023 up 71.1% rising
159 Iraq 0 kt per person 2023 down 26.0% falling
160 Kiribati 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.4% falling
161 Vanuatu 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.4% rising
162 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 34.0% volatile
163 Haiti 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.0% flat
164 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2023 up 106.2% volatile
165 Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 446.3% rising
166 China 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.3% rising
167 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 15,684.3% volatile
168 Kenya 0 kt per person 2023 up 244.7% volatile
169 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 up 28.1% rising
170 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 up 80.1% rising
171 Solomon Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 49.2% rising
172 Ethiopia 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.1% volatile
173 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2023 up 210.5% rising
174 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 up 332.1% volatile
175 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 up 40.2% rising
176 Afghanistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 144.0% volatile
177 Yemen 0 kt per person 2023 down 67.8% volatile
178 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per person 2023 up 656.2% volatile
179 Sierra Leone 0 kt per person 2023 up 126.6% volatile
180 Iceland 0 kt per person 2023 down 35.2% volatile
181 Paraguay 0 kt per person 2023 up 18.0% rising
182 South Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 down 69.1% volatile
183 Chad 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.4% rising
184 Liberia 0 kt per person 2023 up 66.2% rising
185 Burundi 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.7% rising
186 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 (CO2) 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 (CO2) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2), 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
Last refreshed

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.