Food Retail — Emissions (CO2) 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
142,421 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0012 kt
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
198.71 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,524
What the numbers show
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 142,421 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0012 kt in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
The median across all reporting countries is 198.71 kt, and the mean is 1,840 kt.
Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 19,855.3%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 68.2%).
Food Retail — Emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 142,421 kt | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 2 | Japan | 24,798 kt | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 14,330 kt | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 4 | Republic of Korea | 12,630 kt | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 5 | India | 12,518 kt | 2023 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 9,187 kt | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 8,503 kt | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 8 | Indonesia | 7,372 kt | 2023 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Türkiye | 6,941 kt | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6,071 kt | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 4,893 kt | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 12 | Italy | 4,823 kt | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 4,428 kt | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 14 | China | 4,400 kt | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4,262 kt | 2023 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 16 | Australia and New Zealand | 4,142 kt | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 3,939 kt | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 18 | Malaysia | 3,867 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Egypt | 3,824 kt | 2023 | up 117.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Brazil | 3,682 kt | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Canada | 3,431 kt | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 3,381 kt | 2023 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Turkmenistan | 3,198 kt | 2023 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 24 | France | 3,149 kt | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 3,006 kt | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 2,947 kt | 2023 | up 336.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Philippines | 2,917 kt | 2023 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Uganda | 2,807 kt | 2023 | up 305.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Oman | 2,726 kt | 2023 | up 465.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Argentina | 2,623 kt | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 2,537 kt | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 32 | Caribbean | 2,490 kt | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 33 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2,361 kt | 2023 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 34 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2,332 kt | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 35 | Nigeria | 2,306 kt | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 36 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2,001 kt | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 37 | Mexico | 1,916 kt | 2023 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 38 | Ukraine | 1,843 kt | 2023 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 39 | Chile | 1,492 kt | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,471 kt | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 1,291 kt | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 42 | Myanmar | 1,254 kt | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 43 | Morocco | 1,198 kt | 2023 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Pakistan | 1,182 kt | 2023 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Czechia | 1,180 kt | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 46 | Israel | 1,146 kt | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 47 | Madagascar | 1,136 kt | 2023 | up 102.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Kuwait | 1,100 kt | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 49 | Singapore | 1,072 kt | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Belgium | 1,030 kt | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 51 | Greece | 1,018 kt | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | 990.23 kt | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 53 | Colombia | 863.01 kt | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 54 | Cameroon | 838.39 kt | 2023 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 55 | Sudan (former) | 700.01 kt | 2011 | up 256.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Romania | 680.63 kt | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 57 | Ireland | 654.22 kt | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 58 | Serbia | 650.12 kt | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 632.07 kt | 2023 | up 125.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Peru | 631.53 kt | 2023 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 615.17 kt | 2023 | up 78.7% | rising |
| 62 | Mongolia | 593.72 kt | 2023 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Belarus | 586.95 kt | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 64 | Switzerland | 565.62 kt | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 557.92 kt | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Portugal | 541.32 kt | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 67 | Panama | 534.41 kt | 2023 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Sudan | 527.32 kt | 2023 | up 139.5% | rising |
| 69 | Hungary | 522.37 kt | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 70 | Guatemala | 502.94 kt | 2023 | up 90.7% | rising |
| 71 | Burkina Faso | 502.02 kt | 2023 | up 279.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Qatar | 490.01 kt | 2023 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Bahrain | 472.39 kt | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Nepal | 458.77 kt | 2023 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 441.47 kt | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 76 | Côte d'Ivoire | 439.09 kt | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 77 | Tunisia | 416.7 kt | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 78 | Algeria | 410.05 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Austria | 404.98 kt | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 80 | Finland | 389.95 kt | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 81 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 376.28 kt | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 361.84 kt | 2023 | up 156.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Ecuador | 335.54 kt | 2023 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 329.36 kt | 2023 | up 132.8% | rising |
| 85 | Niger | 311.18 kt | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 86 | Slovakia | 302.96 kt | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 87 | Estonia | 298.05 kt | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 297.63 kt | 2023 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Cambodia | 284.37 kt | 2023 | up 201.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Benin | 278.98 kt | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 91 | Jamaica | 276.86 kt | 2023 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Iraq | 269.7 kt | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 93 | Botswana | 255.29 kt | 2023 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Denmark | 251.75 kt | 2023 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 95 | Honduras | 245.64 kt | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Ethiopia | 242.41 kt | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Angola | 239.08 kt | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Libya | 230.9 kt | 2023 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 218.34 kt | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 100 | Ghana | 212.54 kt | 2023 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Jordan | 206.84 kt | 2023 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 102 | New Zealand | 202.82 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 103 | Lebanon | 201 kt | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 104 | Croatia | 196.42 kt | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 105 | Mali | 195.13 kt | 2023 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 192.89 kt | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Sweden | 187.55 kt | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 108 | Gabon | 183.11 kt | 2023 | up 410.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 178.87 kt | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Cyprus | 174.15 kt | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 111 | Kenya | 167.61 kt | 2023 | up 324.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Senegal | 160.28 kt | 2023 | up 131.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Norway | 155.82 kt | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 114 | Syrian Arab Republic | 147.66 kt | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 115 | Brunei Darussalam | 145.19 kt | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Namibia | 144.2 kt | 2023 | up 611.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Togo | 140.57 kt | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 118 | Bahamas | 134.97 kt | 2023 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Latvia | 134.88 kt | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 120 | United Republic of Tanzania | 134.63 kt | 2023 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Republic of Moldova | 122.18 kt | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Slovenia | 119.83 kt | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 123 | Melanesia | 117.41 kt | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Palestine | 117.09 kt | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 112.58 kt | 2023 | up 362.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Georgia | 110.11 kt | 2023 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 127 | Mauritius | 109.11 kt | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 105.46 kt | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 129 | Cuba | 94.5 kt | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 92.21 kt | 2023 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 131 | Luxembourg | 90.9 kt | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 132 | Congo | 87.27 kt | 2023 | up 725.4% | volatile |
| 133 | El Salvador | 84.72 kt | 2023 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 134 | Lithuania | 81.61 kt | 2023 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 69.91 kt | 2023 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Barbados | 65.5 kt | 2023 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 137 | China, mainland | 63.29 kt | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Montenegro | 60.58 kt | 2023 | up 781.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Mauritania | 59.45 kt | 2023 | up 123.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 57.66 kt | 2023 | up 219.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Aruba | 57.01 kt | 2023 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 142 | Mozambique | 56.5 kt | 2023 | up 480.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Malawi | 54.46 kt | 2023 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Malta | 52.34 kt | 2023 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 145 | Yemen | 51.98 kt | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Guinea | 50.37 kt | 2023 | up 603.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Haiti | 47.17 kt | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 148 | Fiji | 42.08 kt | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 149 | Costa Rica | 40.21 kt | 2023 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Zambia | 34.03 kt | 2023 | up 88.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Guyana | 32.29 kt | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 31.71 kt | 2023 | up 19,855.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Armenia | 30.88 kt | 2023 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Uruguay | 30.05 kt | 2023 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Saint Lucia | 29.04 kt | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 156 | Maldives | 27.95 kt | 2023 | up 381.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Eritrea | 27.72 kt | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 158 | Albania | 27.58 kt | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Rwanda | 26.05 kt | 2023 | up 272.2% | rising |
| 160 | Suriname | 24.94 kt | 2023 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Belize | 23.25 kt | 2023 | up 147.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Antigua and Barbuda | 23.05 kt | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 163 | Cabo Verde | 19.61 kt | 2023 | up 259.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Lesotho | 18.52 kt | 2023 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 165 | Eswatini | 18.48 kt | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.33 kt | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Bhutan | 18.21 kt | 2023 | up 532.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Djibouti | 17.72 kt | 2023 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 169 | Polynesia | 16.98 kt | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 170 | Grenada | 15.72 kt | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 171 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13.16 kt | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 172 | Seychelles | 12.12 kt | 2023 | up 92.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Micronesia | 11.24 kt | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 174 | Samoa | 10.52 kt | 2023 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 175 | Timor-Leste | 8.42 kt | 2023 | up 104.4% | volatile |
| 176 | South Sudan | 8.2 kt | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Dominica | 8.04 kt | 2023 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Sierra Leone | 7.53 kt | 2023 | up 185.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.48 kt | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 180 | Anguilla | 6.65 kt | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 181 | Paraguay | 5.07 kt | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 182 | Greenland | 4.57 kt | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 183 | Palau | 4 kt | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 184 | Chad | 3.76 kt | 2023 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Faroe Islands | 3.62 kt | 2023 | down 23.3% | flat |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.1 kt | 2023 | up 82.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Gibraltar | 3.06 kt | 2023 | up 310.3% | volatile |
| 188 | China, Macao SAR | 2.92 kt | 2023 | up 479.6% | falling |
| 189 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2.9 kt | 2023 | up 48.2% | falling |
| 190 | Marshall Islands | 2.27 kt | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 191 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.27 kt | 2023 | up 860.0% | volatile |
| 192 | New Caledonia | 2.15 kt | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 193 | Tonga | 2.12 kt | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 194 | Comoros | 2.04 kt | 2023 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 195 | Burundi | 1.81 kt | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 196 | Solomon Islands | 1.64 kt | 2023 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Vanuatu | 1.64 kt | 2023 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 198 | Nauru | 1.33 kt | 2023 | up 95.2% | rising |
| 199 | Liberia | 0.8922 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 200 | Kiribati | 0.7381 kt | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 201 | Tuvalu | 0.4195 kt | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 202 | Iceland | 0.3216 kt | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 203 | Niue | 0.1473 kt | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 204 | Gambia | 0.088 kt | 1994 | — | falling |
| 205 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0247 kt | 2023 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 206 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0012 kt | 2023 | — | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 277,551 kt
- Annex I countries 144,813 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 132,621 kt
- Asia 122,787 kt
- Americas 67,704 kt
- Europe 58,646 kt
- Northern America 50,301 kt
- United States of America 46,865 kt
- Eastern Asia 42,798 kt
- European Union (27) 35,819 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 27,749 kt
- Western Asia 26,135 kt
About this data
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.