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Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita by country

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
0.0011 kt per person
Qatar
Lowest
0 kt per person
Somalia
Median
0.0001 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,200

What the numbers show

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.0011 kt per person in Qatar; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0002 kt per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,634.

Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 734.7%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 67.6%).

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita (Food capita): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 0.0011 kt per person 2023 up 64.7% rising
2 Trinidad and Tobago 0.001 kt per person 2023 up 108.1% volatile
3 Mauritius 0.0009 kt per person 2023 up 58.4% volatile
4 Aruba 0.0009 kt per person 2023 up 14.7% volatile
5 Kuwait 0.0008 kt per person 2023 down 8.7% rising
6 Bahamas 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 46.7% volatile
7 Israel 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 30.5% rising
8 Puerto Rico 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 36.8% rising
9 Oman 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 207.5% volatile
10 Barbados 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 57.2% volatile
11 Palestine 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 82.3% volatile
12 Bahrain 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 12.9% rising
13 Singapore 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 13.7% volatile
14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 18.8% rising
15 Turkmenistan 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 43.1% rising
16 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 29.6% volatile
17 Thailand 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 570.7% volatile
18 Saint Lucia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 0.5% rising
19 Lebanon 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 115.2% volatile
20 United States Virgin Islands 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 107.5% volatile
21 Haiti 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 97.4% volatile
22 Italy 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 59.6% rising
23 United Arab Emirates 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 3.7% falling
24 Cayman Islands 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 83.2% volatile
25 Australia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 0.5% rising
26 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 69.2% volatile
27 British Virgin Islands 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 76.4% volatile
28 Chile 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 48.5% volatile
29 Saudi Arabia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 16.7% volatile
30 Panama 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 90.1% volatile
31 Greece 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 20.6% rising
32 Malaysia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 25.7% volatile
33 Estonia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 25.8% rising
34 Japan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 9.6% rising
35 Switzerland 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 26.2% rising
36 Serbia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 10.2% rising
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 24.6% volatile
38 Montenegro 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 62.1% rising
39 Czechia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 6.0% rising
40 Palau 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 10.6% falling
41 Malta 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 45.7% volatile
42 Botswana 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 17.4% volatile
43 Fiji 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 97.2% volatile
44 Mongolia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 32.9% volatile
45 Seychelles 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 42.1% volatile
46 North Macedonia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 85.6% rising
47 Belgium 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 27.1% rising
48 Canada 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 24.3% rising
49 Greenland 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 18.8% volatile
50 Gibraltar 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 23.2% volatile
51 Argentina 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 54.3% volatile
52 Uganda 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 88.4% volatile
53 Finland 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 28.6% rising
54 Dominican Republic 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 97.3% rising
55 Vanuatu 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 112.2% volatile
56 Kazakhstan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 37.0% volatile
57 Ireland 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 40.8% rising
58 Guyana 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 72.7% volatile
59 New Caledonia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 117.6% volatile
60 Suriname 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 22.3% volatile
61 Grenada 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 10.9% rising
62 Cyprus 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 14.8% rising
63 Solomon Islands 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 105.6% volatile
64 Azerbaijan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 340.2% rising
65 Libya 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 16.6% volatile
66 Portugal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 12.0% rising
67 France 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 33.6% rising
68 Poland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 43.2% rising
69 Luxembourg 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 42.5% falling
70 South Africa 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.8% rising
71 Austria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 4.5% rising
72 Eswatini 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 91.5% volatile
73 San Marino 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.2% volatile
74 Jamaica 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 78.7% volatile
75 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 20.0% rising
76 Hungary 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.0% rising
77 Djibouti 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 57.9% volatile
78 Germany 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 41.1% flat
79 Andorra 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 69.1% volatile
80 South Sudan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 124.8% rising
81 Lesotho 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 60.8% volatile
82 Tunisia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 69.0% volatile
83 Dominica 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 4.8% volatile
84 Bulgaria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 38.7% volatile
85 Belize 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 105.8% volatile
86 Bermuda 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 17.0% volatile
87 Nauru 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 72.9% rising
88 Yemen 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 72.0% rising
89 Slovakia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 28.1% falling
90 Faroe Islands 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 36.8% rising
91 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 83.5% volatile
92 Equatorial Guinea 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 57.3% volatile
93 Namibia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 102.2% volatile
94 New Zealand 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 15.5% rising
95 Slovenia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 30.9% falling
96 Maldives 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 179.8% volatile
97 Latvia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 10.8% rising
98 Croatia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 12.2% rising
99 Gabon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 214.8% volatile
100 Colombia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 74.9% volatile
101 Togo 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 69.3% rising
102 Brazil 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 35.4% volatile
103 American Samoa 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 40.1% falling
104 Albania 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 152.3% volatile
105 China 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 41.1% volatile
106 Honduras 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 44.8% rising
107 Armenia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 69.5% volatile
108 Belarus 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 21.8% falling
109 Central African Republic 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 137.4% volatile
110 Benin 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 44.0% rising
111 Philippines 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 78.7% rising
112 Egypt 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 33.9% rising
113 Senegal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 83.8% volatile
114 Norway 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 23.9% rising
115 Ukraine 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 6.2% volatile
116 Bhutan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 183.9% volatile
117 Marshall Islands 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 12.0% falling
118 Denmark 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 67.6% falling
119 Romania 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 36.4% rising
120 Spain 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 57.2% flat
121 Lithuania 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 43.9% rising
122 Mexico 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 9.8% rising
123 Nicaragua 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 38.0% volatile
124 Georgia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 26.9% volatile
125 Uruguay 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 98.8% volatile
126 Nepal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 98.3% volatile
127 Iceland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.3% volatile
128 Monaco 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 30.9% volatile
129 Burkina Faso 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 113.5% volatile
130 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 up 116.0% volatile
131 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 up 105.2% rising
132 Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 up 45.5% rising
133 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.0% volatile
134 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per person 2023 up 92.8% volatile
135 Liechtenstein 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.8% volatile
136 Gambia 0 kt per person 2023 up 94.5% volatile
137 Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 99.8% volatile
138 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.7% volatile
139 Tuvalu 0 kt per person 2023 up 57.3% rising
140 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.9% falling
141 Guatemala 0 kt per person 2023 up 72.6% volatile
142 Isle of Man 0 kt per person 2023 down 37.6% rising
143 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.5% volatile
144 Cambodia 0 kt per person 2023 up 131.1% volatile
145 Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 up 83.4% rising
146 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.5% volatile
147 Madagascar 0 kt per person 2023 up 54.7% volatile
148 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.4% rising
149 India 0 kt per person 2023 up 41.1% volatile
150 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 42.7% rising
151 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2023 up 133.7% volatile
152 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 up 18.2% rising
153 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.6% falling
154 Ecuador 0 kt per person 2023 down 27.5% volatile
155 Niger 0 kt per person 2023 up 30.5% rising
156 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 73.1% volatile
157 Mali 0 kt per person 2023 up 55.7% rising
158 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 27.9% volatile
159 Chad 0 kt per person 2023 up 71.9% rising
160 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 up 69.6% rising
161 Tonga 0 kt per person 2023 up 39.5% rising
162 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 229.6% volatile
163 Congo 0 kt per person 2023 up 288.0% volatile
164 Afghanistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 90.1% rising
165 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 up 74.4% rising
166 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.7% rising
167 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2023 up 118.6% volatile
168 Mauritania 0 kt per person 2023 up 58.8% rising
169 Burundi 0 kt per person 2023 up 84.8% rising
170 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2023 up 43.5% volatile
171 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 15.0% rising
172 Liberia 0 kt per person 2023 up 27.4% volatile
173 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 up 106.6% volatile
174 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 down 60.2% volatile
175 Eritrea 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.3% volatile
176 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.1% falling
177 Iraq 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.4% volatile
178 Kiribati 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.4% falling
179 Kenya 0 kt per person 2023 up 97.5% volatile
180 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 734.7% volatile
181 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 up 61.4% volatile
182 Sierra Leone 0 kt per person 2023 up 44.3% volatile
183 Ethiopia 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.3% volatile
184 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 up 39.1% volatile
185 Paraguay 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.5% rising
186 Somalia 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.5% volatile

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 (CO2eq) (AR5) 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 (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
188 places, 6,200 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.