Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...
Countries reporting
190
Highest
128.86 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0001 kt
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
0.2912 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,490
What the numbers show
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 128.86 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0001 kt in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2912 kt, and the mean is 2.72 kt.
Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 20,815.8%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 72.8%).
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 128.86 kt | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 2 | Uganda | 31.94 kt | 2023 | up 502.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Nigeria | 28.39 kt | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 26.69 kt | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 21.19 kt | 2023 | up 1,064.2% | volatile |
| 6 | India | 17.66 kt | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 14.84 kt | 2023 | up 167.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 13.18 kt | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 9 | Madagascar | 13.13 kt | 2023 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Germany | 12.87 kt | 2023 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 11 | Sudan (former) | 9.57 kt | 2011 | up 90.2% | rising |
| 12 | Myanmar | 8.39 kt | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8.08 kt | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 7.5 kt | 2023 | up 214.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Philippines | 7.5 kt | 2023 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 7.4 kt | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 17 | Cameroon | 7.22 kt | 2023 | up 74.9% | rising |
| 18 | Gabon | 7.01 kt | 2023 | up 20,815.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Argentina | 6.42 kt | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Sudan | 6.38 kt | 2023 | up 134.9% | rising |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 5.52 kt | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 5.3 kt | 2023 | up 122.6% | volatile |
| 23 | South Africa | 4.95 kt | 2023 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 24 | France | 4.72 kt | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 25 | Italy | 4.42 kt | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 26 | Guatemala | 4.23 kt | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 27 | Morocco | 4.17 kt | 2023 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Benin | 3.64 kt | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Poland | 3.57 kt | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 30 | Spain | 3.42 kt | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 3.13 kt | 2023 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Canada | 2.98 kt | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 33 | Ukraine | 2.67 kt | 2023 | up 190.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Ghana | 2.48 kt | 2023 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Nepal | 2.47 kt | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 36 | China | 2.46 kt | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 37 | Peru | 2.37 kt | 2023 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 2.37 kt | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 39 | Egypt | 2.28 kt | 2023 | up 111.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.24 kt | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 41 | Mozambique | 2.17 kt | 2023 | up 2,442.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Haiti | 2.08 kt | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 43 | Niger | 1.88 kt | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 44 | Pakistan | 1.85 kt | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 45 | Malaysia | 1.8 kt | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Switzerland | 1.78 kt | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 47 | Namibia | 1.74 kt | 2023 | up 4,661.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Togo | 1.7 kt | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 49 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.66 kt | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 50 | Turkmenistan | 1.6 kt | 2023 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 51 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.55 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 52 | Belgium | 1.5 kt | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 53 | Sweden | 1.48 kt | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 54 | Australia | 1.37 kt | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 55 | Oman | 1.36 kt | 2023 | up 434.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Singapore | 1.35 kt | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Mexico | 1.31 kt | 2023 | down 39.6% | flat |
| 58 | Portugal | 1.31 kt | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 1.19 kt | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 60 | Honduras | 1.17 kt | 2023 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Norway | 1.14 kt | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 62 | Mali | 1.11 kt | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 63 | Colombia | 1.1 kt | 2023 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 1.07 kt | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Puerto Rico | 1 kt | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 66 | Finland | 0.968 kt | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 67 | Chile | 0.925 kt | 2023 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 0.9164 kt | 2023 | up 213.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Ireland | 0.8452 kt | 2023 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 70 | El Salvador | 0.8445 kt | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 0.8241 kt | 2023 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 72 | Hungary | 0.7535 kt | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 73 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.743 kt | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 74 | Kuwait | 0.724 kt | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 75 | Tunisia | 0.7027 kt | 2023 | up 219.3% | rising |
| 76 | Congo | 0.6744 kt | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 77 | Austria | 0.6729 kt | 2023 | down 40.7% | rising |
| 78 | Mongolia | 0.6586 kt | 2023 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Czechia | 0.6278 kt | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 80 | Malawi | 0.6269 kt | 2023 | up 281.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 0.6189 kt | 2023 | up 107.0% | rising |
| 82 | Belarus | 0.5875 kt | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 83 | Romania | 0.5702 kt | 2023 | up 123.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Panama | 0.539 kt | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Jamaica | 0.506 kt | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Israel | 0.4803 kt | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 87 | Greece | 0.4539 kt | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4396 kt | 2023 | up 536.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Ecuador | 0.4 kt | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Serbia | 0.3952 kt | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 0.3559 kt | 2023 | up 83.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Denmark | 0.3389 kt | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 0.3216 kt | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 94 | Slovakia | 0.318 kt | 2023 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Cyprus | 0.2939 kt | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 96 | Lithuania | 0.2884 kt | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 0.2878 kt | 2023 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Latvia | 0.2799 kt | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 99 | Bangladesh | 0.2758 kt | 2023 | up 92.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Zimbabwe | 0.2744 kt | 2023 | up 202.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.274 kt | 2023 | up 462.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Central African Republic | 0.272 kt | 2023 | up 9,279.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Mauritius | 0.2708 kt | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Angola | 0.2677 kt | 2023 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Estonia | 0.2651 kt | 2023 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 106 | Senegal | 0.2277 kt | 2023 | up 129.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Eritrea | 0.2155 kt | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 108 | Bahrain | 0.2059 kt | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Qatar | 0.2047 kt | 2023 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Cambodia | 0.1992 kt | 2023 | up 139.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Kenya | 0.1965 kt | 2023 | up 179.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Lebanon | 0.1958 kt | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 113 | Iraq | 0.1881 kt | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 114 | New Zealand | 0.1841 kt | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 115 | Algeria | 0.1806 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Croatia | 0.18 kt | 2023 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 117 | Paraguay | 0.1613 kt | 2023 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Bahamas | 0.1459 kt | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Libya | 0.144 kt | 2023 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 0.1376 kt | 2023 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Iceland | 0.1362 kt | 2023 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Uruguay | 0.1345 kt | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Cuba | 0.1302 kt | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 124 | Palestine, State of | 0.1271 kt | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Slovenia | 0.1214 kt | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Jordan | 0.1144 kt | 2023 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Tajikistan | 0.1133 kt | 2023 | up 233.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Comoros | 0.1018 kt | 2023 | up 119.9% | rising |
| 129 | Albania | 0.0991 kt | 2023 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Djibouti | 0.0802 kt | 2023 | up 324.3% | volatile |
| 131 | South Sudan | 0.08 kt | 2023 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Georgia | 0.0765 kt | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 133 | Botswana | 0.0755 kt | 2023 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Barbados | 0.065 kt | 2023 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Montenegro | 0.0636 kt | 2023 | up 132.1% | rising |
| 135 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0636 kt | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Seychelles | 0.0616 kt | 2023 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Belize | 0.06 kt | 2023 | up 105.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0583 kt | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 140 | Aruba | 0.0577 kt | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 141 | Mauritania | 0.0558 kt | 2023 | up 122.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Guinea | 0.0546 kt | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 143 | China, mainland | 0.0519 kt | 2023 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 0.0496 kt | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 145 | Yemen | 0.0423 kt | 2023 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Armenia | 0.0418 kt | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Suriname | 0.0403 kt | 2023 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Afghanistan | 0.0371 kt | 2023 | up 222.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Guyana | 0.0353 kt | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0319 kt | 2023 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Malta | 0.0312 kt | 2023 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Zambia | 0.029 kt | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 153 | Saint Lucia | 0.0288 kt | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 154 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0233 kt | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 155 | Rwanda | 0.0213 kt | 2023 | up 173.1% | rising |
| 156 | Maldives | 0.019 kt | 2023 | up 363.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Grenada | 0.0154 kt | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 158 | Fiji | 0.014 kt | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 159 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0132 kt | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 160 | Bhutan | 0.0123 kt | 2023 | up 515.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Eswatini | 0.0103 kt | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Burundi | 0.0095 kt | 2023 | up 206.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0089 kt | 2023 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Lesotho | 0.0086 kt | 2023 | down 60.9% | rising |
| 165 | Dominica | 0.0082 kt | 2023 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | 0.0081 kt | 2023 | up 179.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0076 kt | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 168 | Anguilla | 0.007 kt | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 169 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.006 kt | 2023 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Greenland | 0.0055 kt | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 171 | American Samoa | 0.0043 kt | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 172 | Faroe Islands | 0.0041 kt | 2023 | down 22.6% | flat |
| 173 | Chad | 0.0038 kt | 2023 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Samoa | 0.0036 kt | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 175 | Gibraltar | 0.0033 kt | 2023 | up 371.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0025 kt | 2023 | up 733.3% | volatile |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 0.0024 kt | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 178 | China, Macao SAR | 0.0016 kt | 2023 | up 166.7% | falling |
| 179 | Palau | 0.0013 kt | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 180 | Liberia | 0.001 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 181 | Marshall Islands | 0.0008 kt | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 182 | Tonga | 0.0007 kt | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 183 | Kiribati | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 183 | Solomon Islands | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Vanuatu | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 186 | Naoero | 0.0004 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 187 | Gambia | 0.0001 kt | 1994 | — | flat |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Niue | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0001 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 432.47 kt
- Asia 151.76 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 293.79 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 88.31 kt
- Africa 141.01 kt
- Middle Africa 15.48 kt
- Annex I countries 138.55 kt
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 6.81 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 123.05 kt
- Türkiye 6.77 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 87.88 kt
- Viet Nam 5.14 kt
- Europe 72.28 kt
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.57 kt
- Americas 65.81 kt
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.97 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 63.45 kt
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.19 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 57.12 kt
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.01 kt
- Western Africa 53.17 kt
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.3176 kt
- Eastern Africa 51.72 kt
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.1356 kt
- European Union (27) 43.81 kt
- Republic of Moldova 0.1305 kt
- Eastern Asia 38.21 kt
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.1264 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 34.74 kt
- Melanesia 0.0495 kt
- Northern America 31.07 kt
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0185 kt
- United States of America 28.08 kt
- Polynesia 0.0088 kt
- Southern Asia 26.18 kt
- Timor-Leste 0.005 kt
- Western Europe 24.15 kt
- Micronesia 0.0039 kt
- Eastern Europe 23.33 kt
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.001 kt
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood 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). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf