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Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (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
189
Highest
420.18 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0003 kt
Gambia
Median
0.5528 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,490

What the numbers show

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 420.18 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0003 kt in Gambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5528 kt, and the mean is 6.28 kt.

Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 4,384.4%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 80.4%).

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 420.18 kt 2023 down 20.4% rising
2 Japan 79.68 kt 2023 down 7.7% rising
3 India 63.45 kt 2023 up 0.8% volatile
4 Republic of Korea 42.98 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
5 Indonesia 35.36 kt 2023 up 164.6% volatile
6 Russian Federation 33.37 kt 2023 down 13.4% rising
7 Germany 31.73 kt 2023 down 37.8% falling
8 Thailand 30.53 kt 2023 up 103.3% volatile
9 Uganda 28.73 kt 2023 up 326.7% volatile
10 South Africa 26.53 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
11 Poland 20.47 kt 2023 down 14.1% rising
12 Nigeria 17.74 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
13 China 15.81 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
14 Australia and New Zealand 14.75 kt 2023 down 10.2% rising
15 Australia 14.42 kt 2023 down 10.6% rising
16 Malaysia 14.13 kt 2023 up 29.5% volatile
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.96 kt 2023 down 42.5% falling
18 Saudi Arabia 12.43 kt 2023 up 24.5% rising
19 Philippines 11.9 kt 2023 up 65.6% volatile
20 Kazakhstan 11.31 kt 2023 up 54.9% volatile
21 Myanmar 10.71 kt 2023 up 19.1% rising
22 Madagascar 10.64 kt 2023 up 101.8% volatile
23 Italy 9.69 kt 2023 down 26.7% rising
24 China, Hong Kong SAR 7.93 kt 2023 down 8.2% rising
25 China, Taiwan Province of 7.82 kt 2023 up 28.6% rising
26 Cameroon 7.75 kt 2023 up 63.9% rising
27 Morocco 7.7 kt 2023 up 68.8% volatile
28 Brazil 7.42 kt 2023 up 55.3% volatile
29 France 7.18 kt 2023 down 28.3% falling
30 Ukraine 7.15 kt 2023 down 30.7% rising
31 Spain 6.19 kt 2023 down 37.3% rising
32 Sudan (former) 6.09 kt 2011 up 227.6% volatile
33 Guatemala 6.08 kt 2023 up 47.9% rising
34 Canada 5.71 kt 2023 down 3.1% falling
35 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 5.39 kt 2023 down 26.3% rising
36 Chile 4.77 kt 2023 up 9.2% rising
37 Argentina 4.75 kt 2023 down 13.0% volatile
38 Burkina Faso 4.37 kt 2023 up 327.2% volatile
39 Czechia 4 kt 2023 down 10.6% falling
40 Sudan 3.9 kt 2023 up 139.8% rising
41 Egypt 3.8 kt 2023 up 111.4% volatile
42 Mexico 3.46 kt 2023 down 33.8% flat
43 Israel 3.24 kt 2023 down 27.8% rising
44 Pakistan 3.16 kt 2023 up 33.9% rising
45 Colombia 3.05 kt 2023 up 101.7% rising
46 Nepal 2.99 kt 2023 up 41.9% volatile
47 Greece 2.93 kt 2023 down 37.0% flat
48 Norway 2.86 kt 2023 down 34.1% falling
49 Bulgaria 2.79 kt 2023 up 29.4% volatile
50 Mongolia 2.55 kt 2023 up 65.1% volatile
51 Niger 2.47 kt 2023 up 19.5% rising
52 Switzerland 2.47 kt 2023 down 9.7% rising
53 Serbia 2.45 kt 2023 down 0.6% flat
54 Singapore 2.41 kt 2023 up 18.7% volatile
55 Puerto Rico 2.25 kt 2023 down 11.5% flat
56 Portugal 2.23 kt 2023 down 22.4% rising
57 Finland 2.19 kt 2023 down 24.9% rising
58 Benin 2.17 kt 2023 up 22.2% rising
59 Belgium 2.17 kt 2023 down 35.2% flat
60 Ethiopia 2.16 kt 2023 up 30.5% volatile
61 Romania 2.01 kt 2023 up 25.1% rising
62 Honduras 1.82 kt 2023 up 22.5% volatile
63 Peru 1.81 kt 2023 down 22.7% volatile
64 United Arab Emirates 1.79 kt 2023 up 61.8% rising
65 Panama 1.75 kt 2023 up 54.5% volatile
66 Ireland 1.73 kt 2023 down 6.4% rising
67 Dominican Republic 1.71 kt 2023 up 108.1% rising
68 Kuwait 1.63 kt 2023 down 3.2% rising
69 Hungary 1.6 kt 2023 down 8.7% falling
70 Uzbekistan 1.54 kt 2023 up 163.1% rising
71 Nicaragua 1.54 kt 2023 up 19.8% volatile
72 Turkmenistan 1.51 kt 2023 up 74.7% rising
73 Mali 1.49 kt 2023 up 48.4% rising
74 Gabon 1.46 kt 2023 up 2,225.5% volatile
75 Oman 1.45 kt 2023 up 471.6% volatile
76 Sri Lanka 1.45 kt 2023 up 217.0% volatile
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.44 kt 2023 up 72.1% volatile
78 El Salvador 1.39 kt 2023 up 88.3% volatile
79 Zimbabwe 1.34 kt 2023 up 85.9% rising
80 Estonia 1.29 kt 2023 down 18.7% rising
81 Cambodia 1.2 kt 2023 up 380.0% volatile
82 Botswana 1.18 kt 2023 down 42.0% volatile
83 Togo 1.18 kt 2023 up 21.5% rising
84 Austria 1.05 kt 2023 down 44.5% falling
85 Denmark 0.8766 kt 2023 down 65.5% falling
86 Sweden 0.7741 kt 2023 up 5.3% falling
87 Ecuador 0.7733 kt 2023 down 28.7% rising
88 Ghana 0.7325 kt 2023 down 8.0% volatile
89 Mauritius 0.7311 kt 2023 down 1.3% volatile
90 Belarus 0.6805 kt 2023 down 12.4% volatile
91 Jamaica 0.6018 kt 2023 up 4.8% volatile
92 Slovakia 0.601 kt 2023 down 55.3% volatile
93 Senegal 0.5976 kt 2023 up 186.9% volatile
94 Luxembourg 0.5806 kt 2023 up 101.0% volatile
95 Namibia 0.5528 kt 2023 up 658.3% volatile
96 Bangladesh 0.526 kt 2023 up 147.2% volatile
97 Angola 0.5032 kt 2023 down 52.3% volatile
98 Lebanon 0.4754 kt 2023 down 1.4% rising
99 Malawi 0.4645 kt 2023 up 87.4% volatile
100 Slovenia 0.4587 kt 2023 down 30.4% falling
101 Croatia 0.4555 kt 2023 down 21.5% rising
102 Cyprus 0.4351 kt 2023 up 27.1% rising
103 Mozambique 0.4282 kt 2023 up 354.1% volatile
104 Iraq 0.4139 kt 2023 down 31.4% falling
105 Haiti 0.4049 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
106 Kyrgyzstan 0.398 kt 2023 up 515.1% volatile
107 Azerbaijan 0.3978 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
108 Kenya 0.3925 kt 2023 up 180.0% volatile
109 North Macedonia 0.38 kt 2023 down 26.5% rising
110 Iceland 0.3744 kt 2023 down 2.2% rising
111 Latvia 0.3532 kt 2023 down 39.1% falling
112 Tunisia 0.3368 kt 2023 up 23.1% rising
113 New Zealand 0.3283 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
114 Lithuania 0.309 kt 2023 down 26.7% falling
115 Qatar 0.3071 kt 2023 up 80.8% volatile
116 Bahamas 0.3008 kt 2023 up 19.4% volatile
117 Montenegro 0.2902 kt 2023 up 514.8% volatile
118 Libya 0.2881 kt 2023 down 60.7% volatile
119 Central African Republic 0.287 kt 2023 up 4,384.4% volatile
120 Palestine, State of 0.2822 kt 2023 up 24.5% volatile
121 Bahrain 0.2745 kt 2023 up 19.0% volatile
122 Papua New Guinea 0.2536 kt 2023 up 99.8% volatile
123 Cuba 0.2531 kt 2023 up 31.3% rising
124 Algeria 0.2353 kt 2023 — volatile
125 Costa Rica 0.2351 kt 2023 down 31.1% volatile
126 Uruguay 0.2043 kt 2023 down 43.5% volatile
127 Brunei Darussalam 0.1905 kt 2023 up 225.1% volatile
128 Eritrea 0.1783 kt 2023 up 26.0% rising
129 Jordan 0.1765 kt 2023 down 59.8% volatile
130 Congo 0.1749 kt 2023 up 93.5% rising
131 Paraguay 0.1709 kt 2023 up 79.7% volatile
132 Fiji 0.1619 kt 2023 up 18.9% rising
133 Djibouti 0.1553 kt 2023 up 259.5% volatile
134 Afghanistan 0.142 kt 2023 up 282.7% volatile
135 Barbados 0.1405 kt 2023 up 23.0% volatile
136 Mauritania 0.1365 kt 2023 up 117.4% volatile
137 Belize 0.1352 kt 2023 up 124.6% volatile
138 Tajikistan 0.1304 kt 2023 up 1,043.9% volatile
139 Aruba 0.1293 kt 2023 down 7.2% falling
140 Guinea 0.1277 kt 2023 up 568.6% volatile
141 Seychelles 0.12 kt 2023 up 281.0% volatile
142 Zambia 0.1198 kt 2023 up 140.6% volatile
143 Albania 0.0901 kt 2023 down 38.4% volatile
144 Yemen 0.088 kt 2023 down 63.5% volatile
145 Lesotho 0.0832 kt 2023 down 53.2% rising
146 Maldives 0.079 kt 2023 up 423.2% volatile
147 Eswatini 0.0769 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
148 Georgia 0.0761 kt 2023 down 17.0% falling
149 Guyana 0.0716 kt 2023 down 16.1% rising
150 Saint Lucia 0.0641 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
151 Trinidad and Tobago 0.062 kt 2023 down 6.1% falling
152 Suriname 0.0575 kt 2023 down 45.5% volatile
153 Rwanda 0.057 kt 2023 up 265.4% rising
154 China, mainland 0.0564 kt 2023 down 72.7% volatile
155 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0522 kt 2023 up 35.9% rising
156 South Sudan 0.0519 kt 2023 down 56.4% falling
157 Bhutan 0.0514 kt 2023 up 594.6% volatile
158 Armenia 0.049 kt 2023 up 72.5% volatile
159 Samoa 0.0405 kt 2023 up 62.7% rising
160 Malta 0.0358 kt 2023 down 80.4% volatile
161 Grenada 0.0342 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
162 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0292 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
163 Comoros 0.0193 kt 2023 up 121.8% rising
164 Sierra Leone 0.0191 kt 2023 up 165.3% volatile
165 Burundi 0.0186 kt 2023 up 151.4% rising
166 Dominica 0.018 kt 2023 down 6.7% volatile
167 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.017 kt 2023 down 1.2% rising
168 Palau 0.0159 kt 2023 down 7.6% falling
169 Anguilla 0.0151 kt 2023 down 3.2% rising
170 Equatorial Guinea 0.0127 kt 2023 down 36.8% volatile
171 Greenland 0.0106 kt 2023 up 17.8% rising
172 Marshall Islands 0.009 kt 2023 down 10.9% falling
172 Chad 0.009 kt 2023 up 36.4% volatile
174 Tonga 0.0085 kt 2023 up 39.3% rising
175 American Samoa 0.0082 kt 2023 down 46.8% falling
176 Faroe Islands 0.0077 kt 2023 down 23.8% flat
177 Solomon Islands 0.0064 kt 2023 down 31.2% volatile
177 Vanuatu 0.0064 kt 2023 down 16.9% rising
179 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0061 kt 2023 up 52.5% volatile
180 Guinea-Bissau 0.0058 kt 2023 up 1,060.0% volatile
181 Gibraltar 0.0056 kt 2023 up 250.0% volatile
182 Naoero 0.0053 kt 2023 up 96.3% rising
183 New Caledonia 0.0045 kt 2023 unchanged falling
184 Kiribati 0.0024 kt 2023 up 26.3% rising
185 Liberia 0.0019 kt 2023 up 72.7% rising
185 China, Macao SAR 0.0019 kt 2023 up 72.7% falling
187 Tuvalu 0.0016 kt 2023 up 45.5% rising
188 Niue 0.0005 kt 2023 unchanged falling
189 Gambia 0.0003 kt 1994 — flat

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

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Indicator
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
242 places, 7,490 data points, 1990–2023
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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