Food Retail — Emissions (N2O), per capita by country

Food Retail — Emissions (N2O) 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
175
Highest
0 kt per person
Aruba
Lowest
0 kt per person
Gambia
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,422

What the numbers show

Food Retail — Emissions (N2O), per capita is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 0 kt per person in Aruba; 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 kt per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,578.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 3,965.8%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 85.0%).

Food Retail — Emissions (N2O), per capita (Food capita): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Aruba 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
2 Seychelles 0 kt per person 2023 up 185.9% volatile
3 Iceland 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.9% rising
4 Estonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.8% rising
5 Palau 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.1% falling
6 Luxembourg 0 kt per person 2023 up 63.9% rising
7 Bahamas 0 kt per person 2023 up 13.2% volatile
8 Mongolia 0 kt per person 2023 up 37.5% volatile
9 Puerto Rico 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.3% rising
10 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.5% rising
11 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.5% rising
12 Uganda 0 kt per person 2023 up 209.9% volatile
13 Gabon 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,690.3% volatile
14 Mauritius 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.5% volatile
15 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt per person 2023 up 28.2% rising
16 Poland 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.9% rising
17 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 33.8% volatile
18 Australia 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.4% rising
19 Norway 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.4% falling
20 Barbados 0 kt per person 2023 up 20.9% volatile
21 Botswana 0 kt per person 2023 down 49.9% volatile
22 Montenegro 0 kt per person 2023 up 514.2% volatile
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2023 up 95.1% volatile
24 Nauru 0 kt per person 2023 up 77.1% flat
25 Bulgaria 0 kt per person 2023 up 43.8% volatile
26 Thailand 0 kt per person 2023 up 98.1% volatile
27 South Africa 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.8% rising
28 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.3% volatile
29 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.2% volatile
30 Panama 0 kt per person 2023 up 32.5% volatile
31 Finland 0 kt per person 2023 down 26.8% rising
32 Germany 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.8% falling
33 Serbia 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.6% rising
34 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.0% rising
35 Czechia 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.4% falling
36 Saint Lucia 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.9% rising
37 Madagascar 0 kt per person 2023 up 56.0% volatile
38 Guatemala 0 kt per person 2023 up 25.5% rising
39 Kuwait 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.0% rising
40 Israel 0 kt per person 2023 down 40.9% falling
41 Belize 0 kt per person 2023 up 86.7% volatile
42 Ireland 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.5% falling
43 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.9% rising
44 Grenada 0 kt per person 2023 up 12.6% rising
45 Oman 0 kt per person 2023 up 334.0% volatile
46 Greece 0 kt per person 2023 down 33.6% flat
47 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.8% rising
48 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 up 23.6% falling
49 Dominica 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.4% volatile
50 Chile 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.7% rising
51 Marshall Islands 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.8% falling
52 Nicaragua 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.1% volatile
53 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 up 83.2% volatile
54 Slovenia 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.4% falling
55 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.7% volatile
56 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.3% rising
57 North Macedonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.7% rising
58 Turkmenistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 40.9% rising
59 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 51.3% volatile
60 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.6% rising
61 Burkina Faso 0 kt per person 2023 up 228.3% volatile
62 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.2% rising
63 Latvia 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.9% falling
64 Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 up 48.9% rising
65 Namibia 0 kt per person 2023 up 476.6% volatile
66 Greenland 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.9% rising
67 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 down 38.6% falling
68 Fiji 0 kt per person 2023 up 17.9% rising
69 Bahrain 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.4% rising
70 American Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.3% falling
71 Honduras 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.3% volatile
72 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per person 2023 up 18.7% falling
73 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.1% rising
74 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.1% falling
75 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.0% rising
76 Tuvalu 0 kt per person 2023 up 68.1% rising
77 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.3% rising
78 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 87.2% rising
79 Maldives 0 kt per person 2023 up 297.6% volatile
80 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 down 67.4% falling
81 Gibraltar 0 kt per person 2023 up 194.8% volatile
82 Togo 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.4% rising
83 Canada 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.1% falling
84 Faroe Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.3% falling
85 Djibouti 0 kt per person 2023 up 207.1% volatile
86 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.5% falling
87 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 140.7% volatile
88 Croatia 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.9% rising
89 Qatar 0 kt per person 2023 up 30.5% rising
90 Austria 0 kt per person 2023 down 48.5% falling
91 Slovakia 0 kt per person 2023 down 55.4% volatile
92 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.4% falling
93 Romania 0 kt per person 2023 up 31.2% rising
94 France 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.8% falling
95 Argentina 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.6% volatile
96 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 up 47.2% volatile
97 Nepal 0 kt per person 2023 up 31.8% volatile
98 Niger 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.4% falling
99 Suriname 0 kt per person 2023 down 50.7% volatile
100 Guyana 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.9% rising
101 Lebanon 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.9% rising
102 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 up 59.5% falling
103 Tonga 0 kt per person 2023 up 42.4% rising
104 Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 up 81.1% rising
105 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.2% falling
106 Belarus 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.9% volatile
107 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
108 Cambodia 0 kt per person 2023 up 317.9% volatile
109 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2023 up 196.1% volatile
110 Bhutan 0 kt per person 2023 up 539.0% volatile
111 Malta 0 kt per person 2023 down 85.0% volatile
112 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.0% falling
113 Mali 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.0% rising
114 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.0% rising
115 Uruguay 0 kt per person 2023 down 44.2% volatile
116 Colombia 0 kt per person 2023 up 77.9% rising
117 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 400.9% volatile
118 Central African Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 3,965.8% volatile
119 Palestine 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.7% rising
120 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.9% volatile
121 Eritrea 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.6% falling
122 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 down 36.4% volatile
123 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.9% falling
124 India 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.2% volatile
125 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 119.3% rising
126 Ecuador 0 kt per person 2023 down 37.3% rising
127 Libya 0 kt per person 2023 down 66.1% volatile
128 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.2% rising
129 Albania 0 kt per person 2023 down 28.1% volatile
130 Lesotho 0 kt per person 2023 down 58.4% rising
131 Brazil 0 kt per person 2023 up 46.0% volatile
132 Haiti 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.2% falling
133 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 up 75.9% rising
134 Senegal 0 kt per person 2023 up 117.6% volatile
135 Congo 0 kt per person 2023 up 52.0% rising
136 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 up 12.5% rising
137 Mauritania 0 kt per person 2023 up 61.6% rising
138 Mexico 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.6% falling
139 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per person 2023 up 28.3% volatile
140 Paraguay 0 kt per person 2023 up 57.0% rising
141 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 59.7% volatile
142 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 up 34.7% rising
143 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 up 81.1% rising
144 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 up 43.6% volatile
145 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.4% volatile
146 Georgia 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.0% falling
147 Vanuatu 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.3% flat
148 Kiribati 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.4% falling
149 Ethiopia 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.2% volatile
150 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 up 76.3% volatile
151 New Caledonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.5% falling
152 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 down 71.9% volatile
153 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 down 66.1% volatile
154 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.2% rising
155 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 up 238.1% volatile
156 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 804.9% volatile
157 China 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.3% rising
158 Iraq 0 kt per person 2023 down 46.3% falling
159 Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 420.1% rising
160 Solomon Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 49.0% rising
161 Kenya 0 kt per person 2023 up 127.6% volatile
162 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.0% volatile
163 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 up 78.6% volatile
164 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
165 South Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 down 57.6% falling
166 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2023 up 204.0% rising
167 Afghanistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 192.1% volatile
168 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2023 up 125.7% volatile
169 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per person 2023 up 766.4% volatile
170 Sierra Leone 0 kt per person 2023 up 111.6% volatile
171 Yemen 0 kt per person 2023 down 72.9% volatile
172 Burundi 0 kt per person 2023 up 90.6% rising
173 Chad 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.6% rising
174 Liberia 0 kt per person 2023 up 45.4% rising
175 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 (N2O) 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 (N2O) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Food Retail — Emissions (N2O), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
177 places, 5,422 data points, 1990–2023
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Food Retail — Emissions (N2O) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.