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Share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food by country

Food system emissions include agriculture, land-use change, and supply chain emissions (transport, packaging, food processing, retail, cooking, and waste). Emissions are quantified based on food production, not consumption. This means they do not account for international trade.

Countries reporting
211
Highest
666.1%
Costa Rica
Lowest
-2,302.8%
Latvia
Median
44.5%
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
5,642

What the numbers show

Share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 666.1% in Costa Rica; the lowest is -2,302.8% in Latvia.

The median across all reporting countries is 44.5%, and the mean is 36.8%.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 575.1%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 2,624.2%).

Share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Costa Rica 666.1% 2015 up 359.3% volatile
2 Chile 222.0% 2015 up 575.1% volatile
3 Liberia 219.3% 2015 up 138.4% volatile
4 American Samoa 108.6% 2015 up 22.6% rising
5 Belize 107.5% 2015 up 31.0% falling
6 Uruguay 107.4% 2015 down 22.1% volatile
7 Burundi 107.0% 2015 up 17.7% rising
8 Rwanda 106.4% 2015 up 152.3% volatile
9 Botswana 106.3% 2015 down 10.2% rising
10 Zambia 104.3% 2015 up 4.7% flat
11 Kenya 104.2% 2015 down 70.6% volatile
12 Sudan 103.2% 2015 up 29.0% falling
14 Paraguay 100.5% 2015 down 2.2% flat
15 Niue 100.0% 2015 down 26.0% volatile
16 Tokelau 99.9% 2015 up 0.0% flat
17 Myanmar 99.7% 2015 up 5.8% flat
18 Northern Mariana Islands 99.4% 2015 down 1.0% flat
19 Guyana 99.1% 2015 down 6.5% flat
20 Marshall Islands 98.6% 2015 down 0.1% flat
21 Somalia 97.9% 2015 up 7.5% flat
22 Papua New Guinea 96.2% 2015 up 9.0% flat
23 Chad 95.7% 2015 up 3.1% flat
24 Mali 95.3% 2015 down 8.6% rising
25 Burkina Faso 94.8% 2015 down 3.0% flat
26 Tanzania 93.6% 2015 down 3.3% falling
27 Tuvalu 93.6% 2015 down 12.5% rising
28 Malawi 92.8% 2015 down 6.1% flat
29 Eritrea 92.4% 2015 down 3.0% rising
30 Falkland Islands 92.1% 2015 down 4.4% rising
31 Niger 90.9% 2015 down 6.3% flat
32 Mauritania 90.2% 2015 up 21.4% rising
33 Guinea 89.6% 2015 down 3.0% flat
34 Democratic Republic of Congo 89.5% 2015 down 5.6% falling
35 Sweden 89.2% 2015 down 52.2% rising
36 Nicaragua 88.6% 2015 down 1.1% flat
37 Vanuatu 87.7% 2015 down 0.4% falling
38 Guinea-Bissau 87.5% 2015 up 20.2% falling
39 Wallis and Futuna 85.8% 2015 down 45.8% falling
40 Cameroon 84.4% 2015 down 2.4% flat
41 New Zealand 83.5% 2015 up 5.6% falling
42 Bolivia 83.4% 2015 down 6.6% rising
43 Namibia 83.0% 2015 down 5.5% falling
44 Uganda 82.9% 2015 down 2.4% falling
45 Faroe Islands 82.4% 2015 down 0.7% flat
46 Senegal 82.0% 2015 down 3.1% falling
47 Gambia 80.8% 2015 down 25.1% falling
48 Brazil 80.7% 2015 down 12.7% falling
49 Solomon Islands 80.6% 2015 down 7.1% falling
50 Cambodia 80.5% 2015 down 8.5% falling
51 Nepal 80.1% 2015 down 12.6% falling
52 Madagascar 79.4% 2015 down 15.2% falling
53 Suriname 78.8% 2015 up 1.9% falling
54 Ethiopia 78.6% 2015 up 4.3% flat
55 Guam 78.5% 2015 down 0.5% flat
56 Honduras 78.3% 2015 down 3.4% falling
57 Congo 78.2% 2015 down 1.8% rising
58 Lithuania 78.2% 2015 up 36.1% rising
59 Zimbabwe 78.0% 2015 down 3.5% rising
60 Puerto Rico 75.1% 2015 up 6.3% rising
61 Peru 73.0% 2015 down 10.2% falling
62 Mozambique 72.7% 2015 down 15.7% falling
63 Central African Republic 72.3% 2015 up 4.6% rising
64 Togo 70.3% 2015 down 9.2% falling
65 Guatemala 70.1% 2015 down 2.3% falling
66 Benin 69.6% 2015 down 15.0% falling
67 Western Sahara 68.9% 2015 down 1.3% falling
68 Bangladesh 68.3% 2015 down 13.0% falling
69 Angola 68.2% 2015 down 11.1% flat
70 Comoros 67.5% 2015 down 4.7% falling
71 Samoa 67.0% 2015 down 28.0% volatile
72 Mongolia 66.7% 2015 down 9.3% falling
73 Argentina 66.5% 2015 down 15.5% falling
74 Malaysia 65.3% 2015 up 78.6% rising
75 Lesotho 65.0% 2015 down 14.9% falling
76 Nauru 63.8% 2015 up 2.9% flat
77 Afghanistan 63.6% 2015 down 29.8% falling
78 Tajikistan 62.0% 2015 down 0.8% rising
79 Nigeria 61.4% 2015 up 1.3% rising
80 Philippines 60.9% 2015 up 5.7% rising
81 Albania 60.2% 2015 up 21.4% falling
82 Pakistan 59.7% 2015 down 0.6% falling
83 Belarus 59.1% 2015 down 27.5% rising
84 Panama 58.1% 2015 down 20.3% falling
85 Colombia 57.7% 2015 down 32.0% falling
86 Indonesia 56.0% 2015 down 4.6% falling
87 Dominican Republic 55.0% 2015 down 4.3% falling
88 Ecuador 53.8% 2015 down 14.5% falling
89 Kiribati 53.6% 2015 up 15.7% falling
90 Cuba 52.9% 2015 down 62.9% volatile
91 Djibouti 52.1% 2015 up 27.6% rising
92 Dominica 52.0% 2015 down 58.3% volatile
93 Cote d'Ivoire 51.0% 2015 down 50.4% falling
94 Tonga 50.9% 2015 up 8.9% volatile
95 Vietnam 49.7% 2015 down 15.3% falling
96 Laos 49.3% 2015 up 5.3% volatile
97 Sierra Leone 49.1% 2015 down 44.4% falling
98 El Salvador 48.6% 2015 up 2.1% falling
99 Venezuela 48.1% 2015 down 16.0% falling
100 Haiti 47.7% 2015 down 12.0% falling
102 Morocco 46.1% 2015 down 3.6% falling
103 France 45.9% 2015 up 22.9% rising
104 Kyrgyzstan 45.8% 2015 down 24.9% falling
105 Equatorial Guinea 45.3% 2015 up 17.6% falling
106 Sri Lanka 45.3% 2015 down 8.8% falling
107 North Korea 45.0% 2015 up 76.0% rising
108 Yemen 44.5% 2015 up 9.1% falling
109 Denmark 42.5% 2015 up 18.5% rising
110 Armenia 41.9% 2015 up 19.4% rising
111 Canada 41.1% 2015 up 37.5% falling
112 Iceland 40.3% 2015 down 12.5% falling
113 Uzbekistan 39.1% 2015 up 51.2% rising
114 Georgia 38.5% 2015 down 51.4% rising
115 Croatia 38.2% 2015 down 19.6% falling
116 Azerbaijan 37.3% 2015 up 27.9% rising
117 Montserrat 37.3% 2015 down 31.4% falling
118 Slovenia 36.9% 2015 down 4.5% rising
119 Thailand 36.7% 2015 down 32.1% falling
120 Norway 35.3% 2015 down 12.8% falling
121 Hungary 34.3% 2015 up 9.4% flat
122 Moldova 33.6% 2015 up 1.2% flat
123 Syria 33.4% 2015 up 27.3% rising
124 Australia 33.0% 2015 down 18.6% rising
125 Finland 32.9% 2015 down 60.4% flat
126 India 32.5% 2015 down 31.9% falling
127 Greenland 31.6% 2015 up 28.2% falling
128 Tunisia 31.6% 2015 down 2.5% falling
129 Spain 30.9% 2015 up 9.5% falling
130 Portugal 30.9% 2015 up 8.3% falling
131 Cape Verde 30.4% 2015 down 38.4% volatile
132 Mexico 30.1% 2015 down 0.9% falling
133 Cyprus 29.7% 2015 up 18.7% rising
134 Saint Lucia 29.6% 2015 down 42.6% falling
135 Ghana 29.5% 2015 up 89.0% volatile
136 Bulgaria 28.7% 2015 down 17.5% flat
137 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 28.0% 2015 down 52.5% volatile
138 Cook Islands 27.8% 2015 up 18.2% volatile
139 Sao Tome and Principe 27.5% 2015 down 23.2% rising
140 Netherlands 27.4% 2015 up 0.1% falling
141 Poland 27.1% 2015 down 0.4% rising
142 Turkey 27.0% 2015 down 3.9% falling
143 Ukraine 26.8% 2015 up 21.8% flat
144 Estonia 26.7% 2015 up 12.2% falling
145 Austria 26.4% 2015 up 5.6% falling
146 French Polynesia 26.3% 2015 up 329.8% volatile
147 Slovakia 26.1% 2015 up 3.6% falling
148 Switzerland 26.0% 2015 up 10.2% rising
149 Italy 25.0% 2015 up 13.1% rising
150 Jordan 24.9% 2015 up 23.2% rising
151 Belgium 24.5% 2015 up 11.4% rising
152 Greece 24.4% 2015 up 7.7% falling
153 Trinidad and Tobago 23.8% 2015 down 20.6% falling
154 Egypt 23.7% 2015 down 10.0% falling
156 North Macedonia 23.5% 2015 up 15.5% falling
157 United Kingdom 23.1% 2015 up 10.6% flat
158 United States 22.9% 2015 up 0.4% rising
159 Jamaica 22.9% 2015 up 12.1% falling
160 Grenada 22.4% 2015 up 95.5% volatile
161 Russia 21.8% 2015 down 8.5% rising
162 Turkmenistan 21.6% 2015 down 0.1% rising
163 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.5% 2015 down 61.6% volatile
165 Algeria 21.3% 2015 up 10.8% rising
166 Germany 20.5% 2015 up 1.4% rising
167 Czechia 20.3% 2015 up 12.8% flat
168 Anguilla 19.5% 2015 down 69.7% volatile
169 Antigua and Barbuda 19.4% 2015 down 46.1% falling
170 Mauritius 19.4% 2015 down 25.4% falling
171 Lebanon 19.4% 2015 up 0.0% falling
172 China 18.9% 2015 down 28.6% falling
173 Israel 18.9% 2015 up 2.7% flat
175 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 18.3% 2015 down 43.9% rising
176 Bahamas 18.1% 2015 down 52.1% volatile
177 British Virgin Islands 17.0% 2015 down 61.5% falling
178 Reunion 16.8% 2015 down 15.2% flat
179 South Africa 16.6% 2015 down 1.1% falling
180 Maldives 16.5% 2015 up 14.1% falling
181 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.3% 2015 down 9.6% volatile
182 Brunei 16.2% 2015 down 28.9% falling
183 Iran 16.0% 2015 down 19.3% falling
184 Bermuda 15.7% 2015 down 15.5% rising
185 Saint Helena 15.7% 2015 down 44.2% falling
186 Japan 15.5% 2015 up 0.5% flat
187 Macao 15.4% 2015 up 45.2% rising
189 Iraq 14.9% 2015 down 23.2% flat
190 Kazakhstan 14.5% 2015 down 25.6% falling
191 Cayman Islands 14.4% 2015 down 36.1% falling
192 Turks and Caicos Islands 14.3% 2015 up 171.7% volatile
193 Hong Kong 14.2% 2015 up 0.6% flat
194 Libya 13.9% 2015 down 2.2% rising
195 Aruba 13.7% 2015 down 18.0% rising
196 South Korea 13.5% 2015 down 16.7% falling
197 Barbados 13.2% 2015 down 9.6% falling
198 Kuwait 13.1% 2015 up 12.9% flat
199 Qatar 12.2% 2015 up 7.4% falling
200 Oman 12.0% 2015 down 12.3% rising
201 Seychelles 12.0% 2015 down 3.8% falling
202 Netherlands Antilles 11.9% 2015 down 7.6% rising
203 French Guiana 11.9% 2015 up 110.3% volatile
204 Palau 11.5% 2015 up 44.3% rising
205 Gibraltar 10.6% 2015 down 2.6% falling
206 Taiwan 10.3% 2015 down 10.4% falling
207 Singapore 10.0% 2015 down 3.2% rising
208 Bahrain 9.9% 2015 up 1.7% falling
209 Saudi Arabia 9.8% 2015 down 8.3% falling
210 United Arab Emirates 9.3% 2015 up 0.7% rising
211 New Caledonia 9.0% 2015 down 35.9% falling
212 Gabon -4.4% 2015 down 128.1% volatile
213 Romania -66.0% 2015 down 359.5% volatile
214 Bhutan -72.2% 2015 down 112.5% volatile
215 United States Virgin Islands -429.3% 2015 up 18.8% volatile
216 Fiji -556.9% 2015 down 472.1% volatile
217 Latvia -2,302.8% 2015 down 2,624.2% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food
Unit
%
Source
Crippa et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
217 places, 5,642 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

Food system emissions include agriculture, land-use change, and supply chain emissions (transport, packaging, food processing, retail, cooking, and waste). Emissions are quantified based on food production, not consumption. This means they do not account for international trade.