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Food Transport — Emissions (CH4) 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
207
Highest
45.72 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0001 kt
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
0.0687 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,556

What the numbers show

Food Transport — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 45.72 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0001 kt in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0687 kt, and the mean is 0.7412 kt.

Over the past decade 138 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 1,108.3%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 81.4%).

Food Transport — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 45.72 kt 2023 down 2.8% rising
2 China 11.48 kt 2023 up 58.2% volatile
3 China, mainland 10.35 kt 2023 up 69.5% volatile
4 India 5.93 kt 2023 up 56.5% volatile
5 Brazil 5.93 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
6 Russian Federation 5.35 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
7 Mexico 4.57 kt 2023 down 1.6% rising
8 Japan 4.54 kt 2023 down 21.3% falling
9 Canada 4.28 kt 2023 down 3.8% rising
10 Saudi Arabia 3.07 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
11 Republic of Korea 2.87 kt 2023 down 7.4% rising
12 Thailand 2.1 kt 2023 down 19.8% volatile
13 Uzbekistan 2.07 kt 2023 up 1,108.3% volatile
14 Argentina 2.02 kt 2023 up 6.4% volatile
15 Nigeria 1.94 kt 2023 up 31.7% volatile
16 Australia and New Zealand 1.91 kt 2023 down 25.3% flat
17 Germany 1.79 kt 2023 down 11.7% falling
18 Australia 1.62 kt 2023 down 28.2% flat
19 Indonesia 1.58 kt 2023 down 46.4% rising
20 Pakistan 1.48 kt 2023 down 0.8% volatile
21 Italy 1.47 kt 2023 down 2.4% falling
22 Malaysia 1.46 kt 2023 down 12.2% rising
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.31 kt 2023 down 5.8% falling
24 France 1.29 kt 2023 up 24.7% falling
25 Egypt 1.25 kt 2023 up 18.0% volatile
26 Colombia 1.09 kt 2023 up 40.4% rising
27 Algeria 1.06 kt 2023 up 48.1% rising
28 Iraq 1.06 kt 2023 up 36.2% rising
29 China, Taiwan Province of 1.05 kt 2023 down 1.3% rising
30 Poland 1.03 kt 2023 up 36.7% rising
31 United Arab Emirates 1.01 kt 2023 up 7.9% volatile
32 Peru 0.968 kt 2023 up 168.9% volatile
33 South Africa 0.9106 kt 2023 down 23.5% rising
34 Spain 0.831 kt 2023 up 27.3% falling
35 Kazakhstan 0.7962 kt 2023 up 65.6% rising
36 Philippines 0.6845 kt 2023 up 50.8% rising
37 Chile 0.5833 kt 2023 up 28.2% rising
38 Libya 0.5818 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
39 Bangladesh 0.5485 kt 2023 up 11.8% volatile
40 Kuwait 0.466 kt 2023 up 26.6% rising
41 Israel 0.4418 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
42 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.4189 kt 2023 down 8.7% falling
43 Ecuador 0.3993 kt 2023 up 27.7% rising
44 Ukraine 0.3727 kt 2023 down 54.9% rising
45 Myanmar 0.3437 kt 2023 up 144.5% volatile
46 Oman 0.333 kt 2023 down 1.7% volatile
47 Switzerland 0.3081 kt 2023 down 22.3% falling
48 New Zealand 0.2956 kt 2023 down 4.0% rising
49 Belgium 0.2801 kt 2023 up 48.0% flat
50 Ghana 0.2713 kt 2023 up 49.0% volatile
51 Guatemala 0.266 kt 2023 up 93.5% rising
52 Greece 0.2559 kt 2023 down 9.9% flat
53 Armenia 0.2464 kt 2023 up 25.1% volatile
54 Qatar 0.2454 kt 2023 up 29.8% volatile
55 Czechia 0.2302 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
56 Azerbaijan 0.2214 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
57 Kenya 0.214 kt 2023 up 83.8% volatile
58 Lebanon 0.2113 kt 2023 up 8.1% rising
59 Romania 0.2086 kt 2023 up 28.9% rising
60 Sweden 0.2031 kt 2023 down 26.8% falling
61 Dominican Republic 0.1979 kt 2023 down 14.3% rising
62 Austria 0.1963 kt 2023 down 9.4% falling
63 Sudan 0.1932 kt 2023 up 38.8% rising
64 Belarus 0.1885 kt 2023 down 12.2% flat
65 Jordan 0.1872 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
66 Turkmenistan 0.1835 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
67 Bulgaria 0.1768 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
68 Morocco 0.1744 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
69 Hungary 0.1733 kt 2023 up 36.8% rising
70 Georgia 0.1712 kt 2023 up 12.4% volatile
71 Sri Lanka 0.1702 kt 2023 up 34.7% volatile
72 Norway 0.1661 kt 2023 down 18.6% falling
73 Angola 0.1627 kt 2023 up 21.8% volatile
74 Portugal 0.1568 kt 2023 up 5.9% falling
75 Paraguay 0.1483 kt 2023 up 71.8% volatile
76 Honduras 0.1465 kt 2023 up 126.1% volatile
77 Panama 0.1416 kt 2023 up 64.8% rising
78 Cambodia 0.1388 kt 2023 up 96.0% volatile
79 Denmark 0.1382 kt 2023 down 1.7% falling
80 Sudan (former) 0.1361 kt 2011 up 138.8% volatile
81 Costa Rica 0.1359 kt 2023 up 22.5% rising
82 Benin 0.1332 kt 2023 up 43.7% volatile
83 Serbia 0.1306 kt 2023 down 9.6% falling
84 Finland 0.1283 kt 2023 down 13.3% falling
85 Tunisia 0.1267 kt 2023 up 40.0% rising
86 Bahrain 0.1241 kt 2023 up 35.6% rising
87 El Salvador 0.118 kt 2023 up 86.1% rising
88 Afghanistan 0.1174 kt 2023 up 57.6% volatile
89 Ethiopia 0.1161 kt 2023 up 167.5% volatile
90 Singapore 0.1151 kt 2023 down 11.1% flat
91 Serbia and Montenegro 0.1011 kt 2004 up 365.9% rising
92 Ireland 0.0952 kt 2023 down 22.7% flat
93 Yemen 0.0915 kt 2023 down 62.4% falling
94 Uruguay 0.0892 kt 2023 up 22.2% rising
95 Uganda 0.0888 kt 2023 up 76.9% volatile
96 Nepal 0.0836 kt 2023 up 81.0% volatile
97 Mongolia 0.0829 kt 2023 up 79.0% rising
98 Burkina Faso 0.0818 kt 2023 up 143.5% volatile
99 Jamaica 0.0786 kt 2023 up 45.8% rising
100 Mali 0.0785 kt 2023 up 300.5% volatile
101 Cameroon 0.0778 kt 2023 up 20.1% rising
102 Botswana 0.0705 kt 2023 up 47.8% rising
103 Slovak Republic 0.0702 kt 2023 up 10.0% rising
104 Croatia 0.0687 kt 2023 down 6.3% rising
105 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0672 kt 2023 down 10.0% falling
106 Guinea 0.0669 kt 2023 up 109.1% volatile
107 Lithuania 0.0646 kt 2023 up 7.3% rising
108 Zambia 0.0635 kt 2023 up 81.4% volatile
109 Mozambique 0.063 kt 2023 up 101.9% volatile
110 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0588 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0581 kt 2023 up 22.6% rising
112 Senegal 0.0579 kt 2023 up 149.6% volatile
113 Palestine, State of 0.0562 kt 2023 up 148.7% volatile
114 Slovenia 0.0556 kt 2023 down 0.9% falling
115 Tajikistan 0.0505 kt 2023 up 156.3% volatile
116 Nicaragua 0.0487 kt 2023 up 45.4% rising
117 Zimbabwe 0.0467 kt 2023 down 15.6% rising
118 Luxembourg 0.0425 kt 2023 down 11.8% falling
119 Niger 0.0401 kt 2023 up 122.8% volatile
120 Guyana 0.0378 kt 2023 up 116.0% rising
121 North Macedonia 0.0364 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
122 Namibia 0.0354 kt 2023 down 9.2% rising
123 Brunei Darussalam 0.0346 kt 2023 down 2.8% rising
124 Cuba 0.0326 kt 2023 up 1.6% volatile
125 Estonia 0.0313 kt 2023 up 19.0% rising
126 Latvia 0.0302 kt 2023 down 18.6% falling
127 Chad 0.03 kt 2023 up 40.8% volatile
128 Togo 0.0298 kt 2023 up 47.5% rising
129 Cyprus 0.0291 kt 2023 down 7.0% rising
129 Haiti 0.0291 kt 2023 up 40.6% rising
131 Malawi 0.0277 kt 2023 up 121.6% rising
132 Mauritius 0.0268 kt 2023 up 33.3% rising
133 Sierra Leone 0.0226 kt 2023 up 62.6% volatile
134 Madagascar 0.0217 kt 2023 up 44.7% rising
135 Congo 0.0214 kt 2023 down 20.1% volatile
136 Mauritania 0.0211 kt 2023 up 160.5% volatile
137 Albania 0.0207 kt 2023 down 21.3% rising
138 Papua New Guinea 0.0199 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
138 Rwanda 0.0199 kt 2023 up 103.1% rising
140 Fiji 0.0193 kt 2023 up 82.1% rising
141 Bahamas 0.0191 kt 2023 up 13.7% volatile
142 Kyrgyzstan 0.0189 kt 2023 down 81.4% volatile
142 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.0189 kt 2010 up 41.0% rising
144 Réunion 0.0188 kt 2010 down 4.6% rising
145 Iceland 0.0175 kt 2023 down 6.4% flat
146 Eswatini 0.0165 kt 2023 up 35.2% rising
147 Burundi 0.016 kt 2023 up 128.6% volatile
148 Martinique 0.0147 kt 2010 down 23.0% rising
149 Guadeloupe 0.0144 kt 2010 down 19.1% flat
150 Lesotho 0.0129 kt 2023 up 31.6% rising
151 Maldives 0.0128 kt 2023 up 172.3% volatile
152 Somalia 0.0126 kt 2023 up 40.0% rising
153 Montenegro 0.0119 kt 2023 up 95.1% rising
154 Equatorial Guinea 0.0118 kt 2023 up 37.2% volatile
155 China, Macao SAR 0.0112 kt 2023 up 21.7% rising
156 Belize 0.0111 kt 2023 up 54.2% rising
157 Barbados 0.0107 kt 2023 down 7.0% rising
157 New Caledonia 0.0107 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
159 Liberia 0.0104 kt 2023 down 28.8% volatile
160 South Sudan 0.0093 kt 2023 down 7.0% falling
161 Malta 0.0088 kt 2023 up 23.9% rising
162 French Polynesia 0.0083 kt 2023 up 22.1% rising
163 Aruba 0.0076 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
163 Gibraltar 0.0076 kt 2023 up 49.0% rising
165 Bhutan 0.0068 kt 2023 up 151.9% volatile
166 Gabon 0.0065 kt 2023 down 50.0% rising
167 Saint Lucia 0.006 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
168 Cayman Islands 0.0058 kt 2023 up 18.4% rising
169 Comoros 0.0057 kt 2023 up 235.3% volatile
170 Central African Republic 0.0054 kt 2023 up 237.5% rising
171 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0053 kt 2023 up 15.2% rising
171 Seychelles 0.0053 kt 2023 up 140.9% volatile
173 Andorra 0.0048 kt 2023 up 20.0% falling
174 French Guiana 0.0047 kt 2010 up 6.8% flat
175 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0046 kt 2023 up 27.8% volatile
176 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.004 kt 2023 up 100.0% rising
177 Samoa 0.0038 kt 2023 up 40.7% rising
178 Solomon Islands 0.0033 kt 2023 down 26.7% rising
179 Gambia 0.0032 kt 2023 up 18.5% falling
180 Grenada 0.0031 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
181 Bermuda 0.0027 kt 2023 down 25.0% falling
182 Tonga 0.0025 kt 2023 up 78.6% rising
183 Djibouti 0.0024 kt 2023 up 33.3% rising
183 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0024 kt 2023 up 14.3% rising
185 American Samoa 0.0023 kt 2023 up 9.5% falling
185 Eritrea 0.0023 kt 2023 up 15.0% falling
185 Guinea-Bissau 0.0023 kt 2023 up 130.0% volatile
185 Suriname 0.0023 kt 2023 up 228.6% volatile
189 Vanuatu 0.0022 kt 2023 up 214.3% volatile
190 Faroe Islands 0.0018 kt 2023 down 10.0% rising
190 Marshall Islands 0.0018 kt 2023 up 12.5% rising
190 Mayotte 0.0018 kt 2010 up 63.6% rising
193 British Virgin Islands 0.0014 kt 2023 down 17.6% rising
194 Dominica 0.0013 kt 2023 unchanged falling
195 Palau 0.0011 kt 2023 down 31.2% falling
196 Sao Tome and Principe 0.001 kt 2023 up 42.9% rising
197 Greenland 0.0009 kt 2023 up 28.6% falling
197 Anguilla 0.0009 kt 2023 unchanged rising
199 Kiribati 0.0005 kt 2023 up 66.7% rising
200 Montserrat 0.0003 kt 2023 down 50.0% falling
200 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0003 kt 2023 down 25.0% rising
202 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0002 kt 2023 down 33.3% falling
203 Tuvalu 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
203 Cook Islands 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged rising
203 Niue 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged flat
203 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged flat
203 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged falling

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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 Transport — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
260 places, 8,556 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