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Food Transport — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Countries reporting
229
Highest
45.72 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0001 kt
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
0.0646 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,686

What the numbers show

Food Transport — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 229 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 0.0646 kt, and the mean is 0.7156 kt.

Over the past decade 158 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 1,108.0%), 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 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.66 kt 2023 up 32.2% volatile
5 India 5.93 kt 2023 up 56.5% volatile
6 Brazil 5.93 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
7 Russian Federation 5.35 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
8 Mexico 4.57 kt 2023 down 1.6% rising
9 Japan 4.54 kt 2023 down 21.3% falling
10 Canada 4.28 kt 2023 down 3.8% rising
11 Saudi Arabia 3.07 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
12 Republic of Korea 2.87 kt 2023 down 7.4% rising
13 Thailand 2.1 kt 2023 down 19.8% volatile
14 Uzbekistan 2.07 kt 2023 up 1,108.0% volatile
15 Argentina 2.02 kt 2023 up 6.4% volatile
16 Nigeria 1.94 kt 2023 up 31.7% volatile
17 Australia and New Zealand 1.91 kt 2023 down 25.3% flat
18 Türkiye 1.82 kt 2023 up 32.4% rising
19 Germany 1.79 kt 2023 down 11.7% falling
20 Australia 1.62 kt 2023 down 28.2% flat
21 Indonesia 1.58 kt 2023 down 46.4% rising
22 Pakistan 1.48 kt 2023 down 0.8% volatile
23 Italy 1.47 kt 2023 down 2.4% falling
24 Malaysia 1.46 kt 2023 down 12.2% rising
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.31 kt 2023 down 5.8% falling
26 France 1.29 kt 2023 up 24.7% falling
27 Egypt 1.25 kt 2023 up 18.0% volatile
28 Colombia 1.09 kt 2023 up 40.4% rising
29 Algeria 1.06 kt 2023 up 48.1% rising
30 Iraq 1.06 kt 2023 up 36.3% rising
31 China, Taiwan Province of 1.05 kt 2023 down 1.3% rising
32 Poland 1.03 kt 2023 up 36.7% rising
33 United Arab Emirates 1.01 kt 2023 up 7.9% volatile
34 Peru 0.968 kt 2023 up 168.9% volatile
35 Spain 0.831 kt 2023 up 27.3% falling
36 Kazakhstan 0.7962 kt 2023 up 65.6% rising
37 Viet Nam 0.7131 kt 2023 up 12.7% volatile
38 Philippines 0.6845 kt 2023 up 50.8% rising
39 Chile 0.5833 kt 2023 up 28.2% rising
40 Libya 0.5818 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
41 Bangladesh 0.5485 kt 2023 up 11.8% volatile
42 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.5418 kt 2023 up 38.7% volatile
43 Caribbean 0.4897 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
44 Kuwait 0.466 kt 2023 up 26.6% rising
45 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.4607 kt 2023 down 71.7% falling
46 Israel 0.4418 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
47 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.4189 kt 2023 down 8.7% falling
48 Ecuador 0.3993 kt 2023 up 27.7% rising
49 Ukraine 0.3727 kt 2023 down 54.9% rising
50 Myanmar 0.3437 kt 2023 up 144.5% volatile
51 Oman 0.333 kt 2023 down 1.7% volatile
52 Switzerland 0.3081 kt 2023 down 22.3% falling
53 New Zealand 0.2956 kt 2023 down 4.0% rising
54 Belgium 0.2801 kt 2023 up 48.0% flat
55 Ghana 0.2713 kt 2023 up 49.0% volatile
56 Guatemala 0.266 kt 2023 up 93.5% rising
57 Greece 0.2559 kt 2023 down 9.9% flat
58 Armenia 0.2464 kt 2023 up 25.1% volatile
59 Qatar 0.2454 kt 2023 up 29.8% volatile
60 Czechia 0.2302 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
61 Azerbaijan 0.2214 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
62 Kenya 0.214 kt 2023 up 83.9% volatile
63 Lebanon 0.2113 kt 2023 up 8.1% rising
64 Romania 0.2086 kt 2023 up 28.9% rising
65 Sweden 0.2031 kt 2023 down 26.8% falling
66 Dominican Republic 0.1979 kt 2023 down 14.3% rising
67 Austria 0.1963 kt 2023 down 9.3% falling
68 Sudan 0.1932 kt 2023 up 38.8% rising
69 Belarus 0.1885 kt 2023 down 12.2% flat
70 Jordan 0.1872 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
71 Turkmenistan 0.1835 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
72 United Republic of Tanzania 0.1787 kt 2023 up 82.5% volatile
73 Bulgaria 0.1768 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
74 Morocco 0.1744 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
75 Hungary 0.1733 kt 2023 up 36.7% rising
76 Georgia 0.1712 kt 2023 up 12.4% volatile
77 Sri Lanka 0.1702 kt 2023 up 34.7% volatile
78 Norway 0.1661 kt 2023 down 18.6% falling
79 Angola 0.1627 kt 2023 up 21.8% volatile
80 Portugal 0.1568 kt 2023 up 5.9% falling
81 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1506 kt 2023 up 262.0% volatile
82 Paraguay 0.1483 kt 2023 up 71.9% volatile
83 Honduras 0.1465 kt 2023 up 126.1% volatile
84 Panama 0.1416 kt 2023 up 64.9% rising
85 Cambodia 0.1388 kt 2023 up 96.0% volatile
86 Denmark 0.1382 kt 2023 down 1.7% falling
87 Sudan (former) 0.1361 kt 2011 up 138.9% volatile
88 Costa Rica 0.1359 kt 2023 up 22.5% rising
89 Benin 0.1332 kt 2023 up 43.6% volatile
90 Serbia 0.1306 kt 2023 down 9.6% falling
91 Finland 0.1283 kt 2023 down 13.3% falling
92 Tunisia 0.1267 kt 2023 up 40.1% rising
93 Bahrain 0.1241 kt 2023 up 35.6% rising
94 El Salvador 0.118 kt 2023 up 86.2% rising
95 Afghanistan 0.1174 kt 2023 up 57.6% volatile
96 Ethiopia 0.1161 kt 2023 up 167.7% volatile
97 Singapore 0.1151 kt 2023 down 11.1% flat
98 Syrian Arab Republic 0.1101 kt 2023 down 20.5% falling
99 Serbia and Montenegro 0.1011 kt 2004 up 365.7% rising
100 Ireland 0.0952 kt 2023 down 22.8% flat
101 Yemen 0.0915 kt 2023 down 62.4% falling
102 Uruguay 0.0892 kt 2023 up 22.1% rising
103 Uganda 0.0888 kt 2023 up 76.9% volatile
104 Nepal 0.0836 kt 2023 up 81.1% volatile
105 Mongolia 0.0829 kt 2023 up 79.0% rising
106 Burkina Faso 0.0818 kt 2023 up 143.8% volatile
107 Jamaica 0.0786 kt 2023 up 45.8% rising
108 Mali 0.0785 kt 2023 up 300.1% volatile
109 Cameroon 0.0778 kt 2023 up 20.0% rising
110 Botswana 0.0705 kt 2023 up 47.8% rising
111 Slovakia 0.0702 kt 2023 up 10.1% rising
112 Croatia 0.0687 kt 2023 down 6.3% rising
113 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0672 kt 2023 down 10.0% falling
114 Guinea 0.0669 kt 2023 up 109.2% volatile
115 Lithuania 0.0646 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
116 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0639 kt 2023 up 12.2% volatile
117 Zambia 0.0635 kt 2023 up 81.6% volatile
118 Mozambique 0.063 kt 2023 up 101.9% volatile
119 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0588 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0581 kt 2023 up 22.5% rising
121 Senegal 0.0579 kt 2023 up 149.5% volatile
122 Palestine 0.0562 kt 2023 up 148.3% volatile
123 Slovenia 0.0556 kt 2023 down 1.0% falling
124 Melanesia 0.0553 kt 2023 up 23.3% rising
125 Tajikistan 0.0505 kt 2023 up 156.0% volatile
126 Nicaragua 0.0487 kt 2023 up 45.5% rising
127 Zimbabwe 0.0467 kt 2023 down 15.5% rising
128 Luxembourg 0.0425 kt 2023 down 11.7% falling
129 Niger 0.0401 kt 2023 up 123.0% volatile
130 Guyana 0.0378 kt 2023 up 116.0% rising
131 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.037 kt 2023 up 32.0% volatile
132 North Macedonia 0.0364 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
133 Republic of Moldova 0.036 kt 2023 up 15.0% rising
134 Namibia 0.0354 kt 2023 down 9.3% rising
135 Brunei Darussalam 0.0346 kt 2023 down 2.7% rising
136 Cuba 0.0326 kt 2023 up 1.6% volatile
137 Estonia 0.0313 kt 2023 up 18.9% rising
138 Latvia 0.0302 kt 2023 down 18.7% falling
139 Chad 0.03 kt 2023 up 41.4% volatile
140 Togo 0.0298 kt 2023 up 48.1% rising
141 Haiti 0.0291 kt 2023 up 40.3% rising
142 Cyprus 0.0291 kt 2023 down 6.9% rising
143 Malawi 0.0277 kt 2023 up 122.0% rising
144 Mauritius 0.0268 kt 2023 up 33.4% rising
145 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.0236 kt 2023 down 20.3% volatile
146 Sierra Leone 0.0226 kt 2023 up 62.7% volatile
147 Madagascar 0.0217 kt 2023 up 44.7% rising
148 Congo 0.0214 kt 2023 down 20.1% volatile
149 Mauritania 0.0211 kt 2023 up 162.1% volatile
150 Albania 0.0207 kt 2023 down 21.3% rising
151 Rwanda 0.0199 kt 2023 up 104.3% rising
152 Papua New Guinea 0.0199 kt 2023 up 7.3% rising
153 Fiji 0.0193 kt 2023 up 81.2% rising
154 Bahamas 0.0191 kt 2023 up 13.7% volatile
155 Kyrgyzstan 0.0189 kt 2023 down 81.4% volatile
156 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.0189 kt 2010 up 41.0% rising
157 Iceland 0.0175 kt 2023 down 6.4% flat
158 Polynesia 0.0174 kt 2023 up 29.5% rising
159 Eswatini 0.0165 kt 2023 up 34.9% rising
160 Burundi 0.016 kt 2023 up 127.9% volatile
161 Martinique 0.0147 kt 2010 down 23.2% rising
162 Guadeloupe 0.0144 kt 2010 down 19.2% flat
163 Curaçao 0.0133 kt 2023 down 11.6% falling
164 Lesotho 0.0129 kt 2023 up 31.2% rising
165 Maldives 0.0128 kt 2023 up 173.3% volatile
166 Somalia 0.0126 kt 2023 up 39.9% rising
167 Montenegro 0.0119 kt 2023 up 96.4% rising
168 Equatorial Guinea 0.0118 kt 2023 up 36.9% volatile
169 China, Macao SAR 0.0112 kt 2023 up 21.7% rising
170 Belize 0.0111 kt 2023 up 54.4% rising
171 Barbados 0.0107 kt 2023 down 7.1% rising
172 New Caledonia 0.0107 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
173 Liberia 0.0104 kt 2023 down 28.9% volatile
174 South Sudan 0.0093 kt 2023 down 6.8% falling
175 Malta 0.0088 kt 2023 up 23.3% rising
176 French Polynesia 0.0083 kt 2023 up 22.4% rising
177 Aruba 0.0076 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
178 Gibraltar 0.0076 kt 2023 up 48.8% rising
179 Bhutan 0.0068 kt 2023 up 149.7% volatile
180 Gabon 0.0065 kt 2023 down 50.2% rising
181 Saint Lucia 0.006 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
182 Cayman Islands 0.0058 kt 2023 up 19.6% rising
183 Comoros 0.0057 kt 2023 up 232.8% volatile
184 Micronesia 0.0054 kt 2023 down 1.0% rising
185 Seychelles 0.0053 kt 2023 up 139.7% volatile
186 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0053 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
187 Timor-Leste 0.0051 kt 2023 up 143.8% rising
188 Andorra 0.0048 kt 2023 up 19.0% falling
189 French Guiana 0.0047 kt 2010 up 8.3% flat
190 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0046 kt 2023 up 28.4% volatile
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.004 kt 2023 up 99.0% rising
192 Samoa 0.0038 kt 2023 up 43.9% rising
193 Solomon Islands 0.0033 kt 2023 down 26.6% rising
194 Gambia 0.0032 kt 2023 up 17.1% falling
195 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0032 kt 2023 down 0.3% flat
196 Grenada 0.0031 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
197 Cabo Verde 0.0028 kt 2023 up 50.8% rising
198 Bermuda 0.0027 kt 2023 down 25.7% falling
199 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0026 kt 2023 down 7.3% falling
200 Tonga 0.0025 kt 2023 up 77.0% rising
201 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0024 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
202 Djibouti 0.0024 kt 2023 up 37.3% rising
203 Jersey 0.0024 kt 2023 down 23.4% rising
204 Eritrea 0.0023 kt 2023 up 15.6% falling
205 Suriname 0.0023 kt 2023 up 212.6% volatile
206 Guinea-Bissau 0.0023 kt 2023 up 131.5% volatile
207 Vanuatu 0.0022 kt 2023 up 202.4% volatile
208 Mayotte 0.0018 kt 2010 up 64.2% rising
209 Marshall Islands 0.0018 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
210 Faroe Islands 0.0018 kt 2023 down 13.4% rising
211 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.0017 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
212 British Virgin Islands 0.0014 kt 2023 down 15.0% rising
213 Dominica 0.0013 kt 2023 up 3.9% falling
214 Palau 0.0011 kt 2023 down 31.3% falling
215 Sao Tome and Principe 0.001 kt 2023 up 29.9% rising
216 Anguilla 0.0009 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
217 Greenland 0.0009 kt 2023 up 16.8% falling
218 Saint Barthélemy 0.0006 kt 2023 up 8.4% rising
219 Kiribati 0.0005 kt 2023 up 60.9% rising
220 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0004 kt 2023 up 17.9% rising
221 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0003 kt 2023 down 9.9% rising
222 Montserrat 0.0003 kt 2023 down 57.1% falling
223 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0002 kt 2023 down 13.4% falling
224 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.0002 kt 2023 up 1.1% falling
225 Cook Islands 0.0001 kt 2023 down 5.3% rising
226 Niue 0.0001 kt 2023 up 23.4% rising
227 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.0001 kt 2023 up 1.2% falling
228 Tuvalu 0.0001 kt 2023 down 4.3% rising
229 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0001 kt 2023 down 47.5% falling

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

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
267 places, 8,686 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food 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). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.