Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre by country
Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
6.1 kt per square kilometre
Gibraltar
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.0055 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,546
What the numbers show
Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 6.1 kt per square kilometre in Gibraltar; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0055 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0593 kt per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 147 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 402.3%), and the largest decrease in Gabon (down 75.7%).
Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibraltar | 6.1 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 0.9175 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 3 | Bahrain | 0.5581 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 4 | Malta | 0.4167 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Maldives | 0.4063 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 126.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Bermuda | 0.2495 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 0.1413 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 8 | Aruba | 0.1361 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 9 | Qatar | 0.1133 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Kuwait | 0.1093 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 11 | Israel | 0.0979 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 12 | Monaco | 0.097 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Barbados | 0.0948 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 14 | Cayman Islands | 0.0921 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 15 | Andorra | 0.082 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 16 | Lebanon | 0.0732 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 17 | American Samoa | 0.0683 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 18 | Mauritius | 0.0651 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 19 | Palestine | 0.0651 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Belgium | 0.0645 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 21 | Marshall Islands | 0.0566 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 0.0554 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0546 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 24 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0533 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0528 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 26 | Switzerland | 0.05 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 27 | Seychelles | 0.0425 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 0.0413 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 0.0385 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 30 | Grenada | 0.0363 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 31 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0346 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 32 | Germany | 0.0336 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 33 | Jamaica | 0.0313 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0298 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.0% | rising |
| 35 | Italy | 0.0286 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 36 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0279 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 37 | Palau | 0.0256 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 38 | Brunei | 0.0255 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 39 | El Salvador | 0.0247 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 40 | Slovenia | 0.0234 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 41 | Denmark | 0.0233 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 42 | Czechia | 0.022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 43 | Poland | 0.0213 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 44 | Austria | 0.0207 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 45 | France | 0.0206 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 46 | Malaysia | 0.0194 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 47 | Thailand | 0.0189 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 48 | San Marino | 0.0176 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0174 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 0.0169 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 51 | Comoros | 0.0166 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 172.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Cyprus | 0.0162 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 53 | Ireland | 0.0162 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 0.0156 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 55 | Portugal | 0.0148 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 56 | Tonga | 0.0145 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 57 | Hungary | 0.0142 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 58 | Spain | 0.0137 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 59 | French Polynesia | 0.0135 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 60 | Serbia | 0.0133 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 61 | Philippines | 0.013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 62 | Slovakia | 0.0129 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 63 | Turkey | 0.0128 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 0.0127 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 65 | Vietnam | 0.0127 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 0.012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 67 | Guatemala | 0.0118 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 0.0113 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0108 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 70 | Croatia | 0.0107 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 0.0107 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 72 | Iraq | 0.0106 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 73 | Greece | 0.0104 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 74 | Armenia | 0.0101 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Faroe Islands | 0.0101 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 76 | Jordan | 0.01 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 77 | Lithuania | 0.0096 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 78 | Montenegro | 0.0092 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 79 | Tuvalu | 0.0091 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 80 | Panama | 0.0087 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 81 | Bahamas | 0.0085 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Ecuador | 0.0085 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 83 | Albania | 0.0084 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 84 | Moldova | 0.0083 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 85 | Pakistan | 0.008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 86 | Romania | 0.0079 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 87 | Mexico | 0.0078 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 88 | Dominica | 0.0078 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 89 | Nigeria | 0.0075 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 90 | United States | 0.0072 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 0.0071 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0071 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 93 | Georgia | 0.0062 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 94 | New Zealand | 0.0062 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 95 | Honduras | 0.0061 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 96 | Isle of Man | 0.006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Eswatini | 0.0056 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 98 | Belarus | 0.0055 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 99 | Haiti | 0.0055 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 100 | Fiji | 0.0054 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 101 | Ghana | 0.0054 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Tunisia | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 103 | Samoa | 0.0052 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 104 | Estonia | 0.0052 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 105 | India | 0.005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.5% | rising |
| 106 | Cambodia | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 280.7% | rising |
| 108 | China | 0.0046 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 109 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0045 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 110 | Chile | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 111 | Benin | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Morocco | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 113 | South Africa | 0.0043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 114 | Egypt | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 115 | Kiribati | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 116 | Indonesia | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 117 | Colombia | 0.004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 118 | Oman | 0.004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Norway | 0.004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 120 | Latvia | 0.0039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 121 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 122 | Rwanda | 0.0037 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.3% | rising |
| 123 | New Caledonia | 0.0036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 124 | Brazil | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 125 | Sweden | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 126 | Nepal | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Syria | 0.003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 128 | Burundi | 0.003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Finland | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 130 | Senegal | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Uruguay | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 132 | Ukraine | 0.0026 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 133 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0026 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 201.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Togo | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Peru | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 138 | Myanmar | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 402.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Belize | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 140 | Paraguay | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 141 | Argentina | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 142 | Vanuatu | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 224.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Iceland | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 144 | Uganda | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Canada | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 172.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Algeria | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Kenya | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Lesotho | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 150 | Turkmenistan | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 151 | Laos | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Malawi | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 153 | Russia | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Australia | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 157 | Kazakhstan | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 114.4% | rising |
| 158 | Cuba | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Liechtenstein | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Libya | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 161 | Guinea | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.2% | volatile |
| 162 | East Timor | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 143.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Gambia | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 164 | Cameroon | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 165 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Afghanistan | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Angola | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Ethiopia | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Sudan | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 171 | Zimbabwe | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 172 | Yemen | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.6% | rising |
| 173 | Guyana | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.2% | rising |
| 174 | Djibouti | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 175 | Mozambique | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Bhutan | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 149.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Zambia | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Botswana | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 179 | Liberia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Congo | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 182 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 183 | Mali | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 172.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Madagascar | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 185 | Suriname | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 211.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Namibia | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 187 | Mauritania | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Eritrea | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 189 | Niger | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.8% | volatile |
| 190 | South Sudan | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 191 | Mongolia | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.2% | rising |
| 192 | Chad | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Somalia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 194 | Gabon | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.7% | flat |
| 195 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 272.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Greenland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.004 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.