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Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
237
Highest
233,829 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.1957 kt
Liechtenstein
Median
363.76 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,821

What the numbers show

Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 237 countries. The highest value is 233,829 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.1957 kt in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 363.76 kt, and the mean is 3,166 kt.

Over the past decade 175 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 448.8%), and the largest decrease in Gabon (down 75.7%).

Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 233,829 kt 2023 up 3.2% rising
2 China 43,514 kt 2023 up 15.6% rising
2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16,264 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
3 China, mainland 38,577 kt 2023 up 18.0% rising
4 Brazil 29,438 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
4 Türkiye 9,880 kt 2023 up 55.2% rising
5 Russian Federation 23,037 kt 2023 up 23.6% rising
6 Japan 20,200 kt 2023 down 13.8% falling
6 Viet Nam 3,967 kt 2023 up 23.1% volatile
7 Canada 18,351 kt 2023 down 5.5% rising
8 Mexico 15,193 kt 2023 down 12.4% rising
8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,551 kt 2023 down 72.8% falling
9 Saudi Arabia 15,183 kt 2023 up 10.5% rising
9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,375 kt 2023 up 53.3% volatile
10 India 14,938 kt 2023 down 39.5% rising
10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,100 kt 2023 up 58.0% volatile
11 Republic of Korea 11,777 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
11 Syrian Arab Republic 559.19 kt 2023 down 31.7% falling
12 Germany 11,752 kt 2023 down 6.3% rising
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 493.57 kt 2023 up 41.6% volatile
13 Australia and New Zealand 11,460 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
13 Melanesia 372.45 kt 2023 up 23.3% rising
14 France 11,097 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 333.87 kt 2023 up 50.7% volatile
15 Australia 9,830 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
15 Republic of Moldova 272.8 kt 2023 up 23.7% rising
16 Thailand 9,650 kt 2023 up 39.6% rising
16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 174.03 kt 2023 down 8.6% falling
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9,307 kt 2023 down 2.2% flat
17 Polynesia 90.45 kt 2023 up 15.6% rising
18 Italy 8,468 kt 2023 up 4.8% flat
18 Micronesia 34.79 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
19 Indonesia 7,666 kt 2023 down 39.5% rising
19 Timor-Leste 14.58 kt 2023 up 143.7% rising
20 Nigeria 6,826 kt 2023 up 36.6% rising
20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 7.68 kt 2023 up 5.4% flat
21 Spain 6,825 kt 2023 up 10.3% rising
21 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.8962 kt 2023 down 1.3% flat
22 Poland 6,516 kt 2023 up 48.0% rising
23 Malaysia 6,368 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
24 Pakistan 6,149 kt 2023 up 49.0% rising
25 Argentina 5,932 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
26 South Africa 5,232 kt 2023 down 11.6% rising
27 Algeria 4,790 kt 2023 up 10.7% volatile
28 Iraq 4,595 kt 2023 up 29.9% rising
29 Colombia 4,463 kt 2023 up 58.0% rising
30 China, Taiwan Province of 4,404 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
31 Egypt 4,121 kt 2023 down 23.8% rising
31 Caribbean 2,194 kt 2023 up 15.4% rising
32 Philippines 3,881 kt 2023 up 41.8% rising
32 Côte d'Ivoire 820.58 kt 2023 up 201.3% volatile
33 United Arab Emirates 3,878 kt 2023 down 12.7% rising
33 Cabo Verde 24.98 kt 2023 up 15.1% rising
34 Kazakhstan 3,424 kt 2023 up 114.4% rising
35 Chile 3,296 kt 2023 up 26.6% rising
36 Peru 3,224 kt 2023 up 50.1% rising
37 Israel 2,119 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
38 Ecuador 2,108 kt 2023 up 26.7% rising
39 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2,065 kt 2023 down 16.3% flat
40 Uzbekistan 2,054 kt 2023 up 284.9% volatile
41 Libya 1,977 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
42 Switzerland 1,975 kt 2023 down 6.7% rising
43 Belgium 1,966 kt 2023 up 0.9% flat
44 Kuwait 1,948 kt 2023 up 27.3% rising
45 Morocco 1,944 kt 2023 up 15.4% rising
46 Romania 1,809 kt 2023 up 41.8% rising
47 Austria 1,707 kt 2023 down 7.2% rising
48 Czechia 1,696 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
49 New Zealand 1,630 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
50 Myanmar 1,552 kt 2023 up 401.9% volatile
51 Ukraine 1,519 kt 2023 down 49.6% falling
52 Bangladesh 1,465 kt 2023 up 53.7% volatile
53 Norway 1,450 kt 2023 down 6.0% rising
54 Sweden 1,400 kt 2023 down 9.9% flat
55 Portugal 1,354 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
56 Greece 1,344 kt 2023 up 8.7% flat
57 Sudan 1,321 kt 2023 up 38.2% rising
58 Qatar 1,302 kt 2023 up 13.7% volatile
59 Hungary 1,295 kt 2023 up 55.3% rising
60 Guatemala 1,261 kt 2023 up 76.9% rising
61 Oman 1,245 kt 2023 down 11.6% volatile
62 Ghana 1,228 kt 2023 up 40.6% volatile
63 Kenya 1,159 kt 2023 up 78.1% volatile
64 Belarus 1,126 kt 2023 down 14.6% rising
65 Serbia 1,120 kt 2023 up 36.3% rising
66 Ireland 1,115 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
67 Azerbaijan 989.96 kt 2023 up 27.1% rising
68 Sudan (former) 980.23 kt 2011 up 145.4% rising
69 Sri Lanka 966.01 kt 2023 up 12.5% rising
70 Denmark 931.31 kt 2023 down 1.7% rising
71 Angola 922.65 kt 2023 up 9.7% volatile
72 Jordan 885.86 kt 2023 up 9.5% rising
73 Paraguay 873.53 kt 2023 up 50.3% rising
74 Finland 869.71 kt 2023 down 9.2% rising
75 Tunisia 830.92 kt 2023 up 29.8% rising
76 Cambodia 824.88 kt 2023 up 107.9% volatile
77 Turkmenistan 819.04 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
78 Dominican Republic 814.53 kt 2023 up 24.2% rising
79 Ethiopia 808.68 kt 2023 up 91.8% volatile
80 Bulgaria 771.4 kt 2023 up 39.5% rising
81 Lebanon 748.36 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
82 Honduras 679.82 kt 2023 up 82.4% rising
83 Singapore 658.79 kt 2023 down 15.2% flat
84 Costa Rica 650.5 kt 2023 up 16.1% rising
85 Panama 648.76 kt 2023 up 51.2% rising
86 Slovakia 622.07 kt 2023 up 27.0% rising
87 Serbia and Montenegro 609.51 kt 2004 up 448.8% rising
88 Lithuania 601.19 kt 2023 up 42.6% rising
89 Croatia 600.9 kt 2023 up 13.5% rising
90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 554.75 kt 2023 up 35.6% rising
91 Senegal 526.62 kt 2023 up 108.3% volatile
92 El Salvador 511.28 kt 2023 up 57.8% rising
93 Benin 498.86 kt 2023 up 15.6% volatile
94 Afghanistan 495.2 kt 2023 up 26.6% volatile
95 China, Hong Kong SAR 492.53 kt 2023 down 19.7% falling
96 Uruguay 475.23 kt 2023 up 18.5% rising
97 Slovenia 471.53 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
98 Mozambique 461.53 kt 2023 up 116.4% volatile
99 Nepal 452.12 kt 2023 up 35.9% volatile
100 Bahrain 446.44 kt 2023 up 21.5% rising
101 Georgia 433.88 kt 2023 up 26.5% volatile
102 Uganda 423.9 kt 2023 up 66.2% volatile
103 Mali 422.86 kt 2023 up 172.5% volatile
104 Cameroon 410.51 kt 2023 up 14.9% rising
105 Palestine 392.48 kt 2023 up 119.0% volatile
106 Burkina Faso 382.94 kt 2023 up 99.6% volatile
107 Zambia 372.61 kt 2023 up 92.8% volatile
108 Luxembourg 363.76 kt 2023 down 27.7% falling
109 Yemen 360.69 kt 2023 down 66.6% rising
110 Jamaica 338.48 kt 2023 up 63.0% rising
111 Nicaragua 289.65 kt 2023 up 43.2% rising
112 Armenia 285.71 kt 2023 up 31.1% volatile
113 Tajikistan 279.22 kt 2023 up 169.8% volatile
114 Guinea 274.66 kt 2023 up 136.2% volatile
115 Trinidad and Tobago 271.05 kt 2023 down 8.8% rising
116 North Macedonia 270.23 kt 2023 up 51.0% rising
117 Zimbabwe 265.48 kt 2023 down 21.6% rising
118 Botswana 257.2 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
119 Latvia 244.75 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
120 Mongolia 243.78 kt 2023 up 79.3% rising
121 Niger 240.7 kt 2023 up 142.8% volatile
122 Mauritania 238.09 kt 2023 up 130.0% volatile
123 Albania 230.46 kt 2023 down 16.7% rising
124 Estonia 222.22 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
125 Iceland 217.31 kt 2023 up 18.5% rising
126 Namibia 203.06 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
127 Madagascar 174.73 kt 2023 up 62.6% rising
128 Netherlands Antilles (former) 173.97 kt 2010 up 42.4% rising
129 Chad 173.62 kt 2023 up 9.5% volatile
130 Kyrgyzstan 161.91 kt 2023 down 64.3% volatile
131 Papua New Guinea 160.77 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
132 Haiti 152.93 kt 2023 up 52.9% rising
133 Cyprus 149.99 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
134 Réunion 145.49 kt 2010 up 28.0% rising
135 Togo 138.15 kt 2023 up 66.5% volatile
136 Congo 137.38 kt 2023 down 37.6% volatile
137 Brunei Darussalam 134.44 kt 2023 down 9.8% rising
138 Guyana 134.24 kt 2023 up 92.2% rising
139 Malawi 134.02 kt 2023 up 68.9% rising
140 Malta 133.36 kt 2023 up 48.7% volatile
141 Cuba 130.94 kt 2023 down 24.9% volatile
142 Mauritius 130.1 kt 2023 up 19.4% rising
143 Curaçao 130.01 kt 2023 down 16.1% falling
144 Montenegro 123.5 kt 2023 up 72.9% rising
145 Maldives 121.07 kt 2023 up 124.7% volatile
146 Fiji 99.26 kt 2023 up 78.6% rising
147 South Sudan 99.13 kt 2023 down 4.1% falling
148 Eswatini 96.79 kt 2023 up 41.7% rising
149 Sierra Leone 95.51 kt 2023 up 55.9% volatile
150 Guadeloupe 93.3 kt 2010 up 12.6% rising
151 Rwanda 91.04 kt 2023 up 90.3% rising
152 Martinique 90.33 kt 2010 up 8.3% rising
153 Bahamas 84.98 kt 2023 up 55.0% volatile
154 Burundi 76.62 kt 2023 up 117.9% volatile
155 Equatorial Guinea 68.98 kt 2023 up 11.8% volatile
156 New Caledonia 66.43 kt 2023 down 1.1% rising
157 Somalia 61.34 kt 2023 up 36.3% rising
158 Gibraltar 60.97 kt 2023 up 47.7% rising
159 Lesotho 59.3 kt 2023 up 28.8% rising
160 Belize 50.81 kt 2023 up 31.0% rising
161 French Polynesia 46.97 kt 2023 up 15.6% rising
162 Suriname 44.58 kt 2023 up 211.5% volatile
163 Liberia 42.9 kt 2023 down 22.1% volatile
164 Barbados 40.76 kt 2023 down 12.3% rising
165 China, Macao SAR 40.08 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
166 Andorra 38.54 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
167 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 34.34 kt 2023 down 0.2% flat
168 Central African Republic 33.08 kt 2023 up 272.0% volatile
169 French Guiana 31.19 kt 2010 up 19.0% rising
170 Comoros 30.96 kt 2023 up 172.3% volatile
171 Saint Martin (French Part) 28.59 kt 2023 down 9.0% falling
172 Vanuatu 26.29 kt 2023 up 224.4% volatile
173 Eritrea 25.8 kt 2023 up 22.9% falling
174 Saint Lucia 25.19 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
175 Aruba 24.5 kt 2023 down 0.0% rising
176 Antigua and Barbuda 23.45 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
177 Gabon 22.84 kt 2023 down 75.7% flat
178 Cayman Islands 22.11 kt 2023 up 22.7% rising
179 Solomon Islands 19.7 kt 2023 down 30.8% rising
180 Bhutan 19.61 kt 2023 up 149.7% volatile
181 Seychelles 19.56 kt 2023 up 106.2% rising
182 Turks and Caicos Islands 16.5 kt 2023 up 28.1% rising
183 Samoa 14.51 kt 2023 up 27.3% rising
184 Djibouti 14.25 kt 2023 up 21.1% rising
185 Faroe Islands 13.87 kt 2023 up 10.0% rising
186 American Samoa 13.65 kt 2023 up 0.5% falling
187 Bermuda 13.47 kt 2023 down 11.6% falling
188 Grenada 12.35 kt 2023 up 31.2% rising
189 Jersey 11.83 kt 2023 down 17.4% rising
190 Palau 11.78 kt 2023 down 9.8% rising
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.61 kt 2023 up 99.0% rising
192 Guinea-Bissau 11.06 kt 2023 down 11.8% rising
193 Mayotte 10.8 kt 2010 up 64.9% rising
194 Tonga 10.42 kt 2023 up 35.7% rising
195 Marshall Islands 10.2 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
196 Gambia 9.14 kt 2023 up 17.1% falling
197 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.99 kt 2023 up 18.6% rising
198 Greenland 8.03 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
199 Dominica 5.86 kt 2023 down 1.4% rising
200 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 4.57 kt 2023 down 0.3% flat
201 Sao Tome and Principe 4.3 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
202 Anguilla 4.21 kt 2023 up 6.6% rising
203 British Virgin Islands 4.18 kt 2023 down 15.0% rising
204 Isle of Man 3.42 kt 2023 up 1.3% volatile
205 Cook Islands 3.37 kt 2023 down 1.0% rising
206 Kiribati 3.32 kt 2023 up 28.6% rising
207 Saint Barthélemy 2.75 kt 2023 up 21.4% rising
208 Northern Mariana Islands 1.8 kt 2023 down 12.9% falling
209 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.23 kt 2023 down 22.9% rising
210 San Marino 1.06 kt 2023 up 29.4% volatile
211 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.9489 kt 2023 down 10.0% falling
212 Montserrat 0.738 kt 2023 down 57.1% falling
213 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.5527 kt 2023 up 20.2% rising
214 Niue 0.3657 kt 2023 up 23.3% falling
215 Tuvalu 0.273 kt 2023 down 11.7% rising
216 Monaco 0.2022 kt 2023 up 2.7% volatile
217 Liechtenstein 0.1957 kt 2023 down 0.7% volatile

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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 (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
271 places, 8,821 data points, 1990–2023
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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.