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Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) by country

The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases...

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) (AR5): 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
3 China, mainland 38,577 kt 2023 up 18.0% rising
4 Brazil 29,438 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
5 Russian Federation 23,037 kt 2023 up 23.6% rising
6 Japan 20,200 kt 2023 down 13.8% falling
7 Canada 18,351 kt 2023 down 5.5% rising
8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16,264 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
9 Mexico 15,193 kt 2023 down 12.4% rising
10 Saudi Arabia 15,183 kt 2023 up 10.5% rising
11 India 14,938 kt 2023 down 39.5% rising
12 Republic of Korea 11,777 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
13 Germany 11,752 kt 2023 down 6.3% rising
14 Australia and New Zealand 11,460 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
15 France 11,097 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
16 Türkiye 9,880 kt 2023 up 55.2% rising
17 Australia 9,830 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
18 Thailand 9,650 kt 2023 up 39.6% rising
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9,307 kt 2023 down 2.2% flat
20 Italy 8,468 kt 2023 up 4.8% flat
21 Indonesia 7,666 kt 2023 down 39.5% rising
22 Nigeria 6,826 kt 2023 up 36.6% rising
23 Spain 6,825 kt 2023 up 10.3% rising
24 Poland 6,516 kt 2023 up 48.0% rising
25 Malaysia 6,368 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
26 Pakistan 6,149 kt 2023 up 49.0% rising
27 Argentina 5,932 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
28 South Africa 5,232 kt 2023 down 11.6% rising
29 Algeria 4,790 kt 2023 up 10.7% volatile
30 Iraq 4,595 kt 2023 up 29.9% rising
31 Colombia 4,463 kt 2023 up 58.0% rising
32 China, Taiwan Province of 4,404 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
33 Egypt 4,121 kt 2023 down 23.8% rising
34 Viet Nam 3,967 kt 2023 up 23.1% volatile
35 Philippines 3,881 kt 2023 up 41.8% rising
36 United Arab Emirates 3,878 kt 2023 down 12.7% rising
37 Kazakhstan 3,424 kt 2023 up 114.4% rising
38 Chile 3,296 kt 2023 up 26.6% rising
39 Peru 3,224 kt 2023 up 50.1% rising
40 Caribbean 2,194 kt 2023 up 15.4% rising
41 Israel 2,119 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
42 Ecuador 2,108 kt 2023 up 26.7% rising
43 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2,065 kt 2023 down 16.3% flat
44 Uzbekistan 2,054 kt 2023 up 284.9% volatile
45 Libya 1,977 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
46 Switzerland 1,975 kt 2023 down 6.7% rising
47 Belgium 1,966 kt 2023 up 0.9% flat
48 Kuwait 1,948 kt 2023 up 27.3% rising
49 Morocco 1,944 kt 2023 up 15.4% rising
50 Romania 1,809 kt 2023 up 41.8% rising
51 Austria 1,707 kt 2023 down 7.2% rising
52 Czechia 1,696 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
53 New Zealand 1,630 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
54 Myanmar 1,552 kt 2023 up 401.9% volatile
55 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,551 kt 2023 down 72.8% falling
56 Ukraine 1,519 kt 2023 down 49.6% falling
57 Bangladesh 1,465 kt 2023 up 53.7% volatile
58 Norway 1,450 kt 2023 down 6.0% rising
59 Sweden 1,400 kt 2023 down 9.9% flat
60 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,375 kt 2023 up 53.3% volatile
61 Portugal 1,354 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
62 Greece 1,344 kt 2023 up 8.7% flat
63 Sudan 1,321 kt 2023 up 38.2% rising
64 Qatar 1,302 kt 2023 up 13.7% volatile
65 Hungary 1,295 kt 2023 up 55.3% rising
66 Guatemala 1,261 kt 2023 up 76.9% rising
67 Oman 1,245 kt 2023 down 11.6% volatile
68 Ghana 1,228 kt 2023 up 40.6% volatile
69 Kenya 1,159 kt 2023 up 78.1% volatile
70 Belarus 1,126 kt 2023 down 14.6% rising
71 Serbia 1,120 kt 2023 up 36.3% rising
72 Ireland 1,115 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
73 United Republic of Tanzania 1,100 kt 2023 up 58.0% volatile
74 Azerbaijan 989.96 kt 2023 up 27.1% rising
75 Sudan (former) 980.23 kt 2011 up 145.4% rising
76 Sri Lanka 966.01 kt 2023 up 12.5% rising
77 Denmark 931.31 kt 2023 down 1.7% rising
78 Angola 922.65 kt 2023 up 9.7% volatile
79 Jordan 885.86 kt 2023 up 9.5% rising
80 Paraguay 873.53 kt 2023 up 50.3% rising
81 Finland 869.71 kt 2023 down 9.2% rising
82 Tunisia 830.92 kt 2023 up 29.8% rising
83 Cambodia 824.88 kt 2023 up 107.9% volatile
84 Côte d'Ivoire 820.58 kt 2023 up 201.3% volatile
85 Turkmenistan 819.04 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
86 Dominican Republic 814.53 kt 2023 up 24.2% rising
87 Ethiopia 808.68 kt 2023 up 91.8% volatile
88 Bulgaria 771.4 kt 2023 up 39.5% rising
89 Lebanon 748.36 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
90 Honduras 679.82 kt 2023 up 82.4% rising
91 Singapore 658.79 kt 2023 down 15.2% flat
92 Costa Rica 650.5 kt 2023 up 16.1% rising
93 Panama 648.76 kt 2023 up 51.2% rising
94 Slovakia 622.07 kt 2023 up 27.0% rising
95 Serbia and Montenegro 609.51 kt 2004 up 448.8% rising
96 Lithuania 601.19 kt 2023 up 42.6% rising
97 Croatia 600.9 kt 2023 up 13.5% rising
98 Syrian Arab Republic 559.19 kt 2023 down 31.7% falling
99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 554.75 kt 2023 up 35.6% rising
100 Senegal 526.62 kt 2023 up 108.3% volatile
101 El Salvador 511.28 kt 2023 up 57.8% rising
102 Benin 498.86 kt 2023 up 15.6% volatile
103 Afghanistan 495.2 kt 2023 up 26.6% volatile
104 Democratic Republic of the Congo 493.57 kt 2023 up 41.6% volatile
105 China, Hong Kong SAR 492.53 kt 2023 down 19.7% falling
106 Uruguay 475.23 kt 2023 up 18.5% rising
107 Slovenia 471.53 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
108 Mozambique 461.53 kt 2023 up 116.4% volatile
109 Nepal 452.12 kt 2023 up 35.9% volatile
110 Bahrain 446.44 kt 2023 up 21.5% rising
111 Georgia 433.88 kt 2023 up 26.5% volatile
112 Uganda 423.9 kt 2023 up 66.2% volatile
113 Mali 422.86 kt 2023 up 172.5% volatile
114 Cameroon 410.51 kt 2023 up 14.9% rising
115 Palestine 392.48 kt 2023 up 119.0% volatile
116 Burkina Faso 382.94 kt 2023 up 99.6% volatile
117 Zambia 372.61 kt 2023 up 92.8% volatile
118 Melanesia 372.45 kt 2023 up 23.3% rising
119 Luxembourg 363.76 kt 2023 down 27.7% falling
120 Yemen 360.69 kt 2023 down 66.6% rising
121 Jamaica 338.48 kt 2023 up 63.0% rising
122 Lao People's Democratic Republic 333.87 kt 2023 up 50.7% volatile
123 Nicaragua 289.65 kt 2023 up 43.2% rising
124 Armenia 285.71 kt 2023 up 31.1% volatile
125 Tajikistan 279.22 kt 2023 up 169.8% volatile
126 Guinea 274.66 kt 2023 up 136.2% volatile
127 Republic of Moldova 272.8 kt 2023 up 23.7% rising
128 Trinidad and Tobago 271.05 kt 2023 down 8.8% rising
129 North Macedonia 270.23 kt 2023 up 51.0% rising
130 Zimbabwe 265.48 kt 2023 down 21.6% rising
131 Botswana 257.2 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
132 Latvia 244.75 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
133 Mongolia 243.78 kt 2023 up 79.3% rising
134 Niger 240.7 kt 2023 up 142.8% volatile
135 Mauritania 238.09 kt 2023 up 130.0% volatile
136 Albania 230.46 kt 2023 down 16.7% rising
137 Estonia 222.22 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
138 Iceland 217.31 kt 2023 up 18.5% rising
139 Namibia 203.06 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
140 Madagascar 174.73 kt 2023 up 62.6% rising
141 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 174.03 kt 2023 down 8.6% falling
142 Netherlands Antilles (former) 173.97 kt 2010 up 42.4% rising
143 Chad 173.62 kt 2023 up 9.5% volatile
144 Kyrgyzstan 161.91 kt 2023 down 64.3% volatile
145 Papua New Guinea 160.77 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
146 Haiti 152.93 kt 2023 up 52.9% rising
147 Cyprus 149.99 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
148 Réunion 145.49 kt 2010 up 28.0% rising
149 Togo 138.15 kt 2023 up 66.5% volatile
150 Congo 137.38 kt 2023 down 37.6% volatile
151 Brunei Darussalam 134.44 kt 2023 down 9.8% rising
152 Guyana 134.24 kt 2023 up 92.2% rising
153 Malawi 134.02 kt 2023 up 68.9% rising
154 Malta 133.36 kt 2023 up 48.7% volatile
155 Cuba 130.94 kt 2023 down 24.9% volatile
156 Mauritius 130.1 kt 2023 up 19.4% rising
157 Curaçao 130.01 kt 2023 down 16.1% falling
158 Montenegro 123.5 kt 2023 up 72.9% rising
159 Maldives 121.07 kt 2023 up 124.7% volatile
160 Fiji 99.26 kt 2023 up 78.6% rising
161 South Sudan 99.13 kt 2023 down 4.1% falling
162 Eswatini 96.79 kt 2023 up 41.7% rising
163 Sierra Leone 95.51 kt 2023 up 55.9% volatile
164 Guadeloupe 93.3 kt 2010 up 12.6% rising
165 Rwanda 91.04 kt 2023 up 90.3% rising
166 Polynesia 90.45 kt 2023 up 15.6% rising
167 Martinique 90.33 kt 2010 up 8.3% rising
168 Bahamas 84.98 kt 2023 up 55.0% volatile
169 Burundi 76.62 kt 2023 up 117.9% volatile
170 Equatorial Guinea 68.98 kt 2023 up 11.8% volatile
171 New Caledonia 66.43 kt 2023 down 1.1% rising
172 Somalia 61.34 kt 2023 up 36.3% rising
173 Gibraltar 60.97 kt 2023 up 47.7% rising
174 Lesotho 59.3 kt 2023 up 28.8% rising
175 Belize 50.81 kt 2023 up 31.0% rising
176 French Polynesia 46.97 kt 2023 up 15.6% rising
177 Suriname 44.58 kt 2023 up 211.5% volatile
178 Liberia 42.9 kt 2023 down 22.1% volatile
179 Barbados 40.76 kt 2023 down 12.3% rising
180 China, Macao SAR 40.08 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
181 Andorra 38.54 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
182 Micronesia 34.79 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
183 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 34.34 kt 2023 down 0.2% flat
184 Central African Republic 33.08 kt 2023 up 272.0% volatile
185 French Guiana 31.19 kt 2010 up 19.0% rising
186 Comoros 30.96 kt 2023 up 172.3% volatile
187 Saint Martin (French Part) 28.59 kt 2023 down 9.0% falling
188 Vanuatu 26.29 kt 2023 up 224.4% volatile
189 Eritrea 25.8 kt 2023 up 22.9% falling
190 Saint Lucia 25.19 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
191 Cabo Verde 24.98 kt 2023 up 15.1% rising
192 Aruba 24.5 kt 2023 down 0.0% rising
193 Antigua and Barbuda 23.45 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
194 Gabon 22.84 kt 2023 down 75.7% flat
195 Cayman Islands 22.11 kt 2023 up 22.7% rising
196 Solomon Islands 19.7 kt 2023 down 30.8% rising
197 Bhutan 19.61 kt 2023 up 149.7% volatile
198 Seychelles 19.56 kt 2023 up 106.2% rising
199 Turks and Caicos Islands 16.5 kt 2023 up 28.1% rising
200 Timor-Leste 14.58 kt 2023 up 143.7% rising
201 Samoa 14.51 kt 2023 up 27.3% rising
202 Djibouti 14.25 kt 2023 up 21.1% rising
203 Faroe Islands 13.87 kt 2023 up 10.0% rising
204 American Samoa 13.65 kt 2023 up 0.5% falling
205 Bermuda 13.47 kt 2023 down 11.6% falling
206 Grenada 12.35 kt 2023 up 31.2% rising
207 Jersey 11.83 kt 2023 down 17.4% rising
208 Palau 11.78 kt 2023 down 9.8% rising
209 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.61 kt 2023 up 99.0% rising
210 Guinea-Bissau 11.06 kt 2023 down 11.8% rising
211 Mayotte 10.8 kt 2010 up 64.9% rising
212 Tonga 10.42 kt 2023 up 35.7% rising
213 Marshall Islands 10.2 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
214 Gambia 9.14 kt 2023 up 17.1% falling
215 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.99 kt 2023 up 18.6% rising
216 Greenland 8.03 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
217 Micronesia (Federated States of) 7.68 kt 2023 up 5.4% flat
218 Dominica 5.86 kt 2023 down 1.4% rising
219 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 4.57 kt 2023 down 0.3% flat
220 Sao Tome and Principe 4.3 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
221 Anguilla 4.21 kt 2023 up 6.6% rising
222 British Virgin Islands 4.18 kt 2023 down 15.0% rising
223 Isle of Man 3.42 kt 2023 up 1.3% volatile
224 Cook Islands 3.37 kt 2023 down 1.0% rising
225 Kiribati 3.32 kt 2023 up 28.6% rising
226 Saint Barthélemy 2.75 kt 2023 up 21.4% rising
227 Northern Mariana Islands 1.8 kt 2023 down 12.9% falling
228 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.23 kt 2023 down 22.9% rising
229 San Marino 1.06 kt 2023 up 29.4% volatile
230 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.9489 kt 2023 down 10.0% falling
231 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.8962 kt 2023 down 1.3% flat
232 Montserrat 0.738 kt 2023 down 57.1% falling
233 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.5527 kt 2023 up 20.2% rising
234 Niue 0.3657 kt 2023 up 23.3% falling
235 Tuvalu 0.273 kt 2023 down 11.7% rising
236 Monaco 0.2022 kt 2023 up 2.7% volatile
237 Liechtenstein 0.1957 kt 2023 down 0.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

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 Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.