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Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) 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
1,280 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0015 kt
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
1.92 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,556

What the numbers show

Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 1,280 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0015 kt in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

The median across all reporting countries is 1.92 kt, and the mean is 20.75 kt.

Over the past decade 141 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 1,108.0%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 81.4%).

Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 1,280 kt 2023 down 2.8% rising
2 China 321.44 kt 2023 up 58.2% volatile
3 China, mainland 289.72 kt 2023 up 69.5% volatile
4 India 166.12 kt 2023 up 56.5% volatile
5 Brazil 166.02 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
6 Russian Federation 149.79 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
7 Mexico 127.85 kt 2023 down 1.6% rising
8 Japan 127.17 kt 2023 down 21.3% falling
9 Canada 119.83 kt 2023 down 3.8% rising
10 Saudi Arabia 86.09 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
11 Republic of Korea 80.41 kt 2023 down 7.4% rising
12 Thailand 58.81 kt 2023 down 19.8% volatile
13 Uzbekistan 58.06 kt 2023 up 1,108.0% volatile
14 Argentina 56.47 kt 2023 up 6.4% volatile
15 Nigeria 54.33 kt 2023 up 31.7% volatile
16 Australia and New Zealand 53.51 kt 2023 down 25.3% flat
17 Germany 50.15 kt 2023 down 11.7% falling
18 Australia 45.23 kt 2023 down 28.2% flat
19 Indonesia 44.27 kt 2023 down 46.4% rising
20 Pakistan 41.51 kt 2023 down 0.8% volatile
21 Italy 41.29 kt 2023 down 2.4% falling
22 Malaysia 40.94 kt 2023 down 12.2% rising
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 36.68 kt 2023 down 5.8% falling
24 France 36.09 kt 2023 up 24.7% falling
25 Egypt 35.05 kt 2023 up 18.0% volatile
26 Colombia 30.58 kt 2023 up 40.4% rising
27 Algeria 29.78 kt 2023 up 48.1% rising
28 Iraq 29.66 kt 2023 up 36.3% rising
29 China, Taiwan Province of 29.52 kt 2023 down 1.3% rising
30 Poland 28.71 kt 2023 up 36.7% rising
31 United Arab Emirates 28.25 kt 2023 up 7.9% volatile
32 Peru 27.1 kt 2023 up 168.9% volatile
33 South Africa 25.5 kt 2023 down 23.5% rising
34 Spain 23.27 kt 2023 up 27.3% falling
35 Kazakhstan 22.29 kt 2023 up 65.6% rising
36 Philippines 19.17 kt 2023 up 50.8% rising
37 Chile 16.33 kt 2023 up 28.2% rising
38 Libya 16.29 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
39 Bangladesh 15.36 kt 2023 up 11.8% volatile
40 Kuwait 13.05 kt 2023 up 26.6% rising
41 Israel 12.37 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
42 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 11.73 kt 2023 down 8.7% falling
43 Ecuador 11.18 kt 2023 up 27.7% rising
44 Ukraine 10.43 kt 2023 down 54.9% rising
45 Myanmar 9.62 kt 2023 up 144.5% volatile
46 Oman 9.32 kt 2023 down 1.7% volatile
47 Switzerland 8.63 kt 2023 down 22.3% falling
48 New Zealand 8.28 kt 2023 down 4.0% rising
49 Belgium 7.84 kt 2023 up 48.0% flat
50 Ghana 7.6 kt 2023 up 49.0% volatile
51 Guatemala 7.45 kt 2023 up 93.5% rising
52 Greece 7.16 kt 2023 down 9.9% flat
53 Armenia 6.9 kt 2023 up 25.1% volatile
54 Qatar 6.87 kt 2023 up 29.8% volatile
55 Czechia 6.45 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
56 Azerbaijan 6.2 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
57 Kenya 5.99 kt 2023 up 83.9% volatile
58 Lebanon 5.92 kt 2023 up 8.1% rising
59 Romania 5.84 kt 2023 up 28.9% rising
60 Sweden 5.69 kt 2023 down 26.8% falling
61 Dominican Republic 5.54 kt 2023 down 14.3% rising
62 Austria 5.5 kt 2023 down 9.3% falling
63 Sudan 5.41 kt 2023 up 38.8% rising
64 Belarus 5.28 kt 2023 down 12.2% flat
65 Jordan 5.24 kt 2023 up 14.7% rising
66 Turkmenistan 5.14 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
67 Bulgaria 4.95 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
68 Morocco 4.88 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
69 Hungary 4.85 kt 2023 up 36.7% rising
70 Georgia 4.79 kt 2023 up 12.4% volatile
71 Sri Lanka 4.77 kt 2023 up 34.7% volatile
72 Norway 4.65 kt 2023 down 18.6% falling
73 Angola 4.56 kt 2023 up 21.8% volatile
74 Portugal 4.39 kt 2023 up 5.9% falling
75 Paraguay 4.15 kt 2023 up 71.9% volatile
76 Honduras 4.1 kt 2023 up 126.1% volatile
77 Panama 3.97 kt 2023 up 64.9% rising
78 Cambodia 3.89 kt 2023 up 95.9% volatile
79 Denmark 3.87 kt 2023 down 1.7% falling
80 Sudan (former) 3.81 kt 2011 up 138.9% volatile
81 Costa Rica 3.8 kt 2023 up 22.5% rising
82 Benin 3.73 kt 2023 up 43.6% volatile
83 Serbia 3.66 kt 2023 down 9.6% falling
84 Finland 3.59 kt 2023 down 13.3% falling
85 Tunisia 3.55 kt 2023 up 40.1% rising
86 Bahrain 3.47 kt 2023 up 35.6% rising
87 El Salvador 3.3 kt 2023 up 86.2% rising
88 Afghanistan 3.29 kt 2023 up 57.6% volatile
89 Ethiopia 3.25 kt 2023 up 167.7% volatile
90 Singapore 3.22 kt 2023 down 11.1% flat
91 Serbia and Montenegro 2.83 kt 2004 up 365.7% rising
92 Ireland 2.66 kt 2023 down 22.8% flat
93 Yemen 2.56 kt 2023 down 62.4% falling
94 Uruguay 2.5 kt 2023 up 22.1% rising
95 Uganda 2.49 kt 2023 up 76.9% volatile
96 Nepal 2.34 kt 2023 up 81.1% volatile
97 Mongolia 2.32 kt 2023 up 79.0% rising
98 Burkina Faso 2.29 kt 2023 up 143.8% volatile
99 Jamaica 2.2 kt 2023 up 45.9% rising
100 Mali 2.2 kt 2023 up 300.2% volatile
101 Cameroon 2.18 kt 2023 up 20.0% rising
102 Botswana 1.97 kt 2023 up 47.8% rising
103 Slovakia 1.97 kt 2023 up 10.1% rising
104 Croatia 1.92 kt 2023 down 6.3% rising
105 China, Hong Kong SAR 1.88 kt 2023 down 10.0% falling
106 Guinea 1.87 kt 2023 up 109.2% volatile
107 Lithuania 1.81 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
108 Zambia 1.78 kt 2023 up 81.6% volatile
109 Mozambique 1.76 kt 2023 up 101.9% volatile
110 Trinidad and Tobago 1.65 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.63 kt 2023 up 22.5% rising
112 Senegal 1.62 kt 2023 up 149.5% volatile
113 Palestine, State of 1.57 kt 2023 up 148.3% volatile
114 Slovenia 1.56 kt 2023 down 1.0% falling
115 Tajikistan 1.41 kt 2023 up 156.0% volatile
116 Nicaragua 1.36 kt 2023 up 45.5% rising
117 Zimbabwe 1.31 kt 2023 down 15.5% rising
118 Luxembourg 1.19 kt 2023 down 11.7% falling
119 Niger 1.12 kt 2023 up 123.0% volatile
120 Guyana 1.06 kt 2023 up 116.0% rising
121 North Macedonia 1.02 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
122 Namibia 0.9915 kt 2023 down 9.3% rising
123 Brunei Darussalam 0.9701 kt 2023 down 2.7% rising
124 Cuba 0.9132 kt 2023 up 1.6% volatile
125 Estonia 0.8756 kt 2023 up 18.9% rising
126 Latvia 0.8457 kt 2023 down 18.7% falling
127 Chad 0.8413 kt 2023 up 41.4% volatile
128 Togo 0.8354 kt 2023 up 48.0% rising
129 Haiti 0.8144 kt 2023 up 40.3% rising
130 Cyprus 0.8143 kt 2023 down 6.9% rising
131 Malawi 0.7746 kt 2023 up 122.0% rising
132 Mauritius 0.75 kt 2023 up 33.4% rising
133 Sierra Leone 0.633 kt 2023 up 62.7% volatile
134 Madagascar 0.608 kt 2023 up 44.7% rising
135 Congo 0.5991 kt 2023 down 20.1% volatile
136 Mauritania 0.5921 kt 2023 up 162.1% volatile
137 Albania 0.5804 kt 2023 down 21.3% rising
138 Rwanda 0.5585 kt 2023 up 104.4% rising
139 Papua New Guinea 0.5565 kt 2023 up 7.3% rising
140 Fiji 0.54 kt 2023 up 81.2% rising
141 Bahamas 0.5351 kt 2023 up 13.7% volatile
142 Kyrgyzstan 0.5305 kt 2023 down 81.4% volatile
143 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.5281 kt 2010 up 41.0% rising
144 Réunion 0.5268 kt 2010 down 4.4% rising
145 Iceland 0.4898 kt 2023 down 6.4% flat
146 Eswatini 0.4625 kt 2023 up 34.9% rising
147 Burundi 0.4468 kt 2023 up 127.8% volatile
148 Martinique 0.4115 kt 2010 down 23.2% rising
149 Guadeloupe 0.4038 kt 2010 down 19.1% flat
150 Lesotho 0.3611 kt 2023 up 31.2% rising
151 Maldives 0.3575 kt 2023 up 173.3% volatile
152 Somalia 0.3539 kt 2023 up 39.9% rising
153 Montenegro 0.334 kt 2023 up 96.5% rising
154 Equatorial Guinea 0.329 kt 2023 up 36.9% volatile
155 China, Macao SAR 0.3146 kt 2023 up 21.7% rising
156 Belize 0.3119 kt 2023 up 54.4% rising
157 Barbados 0.2999 kt 2023 down 7.2% rising
158 New Caledonia 0.2996 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
159 Liberia 0.2907 kt 2023 down 28.9% volatile
160 South Sudan 0.2615 kt 2023 down 6.8% falling
161 Malta 0.2452 kt 2023 up 23.3% rising
162 French Polynesia 0.2332 kt 2023 up 22.4% rising
163 Aruba 0.2128 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
164 Gibraltar 0.2125 kt 2023 up 48.8% rising
165 Bhutan 0.1904 kt 2023 up 149.9% volatile
166 Gabon 0.1808 kt 2023 down 50.2% rising
167 Saint Lucia 0.1671 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
168 Cayman Islands 0.1631 kt 2023 up 19.7% rising
169 Comoros 0.159 kt 2023 up 232.6% volatile
170 Central African Republic 0.1524 kt 2023 up 238.7% rising
171 Seychelles 0.1481 kt 2023 up 139.6% volatile
172 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1479 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
173 Andorra 0.1336 kt 2023 up 19.0% falling
174 French Guiana 0.1323 kt 2010 up 8.3% flat
175 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.1298 kt 2023 up 28.4% volatile
176 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1127 kt 2023 up 99.1% rising
177 Samoa 0.1072 kt 2023 up 43.9% rising
178 Solomon Islands 0.0921 kt 2023 down 26.7% rising
179 Gambia 0.0887 kt 2023 up 17.2% falling
180 Grenada 0.0876 kt 2023 up 9.5% rising
181 Bermuda 0.0758 kt 2023 down 25.7% falling
182 Tonga 0.0705 kt 2023 up 77.1% rising
183 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0682 kt 2023 up 18.8% rising
184 Djibouti 0.068 kt 2023 up 37.1% rising
185 Eritrea 0.0653 kt 2023 up 15.6% falling
186 Suriname 0.0646 kt 2023 up 212.1% volatile
187 Guinea-Bissau 0.0639 kt 2023 up 131.5% volatile
188 American Samoa 0.0633 kt 2023 up 8.2% falling
189 Vanuatu 0.0608 kt 2023 up 202.5% volatile
190 Mayotte 0.0514 kt 2010 up 64.2% rising
191 Marshall Islands 0.0496 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
192 Faroe Islands 0.0492 kt 2023 down 13.5% rising
193 British Virgin Islands 0.0406 kt 2023 down 15.1% rising
194 Dominica 0.0369 kt 2023 up 3.9% falling
195 Palau 0.0309 kt 2023 down 31.2% falling
196 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0269 kt 2023 up 30.0% rising
197 Anguilla 0.0261 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
198 Greenland 0.0239 kt 2023 up 16.6% falling
199 Kiribati 0.0152 kt 2023 up 60.0% rising
200 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0092 kt 2023 down 9.8% rising
201 Montserrat 0.0072 kt 2023 down 56.9% falling
202 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0065 kt 2023 down 13.3% falling
203 Cook Islands 0.004 kt 2023 down 4.8% rising
204 Niue 0.0027 kt 2023 up 22.7% rising
205 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.0024 kt 2023 unchanged falling
206 Tuvalu 0.0019 kt 2023 down 5.0% rising
207 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0015 kt 2023 down 46.4% 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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
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