Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Emissions intensity by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat,...

Countries reporting
209
Highest
5.81 kg CO2eq/kg
Benin
Lowest
0 kg CO2eq/kg
Nauru
Median
0.7739 kg CO2eq/kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,668

What the numbers show

Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Emissions intensity is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 5.81 kg CO2eq/kg in Benin; the lowest is 0 kg CO2eq/kg in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7739 kg CO2eq/kg, and the mean is 0.9181 kg CO2eq/kg.

Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Tonga (up 131.0%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 65.9%).

Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Emissions intensity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Benin 5.81 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 14.2% volatile
2 Ethiopia PDR 2.52 kg CO2eq/kg 1992 down 0.0% flat
3 Sierra Leone 2.51 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 4.5% falling
4 Tonga 2.48 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 131.0% rising
5 Afghanistan 2.39 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 10.3% rising
6 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.39 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 22.6% rising
7 Ghana 2.2 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 6.3% falling
8 Niger 2.11 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 4.0% flat
9 Micronesia 2.09 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 7.0% flat
10 Congo 2.04 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 16.8% falling
11 Kiribati 2.03 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 4.6% falling
12 Bangladesh 2.02 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 46.9% falling
13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.91 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 2.8% falling
14 Yugoslav SFR 1.85 kg CO2eq/kg 1991 up 15.2% falling
15 Barbados 1.84 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 18.7% volatile
16 Romania 1.83 kg CO2eq/kg 2019 down 15.9% falling
17 Mali 1.82 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.2% falling
18 Namibia 1.82 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 1.6% flat
19 Mauritania 1.8 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 5.7% falling
20 Somalia 1.78 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 4.7% falling
21 Burundi 1.78 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 21.4% falling
22 Sao Tome and Principe 1.71 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 43.6% falling
23 Chad 1.67 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 90.9% volatile
24 Serbia and Montenegro 1.62 kg CO2eq/kg 2005 down 14.3% falling
25 Tuvalu 1.62 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 3.7% volatile
26 Papua New Guinea 1.61 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 5.7% falling
27 Angola 1.6 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 1.1% falling
28 Ukraine 1.59 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 20.1% rising
29 Gabon 1.53 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 2.6% falling
30 Tunisia 1.52 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 17.8% falling
31 Trinidad and Tobago 1.52 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 11.5% falling
32 Guinea 1.51 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.5% falling
33 Eritrea 1.51 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 5.0% rising
34 Gambia 1.49 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 3.3% falling
35 North Macedonia 1.45 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 37.9% flat
36 Cambodia 1.42 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.4% falling
37 China, Hong Kong SAR 1.41 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 5.1% rising
38 Guinea-Bissau 1.4 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 13.6% rising
39 Belarus 1.4 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 12.9% rising
40 Central African Republic 1.39 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 3.8% falling
41 China, Macao SAR 1.39 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 1.0% falling
42 Suriname 1.33 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 0.2% falling
43 Malawi 1.31 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 5.5% falling
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 28.7% falling
45 Republic of Moldova 1.29 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 1.7% falling
46 Madagascar 1.28 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 0.4% volatile
47 Burkina Faso 1.27 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 23.1% falling
48 Czechoslovakia 1.27 kg CO2eq/kg 1992 up 4.1% flat
49 Mozambique 1.27 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 1.2% falling
50 Ethiopia 1.25 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 5.4% falling
51 USSR 1.23 kg CO2eq/kg 1991 down 7.6% falling
52 Poland 1.21 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 down 6.8% falling
53 Hungary 1.21 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 down 10.1% falling
54 Belize 1.2 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 9.7% rising
55 Equatorial Guinea 1.19 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 8.7% falling
56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.17 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 34.3% rising
57 Albania 1.16 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 10.6% falling
57 Zimbabwe 1.16 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 3.5% falling
59 Kenya 1.14 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.4% falling
60 Botswana 1.14 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 7.2% falling
61 Liberia 1.12 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 11.8% flat
62 Vanuatu 1.12 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 13.1% falling
63 Slovakia 1.11 kg CO2eq/kg 2019 down 1.7% falling
64 Nigeria 1.1 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 8.7% falling
65 Bulgaria 1.1 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 down 10.0% falling
66 Comoros 1.1 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.2% falling
67 Solomon Islands 1.07 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.9% falling
68 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.07 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 15.9% rising
69 Sudan (former) 1.07 kg CO2eq/kg 2011 down 6.5% rising
70 Lesotho 1.07 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 6.0% falling
71 Uganda 1.06 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 4.7% falling
72 Serbia 1.04 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 7.7% falling
73 Antigua and Barbuda 1.04 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 5.6% rising
74 Montenegro 1.03 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 17.8% falling
75 Rwanda 1.01 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 13.7% falling
76 Zambia 0.982 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 25.4% falling
77 Belgium 0.9786 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 up 40.4% rising
78 Russian Federation 0.9761 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 11.8% falling
79 Philippines 0.9696 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 7.4% flat
80 Togo 0.9664 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 12.2% falling
81 Viet Nam 0.9653 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 33.8% falling
82 Guyana 0.9615 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 14.1% rising
83 Bhutan 0.9543 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 1.9% falling
84 Myanmar 0.9458 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 21.6% falling
85 Samoa 0.9259 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 1.1% falling
86 Senegal 0.9246 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 41.4% falling
87 Greece 0.908 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 down 33.5% falling
88 Croatia 0.9052 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 down 22.6% falling
89 Eswatini 0.897 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 13.2% falling
90 Ireland 0.8871 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 down 20.8% falling
91 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.881 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.6% falling
92 Italy 0.8407 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 up 2.9% falling
93 Denmark 0.8405 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 45.6% falling
94 Cameroon 0.8327 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 18.2% falling
95 French Guiana 0.8323 kg CO2eq/kg 2006 down 5.2% rising
96 Nepal 0.8309 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 12.6% falling
97 Cook Islands 0.8139 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 unchanged falling
98 Czechia 0.8085 kg CO2eq/kg 2019 down 6.0% falling
99 Cabo Verde 0.8077 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 8.6% falling
100 Melanesia 0.8037 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 3.2% falling
101 United Republic of Tanzania 0.7876 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 9.0% falling
102 Sudan 0.7803 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 34.2% falling
103 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.78 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 9.3% rising
104 Lithuania 0.7742 kg CO2eq/kg 2019 down 0.8% rising
105 Libya 0.7739 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 7.9% falling
106 Slovenia 0.7698 kg CO2eq/kg 2019 up 4.8% falling
107 Kyrgyzstan 0.7431 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 0.8% rising
108 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.7365 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 up 42.7% flat
109 Brunei Darussalam 0.7323 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 42.9% falling
110 Yemen 0.7192 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 10.2% falling
111 France 0.7133 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 up 25.3% falling
112 Thailand 0.7075 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 8.8% falling
113 Bahamas 0.7005 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 4.1% rising
114 Timor-Leste 0.6905 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.1% flat
115 Kuwait 0.6853 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 27.7% rising
116 Nicaragua 0.6807 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 2.8% rising
117 Malta 0.6674 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 down 17.4% falling
118 Spain 0.6641 kg CO2eq/kg 2020 up 3.5% falling
119 Luxembourg 0.6533 kg CO2eq/kg 2022 up 23.9% rising
120 Sweden 0.6419 kg CO2eq/kg 2019 up 25.7% rising
121 Norway 0.6339 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 4.8% rising
122 Fiji 0.618 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 40.3% falling
123 Haiti 0.6121 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.4% falling
124 Estonia 0.6046 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 5.4% falling
125 El Salvador 0.5933 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 45.1% flat
126 Malaysia 0.5873 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 12.4% falling
127 Puerto Rico 0.5849 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 4.6% flat
128 Grenada 0.5828 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.8% flat
129 Syrian Arab Republic 0.5809 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 0.5% falling
130 Azerbaijan 0.5801 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 32.5% falling
131 Switzerland 0.5776 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 10.2% falling
132 Pakistan 0.5713 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 45.0% falling
133 Austria 0.5613 kg CO2eq/kg 2020 down 9.0% falling
134 Ecuador 0.5542 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 92.4% volatile
135 Finland 0.5499 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 5.1% falling
136 China, mainland 0.5493 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.3% volatile
137 China 0.5491 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.2% falling
137 Portugal 0.5491 kg CO2eq/kg 2020 up 1.4% falling
139 Polynesia 0.5452 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 7.9% falling
140 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.5442 kg CO2eq/kg 1999 down 5.3% falling
141 Turkmenistan 0.5397 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 42.0% falling
142 China, Taiwan Province of 0.5367 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 6.7% falling
143 Mauritius 0.5361 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 13.2% falling
144 Cuba 0.5277 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 4.2% flat
145 Germany 0.5252 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 6.9% falling
146 Saudi Arabia 0.4996 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 9.3% falling
147 Palestine 0.4987 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 6.0% rising
148 Republic of Korea 0.498 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 6.4% falling
149 Latvia 0.4895 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 down 11.0% falling
150 Dominica 0.4849 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.7% falling
151 Réunion 0.4812 kg CO2eq/kg 2006 down 2.3% falling
152 Türkiye 0.4788 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 3.1% falling
153 Mongolia 0.4782 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 29.0% falling
154 United Arab Emirates 0.4669 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 6.3% falling
155 Honduras 0.4664 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 1.1% falling
156 Saint Lucia 0.4653 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 7.5% falling
157 Egypt 0.4622 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 30.7% falling
158 Côte d'Ivoire 0.4594 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 47.5% falling
159 India 0.4546 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.7% falling
160 Iceland 0.451 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 34.1% falling
161 Seychelles 0.45 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.3% falling
162 Canada 0.4496 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 3.2% falling
163 Guadeloupe 0.4442 kg CO2eq/kg 2006 up 0.6% falling
164 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.4401 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 7.2% falling
165 Algeria 0.4379 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 1.1% volatile
166 South Africa 0.4367 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 23.2% falling
167 Caribbean 0.4324 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 16.2% falling
168 Kazakhstan 0.4241 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 3.3% falling
169 Iraq 0.4235 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 19.4% volatile
170 Paraguay 0.4205 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 5.8% falling
171 Brazil 0.4125 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 38.4% falling
172 Uzbekistan 0.4091 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 29.6% falling
173 Jamaica 0.4066 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 51.8% falling
174 Guatemala 0.4038 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 2.0% falling
175 Qatar 0.3795 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 18.4% falling
176 Georgia 0.3783 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 16.3% falling
177 Singapore 0.3739 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 23.2% falling
178 Lebanon 0.3717 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 35.7% falling
179 French Polynesia 0.3693 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 5.2% falling
180 Mexico 0.3656 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 10.1% falling
181 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.3589 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 10.9% falling
182 Armenia 0.3585 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 17.2% falling
183 Panama 0.3563 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 8.2% falling
184 Indonesia 0.3561 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 65.9% falling
185 Australia 0.3494 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 10.9% falling
186 Japan 0.3477 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 0.1% falling
187 Australia and New Zealand 0.3462 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 10.0% falling
188 Sri Lanka 0.3442 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 17.6% falling
189 Dominican Republic 0.3423 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 16.8% falling
190 Tajikistan 0.3362 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 53.6% volatile
191 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.3355 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 8.4% falling
192 New Zealand 0.3342 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 6.7% falling
193 Israel 0.3279 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 22.4% falling
194 Colombia 0.326 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.5% falling
195 New Caledonia 0.3138 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 4.4% volatile
196 Morocco 0.3114 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 14.5% volatile
197 Bahrain 0.3076 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 37.7% falling
198 Jordan 0.3034 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 20.0% falling
199 Peru 0.3005 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 9.9% falling
200 Chile 0.2819 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 2.6% falling
201 Argentina 0.2797 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 28.9% falling
202 Uruguay 0.2734 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 54.7% falling
203 Oman 0.2699 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 32.8% falling
204 Cyprus 0.2682 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 down 21.0% falling
205 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.264 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 56.4% falling
206 Martinique 0.2446 kg CO2eq/kg 2006 down 27.2% falling
207 Costa Rica 0.2221 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 22.7% volatile
208 Niue 0.1887 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 1.8% volatile
209 Nauru 0 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Emissions intensity
Unit
kg CO2eq/kg
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,668 data points, 1961–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat, milk, eggs), by country, with global coverage.