Industrial Wastewater — 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
226
Highest
59,263 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0002 kt
Palau
Median
39.93 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,553
What the numbers show
Industrial Wastewater — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 226 countries. The highest value is 59,263 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0002 kt in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 39.93 kt, and the mean is 786.62 kt.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 196 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 236.7%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 94.5%).
Industrial Wastewater — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 59,263 kt | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 2 | Mexico | 19,759 kt | 2023 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Brazil | 15,547 kt | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 4 | China | 10,130 kt | 2023 | down 38.9% | rising |
| 5 | China, mainland | 9,948 kt | 2023 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 6 | Türkiye | 7,799 kt | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Poland | 6,410 kt | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | 5,086 kt | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,745 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 10 | South Africa | 2,687 kt | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 2,353 kt | 2023 | down 30.8% | flat |
| 12 | Hungary | 1,847 kt | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Greece | 1,711 kt | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1,700 kt | 1999 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 15 | Colombia | 1,657 kt | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 1,420 kt | 2023 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Portugal | 1,303 kt | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 18 | India | 1,247 kt | 2023 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 19 | Italy | 1,072 kt | 2023 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 20 | France | 1,060 kt | 2023 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Japan | 947.01 kt | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 22 | Spain | 853.76 kt | 2023 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Indonesia | 819.08 kt | 2023 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 24 | Austria | 812.1 kt | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 25 | Pakistan | 808.97 kt | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 26 | Australia and New Zealand | 752.59 kt | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 27 | Argentina | 710.82 kt | 2023 | down 35.4% | flat |
| 28 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 642.92 kt | 2023 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Australia | 615.7 kt | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 30 | Ecuador | 539 kt | 2023 | up 236.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Ukraine | 534.97 kt | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 519.14 kt | 2023 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 33 | Egypt | 465.07 kt | 2023 | down 58.5% | rising |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 459.18 kt | 2023 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 35 | Viet Nam | 456.18 kt | 2023 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 36 | Sudan (former) | 454.97 kt | 2011 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 37 | Canada | 444.45 kt | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 38 | Syrian Arab Republic | 441.73 kt | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 39 | Republic of Moldova | 416.78 kt | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Thailand | 392.03 kt | 2023 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 41 | Panama | 385.27 kt | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 373.88 kt | 2023 | up 159.2% | rising |
| 43 | Philippines | 331.64 kt | 2023 | down 42.4% | flat |
| 44 | Romania | 317.13 kt | 2023 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 45 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 302.95 kt | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Morocco | 295.34 kt | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 47 | Caribbean | 276.63 kt | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 48 | Peru | 272.51 kt | 2023 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 49 | Iraq | 265.69 kt | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Serbia and Montenegro | 258.36 kt | 2005 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 51 | Chile | 258.14 kt | 2023 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Sudan | 246.75 kt | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 246.57 kt | 2023 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Malaysia | 240.5 kt | 2023 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 55 | Belgium | 223.26 kt | 2023 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Mozambique | 214.28 kt | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Albania | 213.72 kt | 2023 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Belarus | 189.14 kt | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 59 | Belize | 187.24 kt | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 60 | Slovenia | 179.56 kt | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 61 | Lithuania | 169.74 kt | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 62 | Kenya | 165.73 kt | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 63 | Myanmar | 156.13 kt | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Cuba | 149.26 kt | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 65 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 147.63 kt | 2023 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 66 | Sweden | 146.82 kt | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Estonia | 140.55 kt | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Guatemala | 140.09 kt | 2023 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 69 | New Zealand | 136.9 kt | 2023 | up 141.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Algeria | 132.2 kt | 2023 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Ireland | 128.67 kt | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 72 | Niger | 128.12 kt | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Armenia | 123.3 kt | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Latvia | 116 kt | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Nigeria | 111.96 kt | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 76 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 104.2 kt | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 77 | Czechia | 100.1 kt | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 90.4 kt | 2023 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Tunisia | 89.56 kt | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 80 | Serbia | 88.55 kt | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 81 | Israel | 88.37 kt | 2023 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 82 | Denmark | 85.22 kt | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Uganda | 83.92 kt | 2023 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 84 | United Republic of Tanzania | 83.39 kt | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 85 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 80.59 kt | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 86 | Croatia | 78.59 kt | 2023 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 76.99 kt | 2023 | down 49.6% | rising |
| 88 | Iceland | 69.71 kt | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 89 | Kuwait | 69.36 kt | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 90 | Oman | 67.88 kt | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 91 | Switzerland | 67.42 kt | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 92 | Georgia | 67.24 kt | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 63.42 kt | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 94 | Finland | 62.24 kt | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 60.39 kt | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 96 | China, Taiwan Province of | 60.13 kt | 2023 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 60.04 kt | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 98 | Honduras | 58.04 kt | 2023 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 99 | Yemen | 56.45 kt | 2023 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 55.96 kt | 2023 | down 37.0% | rising |
| 101 | Tajikistan | 55.74 kt | 2023 | down 47.3% | rising |
| 102 | Norway | 55.69 kt | 2023 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 55.49 kt | 2023 | down 38.7% | flat |
| 104 | Slovakia | 54.51 kt | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Ethiopia | 53.58 kt | 2023 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Melanesia | 52.4 kt | 2023 | down 22.3% | flat |
| 107 | Uruguay | 51.67 kt | 2023 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 108 | Nepal | 51.3 kt | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates | 48.19 kt | 2023 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 110 | Chad | 42.56 kt | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 111 | El Salvador | 42.52 kt | 2023 | down 40.3% | flat |
| 112 | Madagascar | 41.19 kt | 2023 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Paraguay | 40.36 kt | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 114 | Lebanon | 39.5 kt | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 115 | Côte d'Ivoire | 39.01 kt | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 116 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38.6 kt | 2023 | up 187.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Angola | 38.37 kt | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 118 | Senegal | 36.76 kt | 2023 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 119 | Libya | 36.1 kt | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 120 | Malawi | 35.99 kt | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 35.93 kt | 2023 | down 46.2% | flat |
| 122 | Cameroon | 35.26 kt | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 123 | Ghana | 34.29 kt | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | 34.04 kt | 2023 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 125 | Jordan | 33.19 kt | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 126 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 28.81 kt | 2023 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.09 kt | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 128 | Mali | 25.64 kt | 2023 | down 41.1% | rising |
| 129 | Zambia | 24.29 kt | 2023 | down 58.3% | rising |
| 130 | Mongolia | 24.15 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | 23.87 kt | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 132 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 23.53 kt | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 133 | Jamaica | 22.62 kt | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 134 | Mauritius | 21.48 kt | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 135 | Seychelles | 20.28 kt | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 136 | Singapore | 18.9 kt | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 137 | Cambodia | 17.79 kt | 2023 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 138 | China, Macao SAR | 17.57 kt | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 139 | Burkina Faso | 16.36 kt | 2023 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 140 | Cyprus | 16.13 kt | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 141 | Fiji | 15.43 kt | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 142 | Eswatini | 14.44 kt | 2023 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 143 | Botswana | 14.35 kt | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 144 | Afghanistan | 13.64 kt | 2023 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Eritrea | 13.34 kt | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 146 | Congo | 12.71 kt | 2023 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 147 | South Sudan | 10.35 kt | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 148 | Mauritania | 10.05 kt | 2023 | down 38.6% | flat |
| 149 | Réunion | 9.98 kt | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 150 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.92 kt | 2023 | down 40.3% | rising |
| 151 | Guyana | 9.51 kt | 2023 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Gabon | 8.77 kt | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 153 | Rwanda | 8.49 kt | 2023 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 154 | Burundi | 8.47 kt | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 155 | Somalia | 8.01 kt | 2023 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 156 | Togo | 7.9 kt | 2023 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 7.77 kt | 2023 | down 51.3% | rising |
| 158 | Bahrain | 7.31 kt | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 159 | Lesotho | 7.13 kt | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 160 | Guinea | 6.91 kt | 2023 | down 41.5% | rising |
| 161 | Liberia | 6.37 kt | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 162 | North Macedonia | 6.14 kt | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 163 | Namibia | 6.12 kt | 2023 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 164 | Benin | 5.81 kt | 2023 | down 38.7% | rising |
| 165 | Qatar | 5.57 kt | 2023 | down 57.4% | rising |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | 5.46 kt | 2023 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 5.22 kt | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 168 | Guadeloupe | 5.02 kt | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 169 | Haiti | 5.01 kt | 2023 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 170 | Malta | 4.65 kt | 2023 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 171 | Montenegro | 4.6 kt | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 172 | Palestine | 3.3 kt | 2023 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 173 | Suriname | 2.68 kt | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 174 | Puerto Rico | 2.3 kt | 2023 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 175 | Barbados | 2.16 kt | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 176 | New Caledonia | 1.69 kt | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 177 | Cabo Verde | 1.68 kt | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.63 kt | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 179 | Bhutan | 1.63 kt | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 180 | Timor-Leste | 1.53 kt | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 181 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 1.28 kt | 2010 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 182 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.14 kt | 2023 | down 58.1% | flat |
| 183 | Faroe Islands | 0.9747 kt | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 184 | Solomon Islands | 0.9251 kt | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 185 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.8794 kt | 2023 | down 64.2% | rising |
| 186 | Polynesia | 0.8658 kt | 2023 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.6117 kt | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.5653 kt | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 189 | Maldives | 0.516 kt | 2023 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Gambia | 0.4606 kt | 2023 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 191 | Saint Lucia | 0.4467 kt | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 192 | Grenada | 0.4463 kt | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 193 | Martinique | 0.4375 kt | 2023 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 194 | Djibouti | 0.3941 kt | 2023 | down 77.0% | falling |
| 195 | Greenland | 0.3643 kt | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 196 | French Polynesia | 0.3228 kt | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 197 | Vanuatu | 0.3155 kt | 2023 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 198 | Samoa | 0.3124 kt | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 199 | Micronesia | 0.2919 kt | 2023 | down 28.3% | flat |
| 200 | Bahamas | 0.2759 kt | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 201 | Dominica | 0.1642 kt | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 202 | Tonga | 0.153 kt | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 203 | Kiribati | 0.144 kt | 2023 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 204 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.1305 kt | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 205 | Comoros | 0.1012 kt | 2023 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 206 | Western Sahara | 0.096 kt | 2023 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 207 | French Guiana | 0.0749 kt | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 208 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0621 kt | 2023 | down 48.8% | rising |
| 209 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.06 kt | 2023 | down 37.4% | flat |
| 210 | Montserrat | 0.0356 kt | 2023 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 211 | American Samoa | 0.0323 kt | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0312 kt | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 213 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0265 kt | 2023 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 214 | Cook Islands | 0.0204 kt | 2023 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 215 | Guam | 0.0143 kt | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 216 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0.0137 kt | 2023 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 217 | Bermuda | 0.0119 kt | 2023 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 218 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0105 kt | 2023 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 219 | Tuvalu | 0.0073 kt | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 220 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0072 kt | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 221 | Liechtenstein | 0.0043 kt | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 222 | Niue | 0.0031 kt | 2023 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 223 | Nauru | 0.0029 kt | 2023 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 224 | Tokelau | 0.0008 kt | 2023 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 225 | Cayman Islands | 0.0007 kt | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 226 | Palau | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 110,145 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 72,294 kt
- Americas 45,962 kt
- Annex I countries 37,847 kt
- Asia 34,567 kt
- Europe 23,376 kt
- Central America 20,664 kt
- South America 19,317 kt
- European Union (27) 18,710 kt
- Eastern Asia 16,211 kt
- Eastern Europe 12,313 kt
- Western Asia 9,898 kt
- Northern America 5,704 kt
- Southern Europe 5,554 kt
- Africa 5,434 kt
- United States of America 5,260 kt
- Southern Asia 4,987 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4,413 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4,370 kt
- Western Europe 3,891 kt
- Southern Africa 2,730 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2,546 kt
- South-eastern Asia 2,445 kt
- Northern Europe 1,619 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,579 kt
- Northern Africa 1,265 kt
- Central Asia 1,026 kt
- Eastern Africa 827.14 kt
- Oceania 806.15 kt
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 602.6 kt
- Western Africa 437.92 kt
- Middle Africa 174.37 kt
About this data
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.