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Industrial Wastewater — 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
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): full country ranking

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

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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
Industrial Wastewater — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
258 places, 8,553 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.