Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — 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
197
Highest
11.53 kg CO2eq/kg
Mongolia
Lowest
0 kg CO2eq/kg
Singapore
Median
0.6664 kg CO2eq/kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,757

What the numbers show

Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 11.53 kg CO2eq/kg in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 kg CO2eq/kg in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6664 kg CO2eq/kg, and the mean is 1.34 kg CO2eq/kg.

Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 4,771.1%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 100.0%).

Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 11.53 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 2,339.2% volatile
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.67 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 2.2% rising
2 Guinea 9.16 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 69.0% falling
2 Cabo Verde 2.42 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 32.8% falling
3 Antigua and Barbuda 9.08 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 11.5% volatile
3 Timor-Leste 3.59 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 11.1% rising
4 Equatorial Guinea 5.04 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.4% rising
5 Qatar 4.28 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 5.6% rising
6 Central African Republic 4.08 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 1.4% flat
7 Ghana 4.07 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 4.8% rising
8 Togo 3.9 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 31.2% rising
9 Sudan (former) 3.86 kg CO2eq/kg 2011 down 17.0% falling
10 Réunion 3.81 kg CO2eq/kg 2006 down 0.2% rising
11 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.78 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 138.9% rising
12 Sierra Leone 3.67 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 72.0% rising
13 Mali 3.43 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 28.0% falling
14 Niger 3.41 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.1% falling
14 Viet Nam 0.9019 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 24.1% falling
15 Kuwait 3.32 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 11.6% volatile
16 Tonga 3.31 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 10.5% rising
17 Samoa 3.22 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 3.8% falling
17 Türkiye 0.405 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 8.1% falling
18 Cuba 3.22 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 29.5% volatile
19 Chad 3.1 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 4.9% falling
20 Pakistan 3.08 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.7% rising
21 Somalia 3.06 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 0.7% falling
22 Madagascar 3.05 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 23.8% rising
23 Trinidad and Tobago 2.95 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 52.7% rising
24 Gambia 2.93 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 12.1% rising
25 Ethiopia 2.81 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 1.6% rising
26 Indonesia 2.76 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 13.0% flat
27 Gabon 2.64 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 7.0% falling
28 Brunei Darussalam 2.56 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 4.7% volatile
29 Senegal 2.52 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 3.5% rising
30 Mauritania 2.51 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 1.3% falling
31 Eswatini 2.49 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.2% falling
32 Tuvalu 2.49 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 7.4% flat
33 Iraq 2.42 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 1.9% rising
34 Zambia 2.4 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 6.3% flat
35 Uruguay 2.37 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 281.0% volatile
36 Comoros 2.35 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 2.3% falling
37 Haiti 2.29 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 4.0% falling
38 Guinea-Bissau 2.29 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 14.1% falling
39 Eritrea 2.24 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 18.7% rising
40 Dominican Republic 2.15 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 0.5% rising
41 Kenya 2.13 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 46.7% rising
42 Cook Islands 2.08 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 0.8% volatile
43 Oman 2.03 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 16.6% falling
44 Lebanon 2.02 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 20.4% rising
45 Liberia 2.01 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 8.1% falling
46 Tunisia 1.97 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 1.9% rising
47 Bahamas 1.97 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 21.5% rising
48 Guyana 1.91 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 40.7% falling
49 Bangladesh 1.91 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 26.0% falling
50 South Sudan 1.89 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 7.5% falling
51 Kiribati 1.85 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 15.5% falling
52 Sudan 1.82 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 33.2% falling
53 Uganda 1.78 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 24.8% rising
54 Vanuatu 1.78 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 16.2% falling
55 Turkmenistan 1.78 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 8.1% falling
56 Cambodia 1.74 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 4.0% rising
57 Algeria 1.71 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 7.7% rising
58 Suriname 1.64 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 19.0% falling
59 Papua New Guinea 1.54 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.0% rising
60 New Caledonia 1.53 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 4.4% rising
61 Lesotho 1.51 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 902.3% falling
62 Morocco 1.47 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 9.6% rising
63 Congo 1.44 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.9% flat
64 United Arab Emirates 1.42 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 3.0% rising
65 Niue 1.37 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 12.5% flat
66 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.37 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 23.7% volatile
67 Solomon Islands 1.34 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 33.1% falling
68 Dominica 1.34 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.3% falling
69 Tajikistan 1.29 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 77.2% volatile
70 Nigeria 1.27 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 falling
71 Ethiopia PDR 1.26 kg CO2eq/kg 1992 up 10.8% falling
72 Sao Tome and Principe 1.25 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 17.4% falling
73 Cameroon 1.19 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 47.3% falling
74 Namibia 1.18 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 14.9% falling
75 Yemen 1.18 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 8.4% volatile
76 Saint Lucia 1.11 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 12.0% rising
77 Mauritius 1.06 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 8.3% falling
78 Uzbekistan 1.06 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 27.8% rising
79 Ecuador 1.05 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 18.1% falling
80 Burundi 1.04 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 52.9% falling
81 Barbados 0.9981 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 29.8% volatile
82 Nepal 0.91 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 71.8% rising
83 Georgia 0.887 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 30.1% volatile
84 Libya 0.867 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 3.1% falling
85 China, Macao SAR 0.8322 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 28.2% rising
86 USSR 0.8277 kg CO2eq/kg 1991 down 10.1% flat
87 Paraguay 0.8021 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 19.7% falling
88 North Macedonia 0.7604 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 59.1% volatile
89 Belarus 0.7282 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 30.5% falling
90 Bahrain 0.7194 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 23.9% volatile
91 Myanmar 0.6987 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 48.7% falling
92 Naoero 0.6965 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.2% volatile
93 Rwanda 0.6828 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 23.2% falling
94 Honduras 0.6783 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 32.4% falling
95 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.6664 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 283.9% volatile
96 Puerto Rico 0.6536 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 26.5% rising
97 Saudi Arabia 0.6334 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 43.0% falling
98 Martinique 0.622 kg CO2eq/kg 2006 down 0.6% falling
99 Jordan 0.6077 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 2.0% volatile
100 Costa Rica 0.5939 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 5.4% volatile
101 Cyprus 0.5856 kg CO2eq/kg 2020 up 71.9% volatile
102 French Polynesia 0.5773 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 32.8% volatile
102 Tokelau 0.5773 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 0.6% volatile
104 Malawi 0.5694 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 7.0% falling
105 Sweden 0.5544 kg CO2eq/kg 2019 down 5.9% falling
106 Nicaragua 0.5411 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 2.2% falling
107 Yugoslav SFR 0.5401 kg CO2eq/kg 1991 up 55.9% rising
108 Angola 0.5092 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 82.9% falling
109 Bhutan 0.4957 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 126.0% falling
110 Malaysia 0.4927 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 10.0% volatile
111 Portugal 0.4911 kg CO2eq/kg 2020 up 49.3% falling
112 France 0.4871 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 18.7% falling
113 Burkina Faso 0.4791 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 23.9% volatile
114 Greece 0.4714 kg CO2eq/kg 2018 down 14.7% volatile
115 Zimbabwe 0.458 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 15.1% volatile
116 Malta 0.4567 kg CO2eq/kg 2020 down 14.0% falling
117 Egypt 0.4469 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 6.0% volatile
118 Panama 0.446 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 6.3% falling
119 Seychelles 0.443 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 3,388.2% volatile
120 China, mainland 0.4429 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 23.4% falling
121 China 0.4411 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 22.7% falling
122 Croatia 0.4384 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 4,771.1% volatile
123 Mozambique 0.4369 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 70.7% falling
124 French Guiana 0.4339 kg CO2eq/kg 2006 down 49.2% falling
125 Bulgaria 0.4212 kg CO2eq/kg 2020 up 14.8% falling
126 Czechoslovakia 0.4154 kg CO2eq/kg 1992 down 27.9% falling
127 Armenia 0.407 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 20.8% volatile
128 Republic of Korea 0.3955 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 16.0% volatile
129 Azerbaijan 0.3934 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 1.8% volatile
130 Thailand 0.3929 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 3.4% falling
131 Mexico 0.3923 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 12.3% volatile
132 China, Taiwan Province of 0.3903 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 3.5% falling
133 Norway 0.3856 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 12.2% volatile
134 Finland 0.378 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 52.7% volatile
135 Czechia 0.3759 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 14.3% rising
136 Botswana 0.3728 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 0.3% volatile
137 Afghanistan 0.3714 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 10.5% rising
138 Palestine, State of 0.3693 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 6.5% flat
139 Slovakia 0.3616 kg CO2eq/kg 2019 up 47.4% falling
140 Jamaica 0.3581 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 19.3% volatile
141 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.3546 kg CO2eq/kg 1999 down 20.8% falling
142 Grenada 0.347 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 68.9% falling
143 Peru 0.3461 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 0.7% volatile
144 Germany 0.3397 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 21.1% falling
145 Spain 0.3393 kg CO2eq/kg 2020 down 14.5% rising
146 Brazil 0.3342 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 13.2% volatile
147 New Zealand 0.3241 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 1.8% falling
148 Canada 0.3238 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 25.5% falling
149 Italy 0.3121 kg CO2eq/kg 2020 up 7.7% falling
150 Colombia 0.3045 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 4.7% volatile
151 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2996 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 82.7% volatile
152 Switzerland 0.2991 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 9.1% volatile
153 Japan 0.2919 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 6.9% falling
154 Denmark 0.2895 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 2.4% falling
155 Fiji 0.2825 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 67.8% falling
156 South Africa 0.2776 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 1.2% volatile
157 El Salvador 0.2743 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 18.0% rising
158 Romania 0.2712 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 28.3% falling
159 Belgium 0.2685 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 16.7% rising
160 Kazakhstan 0.2658 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 32.9% volatile
161 Austria 0.2637 kg CO2eq/kg 2020 down 18.2% rising
162 Israel 0.2619 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 6.4% falling
163 Ukraine 0.2554 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 6.1% volatile
164 Ireland 0.2551 kg CO2eq/kg 2020 down 37.8% falling
165 Guadeloupe 0.2533 kg CO2eq/kg 2006 falling
166 Lithuania 0.2507 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 16.1% volatile
167 Latvia 0.2385 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 26.9% falling
168 Australia and New Zealand 0.2374 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 15.7% falling
169 Guatemala 0.2281 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 36.4% volatile
170 Australia 0.2236 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 18.4% falling
171 Estonia 0.2234 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 15.7% volatile
172 Poland 0.2215 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 44.5% volatile
173 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2146 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 15.2% falling
174 Russian Federation 0.2095 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 22.7% volatile
175 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.2054 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 2.7% volatile
176 Chile 0.201 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 8.3% falling
177 Sri Lanka 0.1953 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 8.1% volatile
178 Belize 0.1721 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 28.5% volatile
179 Serbia 0.17 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 46.2% volatile
180 Hungary 0.1694 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 33.6% volatile
181 Philippines 0.1446 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 47.3% volatile
182 Serbia and Montenegro 0.1382 kg CO2eq/kg 2005 down 49.3% falling
183 India 0.1311 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 74.1% volatile
184 Luxembourg 0.1293 kg CO2eq/kg 2017 up 36.2% volatile
185 Slovenia 0.1147 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 3.5% volatile
186 Argentina 0.1004 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 20.2% volatile
187 Iceland 0.0135 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 206.8% volatile
188 Albania 0.0054 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 99.3% volatile
189 Benin 0 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile
189 Kyrgyzstan 0 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile
189 Montenegro 0 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile
189 Singapore 0 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — 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
241 places, 13,757 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.