Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre by country
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 0.0322 kt per square kilometre in New Zealand; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0017 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0033 kt per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9,187.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 299.4%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 67.2%).
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 0.0322 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 2 | Faroe Islands | 0.0186 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 3 | Ireland | 0.0176 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 0.0164 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 5 | Bahrain | 0.0159 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Nigeria | 0.0123 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Qatar | 0.011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0109 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.3% | falling |
| 9 | Lesotho | 0.0104 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 0.0102 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 11 | Morocco | 0.0095 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 0.009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 13 | Kuwait | 0.0089 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Palestine | 0.0084 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.9% | flat |
| 15 | Togo | 0.0083 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 16 | Tunisia | 0.0083 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 17 | Senegal | 0.0082 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Chad | 0.0082 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 0.008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Cyprus | 0.008 kt per square kilometre | 2022 | up 225.4% | falling |
| 21 | Kenya | 0.0076 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Spain | 0.0075 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 23 | Uruguay | 0.0073 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 0.0071 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 25 | Portugal | 0.007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 26 | Barbados | 0.0067 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | 0.0066 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 28 | Grenada | 0.0064 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 29 | Serbia | 0.0063 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0063 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 31 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0061 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 32 | Tajikistan | 0.0059 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 33 | Ghana | 0.0057 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 34 | India | 0.0057 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 35 | Greece | 0.0057 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 36 | Uganda | 0.0054 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Burundi | 0.005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 138.3% | rising |
| 38 | Benin | 0.005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Djibouti | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 41 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 0.0042 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0042 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 44 | Eritrea | 0.004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 45 | Lebanon | 0.004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 46 | South Africa | 0.0038 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 47 | Gambia | 0.0037 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 48 | Romania | 0.0036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 299.4% | volatile |
| 49 | China | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 50 | Yemen | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Mongolia | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 52 | Australia | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 53 | Hungary | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | flat |
| 54 | Saint Lucia | 0.0031 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 55 | France | 0.0031 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 0.003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Guinea | 0.003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Comoros | 0.003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 60 | Cuba | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Switzerland | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 62 | South Sudan | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 63 | Croatia | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 64 | Israel | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 0.0026 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Dominica | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 67 | Haiti | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 68 | Albania | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.4% | rising |
| 69 | Georgia | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 70 | Italy | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 71 | Rwanda | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Sudan | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 73 | Slovakia | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 75 | Norway | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 76 | Mauritania | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 77 | Peru | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 78 | Montenegro | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 79 | Slovenia | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 80 | Iraq | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 81 | Niger | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 82 | Somalia | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 83 | Jordan | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 84 | Malta | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Germany | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 87 | Austria | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 88 | Armenia | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 90 | Guatemala | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 91 | Denmark | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 92 | Cameroon | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 93 | Belgium | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 94 | Indonesia | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Algeria | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Iceland | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 98 | Luxembourg | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2022 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 99 | Mali | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Argentina | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Mexico | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 103 | Czechia | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Libya | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 107 | Lithuania | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Liberia | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 109 | Malawi | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Namibia | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 111 | Brazil | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 112 | Fiji | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Nepal | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.8% | rising |
| 114 | Mauritius | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.2% | falling |
| 115 | Estonia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 116 | Latvia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 117 | Puerto Rico | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 118 | Ecuador | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 119 | Madagascar | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 120 | Colombia | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.4% | falling |
| 121 | Chile | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 122 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 123 | Poland | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.2% | falling |
| 125 | Sweden | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 126 | Egypt | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.2% | rising |
| 127 | Eswatini | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 128 | Angola | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Gabon | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 130 | Paraguay | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 131 | Ukraine | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Central African Republic | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Belize | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahamas | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Myanmar | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Guyana | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 137 | Finland | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 138 | Belarus | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Oman | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Malaysia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Botswana | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 142 | Congo | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 143 | Zambia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Mozambique | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 145 | El Salvador | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 146 | Bhutan | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Honduras | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 149 | Jamaica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Canada | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 151 | French Polynesia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 152 | New Caledonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 153 | Philippines | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Thailand | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Japan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Nicaragua | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 157 | Costa Rica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 158 | Suriname | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.002 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.