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.

Countries reporting
159
Highest
0.0322 kt per square kilometre
New Zealand
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
Median
0.0017 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,116

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

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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)

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Indicator
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
160 places, 9,116 data points, 1961–2023
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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.