Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
183
Highest
43,732 kt
USSR
Lowest
0.0028 kt
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
114.87 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,747
What the numbers show
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 43,732 kt in USSR; the lowest is 0.0028 kt in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 114.87 kt, and the mean is 1,992 kt.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 299.5%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 70.6%).
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 43,732 kt | 1991 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 33,753 kt | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 3 | China | 32,996 kt | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 32,996 kt | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 25,275 kt | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 5 | Türkiye | 4,629 kt | 2023 | up 64.8% | falling |
| 6 | India | 17,004 kt | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 11,216 kt | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Chad | 10,326 kt | 2023 | up 113.7% | volatile |
| 9 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10,290 kt | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 10 | New Zealand | 8,478 kt | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 199.13 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 7,983 kt | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 6,912 kt | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 13 | Sudan (former) | 5,223 kt | 2011 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 14 | Mongolia | 5,210 kt | 2023 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 5,184 kt | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 4.44 kt | 2023 | down 70.6% | flat |
| 16 | Brazil | 4,689 kt | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 17 | South Africa | 4,643 kt | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 18 | Ethiopia PDR | 4,525 kt | 1992 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 4,476 kt | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 20 | Kenya | 4,390 kt | 2023 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Morocco | 4,258 kt | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 22 | Sudan | 3,826 kt | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 23 | Spain | 3,745 kt | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 3,697 kt | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 3,461 kt | 2023 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Turkmenistan | 3,079 kt | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 27 | Algeria | 2,728 kt | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 28 | Argentina | 2,710 kt | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 29 | Peru | 2,428 kt | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 4.24 kt | 2023 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Indonesia | 2,193 kt | 2023 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Niger | 2,189 kt | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 2,187 kt | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Mauritania | 1,967 kt | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 34 | Mexico | 1,901 kt | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 35 | Yemen | 1,823 kt | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 36 | South Sudan | 1,794 kt | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 37 | France | 1,659 kt | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 38 | Senegal | 1,585 kt | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 1,352 kt | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 40 | Yugoslav SFR | 1,337 kt | 1991 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 41 | Ghana | 1,303 kt | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Tunisia | 1,295 kt | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 43 | Uruguay | 1,275 kt | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 44 | Mali | 1,271 kt | 2023 | up 107.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 1,270 kt | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,211 kt | 2023 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 47 | Ireland | 1,210 kt | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 48 | Libya | 1,201 kt | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 49 | Uganda | 1,082 kt | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Somalia | 1,063 kt | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 824.77 kt | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 52 | Romania | 822.76 kt | 2023 | up 299.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Iraq | 757.77 kt | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 54 | Guinea | 738.9 kt | 2023 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Greece | 731.77 kt | 2023 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 56 | Norway | 708.98 kt | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 57 | Italy | 657.16 kt | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 58 | Portugal | 645.1 kt | 2023 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 59 | Cameroon | 574.45 kt | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 60 | Benin | 561.21 kt | 2023 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 547.64 kt | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Serbia | 532.69 kt | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 63 | Germany | 500.27 kt | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 64 | Namibia | 490.83 kt | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 65 | Eritrea | 488.27 kt | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 66 | Togo | 454.11 kt | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 67 | Serbia and Montenegro | 404.84 kt | 2005 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 68 | Colombia | 385.61 kt | 2023 | up 155.4% | falling |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 331.61 kt | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Lesotho | 315.98 kt | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 310.05 kt | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 72 | Cuba | 304.63 kt | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Hungary | 295.78 kt | 2023 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 74 | Chile | 257.28 kt | 2023 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 75 | Egypt | 253.55 kt | 2023 | down 67.2% | rising |
| 76 | Angola | 252.96 kt | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Canada | 233.49 kt | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 219.27 kt | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 210.32 kt | 2023 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 80 | Madagascar | 207.51 kt | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 81 | Kuwait | 158.04 kt | 2023 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Croatia | 155.63 kt | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 83 | Georgia | 155.01 kt | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 84 | Jordan | 148.55 kt | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 85 | Guatemala | 132.67 kt | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 86 | Burundi | 129.66 kt | 2023 | up 138.3% | rising |
| 87 | Qatar | 126.29 kt | 2023 | up 113.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Austria | 117.8 kt | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 89 | Czechoslovakia | 115.11 kt | 1992 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 90 | Iceland | 114.87 kt | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 91 | Switzerland | 112.57 kt | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 111.09 kt | 2023 | up 60.2% | falling |
| 93 | Sweden | 109.54 kt | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 106.97 kt | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Djibouti | 102.58 kt | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 96 | Ukraine | 99.62 kt | 2023 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Ecuador | 96.51 kt | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 98 | Slovakia | 96.47 kt | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 95.75 kt | 2023 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Myanmar | 92.93 kt | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Poland | 90.01 kt | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Guinea-Bissau | 85.34 kt | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Cyprus | 73.87 kt | 2022 | up 225.4% | falling |
| 104 | Paraguay | 70.38 kt | 2023 | down 27.1% | flat |
| 105 | Haiti | 64.7 kt | 2023 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 64.33 kt | 2023 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Liberia | 62.45 kt | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 108 | Albania | 62.43 kt | 2023 | down 56.4% | rising |
| 109 | Nepal | 62.14 kt | 2023 | down 32.8% | rising |
| 110 | Czechia | 59.66 kt | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 111 | Malawi | 59.49 kt | 2023 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Israel | 58.59 kt | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 55.19 kt | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Zambia | 52.68 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Rwanda | 52.28 kt | 2023 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Botswana | 51.92 kt | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 117 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 51.1 kt | 1999 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 118 | Palestine, State of | 50.57 kt | 2023 | up 100.1% | flat |
| 119 | Mozambique | 49.8 kt | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 120 | Gabon | 49.63 kt | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 121 | Denmark | 49.35 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 122 | Lithuania | 41.38 kt | 2023 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Lebanon | 40.96 kt | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Armenia | 39.8 kt | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 125 | Finland | 39.5 kt | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 126 | Oman | 37.27 kt | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Gambia | 37.22 kt | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 128 | Slovenia | 36.06 kt | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 129 | Belgium | 35.64 kt | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 130 | Malaysia | 31.11 kt | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Guyana | 28.61 kt | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 132 | Congo | 27.03 kt | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 133 | Faroe Islands | 25.45 kt | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 134 | Latvia | 25.33 kt | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 135 | Belarus | 25.2 kt | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Montenegro | 24.68 kt | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 137 | Estonia | 17.86 kt | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 138 | Bahrain | 12.75 kt | 2023 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.03 kt | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 140 | Thailand | 8.46 kt | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Fiji | 8.09 kt | 2023 | up 104.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Philippines | 6.64 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 143 | Comoros | 5.57 kt | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 144 | Japan | 5.39 kt | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.74 kt | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Honduras | 3.63 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 147 | Eswatini | 3.62 kt | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 148 | Puerto Rico | 3.56 kt | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 149 | Belize | 3.47 kt | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Martinique | 3.12 kt | 2006 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 151 | Luxembourg | 2.91 kt | 2022 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 152 | Barbados | 2.89 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Sri Lanka | 2.86 kt | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.84 kt | 2023 | up 110.3% | falling |
| 155 | Grenada | 2.17 kt | 2023 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 156 | Bhutan | 2.06 kt | 2023 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Saint Lucia | 1.92 kt | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 158 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.85 kt | 2023 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 159 | Dominica | 1.82 kt | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.71 kt | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 1.59 kt | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 1.51 kt | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 163 | Bahamas | 1.43 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 164 | Suriname | 1.37 kt | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 165 | El Salvador | 1.2 kt | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 166 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.9941 kt | 2023 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Mauritius | 0.8362 kt | 2023 | up 52.2% | falling |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.7313 kt | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 169 | Costa Rica | 0.6264 kt | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 170 | Malta | 0.5289 kt | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Guadeloupe | 0.4838 kt | 2006 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 172 | New Caledonia | 0.4237 kt | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 173 | French Guiana | 0.3132 kt | 2006 | down 47.0% | rising |
| 174 | Republic of Korea | 0.2964 kt | 2023 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Jamaica | 0.2936 kt | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Réunion | 0.2279 kt | 2006 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 0.0909 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 178 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.0252 kt | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 179 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.0028 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 256,098 kt
- Asia 102,749 kt
- Africa 74,653 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 45,364 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 71,931 kt
- Middle Africa 11,534 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 57,246 kt
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8,728 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 50,517 kt
- Eastern Asia 38,247 kt
- United Republic of Tanzania 2,031 kt
- Southern Asia 34,520 kt
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,351 kt
- Oceania 33,763 kt
- Syrian Arab Republic 1,302 kt
- Europe 29,002 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 594.04 kt
- Western Africa 24,435 kt
- Eastern Africa 19,613 kt
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 134.22 kt
- Americas 17,561 kt
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 36.34 kt
- Western Asia 14,467 kt
- Republic of Moldova 33.82 kt
- Northern Africa 13,570 kt
- Melanesia 10.39 kt
- South America 13,426 kt
- Central Asia 13,288 kt
- Polynesia 0.0909 kt
- Northern Europe 12,633 kt
- European Union (27) 11,384 kt
- Southern Europe 6,964 kt
- Eastern Europe 6,751 kt
- Southern Africa 5,506 kt
- Western Europe 2,606 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 2,338 kt
- Central America 2,044 kt
- Northern America 1,648 kt
- United States of America 1,415 kt
- Côte d'Ivoire 552.15 kt
About this data
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.