Meat of sheep, 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
182
Highest
817.3 kg CO2eq/kg
Antigua and Barbuda
Lowest
0.4818 kg CO2eq/kg
Bahrain
Median
33.66 kg CO2eq/kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,606
What the numbers show
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 817.3 kg CO2eq/kg in Antigua and Barbuda; the lowest is 0.4818 kg CO2eq/kg in Bahrain.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.66 kg CO2eq/kg, and the mean is 57.06 kg CO2eq/kg.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,696.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 1,846.7%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 74.3%).
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 817.3 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 251.9% | volatile |
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 126.47 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Colombia | 691.06 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 69.9 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 3 | Lesotho | 540.71 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Burundi | 228.52 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 517.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Hungary | 227.52 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Cabo Verde | 48.37 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 227.14 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 7 | Sao Tome and Principe | 215.72 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Slovakia | 209.71 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 190.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Uganda | 203.78 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Mali | 188.24 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 177.32 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Madagascar | 138.55 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 13 | South Sudan | 128.71 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 14 | Qatar | 127.72 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 1,846.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Niger | 122.8 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 15 | Türkiye | 8.13 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 16 | Suriname | 117.36 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 105.16 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 18 | French Guiana | 104.4 kg CO2eq/kg | 2006 | up 306.0% | flat |
| 19 | Bhutan | 91.53 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 277.0% | flat |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 91.25 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 88.33 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 86.71 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Mozambique | 85.57 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 24 | Kenya | 84.93 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 83.99 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 26 | Puerto Rico | 73.5 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 27 | Eritrea | 72.65 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 28 | Nigeria | 72.48 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 29 | Peru | 72.06 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 30 | Liberia | 68.09 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 31 | Dominica | 68.06 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 32 | Guinea-Bissau | 67.41 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 33 | Poland | 67.17 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 34 | Estonia | 66.14 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 35 | Guatemala | 65.56 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 64.91 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 37 | Gambia | 63.34 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 61.25 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 39 | Argentina | 61.05 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 60.93 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 41 | Congo | 59.72 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 42 | Thailand | 59.57 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 103.6% | rising |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 58.23 kg CO2eq/kg | 2022 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 44 | Zambia | 57.84 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 45 | Gabon | 57.78 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 46 | Uruguay | 57.22 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 47 | Philippines | 56.93 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 48 | Comoros | 56.74 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 49 | Namibia | 55.75 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 55.1% | falling |
| 50 | Ethiopia PDR | 55.45 kg CO2eq/kg | 1992 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 51 | Guinea | 55.31 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 52 | Republic of Korea | 55.2 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 31.0% | falling |
| 53 | Angola | 52.69 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 54 | Portugal | 52.15 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 63.8% | falling |
| 55 | Guyana | 50.62 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 56 | USSR | 49.41 kg CO2eq/kg | 1991 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 57 | Ghana | 49.38 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 58 | Jamaica | 48.93 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 341.6% | falling |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 48.7 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 47.21 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 61 | Bahamas | 47.12 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 62 | Myanmar | 46.46 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 104.9% | falling |
| 63 | Djibouti | 45.62 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 64 | Togo | 45.44 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 65 | Mauritania | 45.04 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 66 | Lithuania | 44.5 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Benin | 43.62 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 68 | Yemen | 43.14 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 69 | Chad | 43.02 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 70 | Brazil | 42.63 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 71 | Indonesia | 41.39 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 72 | Faroe Islands | 41.05 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 73 | Denmark | 40.79 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 74 | Martinique | 40.51 kg CO2eq/kg | 2006 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 40.26 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Libya | 39.89 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 77 | Paraguay | 38.28 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 78 | Central African Republic | 37.66 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 79 | Senegal | 36.75 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 80 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 36.33 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 41.5% | falling |
| 81 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 35.98 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 35.92 kg CO2eq/kg | 1990 | up 63.0% | falling |
| 83 | Spain | 35.79 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 84 | Honduras | 35.68 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 85 | Finland | 35.59 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 20.5% | flat |
| 86 | Botswana | 35.01 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.67 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Cameroon | 33.75 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 89 | Malawi | 33.57 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 90 | Haiti | 33.57 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 91 | South Africa | 33.17 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 92 | Nepal | 33.16 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 93 | Zimbabwe | 32.08 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Norway | 31.69 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 95 | Latvia | 31.66 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 96 | El Salvador | 31.62 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 97 | Chile | 31.29 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 98 | Georgia | 31 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 99 | Barbados | 30.76 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 30 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 101 | Australia | 29.76 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 102 | Mongolia | 28.92 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 103 | Réunion | 28.49 kg CO2eq/kg | 2006 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 104 | Mexico | 27.78 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 105 | Brunei Darussalam | 27.44 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Russian Federation | 27.37 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 107 | Pakistan | 27.32 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 108 | Montenegro | 27.29 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 168.7% | rising |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 26.98 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 110 | Belize | 26.87 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 111 | Somalia | 26.3 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 112 | Morocco | 26.25 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 113 | Australia and New Zealand | 26.14 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 114 | Slovenia | 25.39 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 115 | Cuba | 25.31 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 116 | Belarus | 25.2 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 117 | Cyprus | 25.04 kg CO2eq/kg | 2022 | up 236.4% | falling |
| 118 | Mauritius | 24.66 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 74.3% | rising |
| 119 | Japan | 24.63 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Italy | 24.38 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 121 | Turkmenistan | 24.28 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 122 | Croatia | 23.69 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 123 | Eswatini | 23.62 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Yugoslav SFR | 23.51 kg CO2eq/kg | 1991 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 125 | France | 22.78 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 30.3% | falling |
| 126 | Tunisia | 22.54 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 127 | Saudi Arabia | 22.28 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 128 | Switzerland | 21.83 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 129 | Sweden | 21.39 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 43.8% | flat |
| 130 | Czechia | 21.16 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 131 | Rwanda | 20.13 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 132 | Saint Lucia | 19.95 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 133 | New Zealand | 19.18 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 134 | Serbia and Montenegro | 19.09 kg CO2eq/kg | 2005 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 135 | Uzbekistan | 18.38 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 136 | Malaysia | 18.2 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Serbia | 17.78 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 138 | Ireland | 17.36 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 139 | Austria | 17.32 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 140 | North Macedonia | 16.53 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 141 | Germany | 16.48 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 142 | Belgium | 16.35 kg CO2eq/kg | 2022 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Iraq | 16.02 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 144 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.89 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 145 | Sudan (former) | 15.83 kg CO2eq/kg | 2011 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 146 | Ukraine | 15.33 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Azerbaijan | 15.2 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 148 | Romania | 15.09 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 399.0% | falling |
| 149 | India | 14.9 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 150 | Czechoslovakia | 14.77 kg CO2eq/kg | 1992 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 151 | Sudan | 14.37 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 152 | Fiji | 13.94 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 153 | Iceland | 13.67 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 154 | Greece | 13.58 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 84.3% | falling |
| 155 | Ecuador | 13.49 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Guadeloupe | 13.44 kg CO2eq/kg | 2006 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 157 | Canada | 13.23 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 158 | Bulgaria | 13.19 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 159 | Grenada | 13.15 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Afghanistan | 12.6 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 12.51 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 162 | China | 11.73 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 162 | China, mainland | 11.73 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 11.68 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 57.7% | rising |
| 165 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 11.36 kg CO2eq/kg | 1999 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 166 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 11.2 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Lebanon | 8.22 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Algeria | 7.58 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 169 | Jordan | 6.65 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Egypt | 5.42 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 171 | Palestine, State of | 4.38 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 112.7% | rising |
| 172 | Albania | 4 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 173 | Armenia | 3.65 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Malta | 3.11 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Kuwait | 3.03 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 176 | Israel | 1.53 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 177 | Oman | 1.1 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Bahrain | 0.4818 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 2.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Africa 67.87 kg CO2eq/kg
- Western Africa 66.3 kg CO2eq/kg
- Republic of Moldova 66.62 kg CO2eq/kg
- Côte d'Ivoire 50.77 kg CO2eq/kg
- United Republic of Tanzania 59.5 kg CO2eq/kg
- South America 50.63 kg CO2eq/kg
- Middle Africa 42.93 kg CO2eq/kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 41.91 kg CO2eq/kg
- South-Eastern Asia 40.98 kg CO2eq/kg
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 41.16 kg CO2eq/kg
- Americas 40.8 kg CO2eq/kg
- Africa 37.32 kg CO2eq/kg
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 36.75 kg CO2eq/kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 37.28 kg CO2eq/kg
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 36.39 kg CO2eq/kg
- Southern Africa 36.45 kg CO2eq/kg
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 35.58 kg CO2eq/kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 33.32 kg CO2eq/kg
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 32.32 kg CO2eq/kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 33.22 kg CO2eq/kg
- Polynesia 30 kg CO2eq/kg
- Northern Europe 31.86 kg CO2eq/kg
- Melanesia 16.69 kg CO2eq/kg
- Caribbean 28.93 kg CO2eq/kg
- Asia 15.21 kg CO2eq/kg
- Central America 28.88 kg CO2eq/kg
- Europe 27.48 kg CO2eq/kg
- Syrian Arab Republic 6.58 kg CO2eq/kg
- Southern Europe 27.02 kg CO2eq/kg
- Oceania 26.13 kg CO2eq/kg
- Eastern Europe 25.39 kg CO2eq/kg
- European Union (27) 23.41 kg CO2eq/kg
- United States of America 23.08 kg CO2eq/kg
- World 22.21 kg CO2eq/kg
- Northern America 20.88 kg CO2eq/kg
- Central Asia 20.46 kg CO2eq/kg
- Southern Asia 19.83 kg CO2eq/kg
- Western Europe 19.31 kg CO2eq/kg
- Northern Africa 14.7 kg CO2eq/kg
- Eastern Asia 12.77 kg CO2eq/kg
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.