Other — Emissions (CO2) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...
What the numbers show
Other — Emissions (CO2) is currently reported for 9 countries. The highest value is 28,400 kt in China; the lowest is 2.29 kt in New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 4,730 kt, and the mean is 9,006 kt.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12,402.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in New Zealand (up 41.4%), and the largest decrease in Switzerland (down 8.2%).
Other — Emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 28,400 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | China, mainland | 28,400 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | India | 14,200 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | OECD | 4,929 kt | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 4,730 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 6 | Australia and New Zealand | 191.29 kt | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 7 | Australia | 189 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 8 | Switzerland | 8.17 kt | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 9 | New Zealand | 2.29 kt | 2023 | up 41.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 47,530 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 42,600 kt
- Asia 42,600 kt
- Eastern Asia 28,400 kt
- Southern Asia 14,200 kt
- Annex I countries 4,929 kt
- Americas 4,730 kt
- United States of America 4,730 kt
- Northern America 4,730 kt
- Oceania 191.29 kt
- Western Europe 8.17 kt
- Europe 8.17 kt
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf