Pesticides Manufacturing — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) by country
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What the numbers show
Pesticides Manufacturing — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 27.16 kt in China, mainland; the lowest is 0 kt in Pitcairn.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0157 kt, and the mean is 0.426 kt.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 8,262.7%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 100.0%).
Pesticides Manufacturing — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 27.16 kt | 2023 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 3.82 kt | 2023 | up 316.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Brazil | 12.34 kt | 2023 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Türkiye | 0.7757 kt | 2023 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 9.51 kt | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 4 | India | 4.68 kt | 2023 | up 117.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 1.93 kt | 2023 | up 257.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 1.77 kt | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 7 | France | 1.68 kt | 2023 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 8 | Spain | 1.29 kt | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0216 kt | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 9 | Guatemala | 1.22 kt | 2023 | down 45.6% | rising |
| 10 | Malaysia | 1.1 kt | 2023 | down 51.7% | rising |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 0.0036 kt | 2023 | up 414.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Uganda | 1.06 kt | 2023 | up 503.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Nicaragua | 0.9327 kt | 2023 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Israel | 0.9199 kt | 2023 | up 8,262.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Hungary | 0.8424 kt | 2023 | up 597.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Argentina | 0.8261 kt | 2023 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Nigeria | 0.7607 kt | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Japan | 0.6814 kt | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 18 | Belgium | 0.6798 kt | 2023 | up 116.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Canada | 0.6392 kt | 2023 | up 166.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Colombia | 0.6031 kt | 2023 | down 54.4% | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 0.4817 kt | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 22 | Italy | 0.481 kt | 2023 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.4555 kt | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 24 | Pakistan | 0.4466 kt | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.4406 kt | 2023 | down 55.7% | rising |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 0.4046 kt | 2023 | up 29.8% | falling |
| 27 | Ecuador | 0.3795 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Poland | 0.3673 kt | 2023 | up 144.1% | volatile |
| 29 | El Salvador | 0.3549 kt | 2023 | up 162.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Austria | 0.2966 kt | 2023 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Honduras | 0.2952 kt | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Philippines | 0.2766 kt | 2023 | up 38.2% | falling |
| 33 | Myanmar | 0.2753 kt | 2023 | up 465.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.2726 kt | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 0.2608 kt | 2021 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Ireland | 0.2302 kt | 2023 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 0.2266 kt | 2023 | up 437.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Egypt | 0.2146 kt | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 39 | Panama | 0.2071 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Benin | 0.1655 kt | 2023 | up 398.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Cameroon | 0.1596 kt | 2023 | up 796.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Australia | 0.1586 kt | 2023 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 0.1555 kt | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Cambodia | 0.1443 kt | 2023 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Paraguay | 0.1355 kt | 2023 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Morocco | 0.1341 kt | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 47 | Sudan | 0.1169 kt | 2023 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 48 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.108 kt | 2023 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 49 | Mongolia | 0.1074 kt | 2023 | up 299.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.1002 kt | 1999 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Thailand | 0.0983 kt | 2020 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Ethiopia | 0.0906 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 53 | Uruguay | 0.085 kt | 2023 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Chile | 0.083 kt | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Portugal | 0.073 kt | 2023 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 56 | Ukraine | 0.056 kt | 2017 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Sudan (former) | 0.0548 kt | 2011 | up 934.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Finland | 0.0504 kt | 2023 | up 2,552.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Slovenia | 0.0495 kt | 2023 | up 482.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Romania | 0.0483 kt | 2015 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Malawi | 0.048 kt | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Somalia | 0.046 kt | 2023 | up 310.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Congo | 0.0449 kt | 2023 | up 340.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Mozambique | 0.0434 kt | 2022 | up 1,256.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Jordan | 0.0423 kt | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Cuba | 0.0394 kt | 2023 | down 81.1% | falling |
| 67 | Lebanon | 0.0386 kt | 2023 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 0.0366 kt | 2023 | up 235.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0349 kt | 2023 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 70 | Belize | 0.0344 kt | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Algeria | 0.0344 kt | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 0.034 kt | 2023 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0318 kt | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Rwanda | 0.0308 kt | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Yemen | 0.0307 kt | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 76 | Liberia | 0.0299 kt | 2023 | up 147.1% | rising |
| 77 | Djibouti | 0.0291 kt | 2023 | up 2,810.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Mauritius | 0.0282 kt | 2023 | up 158.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Norway | 0.0277 kt | 2023 | up 1,054.2% | volatile |
| 80 | New Zealand | 0.0261 kt | 2020 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 81 | Haiti | 0.0255 kt | 2023 | up 107.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Tunisia | 0.0255 kt | 2023 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Suriname | 0.0249 kt | 2023 | up 408.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Belarus | 0.0217 kt | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Jamaica | 0.0212 kt | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 86 | Togo | 0.02 kt | 2023 | up 203.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 0.0194 kt | 2023 | up 708.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0188 kt | 2023 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Libya | 0.0187 kt | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Nepal | 0.018 kt | 2023 | up 318.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Zambia | 0.0178 kt | 2023 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Gabon | 0.0174 kt | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Georgia | 0.0168 kt | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Mauritania | 0.0168 kt | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Aruba | 0.0164 kt | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 95 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.0164 kt | 2005 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 97 | Qatar | 0.0162 kt | 2023 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Ghana | 0.0151 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 0.0148 kt | 2023 | up 469.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Kuwait | 0.0142 kt | 2023 | down 61.2% | rising |
| 101 | Madagascar | 0.0139 kt | 2023 | up 202.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 0.0137 kt | 2023 | up 163.5% | rising |
| 103 | Cyprus | 0.0135 kt | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Eswatini | 0.0134 kt | 2023 | up 243.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Gambia | 0.0128 kt | 2023 | up 966.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Sweden | 0.012 kt | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Cayman Islands | 0.0119 kt | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 108 | Barbados | 0.011 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 109 | Sierra Leone | 0.0104 kt | 2023 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 110 | Botswana | 0.0103 kt | 2023 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Palestine | 0.0099 kt | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 112 | Slovakia | 0.0094 kt | 2009 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Saint Lucia | 0.0087 kt | 2023 | up 155.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0078 kt | 2023 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 115 | Maldives | 0.0077 kt | 2023 | up 381.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 0.0074 kt | 2022 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Seychelles | 0.007 kt | 2023 | up 159.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 0.0067 kt | 2023 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Samoa | 0.0066 kt | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 0.0065 kt | 2023 | up 828.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Armenia | 0.0064 kt | 2023 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Serbia | 0.0058 kt | 2023 | up 625.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Guyana | 0.0055 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | French Polynesia | 0.0052 kt | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 125 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0049 kt | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 126 | Bhutan | 0.0048 kt | 2023 | up 4,700.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Grenada | 0.0048 kt | 2023 | up 77.8% | falling |
| 128 | Estonia | 0.0046 kt | 2023 | up 4,500.0% | volatile |
| 129 | China, Macao SAR | 0.0044 kt | 2023 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0043 kt | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 0.0043 kt | 2010 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Latvia | 0.0041 kt | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Switzerland | 0.004 kt | 2022 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Guinea | 0.0039 kt | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Namibia | 0.0039 kt | 2023 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 136 | Czechia | 0.0037 kt | 2019 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Senegal | 0.0032 kt | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Burundi | 0.0031 kt | 2023 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.003 kt | 2023 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Croatia | 0.0026 kt | 2015 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Anguilla | 0.0024 kt | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0023 kt | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0021 kt | 2022 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 144 | New Caledonia | 0.002 kt | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 145 | Comoros | 0.0019 kt | 2023 | up 375.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Iraq | 0.0019 kt | 2023 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Luxembourg | 0.0019 kt | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Greece | 0.0016 kt | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Lesotho | 0.0016 kt | 2023 | up 128.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Dominican Republic | 0.0015 kt | 2021 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0015 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0014 kt | 2023 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 0.0013 kt | 2019 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Albania | 0.001 kt | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Denmark | 0.001 kt | 2023 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Kenya | 0.001 kt | 2023 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Montenegro | 0.001 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 0.001 kt | 2023 | down 41.2% | flat |
| 159 | Eritrea | 0.0009 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Malta | 0.0009 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Kiribati | 0.0008 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Lithuania | 0.0008 kt | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Peru | 0.0008 kt | 2023 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Niger | 0.0007 kt | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Mayotte | 0.0007 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Oman | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Palau | 0.0006 kt | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Bahamas | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Bermuda | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 168 | Tonga | 0.0005 kt | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 172 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.0004 kt | 2023 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 173 | North Macedonia | 0.0003 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 173 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0003 kt | 2023 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 0.0003 kt | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Cook Islands | 0.0003 kt | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 177 | Andorra | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 177 | Fiji | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Greenland | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 177 | Guam | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Nauru | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Montserrat | 0.0002 kt | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 183 | Angola | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Bahrain | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Faroe Islands | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 183 | Iceland | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 183 | Mali | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 183 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0001 kt | 2022 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0.0001 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 190 | Chad | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 190 | Tuvalu | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Niue | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Tokelau | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Norfolk Island | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Pitcairn | 0 kt | 2004 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 12.03 kt
- Côte d'Ivoire 0.0043 kt
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.5504 kt
- Republic of Moldova 0.0941 kt
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.0863 kt
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.0644 kt
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.0411 kt
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0038 kt
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.0003 kt
- Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.0002 kt
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.0001 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