Rice — 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
130
Highest
11,971 kg CO2eq/kg
China, Hong Kong SAR
Lowest
0.2022 kg CO2eq/kg
Panama
Median
1.66 kg CO2eq/kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,188
What the numbers show
Rice — Emissions intensity is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 11,971 kg CO2eq/kg in China, Hong Kong SAR; the lowest is 0.2022 kg CO2eq/kg in Panama.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.66 kg CO2eq/kg, and the mean is 149.86 kg CO2eq/kg.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 59,203.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 15,525.9%), and the largest decrease in Saudi Arabia (down 95.9%).
Rice — Emissions intensity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 11,971 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 1 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 3.76 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 2 | Jamaica | 6,671 kg CO2eq/kg | 2019 | up 15,525.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Micronesia | 3.76 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 177.82 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 1,512.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Timor-Leste | 2.5 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 43.4% | falling |
| 4 | Algeria | 119.76 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.08 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 5 | Ukraine | 65.94 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 910.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Melanesia | 1.91 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 6 | South Africa | 50.99 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.59 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 7 | Mauritius | 49.81 kg CO2eq/kg | 2019 | up 862.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Caribbean | 1.69 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.57 kg CO2eq/kg | 1996 | unchanged | volatile |
| 8 | Romania | 29.2 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 366.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Comoros | 26.9 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.45 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 10 | Hungary | 25.14 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.17 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 11 | France | 20.78 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Albania | 20.59 kg CO2eq/kg | 1993 | up 227.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 1.04 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea | 17.75 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Türkiye | 1.03 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 14 | Gambia | 8.63 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 8.32 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.72 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.9037 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 17 | Yugoslav SFR | 7.4 kg CO2eq/kg | 1991 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 17 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.7805 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Angola | 7.02 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 18 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.6825 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 19 | USSR | 5.26 kg CO2eq/kg | 1991 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 5.24 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Mozambique | 4.85 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 22 | French Guiana | 4.51 kg CO2eq/kg | 2006 | up 101.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Congo | 4.23 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 24 | Spain | 4.05 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 52.3% | falling |
| 25 | Uzbekistan | 3.93 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 26 | South Sudan | 3.77 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.4221 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 27 | Sudan | 3.74 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 153.9% | rising |
| 28 | Solomon Islands | 3.58 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 3.31 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Eswatini | 3.28 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 3.16 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 32 | Morocco | 3.09 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Mexico | 2.97 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 34 | Russian Federation | 2.92 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 35 | Sudan (former) | 2.9 kg CO2eq/kg | 2011 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Cuba | 2.83 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 37 | Greece | 2.76 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 38 | Portugal | 2.63 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 39 | Italy | 2.51 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 40 | Philippines | 2.4 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 41 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.29 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 42 | Iraq | 2.24 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Guinea | 2.22 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.2 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Puerto Rico | 2.19 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Zambia | 2.19 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Malawi | 2.13 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 63.8% | falling |
| 48 | Somalia | 2.11 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 49 | Madagascar | 2.11 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 42.7% | falling |
| 50 | Suriname | 2.03 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 51 | Gabon | 1.95 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 52 | Thailand | 1.9 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 1.89 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 54 | Azerbaijan | 1.76 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Chad | 1.72 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 36.1% | falling |
| 56 | Ecuador | 1.7 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 1.69 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 58 | Nigeria | 1.67 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 59 | Uganda | 1.67 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 73.4% | falling |
| 60 | Malaysia | 1.65 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 61 | Ethiopia | 1.6 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Mauritania | 1.56 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Réunion | 1.55 kg CO2eq/kg | 2006 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Central African Republic | 1.55 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 1.51 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 66 | Colombia | 1.49 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 67 | Fiji | 1.45 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 68 | Indonesia | 1.37 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 69 | Cambodia | 1.35 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 70 | Sierra Leone | 1.34 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 71 | Argentina | 1.33 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 1.33 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Haiti | 1.31 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 74 | Guyana | 1.29 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 75 | Chile | 1.28 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 76 | Myanmar | 1.2 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 77 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.17 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 78 | Pakistan | 1.12 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 79 | Burundi | 1.12 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 80 | Uruguay | 1.12 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 81 | Egypt | 1.1 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 82 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.07 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 1.02 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 72.1% | falling |
| 84 | Republic of Korea | 1.01 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 85 | Cameroon | 1 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Australia | 0.999 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 87 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.982 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 88 | Japan | 0.9646 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 89 | Afghanistan | 0.9409 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 0.9355 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 91 | Honduras | 0.924 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Peru | 0.9038 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 93 | China | 0.903 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 94 | China, mainland | 0.902 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 95 | Bhutan | 0.824 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 96 | Nepal | 0.8193 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 97 | India | 0.7945 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 98 | Paraguay | 0.783 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 99 | Bangladesh | 0.7387 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 100 | Niger | 0.7031 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 101 | Mali | 0.689 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 102 | Ghana | 0.6049 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 103 | Belize | 0.6003 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 104 | Senegal | 0.5976 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 105 | Brazil | 0.5797 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 106 | Rwanda | 0.57 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 0.5544 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 37.0% | falling |
| 108 | Liberia | 0.4986 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 109 | Guatemala | 0.4846 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 110 | Kenya | 0.453 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 111 | Benin | 0.3967 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Togo | 0.3594 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 0.2489 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 114 | Panama | 0.2022 kg CO2eq/kg | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 2.57 kg CO2eq/kg
- Southern Africa 2.29 kg CO2eq/kg
- Southern Europe 2.23 kg CO2eq/kg
- European Union (27) 2.22 kg CO2eq/kg
- Europe 1.96 kg CO2eq/kg
- Eastern Africa 1.82 kg CO2eq/kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.54 kg CO2eq/kg
- Eastern Europe 1.44 kg CO2eq/kg
- Africa 1.39 kg CO2eq/kg
- Western Africa 1.34 kg CO2eq/kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.33 kg CO2eq/kg
- Middle Africa 1.09 kg CO2eq/kg
- United States of America 1.33 kg CO2eq/kg
- South-Eastern Asia 1.31 kg CO2eq/kg
- Northern America 1.2 kg CO2eq/kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.9796 kg CO2eq/kg
- Central Asia 1.1 kg CO2eq/kg
- Asia 0.9089 kg CO2eq/kg
- Western Asia 1.06 kg CO2eq/kg
- Oceania 1 kg CO2eq/kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.9793 kg CO2eq/kg
- Northern Africa 0.9572 kg CO2eq/kg
- World 0.9396 kg CO2eq/kg
- Americas 0.9216 kg CO2eq/kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.8876 kg CO2eq/kg
- South America 0.8073 kg CO2eq/kg
- Eastern Asia 0.764 kg CO2eq/kg
- Southern Asia 0.755 kg CO2eq/kg
- Central America 0.2557 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.