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Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food by country

Food system emissions include agriculture, land-use change, and supply chain emissions (transport, packaging, food processing, retail, cooking, and waste). Emissions are quantified based on food production, not consumption. This means they do not account for international trade.

Countries reporting
211
Highest
13.5%
China
Lowest
0.0%
Tokelau
Median
0.1%
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
5,642

What the numbers show

Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 13.5% in China; the lowest is 0.0% in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.5%.

Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 217.1%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 59.3%).

Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 13.5% 2015 up 14.4% rising
2 Indonesia 8.8% 2015 up 41.4% falling
3 United States 8.2% 2015 down 6.5% rising
4 Brazil 7.4% 2015 down 36.4% falling
5 India 6.3% 2015 up 16.7% rising
6 Russia 2.6% 2015 down 14.2% falling
7 Zambia 2.6% 2015 down 15.0% flat
8 Canada 2.1% 2015 up 24.1% rising
9 Argentina 1.8% 2015 down 12.4% flat
10 Sudan 1.8% 2015 down 14.4% rising
11 Nigeria 1.8% 2015 up 6.9% flat
12 Tanzania 1.6% 2015 down 11.5% falling
13 Pakistan 1.5% 2015 up 27.8% rising
14 Myanmar 1.4% 2015 up 28.8% rising
15 Mexico 1.3% 2015 up 5.0% rising
16 Japan 1.2% 2015 down 1.9% flat
17 Australia 1.1% 2015 down 31.1% rising
18 Paraguay 1.1% 2015 up 71.9% rising
19 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.0% 2015 up 0.0% falling
20 Germany 1.0% 2015 down 9.6% falling
21 Bangladesh 1.0% 2015 up 12.3% rising
22 France 1.0% 2015 down 3.7% flat
23 Venezuela 0.9% 2015 down 23.0% falling
24 Vietnam 0.9% 2015 up 29.7% rising
25 Thailand 0.9% 2015 down 22.0% rising
26 Iran 0.8% 2015 up 8.6% rising
27 Cameroon 0.8% 2015 down 1.3% flat
28 Ethiopia 0.8% 2015 up 33.1% rising
29 Botswana 0.7% 2015 up 48.8% falling
30 Angola 0.7% 2015 down 6.0% flat
31 Malaysia 0.7% 2015 down 17.2% rising
32 Turkey 0.7% 2015 up 37.8% rising
33 Peru 0.7% 2015 up 30.0% falling
34 Bolivia 0.7% 2015 up 3.8% rising
35 Colombia 0.6% 2015 down 59.3% falling
36 Papua New Guinea 0.6% 2015 up 134.5% flat
37 United Kingdom 0.6% 2015 down 20.5% falling
38 Poland 0.6% 2015 down 6.8% falling
39 South Africa 0.6% 2015 up 5.9% rising
40 Italy 0.6% 2015 down 20.6% falling
41 Spain 0.5% 2015 down 15.6% rising
42 Philippines 0.5% 2015 down 9.6% rising
43 South Korea 0.5% 2015 up 1.2% rising
44 Ukraine 0.5% 2015 down 16.5% falling
45 Egypt 0.4% 2015 up 10.2% rising
46 Saudi Arabia 0.4% 2015 up 50.5% rising
47 Uzbekistan 0.4% 2015 up 39.2% rising
48 Uganda 0.3% 2015 up 40.9% rising
49 Kenya 0.3% 2015 up 49.7% falling
50 Belarus 0.3% 2015 up 12.9% falling
51 Ecuador 0.3% 2015 up 0.6% falling
52 New Zealand 0.3% 2015 down 0.4% rising
53 Netherlands 0.3% 2015 down 10.1% falling
54 Sweden 0.3% 2015 down 3.5% rising
55 Algeria 0.3% 2015 up 43.9% rising
56 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2015 up 13.4% falling
57 Cambodia 0.3% 2015 down 6.1% rising
58 Zimbabwe 0.3% 2015 down 5.1% falling
59 Mozambique 0.3% 2015 up 0.9% flat
60 Mongolia 0.3% 2015 up 42.9% falling
61 Guyana 0.3% 2015 up 70.6% rising
62 Madagascar 0.3% 2015 down 18.5% falling
63 Chad 0.3% 2015 up 100.2% rising
64 Morocco 0.2% 2015 up 42.2% rising
65 Somalia 0.2% 2015 down 3.9% flat
66 Congo 0.2% 2015 down 9.3% rising
67 Honduras 0.2% 2015 down 1.4% falling
68 Nepal 0.2% 2015 down 40.4% falling
69 Iraq 0.2% 2015 up 29.3% rising
70 Mali 0.2% 2015 up 21.4% rising
71 Burkina Faso 0.2% 2015 up 21.0% rising
72 Guinea 0.2% 2015 up 22.6% rising
73 Romania 0.2% 2015 down 5.9% falling
74 Uruguay 0.2% 2015 down 4.2% rising
75 Guatemala 0.2% 2015 down 2.4% rising
76 Belgium 0.2% 2015 down 0.9% falling
77 Chile 0.2% 2015 up 12.8% rising
79 North Korea 0.2% 2015 down 3.8% flat
80 Taiwan 0.2% 2015 down 12.6% falling
81 Niger 0.2% 2015 up 31.6% rising
82 Finland 0.2% 2015 down 54.9% rising
83 Turkmenistan 0.2% 2015 up 27.4% rising
84 Czechia 0.1% 2015 down 5.9% falling
85 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2015 up 55.5% rising
86 Senegal 0.1% 2015 up 14.2% rising
87 Hungary 0.1% 2015 down 14.7% falling
88 Liberia 0.1% 2015 up 31.4% flat
89 Greece 0.1% 2015 down 26.0% falling
90 Austria 0.1% 2015 down 8.0% falling
91 Portugal 0.1% 2015 down 19.6% falling
92 Qatar 0.1% 2015 up 142.9% rising
93 Costa Rica 0.1% 2015 up 217.1% rising
94 Denmark 0.1% 2015 down 17.3% falling
95 Afghanistan 0.1% 2015 up 29.9% rising
96 Cuba 0.1% 2015 up 6.9% falling
97 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2015 up 5.6% flat
98 Laos 0.1% 2015 up 17.6% falling
99 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2015 up 33.9% rising
100 Norway 0.1% 2015 down 13.7% falling
101 Nicaragua 0.1% 2015 down 56.5% falling
102 Lithuania 0.1% 2015 up 26.5% flat
103 Central African Republic 0.1% 2015 up 9.7% rising
104 Cote d'Ivoire 0.1% 2015 up 49.9% rising
105 Benin 0.1% 2015 up 8.9% falling
106 Kuwait 0.1% 2015 up 30.6% rising
107 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 0.4% rising
108 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2015 up 23.5% rising
109 Syria 0.1% 2015 down 27.8% rising
110 Israel 0.1% 2015 up 13.4% rising
111 Yemen 0.1% 2015 down 7.8% rising
112 Panama 0.1% 2015 down 6.5% falling
113 Malawi 0.1% 2015 down 1.5% rising
114 Bulgaria 0.1% 2015 down 19.7% falling
115 Tunisia 0.1% 2015 up 16.6% rising
116 Switzerland 0.1% 2015 down 2.8% rising
117 Ghana 0.1% 2015 up 46.4% rising
118 Oman 0.1% 2015 up 59.3% rising
119 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2015 down 11.1% rising
120 Togo 0.1% 2015 up 10.6% rising
121 Slovakia 0.1% 2015 down 3.6% falling
122 Mauritania 0.1% 2015 up 3.6% rising
123 Libya 0.1% 2015 down 27.5% falling
124 Tajikistan 0.1% 2015 up 65.9% rising
125 Latvia 0.1% 2015 up 9.0% rising
126 Rwanda 0.0% 2015 up 18.2% rising
127 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2015 up 47.1% rising
128 Burundi 0.0% 2015 down 3.9% falling
129 Croatia 0.0% 2015 down 8.3% falling
130 Jordan 0.0% 2015 up 64.1% rising
131 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2015 down 22.6% falling
132 Hong Kong 0.0% 2015 up 5.2% rising
133 Estonia 0.0% 2015 up 7.0% falling
134 Haiti 0.0% 2015 up 6.5% rising
135 Suriname 0.0% 2015 up 47.3% rising
136 El Salvador 0.0% 2015 down 3.1% flat
137 Eritrea 0.0% 2015 up 4.2% rising
138 Georgia 0.0% 2015 down 0.4% falling
139 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2015 down 2.4% flat
140 Lebanon 0.0% 2015 up 48.3% rising
141 Singapore 0.0% 2015 up 13.0% rising
142 Belize 0.0% 2015 down 33.8% falling
143 Albania 0.0% 2015 up 13.3% flat
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2015 up 23.6% rising
145 Slovenia 0.0% 2015 down 7.1% rising
146 Bahrain 0.0% 2015 up 42.6% rising
147 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2015 up 20.6% rising
148 Armenia 0.0% 2015 up 26.6% flat
149 Moldova 0.0% 2015 down 0.7% falling
150 Gabon 0.0% 2015 up 2.7% falling
151 Puerto Rico 0.0% 2015 down 3.2% falling
152 North Macedonia 0.0% 2015 down 12.8% falling
153 Cyprus 0.0% 2015 down 2.3% rising
154 Jamaica 0.0% 2015 down 20.1% falling
155 Brunei 0.0% 2015 down 30.2% falling
157 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2015 up 3.6% flat
158 Iceland 0.0% 2015 down 4.5% falling
159 Lesotho 0.0% 2015 down 8.2% flat
160 Fiji 0.0% 2015 down 32.8% falling
161 Gambia 0.0% 2015 up 34.5% rising
162 Djibouti 0.0% 2015 up 1.4% rising
163 Mauritius 0.0% 2015 down 11.7% rising
164 Netherlands Antilles 0.0% 2015 up 38.6% rising
165 Bhutan 0.0% 2015 down 6.0% falling
166 Bahamas 0.0% 2015 up 15.1% rising
167 Western Sahara 0.0% 2015 up 1.8% rising
168 Vanuatu 0.0% 2015 up 20.2% rising
170 Reunion 0.0% 2015 down 11.9% rising
171 New Caledonia 0.0% 2015 up 25.8% rising
172 Comoros 0.0% 2015 up 11.7% rising
174 Barbados 0.0% 2015 up 27.1% rising
175 Falkland Islands 0.0% 2015 down 1.2% rising
177 Cape Verde 0.0% 2015 up 25.8% rising
178 Samoa 0.0% 2015 up 20.1% rising
179 French Guiana 0.0% 2015 up 18.3% rising
180 Macao 0.0% 2015 down 0.4% rising
181 Greenland 0.0% 2015 up 5.3% volatile
182 French Polynesia 0.0% 2015 up 4.9% rising
183 Maldives 0.0% 2015 up 88.2% rising
184 Dominica 0.0% 2015 down 3.0% flat
185 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2015 up 19.5% rising
186 Palau 0.0% 2015 up 4.6% falling
187 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2015 down 2.1% rising
188 Aruba 0.0% 2015 up 58.0% rising
189 Seychelles 0.0% 2015 up 17.5% rising
190 Tonga 0.0% 2015 up 5.7% rising
192 Grenada 0.0% 2015 up 24.4% rising
193 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2015 up 73.2% rising
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2015 up 9.6% rising
195 Bermuda 0.0% 2015 up 20.3% rising
196 United States Virgin Islands 0.0% 2015 down 13.8% falling
197 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2015 up 42.1% volatile
198 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0% 2015 down 2.7% rising
199 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2015 up 10.2% rising
200 Gibraltar 0.0% 2015 up 33.9% rising
201 Guam 0.0% 2015 up 1.6% rising
202 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2015 down 4.1% falling
203 Niue 0.0% 2015 up 1.4% rising
204 Montserrat 0.0% 2015 up 9.3% falling
205 Kiribati 0.0% 2015 up 24.7% rising
206 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2015 up 197.8% volatile
207 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2015 up 56.0% rising
208 American Samoa 0.0% 2015 down 4.6% flat
209 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% 2015 up 8.4% flat
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.0% 2015 down 9.4% falling
211 Cook Islands 0.0% 2015 down 5.2% rising
212 Anguilla 0.0% 2015 up 50.9% rising
213 Tuvalu 0.0% 2015 up 11.0% rising
214 Saint Helena 0.0% 2015 down 23.6% falling
215 Nauru 0.0% 2015 up 39.8% rising
216 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2015 up 0.3% flat
217 Tokelau 0.0% 2015 down 1.8% falling

About this data

Indicator
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food
Unit
%
Source
Crippa et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
217 places, 5,642 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

Food system emissions include agriculture, land-use change, and supply chain emissions (transport, packaging, food processing, retail, cooking, and waste). Emissions are quantified based on food production, not consumption. This means they do not account for international trade.