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Share global food emissions by country

Countries reporting
217
Highest
13.5
China
Lowest
0
Tokelau
Median
0.0884
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
5,642

What the numbers show

Share global food emissions is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 13.5 in China; the lowest is 0 in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0884, and the mean is 0.4595.

Over the past decade 123 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 217.1%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 59.3%).

Share global food emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 13.5 2015 up 14.4% rising
2 Indonesia 8.82 2015 up 41.4% falling
3 United States 8.21 2015 down 6.5% rising
4 Brazil 7.41 2015 down 36.4% falling
5 India 6.29 2015 up 16.7% rising
6 Russia 2.6 2015 down 14.2% falling
7 Zambia 2.56 2015 down 15.0% flat
8 Canada 2.14 2015 up 24.1% rising
9 Argentina 1.84 2015 down 12.4% flat
10 Sudan 1.8 2015 down 14.4% rising
11 Nigeria 1.76 2015 up 6.9% flat
12 Tanzania 1.56 2015 down 11.5% falling
13 Pakistan 1.53 2015 up 27.8% rising
14 Myanmar 1.41 2015 up 28.8% rising
15 Mexico 1.33 2015 up 5.0% rising
16 Japan 1.17 2015 down 1.9% flat
17 Australia 1.09 2015 down 31.1% rising
18 Paraguay 1.05 2015 up 71.9% rising
19 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.02 2015 up 0.0% falling
20 Germany 1 2015 down 9.6% falling
21 Bangladesh 0.9763 2015 up 12.3% rising
22 France 0.955 2015 down 3.7% flat
23 Venezuela 0.9171 2015 down 23.0% falling
24 Vietnam 0.9117 2015 up 29.7% rising
25 Thailand 0.8832 2015 down 22.0% rising
26 Iran 0.7984 2015 up 8.6% rising
27 Cameroon 0.7892 2015 down 1.3% flat
28 Ethiopia 0.7698 2015 up 33.1% rising
29 Botswana 0.7438 2015 up 48.8% falling
30 Angola 0.7437 2015 down 6.0% flat
31 Malaysia 0.6895 2015 down 17.2% rising
32 Turkey 0.6797 2015 up 37.8% rising
33 Peru 0.6704 2015 up 30.0% falling
34 Bolivia 0.66 2015 up 3.8% rising
35 Colombia 0.6423 2015 down 59.3% falling
36 Papua New Guinea 0.6344 2015 up 134.5% flat
37 United Kingdom 0.63 2015 down 20.5% falling
38 Poland 0.5601 2015 down 6.8% falling
39 South Africa 0.5546 2015 up 5.9% rising
40 Italy 0.5503 2015 down 20.6% falling
41 Spain 0.5418 2015 down 15.6% rising
42 Philippines 0.5135 2015 down 9.6% rising
43 South Korea 0.4968 2015 up 1.2% rising
44 Ukraine 0.4508 2015 down 16.5% falling
45 Egypt 0.4259 2015 up 10.2% rising
46 Saudi Arabia 0.3987 2015 up 50.5% rising
47 Uzbekistan 0.3604 2015 up 39.2% rising
48 Uganda 0.348 2015 up 40.9% rising
49 Kenya 0.344 2015 up 49.7% falling
50 Belarus 0.3354 2015 up 12.9% falling
51 Ecuador 0.33 2015 up 0.6% falling
52 New Zealand 0.3199 2015 down 0.4% rising
53 Netherlands 0.3189 2015 down 10.1% falling
54 Sweden 0.3145 2015 down 3.5% rising
55 Algeria 0.3052 2015 up 43.9% rising
56 Kazakhstan 0.2983 2015 up 13.4% falling
57 Cambodia 0.2956 2015 down 6.1% rising
58 Zimbabwe 0.2888 2015 down 5.1% falling
59 Mozambique 0.2683 2015 up 0.9% flat
60 Mongolia 0.2617 2015 up 42.9% falling
61 Guyana 0.2568 2015 up 70.6% rising
62 Madagascar 0.2546 2015 down 18.5% falling
63 Chad 0.252 2015 up 100.2% rising
64 Morocco 0.2431 2015 up 42.2% rising
65 Somalia 0.2347 2015 down 3.9% flat
66 Congo 0.2323 2015 down 9.3% rising
67 Honduras 0.2202 2015 down 1.4% falling
68 Nepal 0.2144 2015 down 40.4% falling
69 Iraq 0.207 2015 up 29.3% rising
70 Mali 0.202 2015 up 21.4% rising
71 Burkina Faso 0.1935 2015 up 21.0% rising
72 Guinea 0.1918 2015 up 22.6% rising
73 Romania 0.1879 2015 down 5.9% falling
74 Uruguay 0.1877 2015 down 4.2% rising
75 Guatemala 0.1808 2015 down 2.4% rising
76 Belgium 0.1801 2015 down 0.9% falling
77 Chile 0.1786 2015 up 12.8% rising
78 Ireland 0.1752 2015 down 6.6% falling
79 North Korea 0.1749 2015 down 3.8% flat
80 Taiwan 0.1694 2015 down 12.6% falling
81 Niger 0.1659 2015 up 31.6% rising
82 Finland 0.1557 2015 down 54.9% rising
83 Turkmenistan 0.1547 2015 up 27.4% rising
84 Czechia 0.1323 2015 down 5.9% falling
85 United Arab Emirates 0.1295 2015 up 55.5% rising
86 Senegal 0.1258 2015 up 14.2% rising
87 Hungary 0.1256 2015 down 14.7% falling
88 Liberia 0.1204 2015 up 31.4% flat
89 Greece 0.1203 2015 down 26.0% falling
90 Austria 0.1202 2015 down 8.0% falling
91 Portugal 0.1184 2015 down 19.6% falling
92 Qatar 0.1179 2015 up 142.9% rising
93 Costa Rica 0.1176 2015 up 217.1% rising
94 Denmark 0.1173 2015 down 17.3% falling
95 Afghanistan 0.1164 2015 up 29.9% rising
96 Cuba 0.1123 2015 up 6.9% falling
97 Sri Lanka 0.1081 2015 up 5.6% flat
98 Laos 0.1039 2015 up 17.6% falling
99 Azerbaijan 0.1012 2015 up 33.9% rising
100 Norway 0.1011 2015 down 13.7% falling
101 Nicaragua 0.1002 2015 down 56.5% falling
102 Lithuania 0.0993 2015 up 26.5% flat
103 Central African Republic 0.0989 2015 up 9.7% rising
104 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0984 2015 up 49.9% rising
105 Benin 0.0965 2015 up 8.9% falling
106 Kuwait 0.0947 2015 up 30.6% rising
107 Namibia 0.0917 2015 down 0.4% rising
108 Dominican Republic 0.0901 2015 up 23.5% rising
109 Syria 0.0884 2015 down 27.8% rising
110 Israel 0.0878 2015 up 13.4% rising
111 Yemen 0.0866 2015 down 7.8% rising
112 Panama 0.0847 2015 down 6.5% falling
113 Malawi 0.0842 2015 down 1.5% rising
114 Bulgaria 0.083 2015 down 19.7% falling
115 Tunisia 0.0754 2015 up 16.6% rising
116 Switzerland 0.0733 2015 down 2.8% rising
117 Ghana 0.073 2015 up 46.4% rising
118 Oman 0.0719 2015 up 59.3% rising
119 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0713 2015 down 11.1% rising
120 Togo 0.0599 2015 up 10.6% rising
121 Slovakia 0.0564 2015 down 3.6% falling
122 Mauritania 0.0561 2015 up 3.6% rising
123 Libya 0.055 2015 down 27.5% falling
124 Tajikistan 0.0534 2015 up 65.9% rising
125 Latvia 0.0505 2015 up 9.0% rising
126 Rwanda 0.0496 2015 up 18.2% rising
127 Kyrgyzstan 0.0495 2015 up 47.1% rising
128 Burundi 0.0481 2015 down 3.9% falling
129 Croatia 0.0475 2015 down 8.3% falling
130 Jordan 0.0456 2015 up 64.1% rising
131 Sierra Leone 0.0434 2015 down 22.6% falling
132 Hong Kong 0.0399 2015 up 5.2% rising
133 Estonia 0.0385 2015 up 7.0% falling
134 Haiti 0.0382 2015 up 6.5% rising
135 Suriname 0.0375 2015 up 47.3% rising
136 El Salvador 0.0366 2015 down 3.1% flat
137 Eritrea 0.0362 2015 up 4.2% rising
138 Georgia 0.0346 2015 down 0.4% falling
139 Equatorial Guinea 0.0336 2015 down 2.4% flat
140 Lebanon 0.0324 2015 up 48.3% rising
141 Singapore 0.0319 2015 up 13.0% rising
142 Belize 0.0284 2015 down 33.8% falling
143 Albania 0.028 2015 up 13.3% flat
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0279 2015 up 23.6% rising
145 Slovenia 0.0271 2015 down 7.1% rising
146 Bahrain 0.0225 2015 up 42.6% rising
147 Guinea-Bissau 0.022 2015 up 20.6% rising
148 Armenia 0.0198 2015 up 26.6% flat
149 Moldova 0.0197 2015 down 0.7% falling
150 Gabon 0.0188 2015 up 2.7% falling
151 Puerto Rico 0.0135 2015 down 3.2% falling
152 North Macedonia 0.0135 2015 down 12.8% falling
153 Cyprus 0.0126 2015 down 2.3% rising
154 Jamaica 0.0126 2015 down 20.1% falling
155 Brunei 0.0117 2015 down 30.2% falling
156 Luxembourg 0.0108 2015 down 11.6% rising
157 Solomon Islands 0.0105 2015 up 3.6% flat
158 Iceland 0.0105 2015 down 4.5% falling
159 Lesotho 0.01 2015 down 8.2% flat
160 Fiji 0.009 2015 down 32.8% falling
161 Gambia 0.0079 2015 up 34.5% rising
162 Djibouti 0.0066 2015 up 1.4% rising
163 Mauritius 0.0052 2015 down 11.7% rising
164 Netherlands Antilles 0.005 2015 up 38.6% rising
165 Bhutan 0.0047 2015 down 6.0% falling
166 Bahamas 0.0039 2015 up 15.1% rising
167 Western Sahara 0.0035 2015 up 1.8% rising
168 Vanuatu 0.0031 2015 up 20.2% rising
169 Guadeloupe 0.0031 2015 up 25.0% rising
170 Reunion 0.003 2015 down 11.9% rising
171 New Caledonia 0.0029 2015 up 25.8% rising
172 Comoros 0.0029 2015 up 11.7% rising
173 Malta 0.0027 2015 down 14.2% rising
174 Barbados 0.0025 2015 up 27.1% rising
175 Falkland Islands 0.0023 2015 down 1.2% rising
176 Martinique 0.0022 2015 up 36.4% rising
177 Cape Verde 0.0017 2015 up 25.8% rising
178 Samoa 0.0014 2015 up 20.1% rising
179 French Guiana 0.0012 2015 up 18.3% rising
180 Macao 0.0011 2015 down 0.4% rising
181 Greenland 0.001 2015 up 5.3% volatile
182 French Polynesia 0.001 2015 up 4.9% rising
183 Maldives 0.0009 2015 up 88.2% rising
184 Dominica 0.0009 2015 down 3.0% flat
185 Saint Lucia 0.0008 2015 up 19.5% rising
186 Palau 0.0008 2015 up 4.6% falling
187 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0008 2015 down 2.1% rising
188 Aruba 0.0008 2015 up 58.0% rising
189 Seychelles 0.0007 2015 up 17.5% rising
190 Tonga 0.0006 2015 up 5.7% rising
191 Mayotte 0.0005 2015 down 8.7% rising
192 Grenada 0.0004 2015 up 24.4% rising
193 Cayman Islands 0.0004 2015 up 73.2% rising
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0004 2015 up 9.6% rising
195 Bermuda 0.0004 2015 up 20.3% rising
196 United States Virgin Islands 0.0004 2015 down 13.8% falling
197 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0004 2015 up 42.1% volatile
198 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0004 2015 down 2.7% rising
199 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0004 2015 up 10.2% rising
200 Gibraltar 0.0004 2015 up 33.9% rising
201 Guam 0.0003 2015 up 1.6% rising
202 Faroe Islands 0.0003 2015 down 4.1% falling
203 Niue 0.0003 2015 up 1.4% rising
204 Montserrat 0.0002 2015 up 9.3% falling
205 Kiribati 0.0002 2015 up 24.7% rising
206 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0002 2015 up 197.8% volatile
207 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 2015 up 56.0% rising
208 American Samoa 0.0002 2015 down 4.6% flat
209 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0001 2015 up 8.4% flat
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.0001 2015 down 9.4% falling
211 Cook Islands 0.0001 2015 down 5.2% rising
212 Anguilla 0 2015 up 50.9% rising
213 Tuvalu 0 2015 up 11.0% rising
214 Saint Helena 0 2015 down 23.6% falling
215 Nauru 0 2015 up 39.8% rising
216 Marshall Islands 0 2015 up 0.3% flat
217 Tokelau 0 2015 down 1.8% falling

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Indicator
Share global food emissions
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
217 places, 5,642 data points, 1990–2015
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