Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food was 0.4% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food in Saudi Arabia, 1990–2015
Source: Crippa et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food in Saudi Arabia is 0.4%, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 50.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1990.
Saudi Arabia ranks 46th of 217 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 6 |
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More climate change data for Saudi Arabia
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.7% (2100)
- Population growth 4.6% (2025)
- Population, total 36.97 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 4.8% (2025)
- Urban population 31.28 million (2025)
- Urban population 84.6% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 20.38 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 19.02 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 20.38 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 20.38 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food in Saudi Arabia?
- Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food in Saudi Arabia was 0.4% in 2015, according to Crippa et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1990.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 46th out of 217 countries with data for 2015.
- Is share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Crippa et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.