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Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre by country

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
167
Highest
0.0403 kt per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Sweden
Median
0.0003 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,552

What the numbers show

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 0.0403 kt per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Sweden.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0003 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0015 kt per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21,032.

Over the past decade 156 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Channel Islands (up 42.0%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 70.3%).

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 0.0403 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% rising
2 Bahrain 0.021 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
3 Malta 0.0181 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% rising
4 Aruba 0.0133 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% rising
5 United States Virgin Islands 0.0118 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
6 Barbados 0.0113 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
7 Cayman Islands 0.0061 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
8 Palestine 0.0058 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 15.4% rising
9 Maldives 0.0054 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
10 Channel Islands 0.005 kt per square kilometre 2021 up 42.0% rising
11 Lebanon 0.0047 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
12 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0043 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
13 Puerto Rico 0.004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% rising
14 Saint Lucia 0.0039 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
15 Rwanda 0.0038 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.8% rising
16 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0038 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
17 Israel 0.0036 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% rising
18 Kuwait 0.003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% rising
19 Jamaica 0.003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
20 Bangladesh 0.0029 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
21 Mauritius 0.0029 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
22 San Marino 0.0027 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% rising
23 Grenada 0.0026 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
24 Haiti 0.0026 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0026 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
26 El Salvador 0.0025 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.7% rising
27 Dominican Republic 0.0024 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
28 Seychelles 0.0022 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
29 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0021 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
30 Bermuda 0.0018 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
31 Qatar 0.0015 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.0% rising
32 Burundi 0.0014 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% rising
33 Liechtenstein 0.0014 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
34 Sri Lanka 0.0014 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
35 India 0.0013 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
36 Indonesia 0.0012 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
37 Cyprus 0.0012 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
38 Pakistan 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
39 Comoros 0.001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
40 Thailand 0.001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
41 Nigeria 0.0009 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
42 United Arab Emirates 0.0009 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.5% rising
43 Costa Rica 0.0009 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% rising
44 China 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% rising
45 Guatemala 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% rising
46 Iraq 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.5% rising
47 Andorra 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
48 Luxembourg 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.7% rising
49 Greece 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
50 Bahamas 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
51 Uganda 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
52 Philippines 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
53 Azerbaijan 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
54 Spain 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
55 Mexico 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% rising
56 Jordan 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% rising
57 Czechia 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
58 Panama 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
59 Serbia 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.9% rising
60 Slovakia 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
61 Dominica 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
62 Togo 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% rising
63 Ghana 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
64 Honduras 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% rising
65 Malaysia 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
66 Tunisia 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
67 Ecuador 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
68 Nepal 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% rising
69 Nicaragua 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
70 Albania 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.2% rising
71 Gambia 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
72 Egypt 0.0005 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
73 Portugal 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
74 North Macedonia 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
76 Romania 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
77 Ukraine 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% rising
78 Croatia 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
79 Switzerland 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
80 Montenegro 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.4% rising
81 Armenia 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
82 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
83 Morocco 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% rising
84 Senegal 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
85 Poland 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
86 Hungary 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
87 Kenya 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
88 Myanmar 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
89 Belarus 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% rising
90 Colombia 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
91 Singapore 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% flat
92 Guinea-Bissau 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
93 Brazil 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% rising
94 Slovenia 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% rising
95 Italy 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% rising
96 Isle of Man 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 30.9% rising
97 Faroe Islands 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
98 Peru 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
99 Japan 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% flat
100 Burkina Faso 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% rising
101 Chile 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
102 Sierra Leone 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% rising
103 Cuba 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 70.3% falling
104 Georgia 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% rising
105 Cambodia 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% rising
106 Tajikistan 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
107 Uruguay 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
108 Bulgaria 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% rising
109 France 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
110 Ireland 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
111 Latvia 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
112 Uzbekistan 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% rising
113 Lithuania 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
114 Saudi Arabia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
115 Liberia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% rising
116 Belize 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
117 Madagascar 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
118 Eswatini 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.9% rising
119 South Africa 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
120 Ethiopia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% flat
121 Paraguay 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
122 Benin 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% rising
123 Argentina 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
124 Afghanistan 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 36.1% rising
125 Algeria 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
126 New Zealand 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
127 Germany 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
128 Cameroon 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
129 Djibouti 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.9% rising
130 Belgium 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% flat
131 Yemen 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 31.3% rising
132 Equatorial Guinea 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% rising
133 Kyrgyzstan 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.0% rising
134 Bhutan 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.0% rising
135 Somalia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% rising
136 Mozambique 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
137 Zambia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
138 Guinea 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% rising
139 Austria 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
140 Mongolia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% rising
141 Zimbabwe 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
142 Angola 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
143 Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% flat
144 Niger 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% rising
145 Oman 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
146 Estonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
147 Denmark 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
148 Lesotho 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% rising
149 Chad 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
150 Guyana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.2% rising
151 Central African Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% flat
152 Finland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
153 Libya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
154 Canada 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
155 Iceland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.7% rising
156 Mali 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% rising
157 Kazakhstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% rising
158 Australia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.9% rising
159 Congo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% rising
160 Turkmenistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% rising
161 Suriname 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% rising
162 Gabon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
163 Mauritania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
164 Norway 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% rising
165 Botswana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
166 Namibia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% rising
167 Sweden 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

  • Chagai 0.005 kt per square kilometre
  • World 0.0003 kt per square kilometre

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Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
169 places, 5,552 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.