Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) by country
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases...
Countries reporting
194
Highest
7,930 kt
China
Lowest
0.084 kt
Monaco
Median
35.08 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,442
What the numbers show
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 7,930 kt in China; the lowest is 0.084 kt in Monaco.
The median across all reporting countries is 35.08 kt, and the mean is 233.82 kt.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 94,451.
Over the past decade 184 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 419.8%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 70.4%).
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 7,930 kt | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 7,850 kt | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 3 | OECD | 5,209 kt | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 4 | India | 3,808 kt | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 2,220 kt | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 2,045 kt | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 1,284 kt | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 8 | Nigeria | 861.68 kt | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 855.68 kt | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 10 | Pakistan | 834.27 kt | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 11 | Türkiye | 791.16 kt | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 12 | Thailand | 518.44 kt | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 453.62 kt | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 14 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 443.72 kt | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 382.4 kt | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 16 | Iraq | 340.9 kt | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 339.9 kt | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 18 | Caribbean | 324.6 kt | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 19 | Argentina | 316.49 kt | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 312.92 kt | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 21 | Colombia | 300.43 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 276.5 kt | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 23 | Algeria | 269.8 kt | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 24 | United Republic of Tanzania | 262.51 kt | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 236.55 kt | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 26 | Philippines | 216.47 kt | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 193.78 kt | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 28 | Myanmar | 183.74 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 29 | Malaysia | 169.42 kt | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 30 | Canada | 168.19 kt | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 31 | Kenya | 163.99 kt | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 32 | Chile | 156.56 kt | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 156.44 kt | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 34 | Morocco | 149.38 kt | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 35 | Uganda | 145.67 kt | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 143.97 kt | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 37 | Australia and New Zealand | 136.88 kt | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 38 | Viet Nam | 125.93 kt | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 39 | Ecuador | 122.7 kt | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 40 | Ghana | 118.86 kt | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 41 | Côte d'Ivoire | 114.95 kt | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 114.69 kt | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 43 | Australia | 108.75 kt | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 44 | Poland | 100.03 kt | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 45 | Romania | 97.49 kt | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 46 | Greece | 96.24 kt | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 47 | Mongolia | 91.32 kt | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 48 | Rwanda | 91.12 kt | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 49 | Syrian Arab Republic | 89.16 kt | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 50 | France | 87.56 kt | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 51 | Guatemala | 85.84 kt | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 83.55 kt | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 53 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 80.95 kt | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 54 | Madagascar | 79.82 kt | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 55 | Japan | 78.18 kt | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 56 | Israel | 77.91 kt | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 57 | Tunisia | 77.59 kt | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 75.03 kt | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 59 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 74.31 kt | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 60 | Haiti | 70.99 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 61 | Italy | 69.64 kt | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 62 | Nepal | 67.9 kt | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 63 | Sudan | 67.86 kt | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 66.93 kt | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 65.24 kt | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 66 | Sudan (former) | 64.08 kt | 2011 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 67 | Senegal | 63.01 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 57.99 kt | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 69 | Honduras | 57.82 kt | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 70 | Jordan | 57.68 kt | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 57.55 kt | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 56.35 kt | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 73 | Belarus | 55.63 kt | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 74 | Mozambique | 54.58 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 75 | Kuwait | 53.36 kt | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 76 | El Salvador | 51.44 kt | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 77 | Angola | 51.3 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 78 | Serbia | 50.94 kt | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 79 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 49.57 kt | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 80 | Republic of Moldova | 48.82 kt | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 81 | Czechia | 48.49 kt | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 82 | Paraguay | 48.35 kt | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 83 | Lebanon | 47.74 kt | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 84 | Zambia | 47.44 kt | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 85 | Yemen | 47.24 kt | 2023 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 86 | Somalia | 46.32 kt | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 87 | Serbia and Montenegro | 46.07 kt | 2005 | up 419.8% | rising |
| 88 | Panama | 45.87 kt | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 89 | Niger | 45.8 kt | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 90 | Cameroon | 45.72 kt | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 45.54 kt | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 41.17 kt | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 93 | Portugal | 40.26 kt | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 94 | Puerto Rico | 35.59 kt | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 95 | Burundi | 35.21 kt | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 96 | Cambodia | 35.18 kt | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 97 | Germany | 35.09 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 98 | Palestine | 35.08 kt | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 99 | Libya | 34.6 kt | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 100 | Jamaica | 32.19 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 101 | Uruguay | 30.75 kt | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 102 | Chad | 30.08 kt | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 103 | Hungary | 29.09 kt | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 104 | Togo | 28.43 kt | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 105 | New Zealand | 28.13 kt | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 106 | Slovakia | 26.31 kt | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 107 | Tajikistan | 25.84 kt | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 108 | Croatia | 22.36 kt | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.05 kt | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.03 kt | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 111 | Cuba | 21.63 kt | 2023 | down 70.4% | falling |
| 112 | Mali | 21.4 kt | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 113 | Zimbabwe | 18.52 kt | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 114 | Bulgaria | 17.78 kt | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 115 | Qatar | 17.73 kt | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 116 | Bahrain | 16.77 kt | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.14 kt | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 118 | Guinea | 15.43 kt | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | 15.08 kt | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 120 | Switzerland | 14.63 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 121 | Georgia | 13.99 kt | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 122 | Liberia | 13.96 kt | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 13.95 kt | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 124 | Benin | 13.17 kt | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 125 | Albania | 12.55 kt | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 10.89 kt | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 127 | Ireland | 10.77 kt | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 128 | Cyprus | 10.71 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 129 | Mauritania | 10.71 kt | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 130 | Latvia | 9.69 kt | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 131 | Armenia | 9.66 kt | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 132 | Oman | 9.41 kt | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 133 | Lithuania | 9.16 kt | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 134 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8.44 kt | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 135 | Republic of Korea | 8.34 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 136 | Bahamas | 7.35 kt | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.25 kt | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | 6.39 kt | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 139 | Finland | 6.21 kt | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 140 | China, Macao SAR | 5.92 kt | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 141 | Mauritius | 5.75 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 142 | Malta | 5.7 kt | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 143 | Brunei Darussalam | 5.23 kt | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 144 | Austria | 5.18 kt | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 145 | Guyana | 4.9 kt | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 146 | Barbados | 4.86 kt | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 147 | Montenegro | 4.79 kt | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 148 | Slovenia | 4.76 kt | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 149 | Congo | 4.69 kt | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 150 | Gambia | 4.63 kt | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 151 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 4.54 kt | 1999 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 152 | United States Virgin Islands | 4.1 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 153 | Belize | 3.16 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 154 | Cabo Verde | 3.16 kt | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 155 | Norway | 3.15 kt | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 156 | Bhutan | 3.08 kt | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 157 | Gabon | 3 kt | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 158 | Belgium | 2.89 kt | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 159 | Namibia | 2.8 kt | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.48 kt | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 161 | Aruba | 2.39 kt | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 162 | Botswana | 2.38 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 163 | Saint Lucia | 2.37 kt | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 164 | Djibouti | 2.24 kt | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 165 | Eswatini | 2.22 kt | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 166 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.15 kt | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 167 | Suriname | 2.09 kt | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 1.98 kt | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 169 | Comoros | 1.89 kt | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 170 | Iceland | 1.8 kt | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 171 | Maldives | 1.6 kt | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 172 | Cayman Islands | 1.46 kt | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 173 | Estonia | 1.27 kt | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 174 | Timor-Leste | 1.24 kt | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 175 | Denmark | 1.14 kt | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 176 | Channel Islands | 1.03 kt | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 177 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 178 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.9984 kt | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 179 | Seychelles | 0.9948 kt | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 180 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.9352 kt | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 181 | Grenada | 0.9007 kt | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 182 | Sweden | 0.7801 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 183 | Lesotho | 0.7687 kt | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 184 | Curaçao | 0.7355 kt | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 185 | Dominica | 0.4009 kt | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 186 | Andorra | 0.3632 kt | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3283 kt | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 188 | Faroe Islands | 0.3173 kt | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 189 | Liechtenstein | 0.2183 kt | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 190 | Singapore | 0.1873 kt | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 191 | San Marino | 0.1624 kt | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 192 | Isle of Man | 0.1345 kt | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 193 | Bermuda | 0.0994 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 194 | Monaco | 0.084 kt | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 33,134 kt
- Chagai 1.03 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 28,060 kt
- Asia 19,502 kt
- Eastern Asia 8,108 kt
- Americas 6,963 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 6,764 kt
- Southern Asia 5,699 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5,073 kt
- Annex I countries 5,038 kt
- Africa 4,058 kt
- South-eastern Asia 3,485 kt
- South America 3,353 kt
- Europe 2,473 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2,441 kt
- Western Asia 2,056 kt
- Northern America 1,655 kt
- Central America 1,630 kt
- Eastern Europe 1,516 kt
- United States of America 1,487 kt
- Western Africa 1,396 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,282 kt
- Eastern Africa 1,100 kt
- European Union (27) 1,083 kt
- Northern Africa 1,053 kt
- Southern Europe 680.62 kt
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 374.03 kt
- Middle Africa 345.33 kt
- Southern Africa 164.6 kt
- Central Asia 154.78 kt
- Western Europe 149.77 kt
- Oceania 136.88 kt
- Northern Europe 126.4 kt
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.