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Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Countries reporting
193
Highest
7,930 kt
China
Lowest
0.084 kt
Monaco
Median
35.09 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,416

What the numbers show

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 193 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 35.09 kt, and the mean is 235.03 kt.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 94,451.

Over the past decade 183 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: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
3 Türkiye 791.16 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
4 India 3,808 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 443.72 kt 2023 up 4.3% 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
7 United Republic of Tanzania 262.51 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
8 Nigeria 861.68 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 193.78 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
9 Russian Federation 855.68 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
9 Viet Nam 125.93 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
10 Pakistan 834.27 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
10 Syrian Arab Republic 89.16 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
11 Thailand 518.44 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 49.57 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
12 Egypt 453.62 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
12 Republic of Moldova 48.82 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
13 Bangladesh 382.4 kt 2023 up 4.5% rising
13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.44 kt 2023 up 2.9% rising
14 Iraq 340.9 kt 2023 up 6.5% rising
14 Timor-Leste 1.24 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
15 Spain 339.9 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
16 Argentina 316.49 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
17 Saudi Arabia 312.92 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
18 Colombia 300.43 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
19 Peru 276.5 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
20 Algeria 269.8 kt 2023 up 4.8% rising
21 Ukraine 236.55 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
22 Philippines 216.47 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
23 Myanmar 183.74 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
24 Caribbean 324.6 kt 2023 down 12.6% rising
24 Malaysia 169.42 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
25 Canada 168.19 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
26 Kenya 163.99 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
27 Chile 156.56 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
28 South Africa 156.44 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
29 Morocco 149.38 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
30 Uganda 145.67 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
30 Côte d'Ivoire 114.95 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
31 Ethiopia 143.97 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
31 Cabo Verde 3.16 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
32 Australia and New Zealand 136.88 kt 2023 up 4.4% rising
33 Ecuador 122.7 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
34 Ghana 118.86 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
35 Dominican Republic 114.69 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
36 Australia 108.75 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
37 Poland 100.03 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
38 Romania 97.49 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
39 Greece 96.24 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
40 Mongolia 91.32 kt 2023 up 10.3% rising
41 Rwanda 91.12 kt 2023 up 2.9% rising
42 France 87.56 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
43 Guatemala 85.84 kt 2023 up 2.9% rising
44 Sri Lanka 83.55 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 80.95 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
46 Madagascar 79.82 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
47 Japan 78.18 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
48 Israel 77.91 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
49 Tunisia 77.59 kt 2023 up 0.2% rising
50 Afghanistan 75.03 kt 2023 up 36.1% rising
51 China, Hong Kong SAR 74.31 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
52 Haiti 70.99 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
53 Italy 69.64 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
54 Nepal 67.9 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
55 Sudan 67.86 kt 2023 up 4.5% flat
56 United Arab Emirates 66.93 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
57 Uzbekistan 65.24 kt 2023 up 14.0% rising
58 Sudan (former) 64.08 kt 2011 up 14.0% rising
59 Senegal 63.01 kt 2023 up 5.4% rising
60 Burkina Faso 57.99 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
61 Honduras 57.82 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
62 Jordan 57.68 kt 2023 up 6.2% rising
63 Azerbaijan 57.55 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
64 Nicaragua 56.35 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
65 Belarus 55.63 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
66 Mozambique 54.58 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
67 Kuwait 53.36 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
68 El Salvador 51.44 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
69 Angola 51.3 kt 2023 up 5.4% rising
70 Serbia 50.94 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
71 Czechia 48.49 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
72 Paraguay 48.35 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
73 Lebanon 47.74 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
74 Zambia 47.44 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
75 Yemen 47.24 kt 2023 down 31.3% rising
76 Somalia 46.32 kt 2023 up 6.3% rising
77 Serbia and Montenegro 46.07 kt 2005 up 419.8% rising
78 Panama 45.87 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
79 Niger 45.8 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
80 Cameroon 45.72 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
81 Costa Rica 45.54 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
82 Kazakhstan 41.17 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
83 Portugal 40.26 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
84 Puerto Rico 35.59 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
85 Burundi 35.21 kt 2023 up 8.6% rising
86 Cambodia 35.18 kt 2023 up 3.7% rising
87 Germany 35.09 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
88 Palestine 35.08 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
89 Libya 34.6 kt 2023 up 3.5% rising
90 Jamaica 32.19 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
91 Uruguay 30.75 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
92 Chad 30.08 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
93 Hungary 29.09 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
94 Togo 28.43 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
95 New Zealand 28.13 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
96 Slovakia 26.31 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
97 Tajikistan 25.84 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
98 Croatia 22.36 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22.05 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
100 Trinidad and Tobago 22.03 kt 2023 up 0.2% rising
101 Cuba 21.63 kt 2023 down 70.4% falling
102 Mali 21.4 kt 2023 up 6.2% rising
103 Zimbabwe 18.52 kt 2023 up 6.6% rising
104 Bulgaria 17.78 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
105 Qatar 17.73 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
106 Bahrain 16.77 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
107 Kyrgyzstan 16.14 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
108 Guinea 15.43 kt 2023 up 3.8% rising
109 Sierra Leone 15.08 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
110 Switzerland 14.63 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
111 Georgia 13.99 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
112 Liberia 13.96 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
113 Central African Republic 13.95 kt 2023 up 0.9% flat
114 Benin 13.17 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
115 Albania 12.55 kt 2023 up 7.2% rising
116 North Macedonia 10.89 kt 2023 up 4.8% rising
117 Ireland 10.77 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
118 Cyprus 10.71 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
119 Mauritania 10.71 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
120 Latvia 9.69 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
121 Armenia 9.66 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
122 Oman 9.41 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
123 Lithuania 9.16 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
124 Republic of Korea 8.34 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
125 Bahamas 7.35 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
126 Guinea-Bissau 7.25 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
127 Turkmenistan 6.39 kt 2023 up 15.1% rising
128 Finland 6.21 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
129 China, Macao SAR 5.92 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
130 Mauritius 5.75 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
131 Malta 5.7 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
132 Brunei Darussalam 5.23 kt 2023 down 0.5% rising
133 Austria 5.18 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
134 Guyana 4.9 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
135 Barbados 4.86 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
136 Montenegro 4.79 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
137 Slovenia 4.76 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
138 Congo 4.69 kt 2023 down 0.0% rising
139 Gambia 4.63 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
140 Belgium-Luxembourg 4.54 kt 1999 up 14.8% rising
141 United States Virgin Islands 4.1 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
142 Belize 3.16 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
143 Norway 3.15 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
144 Bhutan 3.08 kt 2023 up 10.1% rising
145 Gabon 3 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
146 Belgium 2.89 kt 2023 up 0.9% flat
147 Namibia 2.8 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
148 Equatorial Guinea 2.48 kt 2023 down 1.7% rising
149 Aruba 2.39 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
150 Botswana 2.38 kt 2023 up 5.4% rising
151 Saint Lucia 2.37 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
152 Djibouti 2.24 kt 2023 up 9.9% rising
153 Eswatini 2.22 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
154 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.15 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
155 Suriname 2.09 kt 2023 down 1.0% rising
156 Luxembourg 1.98 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
157 Comoros 1.89 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
158 Iceland 1.8 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
159 Maldives 1.6 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
160 Cayman Islands 1.46 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
161 Estonia 1.27 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
162 Denmark 1.14 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
163 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
164 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9984 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
165 Seychelles 0.9948 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
166 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9352 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
167 Grenada 0.9007 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
168 Sweden 0.7801 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
169 Lesotho 0.7687 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
170 Curaçao 0.7355 kt 2023 up 0.5% flat
171 Dominica 0.4009 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
172 Andorra 0.3632 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
173 Sao Tome and Principe 0.3283 kt 2023 up 4.5% rising
174 Faroe Islands 0.3173 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
175 Liechtenstein 0.2183 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
176 Singapore 0.1873 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
177 San Marino 0.1624 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
178 Isle of Man 0.1345 kt 2023 down 30.7% rising
179 Bermuda 0.0994 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
180 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.

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Indicator
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 7,416 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.