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Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita by country

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
167
Highest
0.0011 kt per person
United States Virgin Islands
Lowest
0 kt per person
Singapore
Median
0.0001 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,556

What the numbers show

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 0.0011 kt per person in United States Virgin Islands; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0001 kt per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,233.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Channel Islands (up 29.2%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 69.7%).

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States Virgin Islands 0.0011 kt per person 2023 up 4.3% rising
2 Mongolia 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 8.2% rising
3 Aruba 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 0.6% falling
4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 1.7% flat
5 Cayman Islands 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 15.0% rising
6 Bahamas 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 4.3% falling
7 Barbados 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 0.9% flat
8 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 1.8% flat
9 Saint Lucia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 1.8% falling
10 Jamaica 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 1.2% falling
11 Puerto Rico 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 13.9% rising
12 Kuwait 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
13 Bahrain 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 15.9% falling
14 Malta 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 20.3% falling
15 Panama 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
16 Dominican Republic 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 7.9% falling
17 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 4.3% falling
18 Mexico 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 7.8% falling
19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 8.1% rising
20 Brazil 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 6.4% falling
21 Saudi Arabia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
22 Greece 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 6.0% rising
23 Uruguay 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 1.1% rising
24 Costa Rica 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 5.6% falling
25 Seychelles 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
26 Lebanon 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 2.1% rising
27 Nicaragua 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 10.6% falling
28 Peru 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 10.2% falling
29 El Salvador 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 1.1% flat
30 Cyprus 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 11.3% falling
31 Chile 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 2.1% rising
32 Israel 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
33 Indonesia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 7.5% falling
34 Grenada 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 1.1% falling
35 Serbia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 12.6% rising
36 Belize 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 15.5% falling
37 Montenegro 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 10.2% rising
38 Iraq 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 16.6% falling
39 Thailand 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 1.4% falling
40 Paraguay 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 11.1% falling
41 Spain 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 2.3% flat
42 Argentina 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 16.4% rising
44 Ecuador 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 10.5% falling
45 Palestine 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 8.9% rising
46 Qatar 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 22.9% falling
47 Rwanda 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 18.2% falling
48 United Arab Emirates 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 22.6% falling
49 Tunisia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 8.5% falling
50 Ukraine 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 23.6% rising
51 Channel Islands 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 29.2% rising
52 Haiti 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 10.8% falling
53 Belarus 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 5.2% rising
54 Dominica 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 5.9% rising
55 North Macedonia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 10.3% rising
56 Guyana 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 4.8% rising
57 Algeria 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
58 Faroe Islands 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 9.5% flat
59 Croatia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 14.1% rising
60 Colombia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 10.7% falling
61 Azerbaijan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 1.3% rising
62 China 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 0.2% flat
63 Liechtenstein 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 5.5% falling
64 Honduras 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
65 New Zealand 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
66 Albania 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 25.2% rising
67 Latvia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 11.4% rising
68 Romania 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 9.4% rising
69 Jordan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 25.8% falling
70 Slovakia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 2.0% rising
71 Malaysia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 13.1% falling
72 San Marino 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 5.6% rising
73 Libya 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 10.7% falling
74 Guatemala 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 12.7% falling
75 Iceland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
76 Mauritius 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.7% falling
77 Andorra 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
78 Czechia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 0.8% rising
79 Canada 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 11.5% falling
80 Australia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 8.9% flat
81 Morocco 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.0% flat
82 Egypt 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
83 Bhutan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.5% rising
84 Portugal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.3% rising
85 Sri Lanka 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 5.4% falling
86 Nigeria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 20.0% falling
87 Georgia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 5.3% rising
88 Ghana 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 16.5% falling
89 Senegal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 20.0% falling
90 Togo 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 15.6% falling
91 Myanmar 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.0% falling
92 Pakistan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
93 Guinea-Bissau 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.1% falling
94 Suriname 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 10.4% falling
95 Armenia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 8.9% rising
96 Lithuania 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.9% rising
97 Maldives 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 21.4% falling
98 Hungary 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 4.4% rising
99 Uganda 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 25.5% falling
100 Luxembourg 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 17.1% falling
101 Kenya 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 16.0% falling
102 Bulgaria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 14.8% rising
103 Poland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 6.3% rising
104 Central African Republic 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.1% falling
105 India 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 7.4% falling
106 Burundi 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 17.2% falling
107 Madagascar 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 21.6% falling
108 Liberia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
109 Somalia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 25.5% falling
110 Burkina Faso 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 18.5% falling
111 Tajikistan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 15.4% rising
112 South Africa 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 12.2% falling
113 Zambia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 24.8% falling
114 Nepal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 3.8% falling
115 Kyrgyzstan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 12.9% rising
116 Slovenia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 0.9% rising
117 Bangladesh 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 4.6% falling
118 Comoros 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 17.2% falling
119 Monaco 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.8% flat
120 Mauritania 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 21.4% falling
121 Ireland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 10.6% falling
122 Kazakhstan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.7% rising
123 Cambodia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.7% falling
124 Cuba 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 69.7% falling
125 Djibouti 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.1% rising
126 Philippines 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.4% falling
127 Oman 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.8% falling
128 Uzbekistan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 5.0% rising
129 Afghanistan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.8% rising
130 Eswatini 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 3.7% rising
131 Sierra Leone 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.9% falling
132 Niger 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
133 Gambia 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.9% falling
134 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.8% falling
135 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
136 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.2% falling
137 Isle of Man 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.7% flat
138 Chad 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.1% falling
139 Bermuda 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.0% flat
140 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.6% falling
141 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
142 Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.1% falling
143 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 28.4% falling
144 France 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.9% flat
145 Gabon 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.5% falling
146 Yemen 0 kt per person 2023 down 48.9% rising
147 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.3% rising
148 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.6% flat
149 Ethiopia 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.6% falling
150 Finland 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.9% flat
151 Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.3% falling
152 Botswana 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.0% falling
153 Namibia 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.2% falling
154 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.5% falling
155 Estonia 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.0% rising
156 Mali 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.0% falling
157 Turkmenistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.1% rising
158 Congo 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.5% falling
159 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.8% flat
160 Norway 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.3% falling
161 Austria 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.3% flat
162 Germany 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.4% rising
163 Lesotho 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.2% flat
164 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.4% falling
165 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.7% flat
166 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.2% falling
167 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.9% falling

Regions and income groups

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

  • Chagai 0.0002 kt per person
  • World 0.0001 kt per person

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Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
169 places, 5,556 data points, 1990–2023
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Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.