Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre by country
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
1.13 kt per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0.0001 kt per square kilometre
Sweden
Median
0.0092 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,552
What the numbers show
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 1.13 kt per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0.0001 kt per square kilometre in Sweden.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0092 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0414 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 (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 1.13 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 2 | Bahrain | 0.587 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 3 | Malta | 0.5068 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 4 | Aruba | 0.3721 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 5 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.3296 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 6 | Barbados | 0.3164 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 7 | Cayman Islands | 0.1698 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 8 | Palestine | 0.163 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 9 | Maldives | 0.1508 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 10 | Channel Islands | 0.1392 kt per square kilometre | 2021 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 11 | Lebanon | 0.1307 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 12 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1203 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 13 | Puerto Rico | 0.1123 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 14 | Saint Lucia | 0.1088 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 0.1073 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 16 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1071 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 17 | Israel | 0.1008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 18 | Kuwait | 0.0838 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 19 | Jamaica | 0.0832 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 0.0823 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 21 | Mauritius | 0.0806 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 22 | San Marino | 0.0743 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 23 | Grenada | 0.0733 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 24 | Haiti | 0.0721 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.072 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.0695 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 0.0666 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 28 | Seychelles | 0.061 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 29 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0595 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 30 | Bermuda | 0.0516 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 31 | Qatar | 0.0432 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 32 | Burundi | 0.0384 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 33 | Liechtenstein | 0.0382 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 0.0378 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 35 | India | 0.0359 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 36 | Indonesia | 0.0329 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 37 | Cyprus | 0.0325 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 38 | Pakistan | 0.0303 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 39 | Comoros | 0.0285 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 40 | Thailand | 0.0284 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 41 | Nigeria | 0.0265 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0264 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 0.0252 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 44 | China | 0.0237 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 45 | Guatemala | 0.0224 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 46 | Iraq | 0.022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 47 | Andorra | 0.0217 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 48 | Luxembourg | 0.0215 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 49 | Greece | 0.0209 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 50 | Bahamas | 0.0206 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 51 | Uganda | 0.0203 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 52 | Philippines | 0.0203 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 0.0195 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 0.019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 55 | Mexico | 0.0185 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 56 | Jordan | 0.0182 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 57 | Czechia | 0.0176 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 58 | Panama | 0.0173 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 59 | Serbia | 0.0163 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 60 | Slovakia | 0.0153 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 61 | Dominica | 0.0149 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 62 | Togo | 0.0146 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 63 | Ghana | 0.0146 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 64 | Honduras | 0.0145 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 65 | Malaysia | 0.0144 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 66 | Tunisia | 0.014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 67 | Ecuador | 0.0138 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 68 | Nepal | 0.0133 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 0.0131 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 70 | Albania | 0.0128 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 71 | Gambia | 0.0128 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 72 | Egypt | 0.0128 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 73 | Portugal | 0.0123 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 0.0121 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0121 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 76 | Romania | 0.0119 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 77 | Ukraine | 0.0114 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 78 | Croatia | 0.0112 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 79 | Switzerland | 0.0104 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 80 | Montenegro | 0.01 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 81 | Armenia | 0.0096 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 82 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0096 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 83 | Morocco | 0.0094 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 84 | Senegal | 0.0092 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 85 | Poland | 0.0091 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 86 | Hungary | 0.0089 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 87 | Kenya | 0.0079 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 88 | Myanmar | 0.0079 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 89 | Belarus | 0.0077 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 90 | Colombia | 0.0076 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 91 | Singapore | 0.0072 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 92 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0072 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 93 | Brazil | 0.0069 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 94 | Slovenia | 0.0066 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 95 | Italy | 0.0066 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 96 | Isle of Man | 0.0066 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 97 | Faroe Islands | 0.0065 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 98 | Peru | 0.006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 99 | Japan | 0.006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 0.0059 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 101 | Chile | 0.0059 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 0.0059 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 103 | Cuba | 0.0058 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.3% | falling |
| 104 | Georgia | 0.0056 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 105 | Cambodia | 0.0056 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 0.0052 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 107 | Uruguay | 0.0049 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 0.0046 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 109 | France | 0.0045 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 110 | Ireland | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 111 | Latvia | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 113 | Lithuania | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 114 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 115 | Liberia | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 116 | Belize | 0.0039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 117 | Madagascar | 0.0038 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 118 | Eswatini | 0.0036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 119 | South Africa | 0.0036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 120 | Ethiopia | 0.0036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 121 | Paraguay | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 122 | Benin | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 123 | Argentina | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 125 | Algeria | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 126 | New Zealand | 0.003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 127 | Germany | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 128 | Cameroon | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 129 | Djibouti | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 130 | Belgium | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 131 | Yemen | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 132 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 133 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 134 | Bhutan | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 135 | Somalia | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 136 | Mozambique | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 137 | Zambia | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 138 | Guinea | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 139 | Austria | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 140 | Mongolia | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 142 | Angola | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 143 | Sudan | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 144 | Niger | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 145 | Oman | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 146 | Estonia | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 147 | Denmark | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 148 | Lesotho | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 149 | Chad | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 150 | Guyana | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 151 | Central African Republic | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 152 | Finland | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 153 | Libya | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 154 | Canada | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 155 | Iceland | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 156 | Mali | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 157 | Kazakhstan | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 158 | Australia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 159 | Congo | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 160 | Turkmenistan | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 161 | Suriname | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 162 | Gabon | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 163 | Mauritania | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 164 | Norway | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 165 | Botswana | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 166 | Namibia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 167 | Sweden | 0.0001 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.
How this figure is calculated
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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 (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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.