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Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
192
Highest
222,034 kt
China
Lowest
2.35 kt
Monaco
Median
982.32 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,416

What the numbers show

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 222,034 kt in China; the lowest is 2.35 kt in Monaco.

The median across all reporting countries is 982.32 kt, and the mean is 6,590 kt.

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

Over the past decade 182 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 (CO2eq): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 222,034 kt 2023 up 3.7% rising
2 China, mainland 219,788 kt 2023 up 3.7% rising
3 OECD 145,839 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
4 India 106,619 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
5 Indonesia 62,168 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
6 Brazil 57,255 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
7 Mexico 35,963 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
8 Nigeria 24,127 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
9 Russian Federation 23,959 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
10 Pakistan 23,360 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
11 Türkiye 22,152 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
12 Thailand 14,516 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
13 Egypt 12,701 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12,424 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
15 Bangladesh 10,707 kt 2023 up 4.5% rising
16 Iraq 9,545 kt 2023 up 6.5% rising
17 Spain 9,517 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
18 Caribbean 9,089 kt 2023 down 12.6% rising
19 Argentina 8,862 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
20 Saudi Arabia 8,762 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
21 Colombia 8,412 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
22 Peru 7,742 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
23 Algeria 7,554 kt 2023 up 4.8% rising
24 United Republic of Tanzania 7,350 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
25 Ukraine 6,623 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
26 Philippines 6,061 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
27 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5,426 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
28 Myanmar 5,145 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
29 Malaysia 4,744 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
30 Canada 4,709 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
31 Kenya 4,592 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
32 Chile 4,384 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
33 Morocco 4,183 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
34 Uganda 4,079 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
35 Ethiopia 4,031 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
36 Australia and New Zealand 3,833 kt 2023 up 4.4% rising
37 Viet Nam 3,526 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
38 Ecuador 3,436 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
39 Ghana 3,328 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
40 Côte d'Ivoire 3,219 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
41 Dominican Republic 3,211 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
42 Australia 3,045 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
43 Poland 2,801 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
44 Romania 2,730 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
45 Greece 2,695 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
46 Mongolia 2,557 kt 2023 up 10.3% rising
47 Rwanda 2,551 kt 2023 up 2.9% rising
48 Syrian Arab Republic 2,496 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
49 France 2,452 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
50 Guatemala 2,404 kt 2023 up 2.9% rising
51 Sri Lanka 2,339 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
52 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,267 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
53 Madagascar 2,235 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
54 Japan 2,189 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
55 Israel 2,182 kt 2023 up 5.7% rising
56 Tunisia 2,172 kt 2023 up 0.2% rising
57 Afghanistan 2,101 kt 2023 up 36.1% rising
58 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,081 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
59 Haiti 1,988 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
60 Italy 1,950 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
61 Nepal 1,901 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
62 Sudan 1,900 kt 2023 up 4.5% flat
63 United Arab Emirates 1,874 kt 2023 up 5.5% rising
64 Uzbekistan 1,827 kt 2023 up 14.0% rising
65 Sudan (former) 1,794 kt 2011 up 14.0% rising
66 Senegal 1,764 kt 2023 up 5.4% rising
67 Burkina Faso 1,624 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
68 Honduras 1,619 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
69 Jordan 1,615 kt 2023 up 6.2% rising
70 Azerbaijan 1,611 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
71 Nicaragua 1,578 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
72 Belarus 1,558 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
73 Mozambique 1,528 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
74 Kuwait 1,494 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
75 El Salvador 1,440 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
76 Angola 1,436 kt 2023 up 5.4% rising
77 Serbia 1,426 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
78 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,388 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
79 Republic of Moldova 1,367 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
80 Czechia 1,358 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
81 Paraguay 1,354 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
82 Lebanon 1,337 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
83 Zambia 1,328 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
84 Yemen 1,323 kt 2023 down 31.3% rising
85 Somalia 1,297 kt 2023 up 6.3% rising
86 Serbia and Montenegro 1,290 kt 2005 up 419.8% rising
87 Panama 1,284 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
88 Niger 1,282 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
89 Cameroon 1,280 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
90 Costa Rica 1,275 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
91 Kazakhstan 1,153 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
92 Portugal 1,127 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
93 Puerto Rico 996.49 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
94 Burundi 985.91 kt 2023 up 8.6% rising
95 Cambodia 985.14 kt 2023 up 3.7% rising
96 Germany 982.5 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
97 Palestine 982.14 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
98 Libya 968.86 kt 2023 up 3.5% rising
99 Jamaica 901.21 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
100 Uruguay 861.14 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
101 Chad 842.13 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
102 Hungary 814.53 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
103 Togo 796.17 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
104 New Zealand 787.63 kt 2023 up 1.9% rising
105 Slovakia 736.74 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
106 Tajikistan 723.56 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
107 Croatia 626.2 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 617.39 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
109 Trinidad and Tobago 616.76 kt 2023 up 0.2% rising
110 Cuba 605.75 kt 2023 down 70.4% falling
111 Mali 599.08 kt 2023 up 6.2% rising
112 Zimbabwe 518.57 kt 2023 up 6.6% rising
113 Bulgaria 497.97 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
114 Qatar 496.54 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
115 Bahrain 469.63 kt 2023 up 5.9% rising
116 Kyrgyzstan 451.96 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
117 Guinea 432 kt 2023 up 3.8% rising
118 Sierra Leone 422.34 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
119 Switzerland 409.6 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
120 Georgia 391.75 kt 2023 up 5.2% rising
121 Liberia 390.8 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
122 Benin 368.7 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
123 Albania 351.51 kt 2023 up 7.2% rising
124 North Macedonia 304.94 kt 2023 up 4.8% rising
125 Ireland 301.62 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
126 Cyprus 299.99 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
127 Mauritania 299.76 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
128 Latvia 271.24 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
129 Armenia 270.35 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
130 Oman 263.55 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
131 Lithuania 256.54 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
132 Lao People's Democratic Republic 236.33 kt 2023 up 2.9% rising
133 Republic of Korea 233.66 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
134 Bahamas 205.81 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
135 Guinea-Bissau 202.96 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
136 Turkmenistan 178.9 kt 2023 up 15.1% rising
137 Finland 173.9 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
138 China, Macao SAR 165.66 kt 2023 up 0.1% rising
139 Mauritius 161.13 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
140 Malta 159.71 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
141 Brunei Darussalam 146.51 kt 2023 down 0.5% rising
142 Austria 145.06 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
143 Guyana 137.32 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
144 Barbados 136.04 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
145 Montenegro 134.1 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
146 Slovenia 133.23 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
147 Congo 131.36 kt 2023 down 0.0% rising
148 Gambia 129.71 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
149 Belgium-Luxembourg 127.22 kt 1999 up 14.8% rising
150 United States Virgin Islands 114.69 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
151 Belize 88.44 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
152 Cabo Verde 88.4 kt 2023 up 5.6% rising
153 Norway 88.09 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
154 Bhutan 86.32 kt 2023 up 10.1% rising
155 Gabon 84.02 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
156 Belgium 80.81 kt 2023 up 0.9% flat
157 Namibia 78.38 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
158 Equatorial Guinea 69.51 kt 2023 down 1.7% rising
159 Aruba 66.97 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
160 Botswana 66.55 kt 2023 up 5.4% rising
161 Saint Lucia 66.35 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
162 Djibouti 62.6 kt 2023 up 9.9% rising
163 Eswatini 62.15 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
164 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 60.07 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
165 Suriname 58.51 kt 2023 down 1.0% rising
166 Luxembourg 55.31 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
167 Comoros 52.98 kt 2023 up 1.2% rising
168 Iceland 50.44 kt 2023 up 2.3% rising
169 Maldives 44.93 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
170 Cayman Islands 40.75 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
171 Estonia 35.65 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
172 Timor-Leste 34.63 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
173 Denmark 31.93 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
174 Channel Islands 28.72 kt 2023 up 33.9% rising
175 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 28 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
176 Saint Kitts and Nevis 27.95 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
177 Seychelles 27.86 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
178 Antigua and Barbuda 26.18 kt 2023 up 1.4% rising
179 Grenada 25.22 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
180 Sweden 21.84 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
181 Lesotho 21.52 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
182 Curaçao 20.59 kt 2023 up 0.5% flat
183 Dominica 11.23 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
184 Andorra 10.17 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
185 Sao Tome and Principe 9.19 kt 2023 up 4.5% rising
186 Faroe Islands 8.89 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
187 Liechtenstein 6.11 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
188 Singapore 5.25 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
189 San Marino 4.55 kt 2023 up 8.2% rising
190 Isle of Man 3.76 kt 2023 down 30.7% rising
191 Bermuda 2.78 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
192 Monaco 2.35 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.

About this data

Indicator
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
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
Last refreshed

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.