Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) by country

Name: Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Countries reporting

194

Highest

222,034 kt

China

Lowest

2.35 kt

Monaco

Median

982.32 kt

Years covered

1990–2023

Data points

7,442

What the numbers show

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 194 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 6,547 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 (CO2eq) (AR5): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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	South Africa	4,380 kt	2023	up 1.5%	rising
34	Morocco	4,183 kt	2023	up 5.0%	rising
35	Uganda	4,079 kt	2023	up 2.6%	rising
36	Ethiopia	4,031 kt	2023	up 5.2%	rising
37	Australia and New Zealand	3,833 kt	2023	up 4.4%	rising
38	Viet Nam	3,526 kt	2023	up 3.3%	rising
39	Ecuador	3,436 kt	2023	up 1.8%	rising
40	Ghana	3,328 kt	2023	up 3.0%	rising
41	Côte d'Ivoire	3,219 kt	2023	up 2.6%	rising
42	Dominican Republic	3,211 kt	2023	up 2.4%	rising
43	Australia	3,045 kt	2023	up 5.0%	rising
44	Poland	2,801 kt	2023	up 2.5%	rising
45	Romania	2,730 kt	2023	up 4.3%	rising
46	Greece	2,695 kt	2023	up 0.6%	rising
47	Mongolia	2,557 kt	2023	up 10.3%	rising
48	Rwanda	2,551 kt	2023	up 2.9%	rising
49	Syrian Arab Republic	2,496 kt	2023	up 2.3%	rising
50	France	2,452 kt	2023	up 0.6%	rising
51	Guatemala	2,404 kt	2023	up 2.9%	rising
52	Sri Lanka	2,339 kt	2023	up 1.2%	rising
53	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	2,267 kt	2023	up 0.7%	rising
54	Madagascar	2,235 kt	2023	up 1.5%	rising
55	Japan	2,189 kt	2023	down 0.5%	flat
56	Israel	2,182 kt	2023	up 5.7%	rising
57	Tunisia	2,172 kt	2023	up 0.2%	rising
58	Afghanistan	2,101 kt	2023	up 36.1%	rising
59	China, Hong Kong SAR	2,081 kt	2023	up 1.4%	rising
60	Haiti	1,988 kt	2023	up 1.6%	rising
61	Italy	1,950 kt	2023	up 1.1%	rising
62	Nepal	1,901 kt	2023	up 3.6%	rising
63	Sudan	1,900 kt	2023	up 4.5%	flat
64	United Arab Emirates	1,874 kt	2023	up 5.5%	rising
65	Uzbekistan	1,827 kt	2023	up 14.0%	rising
66	Sudan (former)	1,794 kt	2011	up 14.0%	rising
67	Senegal	1,764 kt	2023	up 5.4%	rising
68	Burkina Faso	1,624 kt	2023	up 6.1%	rising
69	Honduras	1,619 kt	2023	up 2.4%	rising
70	Jordan	1,615 kt	2023	up 6.2%	rising
71	Azerbaijan	1,611 kt	2023	up 6.4%	rising
72	Nicaragua	1,578 kt	2023	up 1.9%	rising
73	Belarus	1,558 kt	2023	up 2.2%	rising
74	Mozambique	1,528 kt	2023	up 1.3%	rising
75	Kuwait	1,494 kt	2023	up 5.0%	rising
76	El Salvador	1,440 kt	2023	up 1.7%	rising
77	Angola	1,436 kt	2023	up 5.4%	rising
78	Serbia	1,426 kt	2023	up 4.0%	rising
79	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	1,388 kt	2023	up 6.4%	rising
80	Republic of Moldova	1,367 kt	2023	up 4.2%	rising
81	Czechia	1,358 kt	2023	up 2.5%	rising
82	Paraguay	1,354 kt	2023	up 1.7%	rising
83	Lebanon	1,337 kt	2023	up 2.7%	rising
84	Zambia	1,328 kt	2023	up 1.2%	rising
85	Yemen	1,323 kt	2023	down 31.3%	rising
86	Somalia	1,297 kt	2023	up 6.3%	rising
87	Serbia and Montenegro	1,290 kt	2005	up 419.8%	rising
88	Panama	1,284 kt	2023	up 2.8%	rising
89	Niger	1,282 kt	2023	up 6.1%	rising
90	Cameroon	1,280 kt	2023	up 1.8%	rising
91	Costa Rica	1,275 kt	2023	up 2.2%	rising
92	Kazakhstan	1,153 kt	2023	up 16.6%	rising
93	Portugal	1,127 kt	2023	up 1.5%	rising
94	Puerto Rico	996.49 kt	2023	up 0.5%	rising
95	Burundi	985.91 kt	2023	up 8.6%	rising
96	Cambodia	985.14 kt	2023	up 3.7%	rising
97	Germany	982.5 kt	2023	up 0.8%	rising
98	Palestine	982.14 kt	2023	up 15.5%	rising
99	Libya	968.86 kt	2023	up 3.5%	rising
100	Jamaica	901.21 kt	2023	up 0.8%	rising
101	Uruguay	861.14 kt	2023	up 2.3%	rising
102	Chad	842.13 kt	2023	up 5.8%	rising
103	Hungary	814.53 kt	2023	up 1.4%	rising
104	Togo	796.17 kt	2023	up 2.1%	rising
105	New Zealand	787.63 kt	2023	up 1.9%	rising
106	Slovakia	736.74 kt	2023	up 2.3%	rising
107	Tajikistan	723.56 kt	2023	up 6.9%	rising
108	Croatia	626.2 kt	2023	up 4.0%	rising
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina	617.39 kt	2023	up 2.7%	rising
110	Trinidad and Tobago	616.76 kt	2023	up 0.2%	rising
111	Cuba	605.75 kt	2023	down 70.4%	falling
112	Mali	599.08 kt	2023	up 6.2%	rising
113	Zimbabwe	518.57 kt	2023	up 6.6%	rising
114	Bulgaria	497.97 kt	2023	up 3.3%	rising
115	Qatar	496.54 kt	2023	up 6.8%	rising
116	Bahrain	469.63 kt	2023	up 5.9%	rising
117	Kyrgyzstan	451.96 kt	2023	up 7.0%	rising
118	Guinea	432 kt	2023	up 3.8%	rising
119	Sierra Leone	422.34 kt	2023	up 1.0%	rising
120	Switzerland	409.6 kt	2023	up 1.3%	rising
121	Georgia	391.75 kt	2023	up 5.2%	rising
122	Liberia	390.8 kt	2023	up 2.1%	rising
123	Central African Republic	390.59 kt	2023	up 0.9%	flat
124	Benin	368.7 kt	2023	up 6.0%	rising
125	Albania	351.51 kt	2023	up 7.2%	rising
126	North Macedonia	304.94 kt	2023	up 4.8%	rising
127	Ireland	301.62 kt	2023	up 2.7%	rising
128	Cyprus	299.99 kt	2023	up 0.8%	rising
129	Mauritania	299.76 kt	2023	up 5.8%	rising
130	Latvia	271.24 kt	2023	up 4.2%	rising
131	Armenia	270.35 kt	2023	up 6.8%	rising
132	Oman	263.55 kt	2023	up 5.6%	rising
133	Lithuania	256.54 kt	2023	up 4.6%	rising
134	Lao People's Democratic Republic	236.33 kt	2023	up 2.9%	rising
135	Republic of Korea	233.66 kt	2023	up 1.6%	rising
136	Bahamas	205.81 kt	2023	up 0.9%	rising
137	Guinea-Bissau	202.96 kt	2023	up 2.7%	rising
138	Turkmenistan	178.9 kt	2023	up 15.1%	rising
139	Finland	173.9 kt	2023	up 0.7%	rising
140	China, Macao SAR	165.66 kt	2023	up 0.1%	rising
141	Mauritius	161.13 kt	2023	up 0.8%	rising
142	Malta	159.71 kt	2023	up 3.6%	rising
143	Brunei Darussalam	146.51 kt	2023	down 0.5%	rising
144	Austria	145.06 kt	2023	up 0.9%	rising
145	Guyana	137.32 kt	2023	up 4.9%	rising
146	Barbados	136.04 kt	2023	up 0.7%	rising
147	Montenegro	134.1 kt	2023	up 10.4%	rising
148	Slovenia	133.23 kt	2023	up 2.0%	rising
149	Congo	131.36 kt	2023	down 0.0%	rising
150	Gambia	129.71 kt	2023	up 5.3%	rising
151	Belgium-Luxembourg	127.22 kt	1999	up 14.8%	rising
152	United States Virgin Islands	114.69 kt	2023	up 1.3%	rising
153	Belize	88.44 kt	2023	up 1.6%	rising
154	Cabo Verde	88.4 kt	2023	up 5.6%	rising
155	Norway	88.09 kt	2023	up 0.7%	rising
156	Bhutan	86.32 kt	2023	up 10.1%	rising
157	Gabon	84.02 kt	2023	up 0.7%	rising
158	Belgium	80.81 kt	2023	up 0.9%	flat
159	Namibia	78.38 kt	2023	up 5.0%	rising
160	Equatorial Guinea	69.51 kt	2023	down 1.7%	rising
161	Aruba	66.97 kt	2023	up 1.0%	rising
162	Botswana	66.55 kt	2023	up 5.4%	rising
163	Saint Lucia	66.35 kt	2023	up 1.5%	rising
164	Djibouti	62.6 kt	2023	up 9.9%	rising
165	Eswatini	62.15 kt	2023	up 4.9%	rising
166	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	60.07 kt	2023	up 0.9%	rising
167	Suriname	58.51 kt	2023	down 1.0%	rising
168	Luxembourg	55.31 kt	2023	up 1.7%	rising
169	Comoros	52.98 kt	2023	up 1.2%	rising
170	Iceland	50.44 kt	2023	up 2.3%	rising
171	Maldives	44.93 kt	2023	up 3.3%	rising
172	Cayman Islands	40.75 kt	2023	up 5.8%	rising
173	Estonia	35.65 kt	2023	up 4.0%	rising
174	Timor-Leste	34.63 kt	2023	up 4.0%	rising
175	Denmark	31.93 kt	2023	up 0.9%	rising
176	Channel Islands	28.72 kt	2023	up 33.9%	rising
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	28 kt	2023	up 1.3%	rising
178	Saint Kitts and Nevis	27.95 kt	2023	up 1.0%	rising
179	Seychelles	27.86 kt	2023	up 2.4%	rising
180	Antigua and Barbuda	26.18 kt	2023	up 1.4%	rising
181	Grenada	25.22 kt	2023	up 2.0%	rising
182	Sweden	21.84 kt	2023	up 0.8%	rising
183	Lesotho	21.52 kt	2023	up 1.0%	rising
184	Curaçao	20.59 kt	2023	up 0.5%	flat
185	Dominica	11.23 kt	2023	up 1.1%	rising
186	Andorra	10.17 kt	2023	up 0.5%	rising
187	Sao Tome and Principe	9.19 kt	2023	up 4.5%	rising
188	Faroe Islands	8.89 kt	2023	up 2.0%	rising
189	Liechtenstein	6.11 kt	2023	up 1.8%	rising
190	Singapore	5.25 kt	2023	up 2.0%	rising
191	San Marino	4.55 kt	2023	up 8.2%	rising
192	Isle of Man	3.76 kt	2023	down 30.7%	rising
193	Bermuda	2.78 kt	2023	up 0.8%	rising
194	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.

World 927,739 kt
Chagai 28.72 kt
Non-Annex I countries 785,678 kt
Asia 546,064 kt
Eastern Asia 227,014 kt
Americas 194,976 kt
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 189,384 kt
Southern Asia 159,583 kt
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 142,038 kt
Annex I countries 141,058 kt
Africa 113,632 kt
South-eastern Asia 97,568 kt
South America 93,888 kt
Europe 69,235 kt
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 68,346 kt
Western Asia 57,565 kt
Northern America 46,347 kt
Central America 45,652 kt
Eastern Europe 42,445 kt
United States of America 41,634 kt
Western Africa 39,074 kt
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 35,893 kt
Eastern Africa 30,801 kt
European Union (27) 30,314 kt
Northern Africa 29,480 kt
Southern Europe 19,057 kt
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 10,473 kt
Middle Africa 9,669 kt
Southern Africa 4,609 kt
Central Asia 4,334 kt
Western Europe 4,194 kt
Oceania 3,833 kt
Northern Europe 3,539 kt

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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: 227 places, 7,442 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 23 October 2026

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.