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Waste — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
218
Highest
16,440 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0028 kt
Niue
Median
62.8 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,574

What the numbers show

Waste — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 16,440 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0028 kt in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 62.8 kt, and the mean is 436.71 kt.

Over the past decade 179 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 237.3%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 76.0%).

Waste — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 16,440 kt 2023 up 6.5% falling
2 China 13,254 kt 2023 up 36.9% volatile
3 China, mainland 12,700 kt 2023 up 38.5% volatile
4 Russian Federation 4,770 kt 2023 up 38.3% rising
5 Brazil 4,450 kt 2023 up 19.0% volatile
5 India 4,450 kt 2023 up 17.4% rising
7 USSR 3,560 kt 1991 up 5.3% rising
8 Türkiye 2,400 kt 2023 up 54.8% volatile
9 Mexico 2,220 kt 2023 up 19.4% rising
10 Indonesia 1,730 kt 2023 up 20.1% volatile
11 Saudi Arabia 1,110 kt 2023 up 28.0% volatile
12 Nigeria 1,060 kt 2023 up 38.2% volatile
13 Thailand 906 kt 2023 up 20.8% volatile
14 Pakistan 820 kt 2023 up 37.8% volatile
15 Colombia 759 kt 2023 up 20.5% rising
16 Canada 757 kt 2023 up 17.7% rising
17 Morocco 702 kt 2023 up 26.9% volatile
18 Republic of Korea 701 kt 2023 up 56.5% volatile
19 Algeria 693 kt 2023 up 49.7% volatile
20 Australia and New Zealand 586 kt 2023 down 6.2% rising
21 France 567 kt 2023 down 25.5% rising
22 Viet Nam 565 kt 2023 up 35.2% volatile
23 Egypt 547 kt 2023 up 45.1% rising
24 Bangladesh 545 kt 2023 up 43.8% volatile
25 Spain 528 kt 2023 down 2.4% rising
26 Caribbean 505.06 kt 2023 up 12.5% rising
27 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 504 kt 2023 up 26.0% rising
28 Malaysia 453 kt 2023 up 29.1% volatile
29 Ethiopia 438 kt 2023 up 35.6% rising
30 Democratic Republic of the Congo 424 kt 2023 up 52.0% volatile
31 Australia 418 kt 2023 down 10.9% falling
32 Iraq 412 kt 2023 up 35.5% volatile
33 Chile 387 kt 2023 down 2.0% rising
33 China, Taiwan Province of 387 kt 2023 up 7.5% volatile
35 Italy 375 kt 2023 down 39.9% falling
36 Philippines 368 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
36 Ukraine 368 kt 2023 up 5.1% falling
38 Germany 364 kt 2023 down 38.1% falling
39 Argentina 361 kt 2023 up 9.1% rising
40 Kuwait 358 kt 2023 up 26.1% volatile
41 Poland 327 kt 2023 down 10.9% falling
42 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 323 kt 2023 down 14.3% falling
43 Romania 320 kt 2023 up 31.1% rising
44 Uzbekistan 274 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
45 Peru 272 kt 2023 up 20.4% rising
46 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 268 kt 2023 down 21.6% rising
47 Sudan 264 kt 2023 up 41.2% rising
48 United Arab Emirates 256 kt 2023 up 20.8% volatile
49 Guatemala 252 kt 2023 up 32.6% volatile
50 Czechoslovakia 242 kt 1992 down 12.9% rising
51 Israel 240 kt 2023 up 21.2% rising
52 Japan 231 kt 2023 down 28.5% falling
53 Sudan (former) 228.8 kt 2011 up 40.9% volatile
54 Belarus 206 kt 2023 up 21.2% rising
55 Czechia 196 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
56 Bulgaria 188 kt 2023 down 4.6% falling
57 Yugoslav SFR 181.44 kt 1991 up 6.2% rising
58 Ethiopia PDR 177.8 kt 1992 up 22.4% rising
59 Singapore 173 kt 2023 up 39.5% volatile
60 New Zealand 168 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
61 China, Hong Kong SAR 166 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
62 Jordan 165 kt 2023 up 36.4% volatile
63 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 160 kt 2023 down 9.6% falling
64 Sri Lanka 159 kt 2023 up 15.2% rising
65 Cuba 158 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
65 Ecuador 158 kt 2023 up 17.0% rising
65 Kazakhstan 158 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
68 Belgium-Luxembourg 155.47 kt 1999 down 10.3% rising
69 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 152 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
70 Dominican Republic 150 kt 2023 up 36.4% volatile
71 Uruguay 148 kt 2023 up 101.6% volatile
72 Yemen 147 kt 2023 up 12.2% volatile
73 Portugal 142 kt 2023 up 21.4% flat
74 Greece 139 kt 2023 down 14.7% rising
75 Oman 135 kt 2023 up 72.6% volatile
75 Uganda 135 kt 2023 up 39.0% volatile
77 Hungary 133 kt 2023 up 5.6% falling
78 Trinidad and Tobago 126 kt 2023 up 0.8% volatile
79 Myanmar 123 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
80 Lebanon 119 kt 2023 up 26.3% volatile
80 Slovakia 119 kt 2023 down 2.5% rising
82 Qatar 118 kt 2023 up 25.3% volatile
83 Angola 115 kt 2023 up 42.5% volatile
84 Cameroon 114 kt 2023 up 44.5% volatile
84 Honduras 114 kt 2023 up 37.0% volatile
84 United Republic of Tanzania 114 kt 2023 up 47.5% volatile
87 Sweden 112 kt 2023 down 8.9% falling
87 Tunisia 112 kt 2023 up 17.4% rising
89 Denmark 107 kt 2023 up 52.9% flat
90 Azerbaijan 106 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
91 Kenya 104 kt 2023 up 40.9% volatile
92 Libya 101 kt 2023 up 15.3% volatile
93 Côte d'Ivoire 90.6 kt 2023 up 42.7% rising
94 Somalia 88.4 kt 2023 up 33.3% volatile
95 Austria 85.4 kt 2023 up 0.9% falling
96 Finland 85.3 kt 2023 down 42.0% falling
97 Kyrgyzstan 84.5 kt 2023 up 42.5% rising
98 Ghana 83.4 kt 2023 up 20.5% rising
99 Burkina Faso 81.8 kt 2023 up 44.0% volatile
100 Madagascar 81.3 kt 2023 up 48.1% volatile
101 Belgium 81.2 kt 2023 down 9.3% falling
102 Guinea 80.5 kt 2023 up 44.3% volatile
103 Costa Rica 76.2 kt 2023 up 26.6% volatile
104 Nepal 72.1 kt 2023 up 11.8% rising
105 Cyprus 68.8 kt 2023 up 237.3% volatile
106 Afghanistan 68.2 kt 2023 up 30.9% volatile
107 Mozambique 64.6 kt 2023 up 45.2% rising
108 Serbia and Montenegro 64.01 kt 2005 down 6.8% flat
109 Senegal 62.9 kt 2023 up 36.1% rising
110 Chad 62.7 kt 2023 up 32.8% volatile
111 South Sudan 60.5 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
112 Serbia 58.5 kt 2023 down 1.7% flat
113 Georgia 58.4 kt 2023 up 10.2% flat
114 Turkmenistan 55.1 kt 2023 up 36.7% rising
115 Melanesia 55.01 kt 2023 up 24.5% rising
116 Zimbabwe 54 kt 2023 up 21.3% rising
117 Panama 51.9 kt 2023 up 28.5% volatile
117 El Salvador 51.9 kt 2023 up 20.1% rising
119 Tajikistan 48.7 kt 2023 up 34.5% rising
120 Mali 47.9 kt 2023 up 50.6% rising
121 Nicaragua 47.8 kt 2023 up 18.6% rising
122 Cambodia 46.5 kt 2023 up 37.2% rising
123 Benin 46.3 kt 2023 up 33.0% rising
124 Croatia 41.6 kt 2023 down 17.3% rising
124 Niger 41.6 kt 2023 up 44.4% rising
126 Malawi 41.5 kt 2023 up 42.1% rising
127 Haiti 38.8 kt 2023 up 16.2% rising
128 Republic of Moldova 36.7 kt 2023 up 23.6% rising
129 Syrian Arab Republic 36.5 kt 2023 down 76.0% volatile
130 Rwanda 36.3 kt 2023 up 34.9% rising
131 Bahrain 35.7 kt 2023 up 27.5% volatile
132 Burundi 34.2 kt 2023 up 37.3% rising
133 Zambia 34 kt 2023 up 37.7% volatile
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 33.2 kt 2023 up 14.1% rising
135 Togo 31.6 kt 2023 up 37.4% rising
136 Papua New Guinea 29.4 kt 2023 up 23.5% rising
137 Mauritania 28.3 kt 2023 up 36.7% volatile
138 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 27.8 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
139 Latvia 27.5 kt 2023 down 4.2% rising
140 Norway 27.3 kt 2023 up 35.8% falling
141 Estonia 26.3 kt 2023 down 52.4% falling
142 Congo 25.8 kt 2023 up 28.4% volatile
143 Sierra Leone 24.8 kt 2023 up 22.2% rising
144 North Macedonia 23.4 kt 2023 up 4.5% rising
145 Eritrea 23.2 kt 2023 up 23.4% rising
146 Paraguay 21 kt 2023 up 21.4% rising
147 Ireland 19.6 kt 2023 down 26.3% falling
148 Albania 19.3 kt 2023 up 22.2% rising
149 Mongolia 19 kt 2023 up 31.9% rising
150 Liberia 18.1 kt 2023 up 28.4% rising
151 Mauritius 17.9 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
152 Djibouti 17.3 kt 2023 up 41.8% volatile
152 Lithuania 17.3 kt 2023 down 65.8% falling
154 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16.9 kt 2023 up 37.4% volatile
155 Armenia 16.6 kt 2023 up 7.8% falling
156 Botswana 16.2 kt 2023 up 32.8% volatile
157 Fiji 15.6 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
158 Guyana 15.5 kt 2023 up 9.9% rising
159 Slovenia 14.4 kt 2023 down 28.4% falling
160 Equatorial Guinea 12 kt 2023 up 1.7% volatile
161 Guinea-Bissau 11.4 kt 2023 up 37.2% volatile
161 Namibia 11.4 kt 2023 up 34.0% volatile
163 Bahamas 10.6 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
164 Belize 9.78 kt 2023 up 25.4% rising
164 Gambia 9.78 kt 2023 up 37.9% volatile
166 Jamaica 9.46 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
167 Gabon 9.08 kt 2023 up 26.8% rising
168 Iceland 8.95 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
169 Suriname 8.19 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
170 Switzerland 8.12 kt 2023 up 6.7% volatile
171 Solomon Islands 6.94 kt 2023 up 35.0% volatile
172 Lesotho 6 kt 2023 up 26.1% rising
173 Montenegro 5.52 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
174 Eswatini 5.47 kt 2023 up 16.9% falling
175 Comoros 5.38 kt 2023 up 29.0% rising
176 Bhutan 5.3 kt 2023 up 42.5% volatile
177 Maldives 5.01 kt 2023 up 46.5% volatile
178 Barbados 4.14 kt 2023 up 0.7% flat
179 Brunei Darussalam 3.75 kt 2023 up 15.7% rising
180 Malta 3.49 kt 2023 up 26.0% volatile
181 Timor-Leste 3.41 kt 2023 up 22.2% rising
182 Vanuatu 3.07 kt 2023 up 26.3% volatile
183 Polynesia 2.53 kt 2023 up 6.7% rising
184 Seychelles 2.22 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
185 Cabo Verde 2.15 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
186 Luxembourg 1.61 kt 2023 down 49.8% falling
187 Antigua and Barbuda 1.51 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
188 China, Macao SAR 1.34 kt 2023 up 13.6% rising
189 Tonga 1.28 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
189 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1.28 kt 2010 up 9.4% rising
191 Grenada 1.26 kt 2023 up 16.7% rising
192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.25 kt 2023 up 12.6% rising
193 Micronesia 1.17 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
194 Saint Lucia 1.11 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.07 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
196 Samoa 1.05 kt 2023 up 6.5% rising
197 Dominica 0.924 kt 2023 up 5.1% rising
198 Sao Tome and Principe 0.904 kt 2023 up 40.8% volatile
199 Kiribati 0.74 kt 2023 up 26.1% rising
200 Andorra 0.672 kt 2023 down 23.1% rising
201 Aruba 0.598 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
202 Monaco 0.324 kt 2023 down 21.4% rising
203 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 0.3136 kt 1990 up 39.3% rising
204 San Marino 0.213 kt 2023 down 38.4% rising
205 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.17 kt 2023 up 6.9% flat
206 Cook Islands 0.154 kt 2023 down 3.8% rising
207 Palau 0.151 kt 2023 up 17.1% rising
208 British Virgin Islands 0.134 kt 2023 up 12.6% volatile
209 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.112 kt 2023 down 64.8% volatile
210 Anguilla 0.09 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
211 Marshall Islands 0.0873 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
212 Liechtenstein 0.0363 kt 2023 up 4.6% volatile
213 Tuvalu 0.0302 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
214 Nauru 0.0187 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
215 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.0149 kt 2023 down 0.7% falling
216 Tokelau 0.0089 kt 2023 up 17.1% rising
217 Holy See 0.0031 kt 2023 down 49.2% falling
218 Niue 0.0028 kt 2023 unchanged falling

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
Waste — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
253 places, 14,574 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood 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). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf