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Waste — Emissions (CO2) 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
158
Highest
13,203 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Latvia
Median
3.85 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,581

What the numbers show

Waste — Emissions (CO2) is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 13,203 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Latvia.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.85 kt, and the mean is 235.39 kt.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 2,426.3%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 100.0%).

Waste — Emissions (CO2): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 13,203 kt 2023 down 7.4% rising
2 Spain 4,180 kt 2023 down 0.9% volatile
3 China 3,693 kt 2023 up 27.0% volatile
4 China, mainland 3,640 kt 2023 up 27.3% volatile
5 Japan 3,220 kt 2023 down 23.2% rising
6 France 2,330 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
7 Republic of Korea 1,610 kt 2023 up 2.5% volatile
8 Ghana 708 kt 2023 up 475.6% volatile
9 Mexico 506 kt 2023 up 17.1% volatile
10 Italy 405 kt 2023 down 9.4% rising
11 Brazil 302 kt 2023 up 11.0% volatile
12 Sierra Leone 228 kt 2023 up 23.2% volatile
13 Nigeria 214 kt 2023 up 25.9% volatile
14 Portugal 205 kt 2023 up 13.3% rising
15 Guatemala 203 kt 2023 up 50.4% volatile
16 Poland 196 kt 2023 up 32.4% rising
17 Indonesia 174 kt 2023 up 25.2% volatile
18 Sweden 156 kt 2023 down 4.9% volatile
19 Philippines 154 kt 2023 up 22.2% volatile
20 Tajikistan 152 kt 2023 up 20.6% rising
21 USSR 142.38 kt 1991 up 168.8% volatile
22 Canada 107 kt 2023 up 8.6% rising
23 Nepal 85.1 kt 2023 up 81.1% volatile
24 Malaysia 78 kt 2023 up 24.2% volatile
25 Costa Rica 66.8 kt 2023 down 5.4% volatile
26 Cabo Verde 64.1 kt 2023 down 18.1% volatile
27 Czechia 56.3 kt 2023 down 1.1% rising
28 United Kingdom 54.9 kt 2023 down 22.1% volatile
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 54.9 kt 2023 down 22.1% volatile
30 Vietnam 52 kt 2023 up 34.0% volatile
30 Viet Nam 52 kt 2023 up 34.0% volatile
32 Norway 51.2 kt 2023 down 39.7% volatile
33 Myanmar 47 kt 2023 up 18.4% volatile
34 Belgium-Luxembourg 46.2 kt 1999 down 67.7% volatile
35 Singapore 42 kt 2023 up 14.4% volatile
36 China, Taiwan Province of 41.2 kt 2023 up 14.4% volatile
37 Honduras 33.4 kt 2023 up 29.0% volatile
38 Germany 30.9 kt 2023 down 81.8% rising
39 South Africa 29.4 kt 2023 up 34.9% volatile
40 Tunisia 28.2 kt 2023 up 53.3% volatile
41 Czechoslovakia 26.88 kt 1992 up 35.3% volatile
42 Panama 25.2 kt 2023 up 125.0% volatile
43 Yugoslav SFR 21.9 kt 1991 up 26.4% volatile
44 Mauritania 20.6 kt 2023 up 449.3% volatile
45 North Macedonia 20 kt 2023 up 4.2% rising
46 Colombia 18.9 kt 2023 up 13.2% volatile
46 Thailand 18.9 kt 2023 up 18.9% volatile
48 Hungary 18.8 kt 2023 down 68.8% volatile
49 Australia and New Zealand 17.95 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
50 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17.9 kt 2023 up 13.3% volatile
51 Australia 15.8 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
51 Laos 15.8 kt 2023 up 37.4% volatile
51 Lao People's Democratic Republic 15.8 kt 2023 up 37.4% volatile
54 Cambodia 13 kt 2023 up 22.6% volatile
55 Ukraine 12.8 kt 2023 down 5.2% volatile
56 Belarus 12.3 kt 2023 down 34.6% volatile
57 Argentina 12 kt 2023 up 12.1% rising
58 Slovakia 11.4 kt 2023 up 21.0% rising
59 China, Hong Kong SAR 11.2 kt 2023 up 5.7% volatile
59 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 11.2 kt 2023 up 8.7% rising
61 Mali 11 kt 2023 up 60.6% volatile
62 Peru 9.66 kt 2023 up 15.4% volatile
63 Chile 8.76 kt 2023 up 25.7% volatile
64 Ireland 8.73 kt 2023 down 46.4% volatile
65 Switzerland 8.45 kt 2023 down 13.4% volatile
66 Mozambique 8.41 kt 2023 down 38.2% volatile
67 Guinea-Bissau 7.64 kt 2023 up 23.4% volatile
68 Cote d'Ivoire 6.77 kt 2023 up 41.3% volatile
68 Côte d'Ivoire 6.77 kt 2023 up 41.3% volatile
70 Serbia 6.39 kt 2023 down 0.9% rising
71 Serbia and Montenegro 6.22 kt 2005 up 26.2% rising
72 Lesotho 5.73 kt 2023 up 11.7% volatile
73 Afghanistan 5.6 kt 2023 down 15.0% volatile
74 Slovenia 4.89 kt 2023 down 36.5% volatile
75 Ecuador 4.7 kt 2023 up 18.1% volatile
76 Romania 4.67 kt 2023 down 3.9% volatile
77 Denmark 4.05 kt 2023 up 4.4% rising
78 Kyrgyzstan 3.92 kt 2023 down 23.4% rising
79 Guinea 3.87 kt 2023 up 24.0% volatile
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.83 kt 2023 up 4.4% rising
81 Maldives 3.82 kt 2023 up 34.0% volatile
82 Somalia 3.46 kt 2023 up 51.1% volatile
83 United States 3.41 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
84 Namibia 3.1 kt 2023 up 31.4% volatile
85 Albania 2.91 kt 2023 up 11.9% volatile
86 Andorra 2.84 kt 2023 up 8.4% volatile
87 Caribbean 2.78 kt 2023 up 10.5% rising
88 Rwanda 2.61 kt 2023 up 29.9% volatile
88 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.61 kt 2023 up 22.0% volatile
90 Lithuania 2.47 kt 2023 up 203.1% volatile
91 Azerbaijan 2.45 kt 2023 up 17.2% rising
92 Moldova 2.41 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
92 Republic of Moldova 2.41 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
94 Algeria 2.36 kt 2023 up 27.6% volatile
95 Burundi 2.35 kt 2023 up 35.8% volatile
96 Belgium 2.33 kt 2023 down 85.5% volatile
97 Turkey 2.16 kt 2023 down 55.4% volatile
97 Türkiye 2.16 kt 2023 down 55.4% volatile
99 New Zealand 2.15 kt 2023 down 13.0% rising
100 Brunei 1.84 kt 2023 up 11.5% volatile
100 Brunei Darussalam 1.84 kt 2023 up 11.5% volatile
102 Zambia 1.75 kt 2023 down 29.1% volatile
103 Greece 1.73 kt 2023 down 36.6% volatile
104 Ethiopia 1.64 kt 2023 up 56.2% rising
105 Kenya 1.5 kt 2023 up 50.9% volatile
106 Monaco 1.37 kt 2023 up 10.5% rising
107 Uruguay 1.36 kt 2023 up 4.6% rising
108 Bulgaria 1.29 kt 2023 down 94.3% volatile
109 Zimbabwe 1.11 kt 2023 up 44.3% volatile
110 Papua New Guinea 1 kt 2023 up 17.5% volatile
110 Melanesia 1 kt 2023 up 17.5% volatile
112 Bahamas 0.964 kt 2023 up 12.0% volatile
113 Mongolia 0.918 kt 2023 up 10.9% volatile
114 China, Macao SAR 0.882 kt 2023 up 10.7% volatile
115 Austria 0.834 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
116 Jamaica 0.702 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
117 Iceland 0.677 kt 2023 down 51.6% volatile
118 Montenegro 0.603 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
119 Dominican Republic 0.484 kt 2023 up 22.8% volatile
120 Cuba 0.482 kt 2023 up 1.9% volatile
121 Egypt 0.452 kt 2023 up 20.5% volatile
122 Kuwait 0.434 kt 2023 up 32.3% volatile
123 Benin 0.425 kt 2023 up 46.0% volatile
124 Samoa 0.424 kt 2023 down 73.7% volatile
124 Polynesia 0.424 kt 2023 down 73.7% volatile
126 Ethiopia PDR 0.408 kt 1992 up 67.9% volatile
127 Gabon 0.334 kt 2023 up 31.5% volatile
128 Malta 0.291 kt 2023 down 27.8% volatile
129 Burkina Faso 0.246 kt 2023 up 44.7% volatile
130 Kazakhstan 0.24 kt 2023 up 2,426.3% volatile
130 Togo 0.24 kt 2023 up 44.6% volatile
132 San Marino 0.23 kt 2023 down 7.3% rising
133 Suriname 0.204 kt 2023 up 5.2% volatile
134 Jordan 0.201 kt 2023 up 35.8% volatile
135 East Timor 0.162 kt 2023 up 23.7% volatile
135 Timor-Leste 0.162 kt 2023 up 23.7% volatile
137 Estonia 0.133 kt 2023 down 59.9% volatile
138 Guyana 0.128 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
139 Sao Tome and Principe 0.124 kt 2023 up 35.2% volatile
140 Paraguay 0.12 kt 2023 down 12.4% volatile
141 Belize 0.0931 kt 2023 up 71.5% volatile
142 Dominica 0.0794 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
143 Mauritius 0.052 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
144 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0483 kt 2023 down 99.6% volatile
145 Liechtenstein 0.0377 kt 2023 down 15.3% volatile
146 Saint Lucia 0.0339 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
146 Qatar 0.0339 kt 2023 up 32.9% volatile
148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0324 kt 2023 up 19.6% volatile
149 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0065 kt 2023 up 35.4% rising
150 Congo 0.0061 kt 2023 up 35.6% volatile
151 Lebanon 0.0053 kt 2023 up 20.5% volatile
152 Holy See 0.0034 kt 2023 down 22.7% rising
153 Bhutan 0.0028 kt 2023 down 28.2% volatile
154 Palau 0.0005 kt 2023 unchanged rising
154 Micronesia 0.0005 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
156 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 0.0004 kt 1990 — volatile
157 Croatia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
157 Latvia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CO2)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
202 places, 11,581 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