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Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
232
Highest
507,448 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0989 kt
Niue
Median
1,940 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
15,268

What the numbers show

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 232 countries. The highest value is 507,448 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0989 kt in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,940 kt, and the mean is 14,220 kt.

Over the past decade 192 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 230.6%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 72.6%).

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 507,448 kt 2023 up 6.4% flat
2 China 402,662 kt 2023 up 35.4% volatile
3 China, mainland 386,535 kt 2023 up 36.8% volatile
4 United States 147,890 kt 2023 up 8.6% falling
5 India 141,374 kt 2023 up 17.9% rising
6 Russia 136,096 kt 2023 up 37.4% rising
6 Russian Federation 136,096 kt 2023 up 37.4% rising
8 Brazil 128,453 kt 2023 up 18.7% volatile
9 USSR 104,072 kt 1991 up 5.4% rising
10 Turkey 68,835 kt 2023 up 53.7% volatile
10 Türkiye 68,835 kt 2023 up 53.7% volatile
12 Mexico 64,839 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
13 Indonesia 51,953 kt 2023 up 20.5% volatile
14 Nigeria 32,059 kt 2023 up 37.1% volatile
15 Saudi Arabia 31,618 kt 2023 up 27.9% volatile
16 Thailand 26,211 kt 2023 up 20.4% volatile
17 Pakistan 25,443 kt 2023 up 37.3% volatile
18 Colombia 22,914 kt 2023 up 21.4% rising
19 Canada 22,421 kt 2023 up 18.0% rising
20 Republic of Korea 22,393 kt 2023 up 47.5% volatile
21 South Africa 21,829 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
22 Spain 20,644 kt 2023 down 2.2% rising
23 Morocco 20,308 kt 2023 up 26.6% volatile
24 Algeria 20,111 kt 2023 up 48.4% volatile
25 France 20,064 kt 2023 down 20.6% rising
26 Australia and New Zealand 17,508 kt 2023 down 5.1% rising
27 Vietnam 17,406 kt 2023 up 34.0% volatile
27 Viet Nam 17,406 kt 2023 up 34.0% volatile
29 Egypt 17,254 kt 2023 up 41.2% rising
30 Bangladesh 17,107 kt 2023 up 41.6% volatile
31 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 15,323 kt 2023 up 24.3% rising
32 Caribbean 14,599 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
33 Ethiopia 13,742 kt 2023 up 35.0% rising
34 Malaysia 13,247 kt 2023 up 28.7% volatile
35 Australia 12,684 kt 2023 down 9.4% flat
36 Germany 12,436 kt 2023 down 33.7% falling
37 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12,338 kt 2023 up 50.8% volatile
38 Italy 12,272 kt 2023 down 36.4% falling
39 Iraq 12,032 kt 2023 up 35.5% volatile
40 Chile 11,833 kt 2023 down 0.7% rising
41 Philippines 11,804 kt 2023 up 16.1% rising
42 Japan 11,766 kt 2023 down 24.1% falling
43 China, Taiwan Province of 11,235 kt 2023 up 7.6% volatile
44 United Kingdom 11,155 kt 2023 down 10.0% falling
44 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11,155 kt 2023 down 10.0% falling
46 Argentina 11,008 kt 2023 up 10.1% rising
47 Ukraine 10,934 kt 2023 up 4.2% falling
48 Poland 10,120 kt 2023 down 9.1% falling
49 Kuwait 10,104 kt 2023 up 26.1% volatile
50 Romania 9,346 kt 2023 up 29.5% rising
51 Uzbekistan 8,274 kt 2023 up 23.1% rising
52 Peru 8,158 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
53 Sudan 8,047 kt 2023 up 41.4% rising
54 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,840 kt 2023 down 21.4% rising
55 Guatemala 7,488 kt 2023 up 33.0% volatile
56 Israel 7,417 kt 2023 up 21.5% rising
57 United Arab Emirates 7,323 kt 2023 up 20.5% volatile
58 Czechoslovakia 7,112 kt 1992 down 12.6% rising
59 Sudan (former) 6,927 kt 2011 up 40.8% volatile
60 Belarus 5,935 kt 2023 up 20.5% rising
61 Czechia 5,808 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
62 Yugoslav SFR 5,538 kt 1991 up 6.0% rising
63 Bulgaria 5,373 kt 2023 down 4.9% falling
64 Ethiopia PDR 5,366 kt 1992 up 22.5% rising
65 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 5,098 kt 2023 down 8.0% falling
66 Singapore 4,974 kt 2023 up 39.0% volatile
67 China, Hong Kong SAR 4,842 kt 2023 up 11.0% rising
68 New Zealand 4,824 kt 2023 up 8.4% rising
69 Kazakhstan 4,782 kt 2023 up 14.1% rising
70 Jordan 4,720 kt 2023 up 35.2% volatile
71 Sri Lanka 4,708 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
72 Belgium-Luxembourg 4,666 kt 1999 down 9.8% rising
73 Ecuador 4,625 kt 2023 up 16.7% rising
74 Cuba 4,577 kt 2023 up 4.4% rising
75 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4,495 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
76 Portugal 4,433 kt 2023 up 20.1% rising
77 Myanmar 4,429 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
78 Yemen 4,418 kt 2023 up 12.5% volatile
79 Dominican Republic 4,337 kt 2023 up 36.4% volatile
80 Uruguay 4,200 kt 2023 up 99.4% volatile
81 Uganda 4,172 kt 2023 up 36.2% volatile
82 Greece 4,120 kt 2023 down 13.9% rising
83 Hungary 3,942 kt 2023 up 5.0% falling
84 United Republic of Tanzania 3,868 kt 2023 up 45.1% volatile
85 Oman 3,867 kt 2023 up 72.4% volatile
86 Trinidad and Tobago 3,548 kt 2023 up 0.8% volatile
87 Slovakia 3,524 kt 2023 down 1.0% rising
88 Cameroon 3,521 kt 2023 up 42.5% volatile
89 Angola 3,519 kt 2023 up 41.1% volatile
90 Sweden 3,496 kt 2023 down 8.0% falling
91 Kenya 3,475 kt 2023 up 37.2% volatile
92 Lebanon 3,424 kt 2023 up 25.9% volatile
93 Ghana 3,409 kt 2023 up 45.8% rising
94 Tunisia 3,375 kt 2023 up 17.5% rising
95 Qatar 3,344 kt 2023 up 25.4% volatile
96 Honduras 3,338 kt 2023 up 36.5% volatile
97 Denmark 3,210 kt 2023 up 49.9% rising
98 Azerbaijan 3,147 kt 2023 up 14.2% rising
99 Libya 2,922 kt 2023 up 15.1% volatile
100 Cote d'Ivoire 2,846 kt 2023 up 43.0% rising
100 Côte d'Ivoire 2,846 kt 2023 up 43.0% rising
102 Austria 2,668 kt 2023 up 2.0% falling
103 Somalia 2,651 kt 2023 up 33.9% volatile
104 Burkina Faso 2,617 kt 2023 up 43.7% volatile
105 Finland 2,573 kt 2023 down 39.9% falling
106 Belgium 2,570 kt 2023 down 8.7% falling
107 Nepal 2,515 kt 2023 up 15.7% rising
108 Madagascar 2,467 kt 2023 up 44.3% volatile
109 Kyrgyzstan 2,462 kt 2023 up 41.0% rising
110 Guinea 2,406 kt 2023 up 43.6% volatile
111 Costa Rica 2,376 kt 2023 up 25.5% volatile
112 Afghanistan 2,302 kt 2023 up 29.9% volatile
113 Mozambique 2,082 kt 2023 up 42.0% rising
114 Senegal 2,055 kt 2023 up 38.0% rising
115 Chad 1,971 kt 2023 up 32.2% volatile
116 Cyprus 1,952 kt 2023 up 230.6% volatile
117 Serbia and Montenegro 1,928 kt 2005 down 7.5% falling
118 South Sudan 1,844 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
119 Serbia 1,778 kt 2023 down 1.1% flat
120 Georgia 1,690 kt 2023 up 10.0% flat
121 Zimbabwe 1,684 kt 2023 up 20.1% rising
122 Melanesia 1,662 kt 2023 up 24.4% rising
123 Tajikistan 1,655 kt 2023 up 35.0% rising
124 Mali 1,638 kt 2023 up 45.5% rising
125 Turkmenistan 1,637 kt 2023 up 35.4% rising
126 Panama 1,544 kt 2023 up 29.5% volatile
127 El Salvador 1,539 kt 2023 up 19.6% rising
128 Niger 1,536 kt 2023 up 46.0% rising
129 Cambodia 1,513 kt 2023 up 34.7% rising
130 Benin 1,448 kt 2023 up 33.2% volatile
131 Malawi 1,423 kt 2023 up 41.5% rising
132 Nicaragua 1,414 kt 2023 up 18.8% rising
133 Croatia 1,243 kt 2023 down 15.6% rising
134 Syria 1,237 kt 2023 down 72.6% volatile
134 Syrian Arab Republic 1,237 kt 2023 down 72.6% volatile
136 Haiti 1,174 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
137 Rwanda 1,158 kt 2023 up 34.0% rising
138 Zambia 1,134 kt 2023 up 34.9% volatile
139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,086 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
140 Moldova 1,076 kt 2023 up 22.0% rising
140 Republic of Moldova 1,076 kt 2023 up 22.0% rising
142 Burundi 1,053 kt 2023 up 46.8% rising
143 Bahrain 1,009 kt 2023 up 27.3% volatile
144 Sierra Leone 992.1 kt 2023 up 22.0% volatile
145 Togo 976.47 kt 2023 up 37.5% rising
146 Norway 945.45 kt 2023 up 20.2% falling
147 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 929.14 kt 2023 up 23.9% rising
148 Papua New Guinea 922.78 kt 2023 up 23.4% rising
149 Mauritania 882.96 kt 2023 up 38.8% volatile
150 Latvia 824.33 kt 2023 down 3.1% rising
151 Congo 777.53 kt 2023 up 29.6% volatile
152 Estonia 773.37 kt 2023 down 51.3% falling
153 North Macedonia 758.41 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
154 Eritrea 704.72 kt 2023 up 23.8% rising
155 Ireland 677.31 kt 2023 down 21.8% falling
156 Paraguay 674.77 kt 2023 up 21.7% rising
157 Albania 674.22 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
158 Lithuania 589.42 kt 2023 down 60.3% falling
159 Laos 586.52 kt 2023 up 35.4% volatile
159 Lao People's Democratic Republic 586.52 kt 2023 up 35.4% volatile
161 Mongolia 585.39 kt 2023 up 32.1% rising
162 Liberia 543.11 kt 2023 up 28.6% rising
163 Mauritius 520.78 kt 2023 up 4.5% rising
164 Armenia 518.07 kt 2023 up 8.2% falling
165 Djibouti 496.67 kt 2023 up 41.3% volatile
166 Botswana 485.4 kt 2023 up 32.0% volatile
167 Slovenia 452.08 kt 2023 down 25.8% falling
168 Fiji 449.57 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
169 Guyana 447.64 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
170 Central African Republic 437.2 kt 2023 up 25.7% rising
171 Switzerland 413.62 kt 2023 up 8.7% falling
172 Namibia 354.37 kt 2023 up 33.9% volatile
173 Equatorial Guinea 347.39 kt 2023 up 2.5% volatile
174 Guinea-Bissau 342.42 kt 2023 up 36.4% volatile
175 Bahamas 303.33 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
176 Jamaica 302.42 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
177 Gambia 299.62 kt 2023 up 38.0% volatile
178 Belize 288.45 kt 2023 up 25.4% rising
179 Gabon 283.99 kt 2023 up 25.5% rising
180 Iceland 262.57 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
181 Suriname 236.1 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
182 Solomon Islands 200.26 kt 2023 up 34.2% volatile
183 Lesotho 196.04 kt 2023 up 20.2% rising
184 Eswatini 168.53 kt 2023 up 17.4% falling
185 Montenegro 167.78 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
186 Comoros 158.67 kt 2023 up 28.6% volatile
187 Bhutan 152.59 kt 2023 up 46.4% volatile
188 Maldives 151.6 kt 2023 up 42.6% volatile
189 Cabo Verde 131.32 kt 2023 down 1.5% volatile
190 Barbados 120.37 kt 2023 up 1.1% flat
191 Brunei 109.7 kt 2023 up 15.8% rising
191 Brunei Darussalam 109.7 kt 2023 up 15.8% rising
193 East Timor 108.31 kt 2023 up 21.3% rising
193 Timor-Leste 108.31 kt 2023 up 21.3% rising
195 Malta 105.19 kt 2023 up 22.5% rising
196 Vanuatu 89.48 kt 2023 up 26.3% volatile
197 Polynesia 76.28 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
198 Seychelles 63.76 kt 2023 up 20.6% rising
199 Luxembourg 62.12 kt 2023 down 41.7% falling
200 China, Macao SAR 49.74 kt 2023 up 14.2% rising
201 Antigua and Barbuda 43.71 kt 2023 up 10.1% rising
202 Netherlands Antilles (former) 37.27 kt 2010 up 10.0% rising
203 Tonga 37.24 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
204 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 36.72 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
205 Grenada 36.62 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
206 Micronesia 34.97 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
207 Saint Lucia 33.72 kt 2023 up 8.7% rising
208 Samoa 33.19 kt 2023 up 3.8% rising
209 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30.7 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
210 Sao Tome and Principe 27.62 kt 2023 up 39.9% volatile
211 Dominica 26.99 kt 2023 up 5.1% rising
212 Andorra 23.85 kt 2023 down 17.8% rising
213 Kiribati 22.24 kt 2023 up 25.6% rising
214 Aruba 17.82 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
215 Monaco 11.5 kt 2023 down 16.0% rising
216 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 9.25 kt 1990 up 38.5% rising
217 San Marino 6.97 kt 2023 down 34.8% rising
218 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5.17 kt 2023 up 6.6% flat
219 Cook Islands 4.52 kt 2023 down 3.3% rising
220 Palau 4.32 kt 2023 up 17.8% rising
221 British Virgin Islands 4.09 kt 2023 up 13.2% volatile
222 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.51 kt 2023 down 61.9% volatile
223 Anguilla 2.67 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
224 Marshall Islands 2.66 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
225 Liechtenstein 1.85 kt 2023 up 6.6% volatile
226 Tuvalu 0.967 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
227 Nauru 0.5859 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
227 Nauru 0.5859 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
229 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.4596 kt 2023 down 0.7% falling
230 Tokelau 0.267 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
231 Holy See 0.1024 kt 2023 down 45.4% falling
232 Niue 0.0989 kt 2023 up 4.2% falling

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

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Indicator
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
265 places, 15,268 data points, 1961–2023
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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