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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
217
Highest
507,448 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.0989 kt
Niue
Median
1,928 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,574

What the numbers show

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 217 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 1,928 kt, and the mean is 13,248 kt.

Over the past decade 179 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 230.6%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 72.6%).

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq): 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 India 141,374 kt 2023 up 17.9% rising
5 Russian Federation 136,096 kt 2023 up 37.4% rising
6 Brazil 128,453 kt 2023 up 18.7% volatile
7 USSR 104,072 kt 1991 up 5.4% rising
8 Türkiye 68,835 kt 2023 up 53.7% volatile
9 Mexico 64,839 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
10 Indonesia 51,953 kt 2023 up 20.5% volatile
11 Nigeria 32,059 kt 2023 up 37.1% volatile
12 Saudi Arabia 31,618 kt 2023 up 27.9% volatile
13 Thailand 26,211 kt 2023 up 20.4% volatile
14 Pakistan 25,443 kt 2023 up 37.3% volatile
15 Colombia 22,914 kt 2023 up 21.4% rising
16 Canada 22,421 kt 2023 up 18.0% rising
17 Republic of Korea 22,393 kt 2023 up 47.5% volatile
18 Spain 20,644 kt 2023 down 2.2% rising
19 Morocco 20,308 kt 2023 up 26.6% volatile
20 Algeria 20,111 kt 2023 up 48.4% volatile
21 France 20,064 kt 2023 down 20.6% rising
22 Australia and New Zealand 17,508 kt 2023 down 5.1% rising
23 Viet Nam 17,406 kt 2023 up 34.0% volatile
24 Egypt 17,254 kt 2023 up 41.2% rising
25 Bangladesh 17,107 kt 2023 up 41.6% volatile
26 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 15,323 kt 2023 up 24.3% rising
28 Ethiopia 13,742 kt 2023 up 35.0% rising
29 Malaysia 13,247 kt 2023 up 28.7% volatile
30 Australia 12,684 kt 2023 down 9.4% flat
31 Germany 12,436 kt 2023 down 33.7% falling
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12,338 kt 2023 up 50.8% volatile
33 Italy 12,272 kt 2023 down 36.4% falling
34 Iraq 12,032 kt 2023 up 35.5% volatile
35 Chile 11,833 kt 2023 down 0.7% rising
36 Philippines 11,804 kt 2023 up 16.1% rising
37 Japan 11,766 kt 2023 down 24.1% falling
38 China, Taiwan Province of 11,235 kt 2023 up 7.6% volatile
39 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11,155 kt 2023 down 10.0% falling
40 Argentina 11,008 kt 2023 up 10.1% rising
41 Ukraine 10,934 kt 2023 up 4.2% falling
42 Poland 10,120 kt 2023 down 9.1% falling
43 Kuwait 10,104 kt 2023 up 26.1% volatile
44 Romania 9,346 kt 2023 up 29.5% rising
45 Uzbekistan 8,274 kt 2023 up 23.1% rising
46 Peru 8,158 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
47 Sudan 8,047 kt 2023 up 41.4% rising
48 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,840 kt 2023 down 21.4% rising
49 Guatemala 7,488 kt 2023 up 33.0% volatile
50 Israel 7,417 kt 2023 up 21.5% rising
51 United Arab Emirates 7,323 kt 2023 up 20.5% volatile
52 Czechoslovakia 7,112 kt 1992 down 12.6% rising
53 Sudan (former) 6,927 kt 2011 up 40.8% volatile
54 Belarus 5,935 kt 2023 up 20.5% rising
55 Czechia 5,808 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
56 Yugoslav SFR 5,538 kt 1991 up 6.0% rising
57 Bulgaria 5,373 kt 2023 down 4.9% falling
58 Ethiopia PDR 5,366 kt 1992 up 22.5% rising
59 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 5,098 kt 2023 down 8.0% falling
60 Singapore 4,974 kt 2023 up 39.0% volatile
61 China, Hong Kong SAR 4,842 kt 2023 up 11.0% rising
62 New Zealand 4,824 kt 2023 up 8.4% rising
63 Kazakhstan 4,782 kt 2023 up 14.1% rising
64 Jordan 4,720 kt 2023 up 35.2% volatile
65 Sri Lanka 4,708 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
66 Belgium-Luxembourg 4,666 kt 1999 down 9.8% rising
67 Ecuador 4,625 kt 2023 up 16.7% rising
68 Cuba 4,577 kt 2023 up 4.4% rising
69 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4,495 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
70 Portugal 4,433 kt 2023 up 20.1% rising
71 Myanmar 4,429 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
72 Yemen 4,418 kt 2023 up 12.5% volatile
73 Dominican Republic 4,337 kt 2023 up 36.4% volatile
74 Uruguay 4,200 kt 2023 up 99.4% volatile
75 Uganda 4,172 kt 2023 up 36.2% volatile
76 Greece 4,120 kt 2023 down 13.9% rising
77 Hungary 3,942 kt 2023 up 5.0% falling
78 United Republic of Tanzania 3,868 kt 2023 up 45.1% volatile
79 Oman 3,867 kt 2023 up 72.4% volatile
80 Trinidad and Tobago 3,548 kt 2023 up 0.8% volatile
81 Slovakia 3,524 kt 2023 down 1.0% rising
82 Cameroon 3,521 kt 2023 up 42.5% volatile
83 Angola 3,519 kt 2023 up 41.1% volatile
84 Sweden 3,496 kt 2023 down 8.0% falling
85 Kenya 3,475 kt 2023 up 37.2% volatile
86 Lebanon 3,424 kt 2023 up 25.9% volatile
87 Ghana 3,409 kt 2023 up 45.8% rising
88 Tunisia 3,375 kt 2023 up 17.5% rising
89 Qatar 3,344 kt 2023 up 25.4% volatile
90 Honduras 3,338 kt 2023 up 36.5% volatile
91 Denmark 3,210 kt 2023 up 49.9% rising
92 Azerbaijan 3,147 kt 2023 up 14.2% rising
93 Libya 2,922 kt 2023 up 15.1% volatile
94 Côte d'Ivoire 2,846 kt 2023 up 43.0% rising
95 Austria 2,668 kt 2023 up 2.0% falling
96 Somalia 2,651 kt 2023 up 33.9% volatile
97 Burkina Faso 2,617 kt 2023 up 43.7% volatile
98 Finland 2,573 kt 2023 down 39.9% falling
99 Belgium 2,570 kt 2023 down 8.7% falling
100 Nepal 2,515 kt 2023 up 15.7% rising
101 Madagascar 2,467 kt 2023 up 44.3% volatile
102 Kyrgyzstan 2,462 kt 2023 up 41.0% rising
103 Guinea 2,406 kt 2023 up 43.6% volatile
104 Costa Rica 2,376 kt 2023 up 25.5% volatile
105 Afghanistan 2,302 kt 2023 up 29.9% volatile
106 Mozambique 2,082 kt 2023 up 42.0% rising
107 Senegal 2,055 kt 2023 up 38.0% rising
108 Chad 1,971 kt 2023 up 32.2% volatile
109 Cyprus 1,952 kt 2023 up 230.6% volatile
110 Serbia and Montenegro 1,928 kt 2005 down 7.5% falling
111 South Sudan 1,844 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
112 Serbia 1,778 kt 2023 down 1.1% flat
113 Georgia 1,690 kt 2023 up 10.0% flat
114 Zimbabwe 1,684 kt 2023 up 20.1% rising
115 Melanesia 1,662 kt 2023 up 24.4% rising
116 Tajikistan 1,655 kt 2023 up 35.0% rising
117 Mali 1,638 kt 2023 up 45.5% rising
118 Turkmenistan 1,637 kt 2023 up 35.4% rising
119 Panama 1,544 kt 2023 up 29.5% volatile
120 El Salvador 1,539 kt 2023 up 19.6% rising
121 Niger 1,536 kt 2023 up 46.0% rising
122 Cambodia 1,513 kt 2023 up 34.7% rising
123 Benin 1,448 kt 2023 up 33.2% volatile
124 Malawi 1,423 kt 2023 up 41.5% rising
125 Nicaragua 1,414 kt 2023 up 18.8% rising
126 Croatia 1,243 kt 2023 down 15.6% rising
127 Syrian Arab Republic 1,237 kt 2023 down 72.6% volatile
128 Haiti 1,174 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
129 Rwanda 1,158 kt 2023 up 34.0% rising
130 Zambia 1,134 kt 2023 up 34.9% volatile
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,086 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
132 Republic of Moldova 1,076 kt 2023 up 22.0% rising
133 Burundi 1,053 kt 2023 up 46.8% rising
134 Bahrain 1,009 kt 2023 up 27.3% volatile
135 Sierra Leone 992.1 kt 2023 up 22.0% volatile
136 Togo 976.47 kt 2023 up 37.5% rising
137 Norway 945.45 kt 2023 up 20.2% falling
138 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 929.14 kt 2023 up 23.9% rising
139 Papua New Guinea 922.78 kt 2023 up 23.4% rising
140 Mauritania 882.96 kt 2023 up 38.8% volatile
141 Latvia 824.33 kt 2023 down 3.1% rising
142 Congo 777.53 kt 2023 up 29.6% volatile
143 Estonia 773.37 kt 2023 down 51.3% falling
144 North Macedonia 758.41 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
145 Eritrea 704.72 kt 2023 up 23.8% rising
146 Ireland 677.31 kt 2023 down 21.8% falling
147 Paraguay 674.77 kt 2023 up 21.7% rising
148 Albania 674.22 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
149 Lithuania 589.42 kt 2023 down 60.3% falling
150 Lao People's Democratic Republic 586.52 kt 2023 up 35.4% volatile
151 Mongolia 585.39 kt 2023 up 32.1% rising
152 Liberia 543.11 kt 2023 up 28.6% rising
153 Mauritius 520.78 kt 2023 up 4.5% rising
154 Armenia 518.07 kt 2023 up 8.2% falling
155 Djibouti 496.67 kt 2023 up 41.3% volatile
156 Botswana 485.4 kt 2023 up 32.0% volatile
157 Slovenia 452.08 kt 2023 down 25.8% falling
158 Fiji 449.57 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
159 Guyana 447.64 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
160 Switzerland 413.62 kt 2023 up 8.7% falling
161 Namibia 354.37 kt 2023 up 33.9% volatile
162 Equatorial Guinea 347.39 kt 2023 up 2.5% volatile
163 Guinea-Bissau 342.42 kt 2023 up 36.4% volatile
164 Bahamas 303.33 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
165 Jamaica 302.42 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
166 Gambia 299.62 kt 2023 up 38.0% volatile
167 Belize 288.45 kt 2023 up 25.4% rising
168 Gabon 283.99 kt 2023 up 25.5% rising
169 Iceland 262.57 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
170 Suriname 236.1 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
171 Solomon Islands 200.26 kt 2023 up 34.2% volatile
172 Lesotho 196.04 kt 2023 up 20.2% rising
173 Eswatini 168.53 kt 2023 up 17.4% falling
174 Montenegro 167.78 kt 2023 up 7.6% rising
175 Comoros 158.67 kt 2023 up 28.6% volatile
176 Bhutan 152.59 kt 2023 up 46.4% volatile
177 Maldives 151.6 kt 2023 up 42.6% volatile
178 Cabo Verde 131.32 kt 2023 down 1.5% volatile
179 Barbados 120.37 kt 2023 up 1.1% flat
180 Brunei Darussalam 109.7 kt 2023 up 15.8% rising
181 Timor-Leste 108.31 kt 2023 up 21.3% rising
182 Malta 105.19 kt 2023 up 22.5% rising
183 Vanuatu 89.48 kt 2023 up 26.3% volatile
184 Polynesia 76.28 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
185 Seychelles 63.76 kt 2023 up 20.6% rising
186 Luxembourg 62.12 kt 2023 down 41.7% falling
187 China, Macao SAR 49.74 kt 2023 up 14.2% rising
188 Antigua and Barbuda 43.71 kt 2023 up 10.1% rising
189 Netherlands Antilles (former) 37.27 kt 2010 up 10.0% rising
190 Tonga 37.24 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 36.72 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
192 Grenada 36.62 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
193 Micronesia 34.97 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
194 Saint Lucia 33.72 kt 2023 up 8.7% rising
195 Samoa 33.19 kt 2023 up 3.8% rising
196 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30.7 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
197 Sao Tome and Principe 27.62 kt 2023 up 39.9% volatile
198 Dominica 26.99 kt 2023 up 5.1% rising
199 Andorra 23.85 kt 2023 down 17.8% rising
200 Kiribati 22.24 kt 2023 up 25.6% rising
201 Aruba 17.82 kt 2023 up 6.1% rising
202 Monaco 11.5 kt 2023 down 16.0% rising
203 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 9.25 kt 1990 up 38.5% rising
204 San Marino 6.97 kt 2023 down 34.8% rising
205 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5.17 kt 2023 up 6.6% flat
206 Cook Islands 4.52 kt 2023 down 3.3% rising
207 Palau 4.32 kt 2023 up 17.8% rising
208 British Virgin Islands 4.09 kt 2023 up 13.2% volatile
209 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.51 kt 2023 down 61.9% volatile
210 Anguilla 2.67 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
211 Marshall Islands 2.66 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
212 Liechtenstein 1.85 kt 2023 up 6.6% volatile
213 Tuvalu 0.967 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
214 Nauru 0.5859 kt 2023 up 1.5% rising
215 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.4596 kt 2023 down 0.7% falling
216 Tokelau 0.267 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
217 Holy See 0.1024 kt 2023 down 45.4% falling
218 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
253 places, 14,574 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