Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre by country
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
6.93 kt per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0.0004 kt per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
0.0208 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,734
What the numbers show
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 6.93 kt per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0.0004 kt per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0208 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.1197 kt per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18,444.
Over the past decade 159 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 230.6%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 72.6%).
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 6.93 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Monaco | 5.52 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 3 | Bahrain | 1.26 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.6917 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Kuwait | 0.567 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Maldives | 0.5087 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Israel | 0.3427 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 8 | Lebanon | 0.3347 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Malta | 0.3287 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 10 | Qatar | 0.291 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Barbados | 0.2799 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 12 | Mauritius | 0.2608 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 13 | Cyprus | 0.2112 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 230.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Seychelles | 0.1386 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 0.1316 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1181 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 17 | San Marino | 0.1162 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 18 | Grenada | 0.1077 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1031 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0993 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 21 | Aruba | 0.099 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0941 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 0.09 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Turkey | 0.0894 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Comoros | 0.0853 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Belgium | 0.0843 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 27 | Denmark | 0.0803 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 0.0761 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 29 | Czechia | 0.0753 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 30 | El Salvador | 0.0743 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 31 | Slovakia | 0.0733 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 32 | Guatemala | 0.0699 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Vietnam | 0.0555 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | 0.0553 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 35 | Jordan | 0.0532 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Tonga | 0.0517 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 37 | Thailand | 0.0513 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Andorra | 0.0508 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 0.0495 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 40 | Portugal | 0.0484 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 41 | India | 0.0475 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 42 | Rwanda | 0.0469 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 0.0465 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 0.0461 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 45 | Morocco | 0.0455 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Cuba | 0.0441 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 47 | Hungary | 0.0432 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 48 | China | 0.0429 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Haiti | 0.0426 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 0.0415 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 51 | Spain | 0.0413 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 52 | Burundi | 0.041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 53 | Romania | 0.0406 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 54 | Malaysia | 0.0403 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Philippines | 0.0396 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 0.0381 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 57 | France | 0.0372 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 58 | Dominica | 0.036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 59 | Germany | 0.0356 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 60 | Nigeria | 0.0352 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Mexico | 0.0334 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 62 | Poland | 0.033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 63 | Pakistan | 0.033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Moldova | 0.0327 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 65 | Austria | 0.0323 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 66 | Japan | 0.0323 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 67 | Tuvalu | 0.0322 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 68 | Greece | 0.032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 69 | Bahamas | 0.0303 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 0.0301 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 71 | Honduras | 0.0298 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Gambia | 0.0296 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Nauru | 0.0293 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 74 | Belarus | 0.0292 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 75 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0288 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Jamaica | 0.0279 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 77 | Iraq | 0.0277 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Kiribati | 0.0275 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 79 | Indonesia | 0.0275 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 80 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0273 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Fiji | 0.0246 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 82 | Albania | 0.0246 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 83 | Georgia | 0.0243 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 0.0241 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 85 | Uruguay | 0.024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Slovenia | 0.0225 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 87 | Croatia | 0.0222 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 88 | Tunisia | 0.0217 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 89 | Djibouti | 0.0214 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0212 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 91 | Serbia | 0.0211 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 92 | Brunei | 0.0208 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 93 | Panama | 0.0208 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Uganda | 0.0208 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Colombia | 0.0207 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 96 | Ukraine | 0.0189 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 0.0188 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 98 | Ecuador | 0.0186 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Armenia | 0.0184 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 100 | New Zealand | 0.0183 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 101 | Estonia | 0.0181 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 102 | South Africa | 0.018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 103 | Togo | 0.018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 104 | Nepal | 0.0175 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 105 | Egypt | 0.0173 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 106 | United States | 0.0162 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 107 | Chile | 0.0159 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 108 | Brazil | 0.0154 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Malawi | 0.0151 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 110 | Ghana | 0.015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 111 | Marshall Islands | 0.0148 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0147 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 0.0137 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Latvia | 0.0132 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 115 | Benin | 0.0128 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0128 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 117 | Belize | 0.0126 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 118 | Oman | 0.0125 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Montenegro | 0.0125 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 120 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0124 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0122 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Ethiopia | 0.0122 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 123 | Samoa | 0.0119 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 124 | Tajikistan | 0.0119 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 125 | Nicaragua | 0.0117 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 126 | Liechtenstein | 0.0116 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Senegal | 0.0107 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 128 | Switzerland | 0.0105 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 129 | Ireland | 0.0098 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 130 | Eswatini | 0.0098 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 131 | Guinea | 0.0098 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Burkina Faso | 0.0096 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Lithuania | 0.0094 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 134 | Palau | 0.0094 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 135 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0089 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 136 | Sweden | 0.0086 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 137 | Cambodia | 0.0086 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 138 | Finland | 0.0085 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 139 | Algeria | 0.0084 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Yemen | 0.0084 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Russia | 0.0083 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 142 | Cameroon | 0.0074 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Vanuatu | 0.0073 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 144 | East Timor | 0.0073 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 145 | Solomon Islands | 0.0072 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Myanmar | 0.0068 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 147 | Syria | 0.0067 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Lesotho | 0.0065 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 149 | Peru | 0.0064 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 150 | Kenya | 0.006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Eritrea | 0.0058 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 152 | Liberia | 0.0056 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 154 | Sudan | 0.0043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 155 | Madagascar | 0.0042 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Somalia | 0.0042 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Argentina | 0.004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 158 | Bhutan | 0.004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0037 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Afghanistan | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Turkmenistan | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 162 | South Sudan | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 163 | Angola | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Mozambique | 0.0026 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 165 | Iceland | 0.0026 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 166 | Norway | 0.0026 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | falling |
| 167 | Canada | 0.0026 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 168 | Laos | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Congo | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Guyana | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 172 | Kazakhstan | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 173 | Paraguay | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 174 | Libya | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Australia | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 176 | Chad | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Zambia | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Suriname | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 179 | Mali | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 180 | Niger | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 181 | Gabon | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 182 | Mauritania | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Botswana | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 185 | Namibia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Mongolia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0153 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.