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Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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
460,311 kt
OECD
Lowest
0.079 kt
Niue
Median
1,756 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,574

What the numbers show

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 460,311 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.079 kt in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,756 kt, and the mean is 12,219 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 (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 460,311 kt 2023 up 6.5% falling
2 China 371,122 kt 2023 up 36.9% volatile
3 China, mainland 355,600 kt 2023 up 38.5% volatile
4 Russian Federation 133,560 kt 2023 up 38.3% rising
5 Brazil 124,600 kt 2023 up 19.0% volatile
5 India 124,600 kt 2023 up 17.4% rising
7 USSR 99,677 kt 1991 up 5.3% rising
8 Türkiye 67,200 kt 2023 up 54.8% volatile
9 Mexico 62,160 kt 2023 up 19.4% rising
10 Indonesia 48,440 kt 2023 up 20.1% volatile
11 Saudi Arabia 31,080 kt 2023 up 28.0% volatile
12 Nigeria 29,680 kt 2023 up 38.2% volatile
13 Thailand 25,368 kt 2023 up 20.8% volatile
14 Pakistan 22,960 kt 2023 up 37.8% volatile
15 Colombia 21,252 kt 2023 up 20.5% rising
16 Canada 21,196 kt 2023 up 17.7% rising
17 Morocco 19,656 kt 2023 up 26.9% volatile
18 Republic of Korea 19,628 kt 2023 up 56.5% volatile
19 Algeria 19,404 kt 2023 up 49.7% volatile
20 Australia and New Zealand 16,408 kt 2023 down 6.2% rising
21 France 15,876 kt 2023 down 25.5% rising
22 Viet Nam 15,820 kt 2023 up 35.2% volatile
23 Egypt 15,316 kt 2023 up 45.1% rising
24 Bangladesh 15,260 kt 2023 up 43.8% volatile
25 Spain 14,784 kt 2023 down 2.4% rising
27 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14,112 kt 2023 up 26.0% rising
28 Malaysia 12,684 kt 2023 up 29.1% volatile
29 Ethiopia 12,264 kt 2023 up 35.6% rising
30 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11,872 kt 2023 up 52.0% volatile
31 Australia 11,704 kt 2023 down 10.9% falling
32 Iraq 11,536 kt 2023 up 35.5% volatile
33 Chile 10,836 kt 2023 down 2.0% rising
33 China, Taiwan Province of 10,836 kt 2023 up 7.5% volatile
35 Italy 10,500 kt 2023 down 39.9% falling
36 Philippines 10,304 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
36 Ukraine 10,304 kt 2023 up 5.1% falling
38 Germany 10,192 kt 2023 down 38.1% falling
39 Argentina 10,108 kt 2023 up 9.1% rising
40 Kuwait 10,024 kt 2023 up 26.1% volatile
41 Poland 9,156 kt 2023 down 10.9% falling
42 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9,044 kt 2023 down 14.3% falling
43 Romania 8,960 kt 2023 up 31.1% rising
44 Uzbekistan 7,672 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
45 Peru 7,616 kt 2023 up 20.4% rising
46 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,504 kt 2023 down 21.6% rising
47 Sudan 7,392 kt 2023 up 41.2% rising
48 United Arab Emirates 7,168 kt 2023 up 20.8% volatile
49 Guatemala 7,056 kt 2023 up 32.6% volatile
50 Czechoslovakia 6,776 kt 1992 down 12.9% rising
51 Israel 6,720 kt 2023 up 21.2% rising
52 Japan 6,468 kt 2023 down 28.5% falling
53 Sudan (former) 6,406 kt 2011 up 40.9% volatile
54 Belarus 5,768 kt 2023 up 21.2% rising
55 Czechia 5,488 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
56 Bulgaria 5,264 kt 2023 down 4.6% falling
57 Yugoslav SFR 5,080 kt 1991 up 6.2% rising
58 Ethiopia PDR 4,978 kt 1992 up 22.4% rising
59 Singapore 4,844 kt 2023 up 39.5% volatile
60 New Zealand 4,704 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
61 China, Hong Kong SAR 4,648 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
62 Jordan 4,620 kt 2023 up 36.4% volatile
63 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4,480 kt 2023 down 9.6% falling
64 Sri Lanka 4,452 kt 2023 up 15.2% rising
65 Cuba 4,424 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
65 Ecuador 4,424 kt 2023 up 17.0% rising
65 Kazakhstan 4,424 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
68 Belgium-Luxembourg 4,353 kt 1999 down 10.3% rising
69 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4,256 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
70 Dominican Republic 4,200 kt 2023 up 36.4% volatile
71 Uruguay 4,144 kt 2023 up 101.6% volatile
72 Yemen 4,116 kt 2023 up 12.2% volatile
73 Portugal 3,976 kt 2023 up 21.4% flat
74 Greece 3,892 kt 2023 down 14.7% rising
75 Oman 3,780 kt 2023 up 72.6% volatile
75 Uganda 3,780 kt 2023 up 39.0% volatile
77 Hungary 3,724 kt 2023 up 5.6% falling
78 Trinidad and Tobago 3,528 kt 2023 up 0.8% volatile
79 Myanmar 3,444 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
80 Lebanon 3,332 kt 2023 up 26.3% volatile
80 Slovakia 3,332 kt 2023 down 2.5% rising
82 Qatar 3,304 kt 2023 up 25.3% volatile
83 Angola 3,220 kt 2023 up 42.5% volatile
84 Cameroon 3,192 kt 2023 up 44.5% volatile
84 Honduras 3,192 kt 2023 up 37.0% volatile
84 United Republic of Tanzania 3,192 kt 2023 up 47.5% volatile
87 Sweden 3,136 kt 2023 down 8.9% falling
87 Tunisia 3,136 kt 2023 up 17.4% rising
89 Denmark 2,996 kt 2023 up 52.9% flat
90 Azerbaijan 2,968 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
91 Kenya 2,912 kt 2023 up 40.9% volatile
92 Libya 2,828 kt 2023 up 15.3% volatile
93 Côte d'Ivoire 2,537 kt 2023 up 42.7% rising
94 Somalia 2,475 kt 2023 up 33.3% volatile
95 Austria 2,391 kt 2023 up 0.9% falling
96 Finland 2,388 kt 2023 down 42.0% falling
97 Kyrgyzstan 2,366 kt 2023 up 42.5% rising
98 Ghana 2,335 kt 2023 up 20.5% rising
99 Burkina Faso 2,290 kt 2023 up 44.0% volatile
100 Madagascar 2,276 kt 2023 up 48.1% volatile
101 Belgium 2,274 kt 2023 down 9.3% falling
102 Guinea 2,254 kt 2023 up 44.3% volatile
103 Costa Rica 2,134 kt 2023 up 26.6% volatile
104 Nepal 2,019 kt 2023 up 11.8% rising
105 Cyprus 1,926 kt 2023 up 237.3% volatile
106 Afghanistan 1,910 kt 2023 up 30.9% volatile
107 Mozambique 1,809 kt 2023 up 45.2% rising
108 Serbia and Montenegro 1,792 kt 2005 down 6.8% flat
109 Senegal 1,761 kt 2023 up 36.1% rising
110 Chad 1,756 kt 2023 up 32.8% volatile
111 South Sudan 1,694 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
112 Serbia 1,638 kt 2023 down 1.7% flat
113 Georgia 1,635 kt 2023 up 10.2% flat
114 Turkmenistan 1,543 kt 2023 up 36.7% rising
115 Melanesia 1,540 kt 2023 up 24.5% rising
116 Zimbabwe 1,512 kt 2023 up 21.3% rising
117 Panama 1,453 kt 2023 up 28.5% volatile
117 El Salvador 1,453 kt 2023 up 20.1% rising
119 Tajikistan 1,364 kt 2023 up 34.5% rising
120 Mali 1,341 kt 2023 up 50.6% rising
121 Nicaragua 1,338 kt 2023 up 18.6% rising
122 Cambodia 1,302 kt 2023 up 37.2% rising
123 Benin 1,296 kt 2023 up 33.0% rising
124 Croatia 1,165 kt 2023 down 17.3% rising
124 Niger 1,165 kt 2023 up 44.4% rising
126 Malawi 1,162 kt 2023 up 42.1% rising
127 Haiti 1,086 kt 2023 up 16.2% rising
128 Republic of Moldova 1,028 kt 2023 up 23.6% rising
129 Syrian Arab Republic 1,022 kt 2023 down 76.0% volatile
130 Rwanda 1,016 kt 2023 up 34.9% rising
131 Bahrain 999.6 kt 2023 up 27.5% volatile
132 Burundi 957.6 kt 2023 up 37.3% rising
133 Zambia 952 kt 2023 up 37.7% volatile
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 929.6 kt 2023 up 14.1% rising
135 Togo 884.8 kt 2023 up 37.4% rising
136 Papua New Guinea 823.2 kt 2023 up 23.5% rising
137 Mauritania 792.4 kt 2023 up 36.7% volatile
138 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 778.4 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
139 Latvia 770 kt 2023 down 4.2% rising
140 Norway 764.4 kt 2023 up 35.8% falling
141 Estonia 736.4 kt 2023 down 52.4% falling
142 Congo 722.4 kt 2023 up 28.4% volatile
143 Sierra Leone 694.4 kt 2023 up 22.2% rising
144 North Macedonia 655.2 kt 2023 up 4.5% rising
145 Eritrea 649.6 kt 2023 up 23.4% rising
146 Paraguay 588 kt 2023 up 21.4% rising
147 Ireland 548.8 kt 2023 down 26.3% falling
148 Albania 540.4 kt 2023 up 22.2% rising
149 Mongolia 532 kt 2023 up 31.9% rising
150 Liberia 506.8 kt 2023 up 28.4% rising
151 Mauritius 501.2 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
152 Djibouti 484.4 kt 2023 up 41.8% volatile
152 Lithuania 484.4 kt 2023 down 65.8% falling
154 Lao People's Democratic Republic 473.2 kt 2023 up 37.4% volatile
155 Armenia 464.8 kt 2023 up 7.8% falling
156 Botswana 453.6 kt 2023 up 32.8% volatile
157 Fiji 436.8 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
158 Guyana 434 kt 2023 up 9.9% rising
159 Slovenia 403.2 kt 2023 down 28.4% falling
160 Equatorial Guinea 336 kt 2023 up 1.7% volatile
161 Guinea-Bissau 319.2 kt 2023 up 37.2% volatile
161 Namibia 319.2 kt 2023 up 34.0% volatile
163 Bahamas 296.8 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
164 Belize 273.84 kt 2023 up 25.4% rising
164 Gambia 273.84 kt 2023 up 37.9% volatile
166 Jamaica 264.88 kt 2023 up 2.2% rising
167 Gabon 254.24 kt 2023 up 26.8% rising
168 Iceland 250.6 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
169 Suriname 229.32 kt 2023 up 5.8% rising
170 Switzerland 227.36 kt 2023 up 6.7% volatile
171 Solomon Islands 194.32 kt 2023 up 35.0% volatile
172 Lesotho 168 kt 2023 up 26.1% rising
173 Montenegro 154.56 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
174 Eswatini 153.16 kt 2023 up 16.9% falling
175 Comoros 150.64 kt 2023 up 29.0% rising
176 Bhutan 148.4 kt 2023 up 42.5% volatile
177 Maldives 140.28 kt 2023 up 46.5% volatile
178 Barbados 115.92 kt 2023 up 0.7% flat
179 Brunei Darussalam 105 kt 2023 up 15.7% rising
180 Malta 97.72 kt 2023 up 26.0% volatile
181 Timor-Leste 95.48 kt 2023 up 22.2% rising
182 Vanuatu 85.96 kt 2023 up 26.3% volatile
183 Polynesia 70.73 kt 2023 up 6.7% rising
184 Seychelles 62.16 kt 2023 up 20.7% rising
185 Cabo Verde 60.2 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
186 Luxembourg 45.08 kt 2023 down 49.8% falling
187 Antigua and Barbuda 42.28 kt 2023 up 10.2% rising
188 China, Macao SAR 37.52 kt 2023 up 13.6% rising
189 Tonga 35.84 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
189 Netherlands Antilles (former) 35.84 kt 2010 up 9.4% rising
191 Grenada 35.28 kt 2023 up 16.7% rising
192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 35 kt 2023 up 12.6% rising
193 Micronesia 32.68 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
194 Saint Lucia 31.08 kt 2023 up 8.8% rising
195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 29.96 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
196 Samoa 29.4 kt 2023 up 6.5% rising
197 Dominica 25.87 kt 2023 up 5.1% rising
198 Sao Tome and Principe 25.31 kt 2023 up 40.8% volatile
199 Kiribati 20.72 kt 2023 up 26.1% rising
200 Andorra 18.82 kt 2023 down 23.1% rising
201 Aruba 16.74 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
202 Monaco 9.07 kt 2023 down 21.4% rising
203 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 8.78 kt 1990 up 39.3% rising
204 San Marino 5.96 kt 2023 down 38.4% rising
205 Micronesia (Federated States of) 4.76 kt 2023 up 6.9% flat
206 Cook Islands 4.31 kt 2023 down 3.8% rising
207 Palau 4.23 kt 2023 up 17.1% rising
208 British Virgin Islands 3.75 kt 2023 up 12.6% volatile
209 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.14 kt 2023 down 64.8% volatile
210 Anguilla 2.52 kt 2023 up 4.7% rising
211 Marshall Islands 2.44 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
212 Liechtenstein 1.02 kt 2023 up 4.6% volatile
213 Tuvalu 0.8456 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
214 Nauru 0.5236 kt 2023 up 1.6% rising
215 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.4172 kt 2023 down 0.7% falling
216 Tokelau 0.2498 kt 2023 up 17.8% rising
217 Holy See 0.0876 kt 2023 down 48.5% falling
218 Niue 0.079 kt 2023 up 2.6% 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) from CH4 (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