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Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita by country

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
186
Highest
0.0026 kt per person
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0 kt per person
Liechtenstein
Median
0.0002 kt per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,734

What the numbers show

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.0026 kt per person in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0002 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0003 kt per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 101.

Over the past decade 130 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 196.9%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 77.9%).

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0026 kt per person 2023 down 1.2% rising
2 Kuwait 0.0021 kt per person 2023 down 8.9% rising
3 Cyprus 0.0014 kt per person 2023 up 196.9% volatile
4 Qatar 0.0012 kt per person 2023 down 9.6% rising
5 Uruguay 0.0012 kt per person 2023 up 99.1% volatile
6 Russia 0.0009 kt per person 2023 up 38.2% rising
7 Saudi Arabia 0.0009 kt per person 2023 up 4.9% rising
8 New Zealand 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 8.0% falling
9 Singapore 0.0008 kt per person 2023 up 27.3% volatile
10 Bulgaria 0.0008 kt per person 2023 up 6.0% rising
11 Turkey 0.0008 kt per person 2023 up 38.2% volatile
12 Oman 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 31.1% volatile
13 Bahamas 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 5.6% rising
14 United Arab Emirates 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 11.4% rising
15 Israel 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 0.8% rising
16 Belize 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 4.2% rising
17 Iceland 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 9.5% flat
18 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 13.5% rising
19 Bahrain 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 1.3% rising
20 Belarus 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 24.7% rising
21 Slovakia 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 2.7% rising
22 Brazil 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 11.8% rising
23 Lebanon 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 25.7% rising
24 Chile 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 11.9% rising
25 Estonia 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 54.3% flat
26 Canada 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 3.1% falling
27 Guyana 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
28 Morocco 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 13.7% rising
29 Seychelles 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 9.4% rising
30 Czechia 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 7.2% rising
31 Denmark 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 44.3% falling
32 Mexico 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 8.9% rising
33 Fiji 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 20.8% rising
34 Romania 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 37.5% rising
35 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 4.0% falling
36 Georgia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 10.3% rising
37 Australia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 22.7% falling
38 Finland 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 43.5% falling
39 Algeria 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 24.5% rising
40 Djibouti 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 21.1% rising
41 Moldova 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 43.8% rising
42 Costa Rica 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 16.9% rising
43 United States 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 1.7% falling
44 Barbados 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 0.9% falling
45 Latvia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 2.4% rising
46 Colombia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 6.3% rising
47 Jordan 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 4.7% rising
48 Cuba 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 8.0% rising
49 Mauritius 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 5.5% rising
50 Guatemala 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 12.6% rising
51 Dominica 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 10.2% rising
52 Hungary 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 8.6% flat
53 Libya 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 0.5% rising
54 Portugal 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 20.0% falling
55 Greece 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 10.2% rising
56 Dominican Republic 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 22.7% rising
57 Suriname 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 4.3% rising
58 Malaysia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 10.9% rising
59 North Macedonia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 9.9% rising
60 Thailand 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 17.7% rising
61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 20.2% rising
62 Tonga 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 11.0% rising
63 Kyrgyzstan 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 16.0% rising
64 South Africa 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 5.3% rising
65 Panama 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 10.2% rising
66 Spain 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 5.9% rising
67 Croatia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 9.3% rising
68 Grenada 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 13.1% rising
69 Honduras 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 14.4% rising
70 Sweden 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 17.0% falling
71 Azerbaijan 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 5.5% rising
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 29.3% rising
73 Ukraine 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 28.5% rising
74 Vanuatu 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 0.3% rising
75 Maldives 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 11.4% rising
76 China 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 32.3% rising
77 Austria 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 6.3% falling
78 Tunisia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 7.2% rising
79 Iraq 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 6.1% flat
80 Poland 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 7.6% falling
81 Montenegro 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 6.8% rising
82 Serbia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 6.4% rising
83 Ecuador 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 2.9% rising
84 Solomon Islands 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 0.4% rising
85 Palau 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 16.5% rising
86 Monaco 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 28.4% falling
87 Andorra 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 28.5% falling
88 France 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 28.1% falling
89 El Salvador 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 16.9% rising
90 Brunei 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 3.7% rising
91 Peru 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 6.0% rising
92 Albania 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 42.7% rising
93 Argentina 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 2.0% falling
94 Kazakhstan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 2.5% rising
95 Uzbekistan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 2.4% rising
96 Turkmenistan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 10.3% rising
97 Sri Lanka 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 7.6% rising
98 Nicaragua 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 4.0% rising
99 Belgium 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
100 Slovenia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 30.4% falling
101 Bhutan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 31.4% volatile
102 Eritrea 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 9.3% rising
103 Botswana 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 14.6% rising
104 Equatorial Guinea 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 25.9% volatile
105 Italy 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 38.6% falling
106 Comoros 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 5.6% rising
107 Malta 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 3.2% rising
108 San Marino 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 39.9% falling
109 Saint Lucia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 5.2% falling
110 Indonesia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 9.3% rising
111 Lithuania 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 64.7% flat
112 Mauritania 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 1.7% rising
113 Vietnam 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 22.0% rising
114 Armenia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 9.9% falling
115 Guinea 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 12.1% rising
116 Kiribati 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 8.3% rising
117 Aruba 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 4.4% falling
118 Mongolia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 9.9% rising
119 Guinea-Bissau 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 8.0% rising
120 Sudan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 6.6% rising
121 South Sudan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 6.4% rising
122 Norway 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 25.0% falling
123 Samoa 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 2.6% flat
124 Somalia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.5% rising
125 Egypt 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 20.8% falling
126 United Kingdom 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.8% falling
127 Tajikistan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 6.4% rising
128 Nigeria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 9.8% rising
129 Eswatini 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.3% falling
130 Germany 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 40.1% falling
131 Congo 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.8% rising
132 Cameroon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 9.0% rising
133 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 17.8% rising
134 Namibia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.8% rising
135 Togo 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 13.6% falling
136 Yemen 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 16.5% rising
137 Ireland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 35.9% falling
138 Gabon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 2.4% falling
139 Gambia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.6% rising
140 Burkina Faso 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 10.7% flat
141 Senegal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.3% flat
142 British Virgin Islands 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 8.4% rising
143 Ethiopia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.7% rising
144 Haiti 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 2.0% falling
145 Jamaica 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.1% falling
146 Pakistan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 17.5% falling
147 Zimbabwe 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 4.1% rising
148 Liberia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 4.5% falling
149 Benin 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.0% falling
150 Chad 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 5.9% falling
151 Philippines 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.2% flat
152 Bangladesh 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 31.3% rising
153 Angola 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.5% rising
154 India 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 5.8% falling
155 Tuvalu 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 11.7% falling
156 Paraguay 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 6.1% falling
157 Sierra Leone 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 3.1% rising
158 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 9.6% falling
159 Papua New Guinea 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 1.3% falling
160 Uganda 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.0% rising
161 Central African Republic 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 14.5% falling
162 Cambodia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 19.4% falling
163 Madagascar 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 14.4% rising
164 Rwanda 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.3% falling
165 Lesotho 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 12.1% rising
166 Burundi 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 4.7% flat
167 Ghana 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 2.3% falling
168 East Timor 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 2.3% rising
169 Nepal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.9% falling
170 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 74.3% flat
171 Luxembourg 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 59.1% falling
172 Myanmar 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
173 Marshall Islands 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 32.8% rising
174 Laos 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 18.5% rising
175 Mali 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 10.6% falling
176 Malawi 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 8.8% falling
177 Mozambique 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 8.1% falling
178 Kenya 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 14.6% rising
179 Japan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 26.8% falling
180 Afghanistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.1% flat
181 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.3% falling
182 Niger 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.3% falling
183 Nauru 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.0% flat
184 Syria 0 kt per person 2023 down 77.9% rising
185 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.9% volatile
186 Liechtenstein 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.9% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

  • World 0.0002 kt per person

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Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
187 places, 10,734 data points, 1961–2023
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Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.