Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre by country
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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
6.75 kt per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0.0003 kt per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
0.018 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,734
What the numbers show
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 6.75 kt per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0.0003 kt per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.018 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.1096 kt per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19,764.
Over the past decade 158 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 237.3%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 76.0%).
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 6.75 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Monaco | 4.35 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 3 | Bahrain | 1.25 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.6877 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Kuwait | 0.5625 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Maldives | 0.4707 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Lebanon | 0.3257 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Israel | 0.3105 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 9 | Malta | 0.3054 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Qatar | 0.2876 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Barbados | 0.2696 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 12 | Mauritius | 0.251 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 13 | Cyprus | 0.2085 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 237.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Seychelles | 0.1351 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 0.1174 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1152 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 17 | Grenada | 0.1038 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 19 | San Marino | 0.0994 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0961 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 21 | Aruba | 0.093 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0897 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 23 | Turkey | 0.0873 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 0.0871 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Comoros | 0.0809 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 26 | Denmark | 0.0749 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.9% | flat |
| 27 | Belgium | 0.0746 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 0.072 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 29 | Czechia | 0.0711 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 30 | El Salvador | 0.0701 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 31 | Slovakia | 0.0693 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 32 | Guatemala | 0.0658 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Jordan | 0.052 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | 0.051 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 35 | Vietnam | 0.0505 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Tonga | 0.0498 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 37 | Thailand | 0.0497 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 0.0485 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 39 | Morocco | 0.044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Portugal | 0.0434 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.4% | flat |
| 41 | Cuba | 0.0426 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 42 | India | 0.0419 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 0.0418 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Rwanda | 0.0412 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 45 | Hungary | 0.0408 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 46 | Andorra | 0.04 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 47 | China | 0.0395 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Haiti | 0.0394 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 49 | Romania | 0.0389 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 50 | Malaysia | 0.0386 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 51 | United Kingdom | 0.0374 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 52 | Burundi | 0.0373 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 0.0359 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 54 | Italy | 0.0355 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 55 | Philippines | 0.0346 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 56 | Dominica | 0.0345 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 57 | Nigeria | 0.0326 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Mexico | 0.032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 59 | Moldova | 0.0312 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 60 | Greece | 0.0302 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 61 | Poland | 0.0299 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 62 | Pakistan | 0.0298 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Bahamas | 0.0297 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 64 | Spain | 0.0296 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 65 | France | 0.0295 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 66 | Germany | 0.0292 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 67 | Austria | 0.029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 68 | Honduras | 0.0285 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Belarus | 0.0284 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 70 | Tuvalu | 0.0282 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 71 | Gambia | 0.0271 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Iraq | 0.0266 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0264 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Nauru | 0.0262 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 0.026 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 76 | Indonesia | 0.0256 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Kiribati | 0.0256 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 78 | British Virgin Islands | 0.025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Jamaica | 0.0245 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 80 | Fiji | 0.0239 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 81 | Uruguay | 0.0237 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Georgia | 0.0235 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 83 | Djibouti | 0.0209 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Croatia | 0.0208 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 85 | Tunisia | 0.0202 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 86 | Slovenia | 0.02 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 87 | Brunei | 0.0199 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 88 | Albania | 0.0197 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 89 | Panama | 0.0196 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Serbia | 0.0195 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 91 | Colombia | 0.0192 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 92 | Uganda | 0.0189 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0182 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 94 | New Zealand | 0.0179 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 95 | Ecuador | 0.0178 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Ukraine | 0.0178 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 97 | Japan | 0.0177 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 98 | Luxembourg | 0.0175 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 0.0174 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 100 | South Africa | 0.0173 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 101 | Estonia | 0.0172 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 102 | Armenia | 0.0165 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 103 | Togo | 0.0163 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 104 | Egypt | 0.0154 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 105 | United States | 0.0151 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 106 | Brazil | 0.0149 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Chile | 0.0146 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 108 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0145 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Nepal | 0.0141 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 110 | Marshall Islands | 0.0136 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 111 | Latvia | 0.0124 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0123 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 113 | Malawi | 0.0123 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 114 | Oman | 0.0122 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Belize | 0.012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 116 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Benin | 0.0115 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 118 | Montenegro | 0.0115 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 119 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0114 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 0.0111 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 121 | Ethiopia | 0.0109 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 122 | Samoa | 0.0106 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 123 | Ghana | 0.0103 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 124 | Tajikistan | 0.0098 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 125 | Sierra Leone | 0.0096 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 126 | Palau | 0.0092 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 127 | Guinea | 0.0092 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Senegal | 0.0091 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 129 | Eswatini | 0.0089 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 0.0084 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Russia | 0.0082 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 132 | Algeria | 0.0081 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 134 | Ireland | 0.008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 135 | Finland | 0.0079 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 136 | Yemen | 0.0078 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Lithuania | 0.0077 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 138 | Sweden | 0.0077 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 139 | Cambodia | 0.0074 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 140 | Vanuatu | 0.0071 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 0.0069 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Cameroon | 0.0068 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 143 | East Timor | 0.0064 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 144 | Liechtenstein | 0.0064 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Peru | 0.006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 146 | Switzerland | 0.0058 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Syria | 0.0056 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Lesotho | 0.0055 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 149 | Eritrea | 0.0054 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 150 | Myanmar | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 151 | Liberia | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 152 | Kenya | 0.005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Sudan | 0.004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 154 | Somalia | 0.0039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Madagascar | 0.0039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Zimbabwe | 0.0039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 157 | Bhutan | 0.0039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Argentina | 0.0037 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 159 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Turkmenistan | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 161 | Afghanistan | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 162 | South Sudan | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 163 | Angola | 0.0026 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Iceland | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 165 | Canada | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 166 | Mozambique | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 167 | Congo | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Norway | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.1% | falling |
| 169 | Guyana | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 170 | Laos | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 172 | Kazakhstan | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 173 | Libya | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Australia | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 175 | Paraguay | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 176 | Suriname | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 177 | Chad | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Zambia | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Mali | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 180 | Gabon | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 181 | Niger | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 182 | Botswana | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Mauritania | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 185 | Namibia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Mongolia | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0141 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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) from CH4 (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 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) from CH4 (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.