Waste — Emissions Share (CH4) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.
Countries reporting
222
Highest
97.04 %
China, Hong Kong SAR
Lowest
1.18 %
Mongolia
Median
21.57 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,412
What the numbers show
Waste — Emissions Share (CH4) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 97.04 % in China, Hong Kong SAR; the lowest is 1.18 % in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.57 %, and the mean is 29.05 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 82.
Over the past decade 170 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 181.1%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 60.9%).
Waste — Emissions Share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 97.04 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Anguilla | 96.05 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 3 | Mauritius | 93.1 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Cyprus | 92.7 % | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 5 | Maldives | 90.33 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 6 | Bahamas | 89.84 % | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 7 | Lebanon | 89.75 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 8 | Singapore | 89.23 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 9 | Seychelles | 89.2 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 10 | Jordan | 83.99 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 11 | Israel | 83.24 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 12 | Aruba | 81.69 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 13 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 81.36 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 14 | British Virgin Islands | 79.43 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 15 | China, Macao SAR | 77.66 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 16 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 75.9 % | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 17 | Barbados | 75.85 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 18 | Antigua and Barbuda | 74.43 % | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 19 | China, Taiwan Province of | 74.26 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 20 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.81 % | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 21 | Solomon Islands | 70.68 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 22 | Kiribati | 70.66 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 23 | Morocco | 69.75 % | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 24 | Grenada | 67.14 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 25 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 65.34 % | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 26 | Turkey | 65.24 % | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 26 | Türkiye | 65.24 % | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 63.06 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 29 | Slovakia | 61.13 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 30 | Malta | 60.81 % | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 31 | Chile | 56.17 % | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 32 | Republic of Korea | 55.69 % | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 33 | Georgia | 53.6 % | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | 53.33 % | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 35 | Moldova | 53.14 % | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 35 | Republic of Moldova | 53.14 % | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 37 | Fiji | 51.24 % | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 38 | Belize | 49.16 % | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 39 | El Salvador | 48.36 % | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 40 | Czechia | 45.74 % | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 41 | Malaysia | 45.69 % | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 42 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 45.39 % | 2010 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 43 | Dominica | 45.15 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 44 | Estonia | 43.68 % | 2023 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 45 | Iceland | 43.32 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 43.31 % | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 47 | Finland | 42.88 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 48 | Romania | 42.6 % | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 49 | Mexico | 41.8 % | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 41.61 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 51 | Sweden | 41.55 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 52 | Hungary | 41.14 % | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 53 | Djibouti | 40.71 % | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 54 | Cabo Verde | 40.06 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 39.94 % | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 56 | Comoros | 39.47 % | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 57 | Tunisia | 39.18 % | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 58 | Portugal | 38.7 % | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 59 | Sao Tome and Principe | 38.67 % | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 60 | Greece | 37.63 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 61 | Croatia | 37.27 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 62 | Cuba | 37.03 % | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 63 | Yemen | 36.64 % | 2023 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 64 | Caribbean | 35.72 % | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 65 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 35.48 % | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 35.31 % | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 67 | Jamaica | 35.25 % | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 68 | Latvia | 35.13 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 69 | Tonga | 34.8 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 70 | Panama | 34.54 % | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 34.29 % | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 72 | Spain | 34.06 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 73 | Honduras | 34.04 % | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 74 | Egypt | 32.2 % | 2023 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 75 | Belarus | 31.45 % | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 30.38 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 77 | Armenia | 30.34 % | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 78 | Algeria | 30.3 % | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 79 | Russia | 29.93 % | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 79 | Russian Federation | 29.93 % | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 81 | Denmark | 29.63 % | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 29.34 % | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 83 | Melanesia | 28.57 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 27.99 % | 2023 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 85 | Cook Islands | 27.86 % | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 86 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 27.6 % | 1999 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 87 | Nauru | 27.22 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 87 | Nauru | 27.22 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 89 | Kuwait | 27.18 % | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 90 | South Africa | 26.71 % | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 91 | Austria | 26.62 % | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 92 | Thailand | 26.51 % | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 93 | Italy | 25.93 % | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 94 | Suriname | 25.91 % | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 95 | Montenegro | 25.4 % | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 96 | Serbia | 25.08 % | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 97 | France | 24.88 % | 2023 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 24.77 % | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 99 | China | 24.35 % | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 100 | Peru | 24.32 % | 2023 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 101 | OECD | 24.08 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 102 | Albania | 23.84 % | 2023 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 103 | Colombia | 23.8 % | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 104 | China, mainland | 23.63 % | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 105 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 23.24 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 106 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 22.69 % | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 107 | Polynesia | 22.53 % | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 108 | Micronesia | 22.5 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 109 | Japan | 22.43 % | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 110 | Rwanda | 21.94 % | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 111 | Papua New Guinea | 21.7 % | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 112 | Brazil | 21.44 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 113 | Poland | 21.08 % | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 114 | Serbia and Montenegro | 20.99 % | 2005 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 115 | United Kingdom | 20.65 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 115 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 20.65 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 117 | Ecuador | 20.58 % | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 20.57 % | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 119 | Liberia | 20.52 % | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 120 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20.41 % | 2023 | up 34.1% | falling |
| 120 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20.41 % | 2023 | up 34.1% | falling |
| 122 | Tokelau | 20.18 % | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 123 | Ukraine | 20.04 % | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 124 | Belgium | 19.59 % | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 125 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19.58 % | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 126 | Burundi | 19.51 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 127 | Gambia | 19.33 % | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 128 | Samoa | 19.09 % | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 129 | Germany | 18.08 % | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 130 | Lithuania | 17.84 % | 2023 | down 47.7% | rising |
| 131 | United States | 17.64 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.16 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 133 | Canada | 17.11 % | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 134 | Benin | 17.06 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 135 | Bangladesh | 16.98 % | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 136 | Tajikistan | 16.94 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 137 | Vietnam | 16.9 % | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 137 | Viet Nam | 16.9 % | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 139 | Slovenia | 16.86 % | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 140 | Syria | 15.97 % | 2023 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Syrian Arab Republic | 15.97 % | 2023 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Uruguay | 15.96 % | 2023 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Senegal | 15.63 % | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.6 % | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 144 | Qatar | 15.6 % | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 146 | Cameroon | 15.48 % | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 147 | Togo | 15.45 % | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 148 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 15.2 % | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 149 | Nigeria | 14.83 % | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 150 | India | 14.47 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 151 | Uzbekistan | 14.46 % | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 152 | Malawi | 14.15 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 153 | Eswatini | 13.76 % | 2023 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 154 | Eritrea | 13.75 % | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 155 | New Zealand | 13.63 % | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 156 | Bhutan | 13.53 % | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 157 | Palau | 13.25 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Philippines | 12.99 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 12.74 % | 2023 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 12.65 % | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 161 | Oman | 12.54 % | 2023 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Ghana | 12.46 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 163 | Haiti | 12.37 % | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 164 | Equatorial Guinea | 12.2 % | 2023 | up 181.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Tuvalu | 11.89 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 166 | Afghanistan | 11.73 % | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 167 | Zimbabwe | 11.5 % | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 168 | Lesotho | 11.43 % | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 169 | Nicaragua | 11.31 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 170 | Sudan | 10.87 % | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 171 | Burkina Faso | 10.67 % | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 172 | Libya | 10.63 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Uganda | 10.48 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 174 | Indonesia | 10.45 % | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 175 | Marshall Islands | 10.43 % | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 176 | Pakistan | 10.21 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 177 | Ethiopia | 10.01 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 178 | Guinea | 9.98 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 179 | Somalia | 9.72 % | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 180 | Norway | 9.61 % | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Kazakhstan | 9.17 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 182 | Nepal | 8.84 % | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 183 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 8.79 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 184 | Argentina | 8.69 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 185 | Madagascar | 8.63 % | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 186 | Mauritania | 8.57 % | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 187 | East Timor | 8.29 % | 2023 | up 53.0% | falling |
| 187 | Timor-Leste | 8.29 % | 2023 | up 53.0% | falling |
| 189 | Luxembourg | 8.24 % | 2023 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 190 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 8.12 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 191 | Iraq | 7.67 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 192 | Australia and New Zealand | 7.46 % | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 193 | Sudan (former) | 6.89 % | 2011 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 194 | Turkmenistan | 6.79 % | 2023 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 195 | Angola | 6.41 % | 2023 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Australia | 6.31 % | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 197 | Brunei | 5.96 % | 2023 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 197 | Brunei Darussalam | 5.96 % | 2023 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 199 | Kenya | 5.83 % | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 200 | Mozambique | 5.65 % | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 201 | Niue | 5.61 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 202 | Myanmar | 5.3 % | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 203 | Cambodia | 5.04 % | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 204 | South Sudan | 4.97 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 205 | Namibia | 4.96 % | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 206 | Botswana | 4.68 % | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 207 | Congo | 4.63 % | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 208 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.6 % | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 209 | Bahrain | 4.45 % | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 210 | Mali | 4.39 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 211 | Niger | 4.22 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 212 | Switzerland | 3.83 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 213 | Zambia | 3.45 % | 2023 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 214 | Laos | 3.2 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 214 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.2 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 216 | Ireland | 3.1 % | 2023 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 217 | Chad | 2.4 % | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 218 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.37 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 219 | Paraguay | 2.28 % | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 220 | Central African Republic | 2.08 % | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 221 | Gabon | 1.8 % | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 222 | Mongolia | 1.18 % | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central America 39.22 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 38.03 %
- Southern Europe 30.62 %
- Eastern Europe 30.23 %
- Western Asia 28.98 %
- European Union (27) 28.35 %
- Northern Africa 27.94 %
- Europe 27.91 %
- Eastern Asia 24.34 %
- Annex I countries 23.45 %
- Southern Africa 22.7 %
- Western Europe 21.31 %
- Northern Europe 21.14 %
- Americas 20.75 %
- World 19.43 %
- South America 19.31 %
- Asia 19.29 %
- Non-Annex I countries 18.17 %
- United States of America 17.64 %
- Northern America 17.57 %
- South-Eastern Asia 14.06 %
- Africa 13.76 %
- Southern Asia 13.38 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 12.74 %
- Western Africa 12.72 %
- Central Asia 12.42 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 10.18 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 9.42 %
- Middle Africa 8.5 %
- Eastern Africa 8.21 %
- Oceania 7.99 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 7.99 %
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.