Waste — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
106.66 %
Fiji
Lowest
-112.77 %
Honduras
Median
4.52 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,412
What the numbers show
Waste — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 106.66 % in Fiji; the lowest is -112.77 % in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.52 %, and the mean is 5.06 %.
Over the past decade 140 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of the Congo (up 290.6%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 1,028.5%).
Waste — Emissions Share (CO2eq): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiji | 106.66 % | 2023 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Djibouti | 24.94 % | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 3 | Kiribati | 21.24 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 4 | Cyprus | 20.28 % | 2023 | up 152.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Comoros | 20.06 % | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 18.31 % | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 7 | Tokelau | 18.06 % | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 8 | Morocco | 17.77 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 15.49 % | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 9 | Guatemala | 15.49 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 11 | Jordan | 14.63 % | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 12 | Georgia | 14.56 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 14 % | 2023 | down 40.9% | flat |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 13.53 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 15 | Cabo Verde | 13.01 % | 2023 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 16 | El Salvador | 12.44 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 17 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 12.28 % | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 18 | Lebanon | 12.19 % | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 19 | Yemen | 12.18 % | 2023 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 20 | Turkey | 12.01 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 20 | Türkiye | 12.01 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.91 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.8 % | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 24 | Tonga | 11.78 % | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 25 | Moldova | 11.55 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 25 | Republic of Moldova | 11.55 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 27 | Bahamas | 11.47 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 28 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.11 % | 2023 | up 120.9% | rising |
| 29 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.91 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 10.65 % | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 31 | Dominica | 10.59 % | 2023 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 32 | Cuba | 10.58 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 33 | Uruguay | 10.55 % | 2023 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Romania | 10.19 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Israel | 10.05 % | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 36 | Chile | 9.74 % | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 37 | Gambia | 9.69 % | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 38 | Burundi | 9.52 % | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Haiti | 9.22 % | 2023 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.1 % | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 41 | Togo | 9.01 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 8.95 % | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 43 | Slovakia | 8.93 % | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 44 | Mexico | 8.83 % | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 45 | Eritrea | 8.75 % | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 45 | Caribbean | 8.75 % | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 8.71 % | 2023 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 8.5 % | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 49 | Russia | 8.36 % | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 49 | Russian Federation | 8.36 % | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 51 | Denmark | 8.31 % | 2023 | up 107.8% | rising |
| 52 | Mauritius | 8.21 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 53 | Barbados | 8.07 % | 2023 | up 38.2% | falling |
| 54 | Colombia | 8.02 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 55 | Portugal | 7.93 % | 2023 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 56 | Polynesia | 7.82 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 57 | Albania | 7.62 % | 2023 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 58 | Vanuatu | 7.36 % | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 59 | Nigeria | 7.35 % | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 60 | Tunisia | 7.09 % | 2023 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 61 | Algeria | 7.06 % | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 62 | Grenada | 7.03 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 62 | Somalia | 7.03 % | 2023 | up 136.7% | rising |
| 64 | Panama | 7.02 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 65 | Seychelles | 7 % | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 66 | Bangladesh | 6.91 % | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 66 | Spain | 6.91 % | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 6.81 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 69 | Afghanistan | 6.78 % | 2023 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 6.75 % | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.53 % | 2023 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 72 | Hungary | 6.42 % | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 73 | New Zealand | 6.26 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 74 | Uganda | 6.23 % | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 75 | Samoa | 6.22 % | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 76 | Senegal | 6.21 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 77 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6.04 % | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 78 | Sweden | 6 % | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 79 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.98 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 80 | Nepal | 5.97 % | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 81 | Brazil | 5.94 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 82 | Armenia | 5.86 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 83 | Maldives | 5.83 % | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 84 | Czechia | 5.81 % | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 85 | Ukraine | 5.8 % | 2023 | up 117.2% | rising |
| 86 | Kuwait | 5.67 % | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 87 | Greece | 5.62 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 87 | Croatia | 5.62 % | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 89 | Malawi | 5.61 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 90 | Singapore | 5.6 % | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 5.54 % | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 92 | France | 5.48 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 93 | Eswatini | 5.46 % | 2023 | up 32.2% | falling |
| 94 | Ecuador | 5.37 % | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 5.36 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 96 | Mauritania | 5.31 % | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 97 | Thailand | 5.27 % | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 98 | Pakistan | 5.25 % | 2023 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 99 | Cook Islands | 5.11 % | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 100 | Montenegro | 5.08 % | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Serbia and Montenegro | 5.06 % | 2005 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 102 | Philippines | 4.98 % | 2023 | down 19.7% | flat |
| 103 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.96 % | 2023 | up 290.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Tuvalu | 4.89 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 105 | Sudan | 4.84 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 106 | Latvia | 4.82 % | 2023 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 4.7 % | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 108 | Egypt | 4.68 % | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 109 | Belize | 4.65 % | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 110 | East Timor | 4.53 % | 2023 | up 36.9% | flat |
| 110 | Timor-Leste | 4.53 % | 2023 | up 36.9% | flat |
| 112 | South Africa | 4.51 % | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 113 | Benin | 4.49 % | 2023 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.49 % | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 113 | Guinea | 4.49 % | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 113 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.49 % | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 117 | Serbia | 4.46 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 118 | Micronesia | 4.45 % | 2023 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 119 | Jamaica | 4.4 % | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 119 | Kenya | 4.4 % | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 121 | Lesotho | 4.38 % | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 4.34 % | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 123 | Sudan (former) | 4.27 % | 2011 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 124 | Finland | 4.24 % | 2023 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 125 | China, Macao SAR | 4.21 % | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 126 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4.2 % | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 127 | Melanesia | 4.13 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 128 | Iceland | 4.1 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 129 | Malta | 4.07 % | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 130 | Austria | 4.02 % | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.96 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 132 | China, Taiwan Province of | 3.84 % | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 133 | Congo | 3.72 % | 2023 | up 118.8% | rising |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 3.56 % | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 134 | OECD | 3.56 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 136 | Niger | 3.53 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 137 | Peru | 3.52 % | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 138 | Saudi Arabia | 3.43 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Cameroon | 3.4 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 139 | Vietnam | 3.4 % | 2023 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Viet Nam | 3.4 % | 2023 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Republic of Korea | 3.39 % | 2023 | up 41.2% | falling |
| 143 | Iraq | 3.38 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 144 | India | 3.32 % | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 145 | Oman | 3.2 % | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 146 | Malaysia | 3.19 % | 2023 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 147 | Slovenia | 3.13 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 148 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 3.11 % | 1999 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 149 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.98 % | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 150 | Estonia | 2.9 % | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 151 | Italy | 2.89 % | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 152 | South Sudan | 2.84 % | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 153 | China | 2.82 % | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 154 | Indonesia | 2.81 % | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 155 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 2.77 % | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 155 | China, mainland | 2.77 % | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 157 | Libya | 2.76 % | 2023 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 158 | Angola | 2.74 % | 2023 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 159 | Poland | 2.71 % | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 159 | Syria | 2.71 % | 2023 | down 70.3% | rising |
| 159 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.71 % | 2023 | down 70.3% | rising |
| 162 | United Kingdom | 2.67 % | 2023 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 162 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.67 % | 2023 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Argentina | 2.62 % | 2023 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 165 | United States | 2.61 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 166 | Madagascar | 2.6 % | 2023 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 167 | Namibia | 2.51 % | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | 2.48 % | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 169 | Guyana | 2.45 % | 2023 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 169 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2.45 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 171 | Canada | 2.41 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.38 % | 2023 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 173 | British Virgin Islands | 2.37 % | 2023 | up 48.1% | falling |
| 173 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.37 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 175 | Bhutan | 2.35 % | 2023 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Myanmar | 2.33 % | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 177 | Belgium | 2.25 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 178 | Mali | 2.22 % | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 179 | United Arab Emirates | 2.2 % | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 180 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.17 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 181 | Lithuania | 2.16 % | 2023 | down 65.8% | flat |
| 182 | Mozambique | 2.05 % | 2023 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 183 | Qatar | 2.04 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 184 | Liberia | 2.01 % | 2023 | up 229.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Botswana | 1.99 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 186 | Australia | 1.92 % | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 187 | Aruba | 1.88 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 188 | Palau | 1.82 % | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 189 | Bahrain | 1.77 % | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 189 | Anguilla | 1.77 % | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 191 | Germany | 1.76 % | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 192 | Turkmenistan | 1.69 % | 2023 | up 33.1% | falling |
| 193 | Chad | 1.56 % | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 194 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.53 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 195 | Kazakhstan | 1.52 % | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 196 | Marshall Islands | 1.5 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 197 | Norway | 1.46 % | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 198 | Suriname | 1.4 % | 2023 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 199 | Zambia | 1.39 % | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 200 | Cambodia | 1.24 % | 2023 | up 29.2% | falling |
| 201 | Japan | 1.11 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 202 | Laos | 1.09 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 202 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.09 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 204 | Niue | 1.07 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 205 | Nauru | 1.06 % | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 205 | Nauru | 1.06 % | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 207 | Gabon | 1.05 % | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 208 | Switzerland | 0.96 % | 2023 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 208 | Ireland | 0.96 % | 2023 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 210 | Paraguay | 0.95 % | 2023 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 211 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.93 % | 2023 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 212 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 0.78 % | 2010 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 213 | Brunei | 0.77 % | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 213 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.77 % | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 215 | Luxembourg | 0.76 % | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 216 | Central African Republic | 0.74 % | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 217 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.7 % | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 218 | Mongolia | 0.48 % | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 219 | Rwanda | -39.22 % | 2023 | down 330.0% | volatile |
| 220 | Ghana | -39.68 % | 2023 | down 938.9% | volatile |
| 221 | Belarus | -44.01 % | 2023 | down 1,028.5% | volatile |
| 222 | Honduras | -112.77 % | 2023 | down 772.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central America 9.59 %
- Eastern Europe 7.65 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 6.67 %
- Northern Africa 6.62 %
- Western Africa 6.32 %
- Western Asia 5.54 %
- Europe 5.34 %
- South America 5.32 %
- Africa 5.11 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.92 %
- Southern Europe 4.86 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4.52 %
- Southern Africa 4.35 %
- Eastern Africa 4.25 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4.19 %
- European Union (27) 4.15 %
- Americas 4.11 %
- Annex I countries 3.91 %
- World 3.8 %
- Non-Annex I countries 3.76 %
- Southern Asia 3.42 %
- South-Eastern Asia 3.33 %
- Asia 3.24 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.24 %
- Middle Africa 3.18 %
- Northern Europe 3.11 %
- Central Asia 2.93 %
- Western Europe 2.93 %
- Eastern Asia 2.73 %
- United States of America 2.61 %
- Northern America 2.58 %
- Oceania 2.47 %
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.