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Food GHG emissions by system stage (Share of total) - Consumption by country

Food GHG emissions disaggregated by system stage are generated from EDGAR-FOOD, a global emission inventory of GHGs from the food systems. EDGAR-FOOD has been developed to aid the understanding of the activities underlying the energy demand and use, agriculture and land use change emissions associated with the...

Countries reporting
193
Highest
16.33
Iran
Lowest
0
Faroe Islands
Median
1.64
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
5,054

What the numbers show

Food GHG emissions by system stage (Share of total) - Consumption is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 16.33 in Iran; the lowest is 0 in Faroe Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.64, and the mean is 2.8.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 489.8%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 71.1%).

Food GHG emissions by system stage (Share of total) - Consumption: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iran 16.33 2015 up 6.3% rising
1 Djibouti 1.08 2015 down 48.8% falling
2 Lebanon 12.62 2015 up 34.5% falling
3 Saudi Arabia 10.72 2015 up 7.8% rising
4 Malta 10.58 2015 down 56.8% falling
5 Algeria 10.5 2015 down 20.3% falling
6 Bahrain 10.21 2015 down 0.1% flat
7 Palau 10.14 2015 down 51.6% falling
8 Barbados 9.56 2015 down 2.7% rising
9 Iraq 9.09 2015 down 36.2% flat
10 Seychelles 9.05 2015 down 11.4% rising
11 Cayman Islands 8.77 2015 down 2.8% falling
12 Bhutan 8.6 2015 up 21.1% rising
13 Aruba 8.04 2015 down 22.7% falling
14 Taiwan 7.87 2015 up 4.0% rising
15 Bermuda 7.74 2015 down 20.4% falling
16 Kuwait 7.69 2015 down 11.5% rising
17 Hong Kong 7.61 2015 down 3.7% rising
18 United Arab Emirates 7.5 2015 down 3.8% flat
19 British Virgin Islands 7.25 2015 up 96.2% rising
20 Mauritius 6.77 2015 up 36.3% rising
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.68 2015 up 3.9% rising
22 Gabon 6.63 2015 down 21.7% falling
23 Maldives 6.58 2015 down 26.6% rising
24 China 6.55 2015 up 4.0% falling
25 Turks and Caicos Islands 6.47 2015 up 489.8% volatile
26 Gibraltar 6.25 2015 up 4.7% falling
27 Egypt 6.16 2015 up 29.7% flat
28 Jordan 6.09 2015 down 34.6% falling
30 Japan 5.83 2015 up 8.7% rising
31 Antigua and Barbuda 5.81 2015 up 42.3% rising
32 North Macedonia 5.8 2015 down 18.1% rising
33 Bahamas 5.58 2015 down 21.5% flat
34 Portugal 5.44 2015 down 20.0% rising
35 New Caledonia 5.44 2015 down 18.8% rising
36 Qatar 5.35 2015 up 20.0% falling
37 Macao 5.31 2015 down 56.3% falling
38 Grenada 5.29 2015 up 13.3% rising
39 Oman 5.21 2015 up 12.7% falling
40 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.19 2015 up 122.1% volatile
41 Bulgaria 5.14 2015 up 36.3% rising
42 Libya 5.12 2015 down 44.9% falling
43 Sao Tome and Principe 5.01 2015 up 6.8% falling
44 Israel 4.67 2015 down 39.3% falling
45 Greece 4.55 2015 down 7.2% rising
46 Cyprus 4.54 2015 down 17.4% rising
47 South Korea 4.11 2015 up 9.5% rising
48 Singapore 4.1 2015 down 18.3% falling
49 Syria 4.09 2015 down 41.2% falling
50 Tunisia 4.02 2015 down 6.2% flat
51 Cape Verde 3.79 2015 up 155.9% rising
52 French Polynesia 3.66 2015 down 52.0% falling
53 Brunei 3.6 2015 up 142.5% rising
54 United Kingdom 3.56 2015 down 22.5% rising
55 Lesotho 3.48 2015 up 28.1% rising
56 Jamaica 3.45 2015 up 18.1% flat
57 Saint Lucia 3.43 2015 up 23.9% rising
58 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.39 2015 up 10.6% rising
59 Spain 3.37 2015 down 6.8% rising
60 United States 3.32 2015 down 12.5% falling
61 Cook Islands 3.31 2015 down 47.8% rising
62 Moldova 3.26 2015 up 23.1% rising
63 Germany 3.2 2015 down 8.9% falling
64 Chile 3.2 2015 down 4.6% falling
65 Morocco 3.12 2015 down 0.2% rising
66 Czechia 2.89 2015 down 16.5% rising
67 Azerbaijan 2.77 2015 down 49.5% flat
68 Dominican Republic 2.74 2015 down 2.9% falling
69 Italy 2.71 2015 down 9.1% flat
70 Ukraine 2.63 2015 up 7.3% rising
71 Russia 2.62 2015 up 23.1% falling
72 India 2.61 2015 up 12.9% rising
73 Haiti 2.59 2015 up 13.6% rising
74 Puerto Rico 2.54 2015 up 3.2% rising
75 Ghana 2.51 2015 up 10.4% falling
76 Poland 2.51 2015 down 2.5% rising
77 Cuba 2.34 2015 down 7.8% rising
78 Vietnam 2.29 2015 up 19.1% rising
79 Nigeria 2.24 2015 down 12.0% falling
80 Sri Lanka 2.16 2015 up 20.1% rising
81 Pakistan 2.14 2015 up 8.1% rising
82 Australia 2.13 2015 up 34.4% flat
83 Turkey 2.12 2015 up 6.5% rising
84 Netherlands 2.09 2015 up 4.1% rising
85 Cote d'Ivoire 2.08 2015 down 24.2% rising
86 El Salvador 2.04 2015 down 20.9% rising
87 Romania 2.02 2015 down 6.0% rising
88 Uzbekistan 1.96 2015 down 38.5% rising
89 Greenland 1.93 2015 down 26.9% falling
90 Kazakhstan 1.91 2015 up 4.7% rising
91 Philippines 1.89 2015 up 35.7% falling
92 Ethiopia 1.85 2015 down 3.8% rising
93 Thailand 1.82 2015 up 63.0% rising
94 Argentina 1.76 2015 up 54.6% rising
95 Guatemala 1.74 2015 up 70.1% rising
96 Trinidad and Tobago 1.71 2015 up 12.0% falling
97 Nepal 1.69 2015 up 72.8% rising
98 Turkmenistan 1.64 2015 up 13.7% falling
99 Rwanda 1.61 2015 up 6.2% falling
100 Slovenia 1.58 2015 down 21.2% falling
101 Armenia 1.56 2015 up 5.0% volatile
102 Belgium 1.51 2015 down 31.1% falling
103 Georgia 1.5 2015 up 47.6% volatile
104 Kyrgyzstan 1.49 2015 up 97.7% rising
105 Guinea-Bissau 1.49 2015 down 2.4% rising
106 Croatia 1.46 2015 down 33.1% flat
107 Eswatini 1.43 2015 down 25.7% rising
108 Bangladesh 1.37 2015 up 36.1% rising
109 Austria 1.36 2015 down 17.8% flat
110 Kenya 1.35 2015 down 11.5% rising
111 Luxembourg 1.33 2015 down 28.5% falling
112 Hungary 1.32 2015 down 27.1% falling
113 Slovakia 1.3 2015 down 31.4% falling
114 Kiribati 1.3 2015 down 44.6% rising
115 Malaysia 1.29 2015 up 69.5% rising
116 Switzerland 1.24 2015 down 17.0% falling
117 Mexico 1.24 2015 down 2.4% rising
118 Burundi 1.23 2015 down 39.7% rising
119 Ecuador 1.23 2015 up 37.1% rising
120 Tonga 1.21 2015 down 34.2% rising
121 Sierra Leone 1.2 2015 up 44.3% rising
122 Denmark 1.13 2015 down 32.1% falling
123 Colombia 1.12 2015 up 162.9% rising
124 Canada 1.11 2015 down 23.8% flat
125 Gambia 1.09 2015 up 1.5% rising
126 Dominica 1.08 2015 up 144.7% rising
127 Finland 1.04 2015 up 77.9% falling
128 Estonia 1.04 2015 down 32.2% flat
129 Panama 1.04 2015 up 80.8% rising
130 Venezuela 1.04 2015 up 14.6% rising
131 Ireland 1.02 2015 down 18.6% flat
132 Equatorial Guinea 0.9765 2015 down 41.5% rising
133 France 0.9719 2015 down 35.2% falling
134 Togo 0.9673 2015 up 13.3% rising
135 Samoa 0.9574 2015 down 31.2% falling
136 Angola 0.9538 2015 up 86.4% rising
137 Mozambique 0.9101 2015 up 17.0% rising
138 Mongolia 0.9015 2015 down 6.1% volatile
139 Fiji 0.8742 2015 down 40.5% rising
140 Belarus 0.7906 2015 down 16.1% rising
141 Liberia 0.7694 2015 up 17.5% rising
142 Burkina Faso 0.768 2015 up 14.9% falling
143 Guinea 0.7522 2015 down 8.8% falling
144 Senegal 0.7309 2015 up 2.0% rising
145 Comoros 0.7116 2015 up 14.0% rising
146 Afghanistan 0.6643 2015 up 286.5% volatile
147 Eritrea 0.6611 2015 up 4.0% falling
148 Benin 0.6563 2015 down 49.9% volatile
149 Indonesia 0.6408 2015 down 23.3% rising
150 Nicaragua 0.612 2015 up 162.2% volatile
151 Norway 0.6105 2015 up 50.5% rising
152 Honduras 0.5958 2015 up 49.7% rising
153 Peru 0.588 2015 up 1.5% falling
154 Cambodia 0.5656 2015 up 110.1% rising
155 Uganda 0.5512 2015 up 4.7% rising
156 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5274 2015 up 27.2% rising
157 Malawi 0.5251 2015 up 3.2% falling
158 Niger 0.519 2015 up 21.7% falling
159 Mauritania 0.5116 2015 down 18.6% falling
160 Latvia 0.4828 2015 down 24.7% falling
161 Brazil 0.4826 2015 up 102.6% rising
162 Laos 0.452 2015 down 15.2% volatile
163 Uruguay 0.4447 2015 up 42.7% rising
164 Cameroon 0.441 2015 down 25.2% falling
165 Somalia 0.44 2015 up 25.2% rising
166 Suriname 0.4334 2015 down 6.7% rising
167 Madagascar 0.3822 2015 up 4.8% rising
168 Vanuatu 0.371 2015 down 20.0% rising
169 Sweden 0.3653 2015 down 29.3% falling
170 Congo 0.3649 2015 up 4.0% volatile
171 Tanzania 0.3577 2015 up 49.5% rising
172 New Zealand 0.3472 2015 down 29.0% rising
173 Bolivia 0.3285 2015 up 42.7% falling
174 Albania 0.3242 2015 down 42.8% falling
175 Lithuania 0.3172 2015 down 43.5% falling
176 Costa Rica 0.2991 2015 down 71.1% volatile
177 North Korea 0.295 2015 down 58.6% falling
178 Mali 0.2854 2015 down 17.7% falling
179 Chad 0.2831 2015 down 40.7% falling
180 Myanmar 0.2796 2015 down 15.0% flat
181 Iceland 0.1757 2015 down 35.0% falling
182 Solomon Islands 0.1687 2015 down 36.5% rising
183 Sudan 0.1497 2015 up 38.0% rising
184 Tajikistan 0.1425 2015 down 4.3% falling
185 Belize 0.1331 2015 down 0.6% volatile
187 Papua New Guinea 0.1073 2015 down 63.0% rising
188 East Timor 0.0982 2015 down 16.2% rising
189 Namibia 0.0906 2015 down 13.3% falling
190 Botswana 0.0773 2015 up 0.1% volatile
191 Paraguay 0.051 2015 down 42.7% falling
192 Guyana 0.0489 2015 down 20.0% rising
193 Niue 0.0002 2015 down 3.5% volatile
194 Faroe Islands 0 2015 up 2.1% flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Food GHG emissions by system stage (Share of total) - Consumption
Source
Crippa, M., Solazzo, E., Guizzardi, D., Monforti-Ferrario, F., Tubiello, F.N. and Leip, A. EDGAR-FOOD data. Figshare, doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13476666 (2021)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,054 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

Food GHG emissions disaggregated by system stage are generated from EDGAR-FOOD, a global emission inventory of GHGs from the food systems. EDGAR-FOOD has been developed to aid the understanding of the activities underlying the energy demand and use, agriculture and land use change emissions associated with the production, distribution, consumption and disposal of food through the various stages and sectors of the composite global food system. These data were complemented with data from the FAOSTAT database on GHG emissions from land use related to agriculture (FAO, 2020). EDGAR-FOOD represents the first database consistently covering each stage of the food chain for all countries with yearly frequency for the period 1990-2015. Details regarding the methodology applied are available in Crippa et al. (2021).