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Food GHG emissions by system stage (Share of total) - Packaging 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
203
Highest
19.48
China
Lowest
0.0001
Niue
Median
1.43
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
5,278

What the numbers show

Food GHG emissions by system stage (Share of total) - Packaging is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 19.48 in China; the lowest is 0.0001 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.43, and the mean is 3.54.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 22,810.3%), and the largest decrease in North Korea (down 70.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 19.48 2015 up 11.9% rising
1 Djibouti 0.1364 2015 down 57.9% rising
2 Cyprus 17.34 2015 down 28.1% falling
3 Taiwan 17.23 2015 down 10.4% falling
4 Tunisia 16.42 2015 up 109.8% volatile
5 South Korea 16.31 2015 up 8.3% flat
6 New Caledonia 15.88 2015 up 220.1% volatile
7 Slovakia 15.7 2015 down 1.8% rising
8 Luxembourg 15.45 2015 down 15.9% falling
9 Bahrain 15.3 2015 down 19.6% falling
10 Japan 13.76 2015 down 14.6% falling
11 Qatar 13.32 2015 up 95.7% rising
12 Iceland 13.18 2015 up 119.8% volatile
13 Belgium 13.16 2015 up 26.0% flat
14 Austria 12.72 2015 up 4.7% rising
15 Portugal 12.19 2015 down 11.4% falling
16 Czechia 12.13 2015 down 11.9% rising
17 Greece 12.03 2015 down 4.4% falling
18 Slovenia 11.73 2015 down 24.7% rising
19 Italy 11.14 2015 down 32.8% falling
20 Norway 11.06 2015 up 15.0% rising
21 Germany 10.92 2015 up 4.9% flat
22 Finland 10.87 2015 up 111.8% falling
23 Thailand 10.8 2015 up 59.9% rising
24 Croatia 9.55 2015 down 32.4% flat
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.19 2015 up 87.6% volatile
26 Vietnam 9.14 2015 up 323.2% volatile
27 Bulgaria 8.88 2015 down 9.6% rising
28 Jordan 8.77 2015 up 338.1% volatile
29 Poland 8.77 2015 up 14.9% falling
30 Turkey 8.63 2015 up 43.2% rising
31 Spain 8.54 2015 down 43.7% falling
32 Switzerland 8.24 2015 down 12.2% falling
33 Albania 8.23 2015 up 145.0% volatile
34 United Arab Emirates 7.95 2015 down 9.3% rising
35 Brunei 7.78 2015 up 52.8% rising
36 North Macedonia 7.34 2015 down 36.7% rising
37 South Africa 6.85 2015 down 5.2% rising
38 Georgia 6.77 2015 up 248.1% volatile
39 Romania 6.67 2015 down 18.1% falling
40 Russia 6.53 2015 up 31.5% rising
41 Dominican Republic 6.52 2015 up 58.5% volatile
42 Algeria 6.35 2015 up 372.9% volatile
43 India 6.19 2015 up 78.3% rising
44 Morocco 6.15 2015 up 15.9% volatile
45 Oman 6.12 2015 down 48.9% falling
46 Lebanon 6.03 2015 down 16.6% rising
47 United Kingdom 5.85 2015 down 17.5% flat
48 Australia 5.81 2015 down 5.2% falling
49 Jamaica 5.68 2015 up 49.1% rising
50 Barbados 5.48 2015 up 5.8% volatile
51 Kazakhstan 5.16 2015 up 67.5% rising
52 Chile 5.06 2015 up 21.4% rising
53 Kuwait 5.03 2015 down 29.9% falling
54 Philippines 4.77 2015 up 66.1% rising
55 Mexico 4.77 2015 down 1.0% rising
56 Hungary 4.74 2015 down 19.8% falling
57 Denmark 4.73 2015 down 21.3% falling
58 Gabon 4.69 2015 down 35.5% falling
59 Kyrgyzstan 4.55 2015 up 1,617.4% volatile
60 Iraq 4.5 2015 up 34.1% rising
61 France 4.47 2015 down 22.0% falling
62 Singapore 4.36 2015 down 21.5% falling
63 Saudi Arabia 4.2 2015 down 17.1% flat
64 Estonia 4.05 2015 down 39.0% falling
65 Turkmenistan 4.03 2015 down 15.0% falling
66 Netherlands 4 2015 down 22.2% falling
67 United States 3.97 2015 down 30.7% falling
68 Trinidad and Tobago 3.95 2015 down 2.2% falling
69 Libya 3.94 2015 down 34.7% falling
70 Pakistan 3.81 2015 down 7.2% rising
71 Moldova 3.76 2015 down 24.1% volatile
72 Aruba 3.65 2015 up 28.7% falling
73 Ireland 3.44 2015 down 24.2% rising
74 Cayman Islands 3.33 2015 up 50.9% falling
75 Sweden 3.31 2015 down 23.4% falling
76 Ukraine 3.31 2015 down 35.4% volatile
77 Palau 3.13 2015 down 55.3% flat
78 Latvia 3.12 2015 up 7.6% flat
79 Bermuda 3.05 2015 up 25.3% falling
80 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.99 2015 up 890.8% volatile
81 Colombia 2.92 2015 up 95.5% rising
82 British Virgin Islands 2.74 2015 up 202.4% rising
83 Gibraltar 2.64 2015 up 5.7% falling
84 Armenia 2.57 2015 up 357.9% volatile
85 Belarus 2.56 2015 up 1.9% rising
86 Canada 2.47 2015 down 29.0% falling
87 Senegal 2.37 2015 up 124.3% volatile
88 Mongolia 2.36 2015 up 209.9% volatile
89 Antigua and Barbuda 2.32 2015 up 124.8% rising
90 Bahamas 2.27 2015 up 25.4% flat
91 Azerbaijan 2.25 2015 up 503.5% volatile
92 Bangladesh 2.15 2015 up 297.7% volatile
93 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.96 2015 up 242.0% volatile
94 Macao 1.87 2015 down 59.9% falling
95 Grenada 1.87 2015 up 78.4% rising
96 Lithuania 1.84 2015 down 34.6% volatile
97 Maldives 1.84 2015 down 38.6% rising
98 Equatorial Guinea 1.7 2015 down 22.8% rising
99 Malaysia 1.58 2015 up 60.2% rising
100 Uzbekistan 1.56 2015 down 29.8% falling
101 Brazil 1.5 2015 up 128.2% rising
102 Iran 1.43 2015 down 14.0% falling
103 Mauritius 1.37 2015 up 59.0% volatile
104 Mozambique 1.36 2015 up 339.9% volatile
105 Seychelles 1.35 2015 down 19.8% volatile
106 Saint Lucia 1.28 2015 up 92.5% rising
107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.26 2015 up 71.9% rising
108 Venezuela 1.24 2015 down 36.8% rising
109 Indonesia 1.19 2015 up 16.4% volatile
110 Hong Kong 1.14 2015 down 12.1% falling
111 Ghana 1.11 2015 up 235.6% rising
112 French Polynesia 1.09 2015 down 55.7% falling
113 Kenya 1.09 2015 up 110.9% volatile
114 Israel 1.08 2015 down 40.1% falling
115 Cook Islands 1.03 2015 down 51.7% rising
116 Egypt 1.01 2015 down 5.8% falling
117 Sri Lanka 0.9422 2015 up 0.7% volatile
118 Argentina 0.9362 2015 up 22.3% rising
119 Tajikistan 0.8534 2015 down 30.6% falling
120 Cuba 0.8261 2015 up 10.3% rising
121 Bhutan 0.814 2015 up 84.0% volatile
122 Malta 0.7626 2015 down 54.7% falling
123 New Zealand 0.7619 2015 up 7.7% rising
124 Togo 0.7013 2015 up 54.5% volatile
125 Puerto Rico 0.6725 2015 up 20.1% rising
126 Syria 0.616 2015 down 49.3% falling
127 Greenland 0.5822 2015 down 29.6% volatile
128 Uruguay 0.5779 2015 up 653.7% volatile
129 Ethiopia 0.5493 2015 up 22,810.3% volatile
130 Cape Verde 0.5382 2015 up 119.2% volatile
131 Ecuador 0.5334 2015 up 38.8% rising
132 Angola 0.4148 2015 up 14.7% falling
133 Sao Tome and Principe 0.4115 2015 up 27.6% volatile
134 Afghanistan 0.3984 2015 up 712.4% volatile
135 Dominica 0.3891 2015 up 294.2% volatile
136 Kiribati 0.3854 2015 down 49.1% rising
137 Nigeria 0.3849 2015 down 48.3% falling
138 Tonga 0.3714 2015 down 38.4% rising
139 Congo 0.3405 2015 down 12.4% falling
140 Fiji 0.2641 2015 down 45.5% rising
141 El Salvador 0.2626 2015 up 1.6% rising
142 Myanmar 0.2578 2015 up 50.9% volatile
143 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2548 2015 down 24.3% rising
144 Eswatini 0.2416 2015 down 58.1% volatile
145 Panama 0.2255 2015 up 106.4% rising
146 Benin 0.2155 2015 down 42.9% volatile
147 Samoa 0.1855 2015 down 41.4% falling
148 Guatemala 0.1652 2015 up 46.1% rising
149 Suriname 0.156 2015 down 13.6% falling
150 Haiti 0.1496 2015 up 358.8% volatile
151 Peru 0.1438 2015 down 11.2% rising
152 North Korea 0.1294 2015 down 70.1% falling
153 Costa Rica 0.1091 2015 down 21.7% volatile
154 Laos 0.1072 2015 up 275.5% volatile
155 Nicaragua 0.1051 2015 up 137.6% volatile
156 Honduras 0.0938 2015 up 47.7% volatile
157 Lesotho 0.0734 2015 up 200.5% volatile
158 Cambodia 0.0726 2015 up 1,489.0% volatile
159 Bolivia 0.0703 2015 up 30.1% volatile
160 Comoros 0.0698 2015 up 6.7% volatile
161 Gambia 0.0678 2015 up 17.2% volatile
162 Mauritania 0.0602 2015 down 20.4% volatile
163 East Timor 0.0565 2015 down 56.2% volatile
164 Marshall Islands 0.0542 2015 down 0.8% flat
165 Cameroon 0.0523 2015 down 1.0% falling
166 Vanuatu 0.0507 2015 down 29.1% rising
167 Belize 0.0458 2015 up 50.9% volatile
168 Madagascar 0.0453 2015 up 236.2% volatile
169 Papua New Guinea 0.0352 2015 down 66.9% volatile
170 Malawi 0.0351 2015 down 47.5% volatile
171 Eritrea 0.029 2015 up 3.7% rising
172 Sierra Leone 0.0271 2015 up 140.9% volatile
173 Chad 0.0256 2015 down 31.9% volatile
174 Tanzania 0.0246 2015 up 31.9% volatile
175 Solomon Islands 0.024 2015 down 56.5% rising
176 Guinea 0.0235 2015 up 50.3% volatile
177 Rwanda 0.0207 2015 down 20.1% rising
178 Sudan 0.0195 2015 up 25.6% volatile
179 Guyana 0.0187 2015 up 31.9% rising
180 Guinea-Bissau 0.0183 2015 down 21.0% volatile
181 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0183 2015 down 23.4% rising
182 Burkina Faso 0.0169 2015 up 74.3% volatile
183 Botswana 0.0163 2015 down 65.0% volatile
184 Niger 0.0158 2015 up 47.9% falling
185 Uganda 0.0124 2015 up 35.8% volatile
186 Nauru 0.0087 2015 down 29.6% falling
187 Liberia 0.0085 2015 up 28.1% volatile
188 Namibia 0.0077 2015 up 332.9% volatile
189 Burundi 0.0074 2015 down 27.3% rising
190 Guam 0.0072 2015 up 1.8% flat
191 Micronesia (country) 0.0069 2015 up 1,037.8% volatile
192 Central African Republic 0.0051 2015 up 21.5% rising
193 American Samoa 0.0046 2015 down 4.1% rising
194 Somalia 0.0042 2015 down 11.8% volatile
195 Nepal 0.0041 2015 up 113.1% rising
196 Tuvalu 0.0037 2015 down 10.0% falling
197 United States Virgin Islands 0.0036 2015 up 11.8% flat
198 Faroe Islands 0.0029 2015 up 1.7% rising
199 Mali 0.0029 2015 up 0.1% rising
200 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0019 2015 down 15.3% volatile
201 Paraguay 0.0002 2015 down 51.2% volatile
202 Niue 0.0001 2015 down 7.9% falling

About this data

Indicator
Food GHG emissions by system stage (Share of total) - Packaging
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
203 places, 5,278 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).