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

Countries reporting
200
Highest
21.23
Qatar
Lowest
0.0145
Niue
Median
2.17
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
5,226

What the numbers show

Food GHG emissions by system stage (Share of total) - Processing is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 21.23 in Qatar; the lowest is 0.0145 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.17, and the mean is 3.13.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,464.

Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (country) (up 1,140.5%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 88.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 21.23 2015 up 96.1% rising
2 Bahrain 15.12 2015 up 39.9% rising
3 Brunei 14.4 2015 up 187.9% volatile
4 Chile 13.84 2015 up 66.6% rising
5 Belgium 10.23 2015 up 28.0% rising
6 Netherlands 9.8 2015 up 5.0% flat
7 Oman 9.47 2015 up 20.8% falling
8 Finland 9.42 2015 up 142.0% rising
9 Kuwait 8.85 2015 up 14.3% rising
10 Norway 8.8 2015 up 12.4% rising
11 Poland 8.77 2015 down 2.8% falling
12 Trinidad and Tobago 8.64 2015 up 140.1% rising
13 United Arab Emirates 8.49 2015 up 11.8% flat
14 Germany 8.08 2015 up 3.9% flat
15 Denmark 8.03 2015 down 13.6% falling
16 Austria 7.88 2015 up 3.8% rising
17 Czechia 7.76 2015 down 20.3% falling
18 China 7.57 2015 down 4.5% rising
19 Saudi Arabia 7.54 2015 up 24.6% rising
20 Barbados 7.52 2015 down 7.9% rising
21 Thailand 7.36 2015 up 87.3% rising
22 Japan 7.36 2015 down 35.3% rising
23 Taiwan 7.26 2015 down 10.0% falling
24 Croatia 7 2015 down 28.1% falling
25 Azerbaijan 6.96 2015 up 549.1% volatile
26 Singapore 6.92 2015 up 4.4% falling
27 Turkmenistan 6.92 2015 up 55.6% rising
28 Switzerland 6.68 2015 up 10.1% rising
29 Israel 6.53 2015 up 36.0% rising
30 France 6.48 2015 up 9.2% flat
31 Spain 6.42 2015 down 9.2% falling
32 United Kingdom 6.4 2015 down 12.5% falling
33 Greece 6.38 2015 up 3.2% flat
34 Portugal 6.29 2015 up 13.7% falling
35 Italy 6.1 2015 down 21.0% falling
36 South Korea 6.09 2015 down 6.0% falling
37 Kazakhstan 6.07 2015 down 1.3% rising
38 Moldova 6.06 2015 down 1.5% falling
39 United States 6.02 2015 down 4.8% rising
40 Cote d'Ivoire 5.85 2015 up 135.8% volatile
41 Armenia 5.76 2015 up 345.5% volatile
42 Turkey 5.72 2015 up 6.3% falling
43 New Zealand 5.68 2015 up 153.2% rising
44 Uruguay 5.64 2015 up 1,002.6% volatile
45 Iran 5.51 2015 up 70.8% rising
46 Bulgaria 5.46 2015 down 2.2% rising
47 Hungary 5.46 2015 up 18.7% falling
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.42 2015 up 93.1% rising
49 Estonia 5.33 2015 down 11.9% falling
50 Algeria 5.16 2015 up 19.6% falling
51 Cyprus 4.81 2015 up 39.3% rising
52 Iraq 4.81 2015 up 50.3% falling
53 Slovakia 4.78 2015 down 32.3% falling
54 Russia 4.75 2015 up 27.9% falling
55 Romania 4.71 2015 down 43.6% falling
56 New Caledonia 4.66 2015 up 35.5% rising
57 Sweden 4.62 2015 down 5.1% falling
58 Libya 4.6 2015 down 4.5% falling
59 Vietnam 4.56 2015 up 176.7% volatile
60 North Macedonia 4.51 2015 down 32.6% falling
61 Aruba 4.34 2015 up 24.6% rising
62 Slovenia 4.2 2015 down 32.5% falling
63 Ireland 4.13 2015 down 25.7% falling
64 Gibraltar 4.12 2015 up 12.9% rising
65 Australia 4.06 2015 up 36.0% falling
66 Gabon 3.98 2015 down 37.5% falling
67 Bermuda 3.98 2015 up 16.6% flat
68 Cayman Islands 3.95 2015 up 46.0% rising
69 Mauritius 3.93 2015 up 9.8% falling
70 South Africa 3.87 2015 up 21.6% rising
71 Philippines 3.68 2015 up 3.2% falling
72 Ukraine 3.63 2015 down 30.9% flat
73 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.54 2015 up 877.9% volatile
74 Dominican Republic 3.48 2015 down 21.6% rising
75 Albania 3.46 2015 down 18.3% falling
76 Tunisia 3.36 2015 up 27.6% rising
77 British Virgin Islands 3.34 2015 up 162.8% rising
78 Palau 3.29 2015 down 59.4% falling
79 Morocco 3.12 2015 up 56.0% rising
80 Brazil 3.05 2015 up 130.8% rising
81 Bahamas 2.99 2015 up 18.5% rising
82 Antigua and Barbuda 2.98 2015 up 95.2% rising
83 Malaysia 2.85 2015 up 143.9% rising
84 Malta 2.84 2015 down 56.1% falling
85 Grenada 2.79 2015 up 38.9% rising
86 Uzbekistan 2.79 2015 up 6.2% rising
87 Lebanon 2.71 2015 down 0.2% rising
88 Egypt 2.7 2015 up 43.7% rising
89 Equatorial Guinea 2.64 2015 up 51.1% volatile
90 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.61 2015 down 15.6% falling
91 Cuba 2.58 2015 up 11.3% falling
92 Argentina 2.54 2015 up 46.8% rising
93 Lithuania 2.52 2015 down 21.0% falling
94 Eswatini 2.33 2015 down 70.8% falling
95 Jamaica 2.3 2015 up 27.9% rising
96 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.25 2015 up 30.7% rising
97 Maldives 2.23 2015 down 37.0% flat
98 Costa Rica 2.21 2015 down 71.9% volatile
99 Saint Lucia 2.2 2015 up 49.7% rising
100 Kiribati 2.2 2015 down 18.1% rising
101 Macao 2.14 2015 down 56.5% falling
102 Syria 2.13 2015 down 4.4% falling
103 Canada 2.11 2015 down 24.1% rising
104 Hong Kong 2.07 2015 down 13.0% falling
105 Colombia 2.07 2015 up 115.0% rising
106 Jordan 2.06 2015 down 3.1% rising
107 Georgia 1.94 2015 up 51.3% rising
108 French Polynesia 1.87 2015 down 47.2% falling
109 Belarus 1.79 2015 down 2.5% falling
110 Latvia 1.79 2015 down 51.5% volatile
111 Mexico 1.76 2015 down 28.6% falling
112 El Salvador 1.7 2015 up 17.8% rising
113 Luxembourg 1.64 2015 down 10.0% falling
114 Venezuela 1.52 2015 up 78.8% rising
115 Fiji 1.48 2015 down 2.9% falling
116 India 1.42 2015 up 44.9% rising
117 Cook Islands 1.4 2015 down 49.2% flat
118 Kyrgyzstan 1.26 2015 up 92.5% rising
119 Sao Tome and Principe 1.25 2015 up 3.6% rising
120 Congo 1.1 2015 down 0.1% falling
121 Seychelles 1.1 2015 down 12.1% rising
122 Guatemala 1.09 2015 up 23.5% rising
123 Puerto Rico 1.03 2015 up 3.1% rising
124 Ghana 1 2015 up 60.4% rising
125 North Korea 0.9527 2015 down 4.6% falling
126 Cape Verde 0.9448 2015 up 2.5% rising
127 Greenland 0.9294 2015 down 24.5% volatile
128 Iceland 0.9049 2015 down 87.9% volatile
129 Bangladesh 0.8825 2015 up 92.7% rising
130 Ecuador 0.8475 2015 up 36.8% rising
131 Pakistan 0.8443 2015 up 21.9% rising
132 Indonesia 0.8022 2015 down 5.3% rising
133 Peru 0.7913 2015 up 106.7% rising
134 Nigeria 0.7619 2015 down 8.9% falling
135 Afghanistan 0.7409 2015 up 253.4% rising
136 Samoa 0.7154 2015 down 26.5% flat
137 Dominica 0.6716 2015 up 107.9% rising
138 Nicaragua 0.667 2015 up 234.6% volatile
139 Panama 0.652 2015 up 69.0% rising
140 Sri Lanka 0.6355 2015 up 24.8% rising
141 Haiti 0.6273 2015 up 45.3% rising
142 Mongolia 0.6024 2015 up 73.8% volatile
143 Myanmar 0.571 2015 up 231.2% volatile
144 Tonga 0.5549 2015 down 35.4% rising
145 Senegal 0.5255 2015 up 4.6% rising
146 Bolivia 0.5157 2015 up 104.0% rising
147 Malawi 0.4538 2015 up 78.5% rising
148 Gambia 0.4312 2015 down 5.3% rising
149 Tajikistan 0.3783 2015 up 1.7% falling
150 Mozambique 0.3627 2015 up 59.2% volatile
151 Honduras 0.362 2015 up 25.0% rising
152 Angola 0.3494 2015 down 88.7% volatile
153 Micronesia (country) 0.3343 2015 up 1,140.5% volatile
154 Vanuatu 0.3259 2015 down 5.3% rising
155 Belize 0.3066 2015 up 65.7% rising
156 Bhutan 0.3013 2015 up 36.2% rising
157 Kenya 0.2979 2015 down 46.7% rising
158 Comoros 0.2538 2015 up 6.0% volatile
159 Nepal 0.2534 2015 up 122.5% rising
160 Sierra Leone 0.2449 2015 up 87.8% volatile
161 Mauritania 0.2413 2015 up 17.6% rising
162 Tuvalu 0.2408 2015 down 0.5% rising
163 Nauru 0.2401 2015 down 26.2% falling
164 Rwanda 0.2349 2015 up 39.3% rising
165 Sudan 0.2343 2015 up 32.5% volatile
166 Togo 0.234 2015 up 12.7% rising
167 Lesotho 0.2335 2015 down 8.2% falling
168 Suriname 0.2282 2015 down 18.5% rising
169 Cameroon 0.2141 2015 up 13.0% falling
170 Niger 0.2097 2015 down 8.7% rising
171 Mali 0.2091 2015 up 25.0% rising
172 Burundi 0.204 2015 up 41.7% volatile
173 Uganda 0.2036 2015 up 1.5% rising
174 Benin 0.1845 2015 up 1.6% rising
175 Chad 0.1835 2015 up 6.1% falling
176 Burkina Faso 0.1806 2015 up 4.1% rising
177 Guinea-Bissau 0.1649 2015 up 13.8% rising
178 Laos 0.1589 2015 up 53.1% volatile
179 Eritrea 0.154 2015 up 14.2% falling
180 Guinea 0.1351 2015 up 29.3% rising
181 East Timor 0.132 2015 down 19.5% rising
182 Madagascar 0.1317 2015 up 65.6% rising
183 Central African Republic 0.1299 2015 down 1.6% rising
184 Ethiopia 0.1188 2015 down 4.1% falling
185 United States Virgin Islands 0.1152 2015 up 9.9% rising
186 Cambodia 0.1097 2015 up 58.9% rising
187 American Samoa 0.1027 2015 up 1.4% falling
188 Papua New Guinea 0.0927 2015 down 44.1% rising
189 Solomon Islands 0.0896 2015 down 25.8% rising
190 Guyana 0.0809 2015 down 33.7% falling
191 Tanzania 0.0792 2015 up 74.2% rising
192 Faroe Islands 0.0706 2015 up 9.8% rising
193 Namibia 0.0644 2015 up 6.9% rising
194 Paraguay 0.0631 2015 down 20.6% falling
195 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0618 2015 up 11.9% rising
196 Liberia 0.0608 2015 up 9.5% rising
197 Botswana 0.0597 2015 up 27.6% volatile
198 Guam 0.0565 2015 up 24.8% rising
199 Somalia 0.0443 2015 down 1.1% rising
200 Niue 0.0145 2015 up 6.2% rising

About this data

Indicator
Food GHG emissions by system stage (Share of total) - Processing
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
201 places, 5,226 data points, 1990–2015
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