Non-CO2 GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Waste by country
Waste sector non-CO2 emissions are generated from the World Resource Institute's Climate Watch. Climate Watch Historical Emission data contains sector-level greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data for 194 countries and the European Union (EU) for the period 1990-2018, including emissions of the six major GHGs from most...
What the numbers show
Non-CO2 GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Waste is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 197.58 in China; the lowest is 0 in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.93, and the mean is 8.54.
Over the past decade 140 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 103.6%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 57.9%).
Non-CO2 GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Waste: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 197.58 | 2018 | up 40.7% | falling |
| 2 | Indonesia | 133.83 | 2018 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 133.24 | 2018 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 4 | Russia | 117.21 | 2018 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 5 | India | 83.16 | 2018 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 70.22 | 2018 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 46.76 | 2018 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 8 | Iran | 46.65 | 2018 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 28.06 | 2018 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 10 | Egypt | 27.97 | 2018 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 11 | South Africa | 24.83 | 2018 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 12 | Argentina | 21.67 | 2018 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 20.64 | 2018 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 14 | Malaysia | 20.62 | 2018 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 15 | Vietnam | 20.39 | 2018 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 20.38 | 2018 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Canada | 18.27 | 2018 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 17.39 | 2018 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 19 | Colombia | 17.1 | 2018 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 16.98 | 2018 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 21 | Turkey | 16.71 | 2018 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.07 | 2018 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 23 | France | 14.78 | 2018 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 24 | Algeria | 14.48 | 2018 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 14.45 | 2018 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 26 | Nigeria | 14.1 | 2018 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Philippines | 13.77 | 2018 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 28 | Spain | 13.1 | 2018 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 29 | Thailand | 12.72 | 2018 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 30 | Australia | 12.31 | 2018 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 31 | Bahrain | 12.28 | 2018 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 12.02 | 2018 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 33 | Peru | 11.39 | 2018 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 34 | Iraq | 11.33 | 2018 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 35 | Venezuela | 10.95 | 2018 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 36 | Poland | 10.03 | 2018 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 37 | South Korea | 9.62 | 2018 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 38 | Pakistan | 9.23 | 2018 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 39 | Germany | 8.63 | 2018 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 40 | Israel | 8.33 | 2018 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 41 | Paraguay | 7.72 | 2018 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 7.05 | 2018 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 43 | Japan | 6.8 | 2018 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 44 | Niger | 6.66 | 2018 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 45 | Syria | 6.61 | 2018 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 46 | Belarus | 6.5 | 2018 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 47 | Portugal | 6.35 | 2018 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 48 | Tanzania | 6.07 | 2018 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 49 | Serbia | 5.73 | 2018 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 50 | Romania | 5.68 | 2018 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 5.58 | 2018 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 52 | Jordan | 5.57 | 2018 | up 38.6% | falling |
| 53 | Myanmar | 5.15 | 2018 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 54 | Chile | 4.97 | 2018 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 4.89 | 2018 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 56 | Morocco | 4.8 | 2018 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 57 | Czechia | 4.7 | 2018 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 4.63 | 2018 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 59 | Greece | 4.58 | 2018 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 4.1 | 2018 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 61 | Senegal | 4.07 | 2018 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 62 | Mozambique | 3.99 | 2018 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 3.94 | 2018 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 63 | Cameroon | 3.94 | 2018 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 65 | New Zealand | 3.89 | 2018 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 66 | Sudan | 3.72 | 2018 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 67 | Ghana | 3.65 | 2018 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 68 | Afghanistan | 3.53 | 2018 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 3.42 | 2018 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Hungary | 3.26 | 2018 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 71 | Singapore | 3.22 | 2018 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 72 | Georgia | 3.2 | 2018 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 73 | Cuba | 3.16 | 2018 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 74 | Tunisia | 3.14 | 2018 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 75 | Lebanon | 3.07 | 2018 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 76 | Central African Republic | 3.03 | 2018 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 77 | Bolivia | 2.97 | 2018 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 78 | Honduras | 2.91 | 2018 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 79 | Netherlands | 2.88 | 2018 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 2.68 | 2018 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 81 | South Sudan | 2.54 | 2018 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 82 | Panama | 2.5 | 2018 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 83 | Kuwait | 2.44 | 2018 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 83 | Somalia | 2.44 | 2018 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 85 | Barbados | 2.28 | 2018 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 86 | Chad | 2.26 | 2018 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 87 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.2 | 2018 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 88 | El Salvador | 2.1 | 2018 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 89 | Guinea | 2.09 | 2018 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 2.08 | 2018 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 91 | Grenada | 2.02 | 2018 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 92 | Uruguay | 2.01 | 2018 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 93 | Guatemala | 1.94 | 2018 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 94 | Uganda | 1.93 | 2018 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritius | 1.92 | 2018 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 96 | Finland | 1.88 | 2018 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 97 | Croatia | 1.87 | 2018 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 98 | Moldova | 1.83 | 2018 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 99 | Angola | 1.75 | 2018 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 100 | Libya | 1.67 | 2018 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 101 | North Korea | 1.5 | 2018 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 102 | Slovakia | 1.49 | 2018 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 103 | Haiti | 1.47 | 2018 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 104 | Austria | 1.46 | 2018 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 105 | Sierra Leone | 1.42 | 2018 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 1.4 | 2018 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 107 | Kenya | 1.35 | 2018 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 108 | North Macedonia | 1.26 | 2018 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.23 | 2018 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 110 | Qatar | 1.14 | 2018 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Burkina Faso | 1.13 | 2018 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.12 | 2018 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 113 | Belgium | 1.11 | 2018 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 114 | Norway | 1.09 | 2018 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 114 | Oman | 1.09 | 2018 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 1.06 | 2018 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 117 | Sweden | 1.04 | 2018 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 118 | Albania | 0.99 | 2018 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 119 | Nepal | 0.98 | 2018 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 120 | Togo | 0.96 | 2018 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 121 | Ireland | 0.91 | 2018 | up 51.7% | falling |
| 121 | Lithuania | 0.91 | 2018 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 121 | Madagascar | 0.91 | 2018 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 124 | Denmark | 0.87 | 2018 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 124 | Tajikistan | 0.87 | 2018 | up 24.3% | flat |
| 126 | Switzerland | 0.8 | 2018 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.78 | 2018 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 128 | Armenia | 0.74 | 2018 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 129 | Gabon | 0.73 | 2018 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 130 | Congo | 0.71 | 2018 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 131 | Latvia | 0.67 | 2018 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 132 | Eritrea | 0.62 | 2018 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 133 | Mali | 0.61 | 2018 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 134 | Eswatini | 0.59 | 2018 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 135 | Cyprus | 0.55 | 2018 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 135 | Cambodia | 0.55 | 2018 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 137 | Jamaica | 0.53 | 2018 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 137 | Namibia | 0.53 | 2018 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 139 | Slovenia | 0.52 | 2018 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 140 | Malawi | 0.44 | 2018 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 141 | Burundi | 0.42 | 2018 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 142 | Gambia | 0.38 | 2018 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 0.36 | 2018 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 144 | Rwanda | 0.31 | 2018 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 145 | Montenegro | 0.29 | 2018 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 146 | Saint Lucia | 0.26 | 2018 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Lesotho | 0.26 | 2018 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 148 | Benin | 0.25 | 2018 | up 38.9% | falling |
| 148 | Botswana | 0.25 | 2018 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 148 | Estonia | 0.25 | 2018 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 148 | Mongolia | 0.25 | 2018 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 152 | Belize | 0.24 | 2018 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Bahamas | 0.22 | 2018 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 153 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.22 | 2018 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 153 | Iceland | 0.22 | 2018 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 156 | Laos | 0.21 | 2018 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 157 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.19 | 2018 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 158 | Brunei | 0.17 | 2018 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 158 | Malta | 0.17 | 2018 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 160 | Guyana | 0.16 | 2018 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 0.16 | 2018 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 160 | Samoa | 0.16 | 2018 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 163 | Mauritania | 0.15 | 2018 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 164 | Maldives | 0.14 | 2018 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 165 | Fiji | 0.13 | 2018 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 165 | Liberia | 0.13 | 2018 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.11 | 2018 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 168 | Suriname | 0.1 | 2018 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 169 | Seychelles | 0.09 | 2018 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 170 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.08 | 2018 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 171 | Bhutan | 0.07 | 2018 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 0.07 | 2018 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 173 | East Timor | 0.06 | 2018 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 173 | Tonga | 0.06 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 173 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.06 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Andorra | 0.05 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Cape Verde | 0.05 | 2018 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 178 | Dominica | 0.03 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 178 | Marshall Islands | 0.03 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 180 | Kiribati | 0.02 | 2018 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 180 | Palau | 0.02 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 182 | Comoros | 0.01 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Micronesia (country) | 0.01 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.01 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 182 | Tuvalu | 0.01 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2018 | — | flat |
| 186 | Nauru | 0 | 2018 | — | flat |
About this data
Waste sector non-CO2 emissions are generated from the World Resource Institute's Climate Watch. Climate Watch Historical Emission data contains sector-level greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data for 194 countries and the European Union (EU) for the period 1990-2018, including emissions of the six major GHGs from most major sources and sinks. Non-CO2 emissions are expressed in CO2 equivalents using 100-year global warming potential values from IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions data (previously published through CAIT Climate Data Explorer) are derived from several sources. Any use of the Land-Use Change and Forestry or Agriculture indicator should be cited as FAO 2020, FAOSTAT Emissions Database. Any use of CO2 emissions from fuel combustion data should be cited as CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion, OECD/IEA, 2020.