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Share of total greenhouse gas emissions that come from food

% · lower is better · 201 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2015
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League table

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  1. 1Latvia-2,302.9%
  2. 2Fiji-556.9%
  3. 3Virgin Islands (U.S.)-429.3%
  4. 4Bhutan-72.2%
  5. 5Romania-66%
  6. 6Gabon-4.4%
  7. 7New Caledonia9%
  8. 8United Arab Emirates9.3%
  9. 9Saudi Arabia9.8%
  10. 10Bahrain9.9%
  11. 11Singapore10%
  12. 12Taiwan10.3%
  13. 13Gibraltar10.6%
  14. 14Palau11.5%
  15. 15Seychelles12%
  16. 16Oman12%
  17. 17Qatar12.2%
  18. 18Kuwait13.1%
  19. 19Barbados13.2%
  20. 20Korea, Rep.13.5%
  21. 21Aruba13.7%
  22. 22Libya13.9%
  23. 23Hong Kong SAR, China14.2%
  24. 24Turks and Caicos Islands14.3%
  25. 25Cayman Islands14.4%
  26. 26Kazakhstan14.5%
  27. 27Iraq14.9%
  28. 28Macao SAR, China15.4%
  29. 29Japan15.5%
  30. 30Bermuda15.7%
  31. 31Iran, Islamic Rep.16%
  32. 32Brunei Darussalam16.2%
  33. 33Bosnia and Herzegovina16.3%
  34. 34Maldives16.5%
  35. 35South Africa16.6%
  36. 36British Virgin Islands17%
  37. 37Bahamas, The18.1%
  38. 38Luxembourg18.6%
  39. 39Israel18.9%
  40. 40China18.9%
  41. 41Lebanon19.4%
  42. 42Mauritius19.4%
  43. 43Antigua and Barbuda19.4%
  44. 44Czechia20.3%
  45. 45Germany20.5%
  46. 46Algeria21.3%
  47. 47St. Kitts and Nevis21.5%
  48. 48Turkmenistan21.6%
  49. 49Russian Federation21.8%
  50. 50Grenada22.4%
  51. 51Jamaica22.9%
  52. 52United States22.9%
  53. 53United Kingdom23.1%
  54. 54North Macedonia23.5%
  55. 55Malta23.7%
  56. 56Egypt, Arab Rep.23.7%
  57. 57Trinidad and Tobago23.8%
  58. 58Greece24.4%
  59. 59Belgium24.5%
  60. 60Jordan24.9%
  61. 61Italy25%
  62. 62Switzerland26%
  63. 63Slovak Republic26.1%
  64. 64French Polynesia26.3%
  65. 65Austria26.4%
  66. 66Estonia26.7%
  67. 67Ukraine26.8%
  68. 68Turkiye27%
  69. 69Poland27.1%
  70. 70Netherlands27.4%
  71. 71Sao Tome and Principe27.5%
  72. 72St. Vincent and the Grenadines28%
  73. 73Bulgaria28.7%
  74. 74Ghana29.5%
  75. 75St. Lucia29.6%
  76. 76Cyprus29.7%
  77. 77Mexico30.1%
  78. 78Cabo Verde30.4%
  79. 79Portugal30.9%
  80. 80Spain30.9%
  81. 81Tunisia31.6%
  82. 82Greenland31.6%
  83. 83India32.5%
  84. 84Finland32.9%
  85. 85Australia33%
  86. 86Syrian Arab Republic33.4%
  87. 87Moldova33.6%
  88. 88Hungary34.3%
  89. 89Norway35.3%
  90. 90Thailand36.7%
  91. 91Slovenia36.9%
  92. 92Azerbaijan37.3%
  93. 93Croatia38.2%
  94. 94Georgia38.5%
  95. 95Uzbekistan39.1%
  96. 96Iceland40.3%
  97. 97Canada41.1%
  98. 98Armenia41.9%
  99. 99Denmark42.5%
  100. 100Yemen, Rep.44.5%
  101. 101Korea, Dem. People's Rep.45%
  102. 102Sri Lanka45.3%
  103. 103Equatorial Guinea45.3%
  104. 104Kyrgyz Republic45.8%
  105. 105France45.9%
  106. 106Morocco46.1%
  107. 107Ireland47.6%
  108. 108Haiti47.7%
  109. 109Venezuela, RB48.1%
  110. 110El Salvador48.6%
  111. 111Sierra Leone49.1%
  112. 112Lao PDR49.3%
  113. 113Viet Nam49.7%
  114. 114Tonga50.9%
  115. 115Cote d'Ivoire51%
  116. 116Dominica52%
  117. 117Djibouti52.1%
  118. 118Cuba52.9%
  119. 119Kiribati53.6%
  120. 120Ecuador53.8%
  121. 121Dominican Republic55%
  122. 122Indonesia56%
  123. 123Colombia57.7%
  124. 124Panama58.1%
  125. 125Belarus59.1%
  126. 126Pakistan59.7%
  127. 127Albania60.2%
  128. 128Philippines60.9%
  129. 129Nigeria61.4%
  130. 130Tajikistan62%
  131. 131Afghanistan63.6%
  132. 132Naoero63.8%
  133. 133Lesotho65%
  134. 134Malaysia65.3%
  135. 135Argentina66.5%
  136. 136Mongolia66.7%
  137. 137Samoa67%
  138. 138Comoros67.5%
  139. 139Angola68.2%
  140. 140Bangladesh68.3%
  141. 141Benin69.6%
  142. 142Guatemala70.1%
  143. 143Togo70.3%
  144. 144Central African Republic72.3%
  145. 145Mozambique72.7%
  146. 146Peru73%
  147. 147Puerto Rico (US)75.1%
  148. 148Zimbabwe78%
  149. 149Lithuania78.2%
  150. 150Congo, Rep.78.2%
  151. 151Honduras78.3%
  152. 152Guam78.5%
  153. 153Ethiopia78.6%
  154. 154Suriname78.8%
  155. 155Madagascar79.4%
  156. 156Nepal80.1%
  157. 157Cambodia80.5%
  158. 158Solomon Islands80.6%
  159. 159Brazil80.7%
  160. 160Gambia, The80.8%
  161. 161Senegal82%
  162. 162Faroe Islands82.4%
  163. 163Uganda82.9%
  164. 164Namibia83%
  165. 165Bolivia83.4%
  166. 166New Zealand83.5%
  167. 167Cameroon84.4%
  168. 168Guinea-Bissau87.5%
  169. 169Vanuatu87.7%
  170. 170Nicaragua88.6%
  171. 171Sweden89.2%
  172. 172Congo, Dem. Rep.89.5%
  173. 173Guinea89.6%
  174. 174Mauritania90.2%
  175. 175Niger90.9%
  176. 176Eritrea92.4%
  177. 177Malawi92.8%
  178. 178Tuvalu93.6%
  179. 179Tanzania93.6%
  180. 180Burkina Faso94.8%
  181. 181Mali95.3%
  182. 182Chad95.7%
  183. 183Papua New Guinea96.2%
  184. 184Somalia, Fed. Rep.97.9%
  185. 185Marshall Islands98.6%
  186. 186Guyana99.1%
  187. 187Northern Mariana Islands99.4%
  188. 188Myanmar99.7%
  189. 189Paraguay100.5%
  190. 190Sudan103.2%
  191. 191Kenya104.2%
  192. 192Zambia104.3%
  193. 193Botswana106.3%
  194. 194Rwanda106.4%
  195. 195Burundi107%
  196. 196Uruguay107.4%
  197. 197Belize107.5%
  198. 198American Samoa108.6%
  199. 199Liberia219.3%
  200. 200Chile222%
  201. 201Costa Rica666.1%

Share of total greenhouse gas emissions that come from food