Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Waste

A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the waste sector. This includes emissions from solid waste (IPCC 2006 codes 4.A Solid Waste Disposal, 4.B Biological Treatment of Solid Waste, 4.C Incineration and Open Burning of Waste) and wastewater treatment (IPCC 2006 code 4.D Wastewater Treatment and Discharge). The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
100
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    Joint Research Centre, European Commission

    EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, uri: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ghg2024, publisher: JRC European Commission, date published: 2024

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    International Energy Agency

    International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ghg2024, publisher: JRC European Commission, date published: 2024

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Albania20240.00Mt CO2e
Algeria20240.00Mt CO2e
Argentina20240.01Mt CO2e
Australia20240.02Mt CO2e
Austria20240.00Mt CO2e
Azerbaijan20240.00Mt CO2e
Bahamas20240.00Mt CO2e
Belarus20240.01Mt CO2e
Belgium20240.02Mt CO2e
Benin20240.00Mt CO2e

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