Latvia - Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Waste

Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent - 1990 to 2019

Since 2014, Latvia Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Waste decreased by 2% year on year. In 2019, the country was ranked number 39 comparing other countries in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Waste at 538.31 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent. Latvia is overtaken by Cyprus, which was ranked number 38 with 582.11 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent and is followed by Slovenia at 436.27 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent. United States lead the ranking with 131,632.35 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent in 2019, that is a fall of 2.1% compared to 2018. Russia, Mexico and Japan respectively ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in this ranking. Malta witnessed the best average annual growth at +3.5% per year, while Netherlands was the worst growing country at -6% per year.