Consumption of ozone-depleting substances by country
Consumption of various controlled substances. These include Bromochloromethane (BCM), Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC), Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), Hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs), Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), Methyl Bromide (MB), Methyl Chloroform (TCA) and Other Fully Halogenated...
Countries reporting
167
Highest
10,234 ODP tonnes
China
Lowest
-1,561 ODP tonnes
United States
Median
2.19 ODP tonnes
Years covered
37
1986–2022
Data points
5,376
What the numbers show
Consumption of ozone-depleting substances is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 10,234 ODP tonnes in China; the lowest is -1,561 ODP tonnes in United States.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.19 ODP tonnes, and the mean is 90.62 ODP tonnes.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 157 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 153.3%), and the largest decrease in United States (down 195.9%).
Consumption of ozone-depleting substances: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 10,234 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 2 | South Korea | 1,053 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 879.89 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 490.93 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 359.5 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 6 | Thailand | 278.96 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Israel | 253.17 ODP tonnes | 2021 | up 153.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Kuwait | 224.47 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 9 | India | 218.47 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Egypt | 209.16 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Malaysia | 181.54 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Indonesia | 172.83 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Argentina | 170.93 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Nigeria | 156.18 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Vietnam | 141.79 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 16 | Mexico | 130.34 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Iran | 123.84 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Pakistan | 120.59 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Yemen | 98.8 ODP tonnes | 2021 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 20 | South Africa | 88.7 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Libya | 75 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Iraq | 66.39 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Syria | 65.4 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Philippines | 60.4 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 25 | North Korea | 58.03 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Qatar | 56.49 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 27 | Singapore | 53.26 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 46.94 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Algeria | 38.3 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 35.84 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Cameroon | 29.5 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 28.13 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Lebanon | 26.09 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 25.39 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Bahrain | 24.61 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Tunisia | 20.69 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Morocco | 17.62 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Ghana | 16.58 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Oman | 14.85 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Chile | 14.79 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Somalia | 13.83 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Mauritania | 13.12 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 43 | Benin | 12.93 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Senegal | 11.88 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Uruguay | 11.5 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Panama | 10.79 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Gabon | 10.73 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Ecuador | 10.2 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Chad | 9.91 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 50 | Paraguay | 9.79 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Madagascar | 9.46 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Peru | 9.39 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Sudan | 9.35 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Jordan | 9.16 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Niger | 9.06 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Togo | 8.84 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.8 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 8.58 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Japan | 8.49 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Australia | 7.86 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Angola | 6.88 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Honduras | 6.63 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Congo | 6.19 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Afghanistan | 6.05 ODP tonnes | 2020 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Central African Republic | 6.05 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Mali | 6.05 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Cambodia | 5.48 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Russia | 5.05 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Serbia | 4.57 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Turkmenistan | 4.36 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Kenya | 4.24 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 72 | El Salvador | 3.97 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 3.79 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Brunei | 3.75 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Turkey | 3.52 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Ethiopia | 3.37 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 3.28 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Canada | 3.22 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Guatemala | 2.87 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Jamaica | 2.84 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Malawi | 2.82 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 2.47 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Mozambique | 2.21 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Zambia | 2.19 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Bahamas | 2.1 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Albania | 2.02 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Rwanda | 1.53 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Myanmar | 1.47 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Guinea | 1.38 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Mauritius | 1.38 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.22 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Botswana | 1.21 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Haiti | 1.13 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Bolivia | 1.09 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 95 | South Sudan | 1.04 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.94 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Georgia | 0.92 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Tanzania | 0.9 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 91.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 0.87 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.83 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Liberia | 0.83 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Laos | 0.82 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Cuba | 0.81 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Namibia | 0.72 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Guyana | 0.62 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Belize | 0.61 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Eritrea | 0.61 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Armenia | 0.56 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 0.56 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Moldova | 0.54 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Barbados | 0.49 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Lesotho | 0.44 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Eswatini | 0.37 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 0.3 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 0.24 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 0.23 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 117 | East Timor | 0.23 ODP tonnes | 2021 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Nepal | 0.21 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Gambia | 0.19 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Mongolia | 0.18 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Fiji | 0.14 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Grenada | 0.13 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Montenegro | 0.1 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Maldives | 0.09 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Tajikistan | 0.09 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Solomon Islands | 0.08 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Dominica | 0.07 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.06 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Uganda | 0.06 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.05 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Comoros | 0.04 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 0.04 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.04 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Bhutan | 0.03 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Micronesia (country) | 0.01 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Tonga | 0.01 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Vanuatu | 0.01 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Samoa | 0.01 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Azerbaijan | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Burundi | 0 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Burkina Faso | 0 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Belarus | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Iceland | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Kiribati | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Liechtenstein | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Monaco | 0 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Marshall Islands | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | North Macedonia | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Norway | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Nauru | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Palau | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | San Marino | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Suriname | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Seychelles | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Tuvalu | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Ukraine | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 ODP tonnes | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Venezuela | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Cook Islands | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Niue | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Vatican | 0 ODP tonnes | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Andorra | -0.01 ODP tonnes | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Switzerland | -0.03 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 102.2% | volatile |
| 167 | New Zealand | -3.76 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 132.7% | volatile |
| 168 | United States | -1,561 ODP tonnes | 2021 | down 195.9% | volatile |
About this data
Consumption of various controlled substances. These include Bromochloromethane (BCM), Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC), Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), Hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs), Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), Methyl Bromide (MB), Methyl Chloroform (TCA) and Other Fully Halogenated CFCs. We assign zero to missing values for a given (year, country, chemical) triple. This is due to technical reasons, so that we are able to plot this variable using our Grapher stacked are charts.