Emissions 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
0 ODP tonnes
Afghanistan
Lowest
-21.7 ODP tonnes
United States
Median
0 ODP tonnes
Years covered
37
1986–2022
Data points
5,376

What the numbers show

Emissions of ozone-depleting substances is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 0 ODP tonnes in Afghanistan; the lowest is -21.7 ODP tonnes in United States.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 ODP tonnes, and the mean is -0.1299 ODP tonnes.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in South Korea (down 100.0%).

Emissions of ozone-depleting substances: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 0 ODP tonnes 2020 flat
1 Angola 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Albania 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Andorra 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 United Arab Emirates 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Argentina 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Armenia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Antigua and Barbuda 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Australia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Azerbaijan 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Burundi 0 ODP tonnes 2022 volatile
1 Benin 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Burkina Faso 0 ODP tonnes 2022 flat
1 Bangladesh 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Bahrain 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Bahamas 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Belarus 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Belize 0 ODP tonnes 2022 flat
1 Bolivia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Brazil 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Barbados 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Brunei 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Bhutan 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Botswana 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Central African Republic 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Canada 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Switzerland 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Chile 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 China 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Cote d'Ivoire 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Cameroon 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Congo 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Colombia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Comoros 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Cape Verde 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Costa Rica 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Cuba 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Djibouti 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Dominica 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Dominican Republic 0 ODP tonnes 2022 volatile
1 Algeria 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Ecuador 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Egypt 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Eritrea 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Ethiopia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Fiji 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Micronesia (country) 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Gabon 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Georgia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Ghana 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Guinea 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Gambia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Guinea-Bissau 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Equatorial Guinea 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Grenada 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Guatemala 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Guyana 0 ODP tonnes 2022 flat
1 Honduras 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Haiti 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Indonesia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 India 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Iran 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Iraq 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Iceland 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Israel 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Jamaica 0 ODP tonnes 2022 volatile
1 Jordan 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Japan 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Kazakhstan 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Kenya 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Kyrgyzstan 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Cambodia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Kiribati 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 South Korea 0 ODP tonnes 2021 down 100.0% volatile
1 Kuwait 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Laos 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Lebanon 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Liberia 0 ODP tonnes 2022 flat
1 Libya 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Saint Lucia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Sri Lanka 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Lesotho 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Morocco 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Monaco 0 ODP tonnes 2022 flat
1 Moldova 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Madagascar 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Maldives 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Mexico 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Marshall Islands 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 North Macedonia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Mali 0 ODP tonnes 2022 flat
1 Myanmar 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Montenegro 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Mongolia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Mozambique 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Mauritania 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Mauritius 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Malawi 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Malaysia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Namibia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Niger 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Nigeria 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Nicaragua 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Norway 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Nepal 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Nauru 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 New Zealand 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Oman 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Pakistan 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Panama 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Peru 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Philippines 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Palau 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Papua New Guinea 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 North Korea 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Paraguay 0 ODP tonnes 2022 volatile
1 Qatar 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Russia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Rwanda 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Saudi Arabia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Sudan 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Senegal 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Singapore 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Solomon Islands 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Sierra Leone 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 El Salvador 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 San Marino 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Somalia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Serbia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 South Sudan 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Sao Tome and Principe 0 ODP tonnes 2022 flat
1 Suriname 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Eswatini 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Seychelles 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Syria 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Chad 0 ODP tonnes 2022 flat
1 Togo 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Thailand 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Tajikistan 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Turkmenistan 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 East Timor 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Tonga 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Trinidad and Tobago 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Tunisia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Turkey 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Tuvalu 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Tanzania 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Uganda 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Ukraine 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Uruguay 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Uzbekistan 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 ODP tonnes 2022 flat
1 Venezuela 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Vietnam 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Vanuatu 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Samoa 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Yemen 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 South Africa 0 ODP tonnes 2021 up 100.0% volatile
1 Zambia 0 ODP tonnes 2021 volatile
1 Zimbabwe 0 ODP tonnes 2022 volatile
1 Cook Islands 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Niue 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
1 Vatican 0 ODP tonnes 2021 flat
168 United States -21.7 ODP tonnes 2021 up 81.5% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Emissions of ozone-depleting substances
Unit
ODP tonnes
Source
UN Environment Programme (2023) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
168 places, 5,376 data points, 1986–2022
Last refreshed

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.