Table 7.

Total agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and greenhouse gas emissions directly attributable to livestock production (gigagrams¹ CO₂ eq.) by source in Asian and sub-Saharan Africa sub-region.

Region & sub-region	kg CO2-eq/kg animal protein		Change
	1990	2010	Abs	%
ASIA
South	129	75	−54	−42
East	52	31	−22	−41
Southeast	110	57	−53	−48
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Western	244	219	−25	−10
Eastern	281	230	−51	−18
Central	290	255	−35	−12
Southern	103	62	−41	−40

Source: authors' calculations based on FAOSTAT for livestock production, protein content of animal products and greenhouse gas emissions from FAOSTAT.