Americas vs China: AFOLU — Emissions
AFOLU — Emissions over time
- Americas
- China
How they compare
Americas currently reports 38,745 kt against 14,267 kt in China, a difference of 24,478 kt.
That makes Americas's figure about 2.7 times China's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and China ranks 4th of 33 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32,953 kt | 14,358 kt | 18,595 kt | Americas |
| 2000s | 35,377 kt | 14,301 kt | 21,075 kt | Americas |
| 2010s | 36,377 kt | 13,654 kt | 22,723 kt | Americas |
| 2020s | 38,136 kt | 14,079 kt | 24,057 kt | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher afolu — emissions, Americas or China?
- Americas, at 38,745 kt against 14,267 kt in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in afolu — emissions between Americas and China?
- 24,478 kt, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Americas and China rank globally for afolu — emissions?
- Americas ranks 5th and China ranks 4th of 33 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as AFOLU — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf