Australia vs South America: Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases
Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases over time
- Australia
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 35,039 kt against 5,131 kt in Australia, a difference of 29,908 kt.
That makes South America's figure about 6.8 times Australia's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 19th and South America ranks 16th of 191 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 668.53 kt | 3,397 kt | 2,728 kt | South America |
| 2000s | 1,858 kt | 8,741 kt | 6,883 kt | South America |
| 2010s | 3,909 kt | 23,538 kt | 19,629 kt | South America |
| 2020s | 5,094 kt | 34,579 kt | 29,485 kt | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agrifood systems — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases, Australia or South America?
- South America, at 35,039 kt against 5,131 kt in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agrifood systems — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases between Australia and South America?
- 29,908 kt, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and South America?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and South America rank globally for agrifood systems — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases?
- Australia ranks 19th and South America ranks 16th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (AR5). 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