Australia vs Germany: Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems

Australia
195.49 million tonnes CO₂e
in 2015
Germany
179.57 million tonnes CO₂e
in 2015
Australia rank
17th
Germany rank
20th

Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems over time

  • Australia
  • Germany
0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M199020022015

How they compare

Australia currently reports 195.49 million tonnes CO₂e against 179.57 million tonnes CO₂e in Germany, a difference of 15.92 million tonnes CO₂e.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Germany ahead.

Australia ranks 17th and Germany ranks 20th of 217 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems
Unit
tonnes CO₂e
Source
Crippa et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
217 places, 5,642 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

Emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents.