Canada vs United States of America: Food Packaging — Emissions

Canada
0.3463 kt
in 2023
United States of America
1.06 kt
in 2023
Canada rank
17th
United States of America rank
18th

Food Packaging — Emissions over time

  • Canada
  • United States of America
02.557.51012.5199020062023

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 1.06 kt against 0.3463 kt in Canada, a difference of 0.7137 kt.

That makes United States of America's figure about 3.1 times Canada's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 17th and United States of America ranks 18th of 120 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada United States of America Difference Ahead
1990s 0.4966 kt 6.6 kt 6.1 kt United States of America
2000s 0.4321 kt 3.95 kt 3.51 kt United States of America
2010s 0.3786 kt 2.79 kt 2.41 kt United States of America
2020s 0.3516 kt 1.08 kt 0.7329 kt United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food packaging — emissions, Canada or United States of America?
United States of America, at 1.06 kt against 0.3463 kt in Canada as of 2023.
What is the difference in food packaging — emissions between Canada and United States of America?
0.7137 kt, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United States of America?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Canada and United States of America rank globally for food packaging — emissions?
Canada ranks 17th and United States of America ranks 18th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
167 places, 5,005 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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