India vs South Africa: Food Packaging — Emissions

India
3.19 kt
in 2023
South Africa
1.92 kt
in 2023
India rank
5th
South Africa rank
7th

Food Packaging — Emissions over time

  • India
  • South Africa
01234199020062023

How they compare

India currently reports 3.19 kt against 1.92 kt in South Africa, a difference of 1.27 kt.

That makes India's figure about 1.7 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was South Africa ahead.

India ranks 5th and South Africa ranks 7th of 120 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 0.9626 kt 0.7131 kt 0.2495 kt India
2000s 1.57 kt 0.7491 kt 0.8255 kt India
2010s 2.87 kt 1.38 kt 1.49 kt India
2020s 3.06 kt 1.99 kt 1.07 kt India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food packaging — emissions, India or South Africa?
India, at 3.19 kt against 1.92 kt in South Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in food packaging — emissions between India and South Africa?
1.27 kt, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and South Africa?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do India and South Africa rank globally for food packaging — emissions?
India ranks 5th and South Africa ranks 7th 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
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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