India vs South Africa: Food Packaging — Emissions
Food Packaging — Emissions over time
- India
- South Africa
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
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food 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). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.