Japan vs Southern Asia: Food Packaging — Emissions
Food Packaging — Emissions over time
- Japan
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 3.21 kt against 1.46 kt in Japan, a difference of 1.75 kt.
That makes Southern Asia's figure about 2.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 9th and Southern Asia ranks 4th of 120 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Southern Asia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.85 kt | 0.966 kt | 0.8854 kt | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.96 kt | 1.58 kt | 0.3829 kt | Japan |
| 2010s | 2.07 kt | 2.88 kt | 0.8119 kt | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 1.58 kt | 3.07 kt | 1.49 kt | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — emissions, Japan or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 3.21 kt against 1.46 kt in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — emissions between Japan and Southern Asia?
- 1.75 kt, with Southern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Southern Asia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Southern Asia rank globally for food packaging — emissions?
- Japan ranks 9th and Southern Asia ranks 4th 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.