Americas vs Australia: Food Packaging — Emissions
Food Packaging — Emissions over time
- Americas
- Australia
How they compare
Americas currently reports 35,407 kt against 4,158 kt in Australia, a difference of 31,249 kt.
That makes Americas's figure about 8.5 times Australia's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 7th and Australia ranks 9th of 35 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Australia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50,910 kt | 8,026 kt | 42,884 kt | Americas |
| 2000s | 43,650 kt | 9,833 kt | 33,817 kt | Americas |
| 2010s | 34,927 kt | 6,045 kt | 28,882 kt | Americas |
| 2020s | 34,420 kt | 4,165 kt | 30,255 kt | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — emissions, Americas or Australia?
- Americas, at 35,407 kt against 4,158 kt in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — emissions between Americas and Australia?
- 31,249 kt, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Australia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Americas and Australia rank globally for food packaging — emissions?
- Americas ranks 7th and Australia ranks 9th of 35 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2). 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.