Asia vs China: Food Packaging — Emissions
Food Packaging — Emissions over time
- Asia
- China
How they compare
Asia currently reports 126,959 kt against 95,897 kt in China, a difference of 31,062 kt.
That makes Asia's figure about 1.3 times China's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 3rd and China ranks 1st of 35 groups.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27,534 kt | 8,672 kt | 18,862 kt | Asia |
| 2000s | 88,320 kt | 66,827 kt | 21,492 kt | Asia |
| 2010s | 123,044 kt | 94,203 kt | 28,841 kt | Asia |
| 2020s | 118,243 kt | 88,744 kt | 29,499 kt | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — emissions, Asia or China?
- Asia, at 126,959 kt against 95,897 kt in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — emissions between Asia and China?
- 31,062 kt, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Asia and China rank globally for food packaging — emissions?
- Asia ranks 3rd and China ranks 1st 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.