Australia vs Canada: Food Packaging — Emissions
Food Packaging — Emissions over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Australia currently reports 4,158 kt against 3,664 kt in Canada, a difference of 494 kt.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 9th and Canada ranks 11th of 133 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,026 kt | 4,018 kt | 4,008 kt | Australia |
| 2000s | 9,833 kt | 4,720 kt | 5,113 kt | Australia |
| 2010s | 6,045 kt | 3,584 kt | 2,461 kt | Australia |
| 2020s | 4,165 kt | 3,553 kt | 612.15 kt | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — emissions, Australia or Canada?
- Australia, at 4,158 kt against 3,664 kt in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — emissions between Australia and Canada?
- 494 kt, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for food packaging — emissions?
- Australia ranks 9th and Canada ranks 11th of 133 countries.
- 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.