Australia vs Europe: Food Packaging — Emissions
Food Packaging — Emissions over time
- Australia
- Europe
How they compare
Europe currently reports 37,491 kt against 4,158 kt in Australia, a difference of 33,333 kt.
That makes Europe's figure about 9.0 times Australia's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 9th and Europe ranks 6th of 133 countries.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,026 kt | 43,482 kt | 35,456 kt | Europe |
| 2000s | 9,833 kt | 49,575 kt | 39,742 kt | Europe |
| 2010s | 6,045 kt | 42,835 kt | 36,790 kt | Europe |
| 2020s | 4,165 kt | 38,146 kt | 33,981 kt | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — emissions, Australia or Europe?
- Europe, at 37,491 kt against 4,158 kt in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — emissions between Australia and Europe?
- 33,333 kt, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Europe?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Europe rank globally for food packaging — emissions?
- Australia ranks 9th and Europe ranks 6th 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.