Brazil vs Northern America: Food Packaging — Emissions
Food Packaging — Emissions over time
- Brazil
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 25,049 kt against 5,251 kt in Brazil, a difference of 19,798 kt.
That makes Northern America's figure about 4.8 times Brazil's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 7th and Northern America ranks 7th of 120 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,028 kt | 45,586 kt | 44,559 kt | Northern America |
| 2000s | 1,265 kt | 37,019 kt | 35,754 kt | Northern America |
| 2010s | 2,749 kt | 26,849 kt | 24,101 kt | Northern America |
| 2020s | 5,412 kt | 24,083 kt | 18,671 kt | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — emissions, Brazil or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 25,049 kt against 5,251 kt in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — emissions between Brazil and Northern America?
- 19,798 kt, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Northern America?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Northern America rank globally for food packaging — emissions?
- Brazil ranks 7th and Northern America ranks 7th of 120 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.