Australia vs United States of America: Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq)
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) over time
- Australia
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 21,453 kt against 4,180 kt in Australia, a difference of 17,273 kt.
That makes United States of America's figure about 5.1 times Australia's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 10th and United States of America ranks 9th of 120 countries.
United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,076 kt | 41,891 kt | 33,816 kt | United States of America |
| 2000s | 9,880 kt | 32,500 kt | 22,621 kt | United States of America |
| 2010s | 6,074 kt | 23,400 kt | 17,326 kt | United States of America |
| 2020s | 4,187 kt | 20,597 kt | 16,410 kt | United States of America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — emissions (co2eq), Australia or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 21,453 kt against 4,180 kt in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — emissions (co2eq) between Australia and United States of America?
- 17,273 kt, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States of America?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and United States of America rank globally for food packaging — emissions (co2eq)?
- Australia ranks 10th and United States of America ranks 9th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5). 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.