Melanesia vs Northern America: Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq)
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) over time
- Melanesia
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 25,135 kt against 69.37 kt in Melanesia, a difference of 25,066 kt.
That makes Northern America's figure about 362.3 times Melanesia's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 10th and Northern America ranks 7th of 16 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.89 kt | 45,936 kt | 45,894 kt | Northern America |
| 2000s | 51.97 kt | 37,248 kt | 37,196 kt | Northern America |
| 2010s | 63.11 kt | 27,004 kt | 26,941 kt | Northern America |
| 2020s | 56.62 kt | 24,168 kt | 24,111 kt | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — emissions (co2eq), Melanesia or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 25,135 kt against 69.37 kt in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — emissions (co2eq) between Melanesia and Northern America?
- 25,066 kt, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Northern America?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Northern America rank globally for food packaging — emissions (co2eq)?
- Melanesia ranks 10th and Northern America ranks 7th of 16 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.