Australia and New Zealand vs South Africa: Food Packaging — Emissions

Australia and New Zealand
0.0456 kt
in 2023
South Africa
0.0653 kt
in 2023
Australia and New Zealand rank
10th
South Africa rank
8th

Food Packaging — Emissions over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • South Africa
00.050.10.150.2199020062023

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 0.0653 kt against 0.0456 kt in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 0.0197 kt.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.4 times Australia and New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia and New Zealand ahead.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 10th and South Africa ranks 8th of 145 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Australia and New Zealand averaged higher in 3 and South Africa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0987 kt 0.0099 kt 0.0888 kt Australia and New Zealand
2000s 0.1243 kt 0.0342 kt 0.0901 kt Australia and New Zealand
2010s 0.0704 kt 0.0633 kt 0.0071 kt Australia and New Zealand
2020s 0.0457 kt 0.0664 kt 0.0207 kt South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food packaging — emissions, Australia and New Zealand or South Africa?
South Africa, at 0.0653 kt against 0.0456 kt in Australia and New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in food packaging — emissions between Australia and New Zealand and South Africa?
0.0197 kt, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and South Africa?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Australia and New Zealand and South Africa rank globally for food packaging — emissions?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 10th and South Africa ranks 8th of 145 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
178 places, 5,298 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood 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). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf