Australia and New Zealand vs Europe: Food Packaging — Emissions

Australia and New Zealand
0.0456 kt
in 2023
Europe
0.2991 kt
in 2023
Australia and New Zealand rank
8th
Europe rank
5th

Food Packaging — Emissions over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Europe
00.10.20.30.40.5199020062023

How they compare

Europe currently reports 0.2991 kt against 0.0456 kt in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 0.2535 kt.

That makes Europe's figure about 6.6 times Australia and New Zealand's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th and Europe ranks 5th of 120 countries.

Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Europe Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0987 kt 0.3694 kt 0.2707 kt Europe
2000s 0.1243 kt 0.4081 kt 0.2838 kt Europe
2010s 0.0704 kt 0.3633 kt 0.2929 kt Europe
2020s 0.0457 kt 0.3049 kt 0.2592 kt Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food packaging — emissions, Australia and New Zealand or Europe?
Europe, at 0.2991 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 Europe?
0.2535 kt, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Europe?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Europe rank globally for food packaging — emissions?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th and Europe ranks 5th of 120 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
168 places, 5,039 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.