Asia vs China: Food Processing — Emissions
Food Processing — Emissions over time
- Asia
- China
How they compare
Asia currently reports 168,169 kt against 84,975 kt in China, a difference of 83,194 kt.
That makes Asia's figure about 2.0 times China's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 4th and China ranks 2nd of 36 groups.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42,585 kt | 3,080 kt | 39,505 kt | Asia |
| 2000s | 167,545 kt | 117,141 kt | 50,405 kt | Asia |
| 2010s | 207,998 kt | 135,061 kt | 72,938 kt | Asia |
| 2020s | 165,668 kt | 87,084 kt | 78,585 kt | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food processing — emissions, Asia or China?
- Asia, at 168,169 kt against 84,975 kt in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food processing — emissions between Asia and China?
- 83,194 kt, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Asia and China rank globally for food processing — emissions?
- Asia ranks 4th and China ranks 2nd of 36 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Processing — 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.