Australia vs Northern America: Food Processing — Emissions
Food Processing — Emissions over time
- Australia
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 112,788 kt against 13,555 kt in Australia, a difference of 99,233 kt.
That makes Northern America's figure about 8.3 times Australia's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 10th and Northern America ranks 8th of 103 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,318 kt | 81,315 kt | 69,997 kt | Northern America |
| 2000s | 11,967 kt | 124,318 kt | 112,352 kt | Northern America |
| 2010s | 12,961 kt | 110,394 kt | 97,433 kt | Northern America |
| 2020s | 13,648 kt | 110,502 kt | 96,854 kt | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food processing — emissions, Australia or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 112,788 kt against 13,555 kt in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food processing — emissions between Australia and Northern America?
- 99,233 kt, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Northern America?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Northern America rank globally for food processing — emissions?
- Australia ranks 10th and Northern America ranks 8th of 103 countries.
- 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.