Which has higher food processing — emissions, Northern America or Poland?

Northern America, at 112,788 kt against 12,939 kt in Poland as of 2023.

What is the difference in food processing — emissions between Northern America and Poland?

99,849 kt, with Northern America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Northern America and Poland?

34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.

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.

Northern America vs Poland: Food Processing — Emissions

Northern America

112,788 kt

in 2023

Poland

12,939 kt

in 2023

Northern America rank

8th

Poland rank

11th

Food Processing — Emissions over time

Northern America
Poland

How they compare

Northern America currently reports 112,788 kt against 12,939 kt in Poland, a difference of 99,849 kt.

That makes Northern America's figure about 8.7 times Poland's.

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

Northern America ranks 8th and Poland ranks 11th of 36 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Northern America	Poland	Difference	Ahead
1990s	81,315 kt	20,281 kt	61,034 kt	Northern America
2000s	124,318 kt	13,634 kt	110,685 kt	Northern America
2010s	110,394 kt	12,325 kt	98,069 kt	Northern America
2020s	110,502 kt	12,665 kt	97,836 kt	Northern America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food processing — emissions, Northern America or Poland?: Northern America, at 112,788 kt against 12,939 kt in Poland as of 2023.
What is the difference in food processing — emissions between Northern America and Poland?: 99,849 kt, with Northern America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Northern America and Poland?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Northern America and Poland rank globally for food processing — emissions?: Northern America ranks 8th and Poland ranks 11th 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

Indicator: Food Processing — Emissions (CO2)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 139 places, 3,693 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 13 August 2026

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.