Japan vs Northern America: Food Processing — Emissions

Japan
0.1831 kt
in 2023
Northern America
0.9316 kt
in 2023
Japan rank
9th
Northern America rank
8th

Food Processing — Emissions over time

  • Japan
  • Northern America
00.511.5199020062023

How they compare

Northern America currently reports 0.9316 kt against 0.1831 kt in Japan, a difference of 0.7485 kt.

That makes Northern America's figure about 5.1 times Japan's.

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

Japan ranks 9th 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 Japan Northern America Difference Ahead
1990s 0.1264 kt 0.9724 kt 0.8461 kt Northern America
2000s 0.1723 kt 1.36 kt 1.19 kt Northern America
2010s 0.1966 kt 1.05 kt 0.8511 kt Northern America
2020s 0.1867 kt 0.916 kt 0.7293 kt Northern America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food processing — emissions, Japan or Northern America?
Northern America, at 0.9316 kt against 0.1831 kt in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in food processing — emissions between Japan and Northern America?
0.7485 kt, with Northern America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Northern America?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Japan and Northern America rank globally for food processing — emissions?
Japan ranks 9th 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 (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 Processing — Emissions (N2O)
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

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.