Japan vs South America: Food Processing — Emissions
Food Processing — Emissions over time
- Japan
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 0.5713 kt against 0.1831 kt in Japan, a difference of 0.3882 kt.
That makes South America's figure about 3.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 9th and South America ranks 12th of 98 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and South America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1264 kt | 0 kt | 0.1263 kt | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.1723 kt | 0.0048 kt | 0.1675 kt | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.1966 kt | 0.0618 kt | 0.1347 kt | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.1867 kt | 0.4892 kt | 0.3025 kt | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food processing — emissions, Japan or South America?
- South America, at 0.5713 kt against 0.1831 kt in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food processing — emissions between Japan and South America?
- 0.3882 kt, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and South America?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Japan and South America rank globally for food processing — emissions?
- Japan ranks 9th and South America ranks 12th of 98 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
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.