Which has higher food retail — emissions, India or United States?

United States, at 1 kt against 0.6308 kt in India as of 2023.

What is the difference in food retail — emissions between India and United States?

0.3692 kt, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for India and United States?

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 Retail — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

India vs United States: Food Retail — Emissions

India

0.6308 kt

in 2023

United States

1 kt

in 2023

India rank

7th

United States rank

4th

Food Retail — Emissions over time

India
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 1 kt against 0.6308 kt in India, a difference of 0.3692 kt.

That makes United States's figure about 1.6 times India's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

India ranks 7th and United States ranks 4th of 222 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	India	United States	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.2751 kt	1.06 kt	0.7832 kt	United States
2000s	0.343 kt	1.26 kt	0.9182 kt	United States
2010s	0.6007 kt	1.04 kt	0.4426 kt	United States
2020s	0.6049 kt	1 kt	0.3989 kt	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food retail — emissions, India or United States?: United States, at 1 kt against 0.6308 kt in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in food retail — emissions between India and United States?: 0.3692 kt, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and United States?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do India and United States rank globally for food retail — emissions?: India ranks 7th and United States ranks 4th of 222 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Retail — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Food Retail — Emissions (CH4)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 255 places, 7,872 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood 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). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf