Which has higher food retail — emissions, Italy or United Kingdom?

Italy, at 4,823 kt against 4,262 kt in United Kingdom as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and United Kingdom?

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 (CO2). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs United Kingdom: Food Retail — Emissions

Italy

4,823 kt

in 2023

United Kingdom

4,262 kt

in 2023

Italy rank

16th

United Kingdom rank

19th

Food Retail — Emissions over time

Italy
United Kingdom

How they compare

Italy currently reports 4,823 kt against 4,262 kt in United Kingdom, a difference of 561 kt.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Italy ranks 16th and United Kingdom ranks 19th of 222 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1990s	4,459 kt	7,812 kt	3,354 kt	United Kingdom
2000s	6,091 kt	7,749 kt	1,658 kt	United Kingdom
2010s	5,726 kt	5,983 kt	256.94 kt	United Kingdom
2020s	4,725 kt	3,800 kt	925.09 kt	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food retail — emissions, Italy or United Kingdom?: Italy, at 4,823 kt against 4,262 kt in United Kingdom as of 2023.
What is the difference in food retail — emissions between Italy and United Kingdom?: 561 kt, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and United Kingdom?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Italy and United Kingdom rank globally for food retail — emissions?: Italy ranks 16th and United Kingdom ranks 19th of 222 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Retail — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Italy vs United Kingdom: Food Retail — Emissions. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/food-retail-emissions-co2-fao-tier-1/italy/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/food-retail-emissions-co2-fao-tier-1/italy/united-kingdom/">Italy vs United Kingdom: Food Retail — Emissions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Food Retail — Emissions (CO2)
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