Japan vs United States: Food Retail — Emissions

Japan
24,798 kt
in 2023
United States
46,865 kt
in 2023
Japan rank
3rd
United States rank
2nd

Food Retail — Emissions over time

  • Japan
  • United States
20.0k30.0k40.0k50.0k60.0k199020062023

How they compare

United States currently reports 46,865 kt against 24,798 kt in Japan, a difference of 22,067 kt.

That makes United States's figure about 1.9 times Japan's.

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

Japan ranks 3rd and United States ranks 2nd of 222 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan United States Difference Ahead
1990s 18,599 kt 50,454 kt 31,855 kt United States
2000s 25,914 kt 59,701 kt 33,787 kt United States
2010s 28,086 kt 52,343 kt 24,256 kt United States
2020s 25,104 kt 45,796 kt 20,692 kt United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food retail — emissions, Japan or United States?
United States, at 46,865 kt against 24,798 kt in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in food retail — emissions between Japan and United States?
22,067 kt, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United States?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Japan and United States rank globally for food retail — emissions?
Japan ranks 3rd and United States ranks 2nd 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.

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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

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