Africa vs Australia: Food Retail — Emissions
Food Retail — Emissions over time
- Africa
- Australia
How they compare
Africa currently reports 24,127 kt against 3,939 kt in Australia, a difference of 20,188 kt.
That makes Africa's figure about 6.1 times Australia's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 7th and Australia ranks 16th of 43 regions.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Australia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,518 kt | 2,527 kt | 2,991 kt | Africa |
| 2000s | 9,429 kt | 4,032 kt | 5,396 kt | Africa |
| 2010s | 18,046 kt | 4,397 kt | 13,648 kt | Africa |
| 2020s | 22,818 kt | 3,952 kt | 18,866 kt | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food retail — emissions, Africa or Australia?
- Africa, at 24,127 kt against 3,939 kt in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food retail — emissions between Africa and Australia?
- 20,188 kt, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Australia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Africa and Australia rank globally for food retail — emissions?
- Africa ranks 7th and Australia ranks 16th of 43 regions.
- 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
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.