China (People’s Republic of) vs South-Eastern Asia: Food Retail — Emissions

China (People’s Republic of)
4,400 kt
in 2023
South-Eastern Asia
24,513 kt
in 2023
China (People’s Republic of) rank
13th
South-Eastern Asia rank
13th

Food Retail — Emissions over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • South-Eastern Asia
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k199020062023

How they compare

South-Eastern Asia currently reports 24,513 kt against 4,400 kt in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 20,113 kt.

That makes South-Eastern Asia's figure about 5.6 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was China (People’s Republic of) ahead.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 13th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 13th of 190 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, China (People’s Republic of) averaged higher in 1 and South-Eastern Asia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) South-Eastern Asia Difference Ahead
1990s 1,866 kt 1,595 kt 271.02 kt China (People’s Republic of)
2000s 3,385 kt 5,559 kt 2,174 kt South-Eastern Asia
2010s 3,950 kt 16,761 kt 12,810 kt South-Eastern Asia
2020s 4,405 kt 22,615 kt 18,210 kt South-Eastern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food retail — emissions, China (People’s Republic of) or South-Eastern Asia?
South-Eastern Asia, at 24,513 kt against 4,400 kt in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2023.
What is the difference in food retail — emissions between China (People’s Republic of) and South-Eastern Asia?
20,113 kt, with South-Eastern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and South-Eastern Asia?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for food retail — emissions?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 13th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 13th of 190 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

China (People’s Republic of) vs South-Eastern Asia: Food Retail — Emissions. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/food-retail-emissions-co2/china/south-eastern-asia/

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/china/south-eastern-asia/">China (People’s Republic of) vs South-Eastern Asia: 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
243 places, 7,524 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.