China vs India: Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq)
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 103,850 kt against 51,368 kt in India, a difference of 52,482 kt.
That makes China's figure about 2.0 times India's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was China ahead.
China ranks 2nd and India ranks 4th of 219 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,908 kt | 5,393 kt | 11,515 kt | China |
| 2000s | 15,898 kt | 7,706 kt | 8,192 kt | China |
| 2010s | 72,115 kt | 34,625 kt | 37,490 kt | China |
| 2020s | 102,755 kt | 49,644 kt | 53,111 kt | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food retail — emissions (co2eq), China or India?
- China, at 103,850 kt against 51,368 kt in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food retail — emissions (co2eq) between China and India?
- 52,482 kt, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do China and India rank globally for food retail — emissions (co2eq)?
- China ranks 2nd and India ranks 4th of 219 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5). 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.