India vs Japan: Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq)

India
51,368 kt
in 2023
Japan
30,113 kt
in 2023
India rank
4th
Japan rank
5th

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) over time

  • India
  • Japan
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k50.0k199020062023

How they compare

India currently reports 51,368 kt against 30,113 kt in Japan, a difference of 21,255 kt.

That makes India's figure about 1.7 times Japan's.

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

India ranks 4th and Japan ranks 5th of 201 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, India averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Japan Difference Ahead
1990s 5,393 kt 20,905 kt 15,511 kt Japan
2000s 7,706 kt 26,631 kt 18,925 kt Japan
2010s 34,625 kt 31,473 kt 3,152 kt India
2020s 49,644 kt 30,352 kt 19,292 kt India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food retail — emissions (co2eq), India or Japan?
India, at 51,368 kt against 30,113 kt in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in food retail — emissions (co2eq) between India and Japan?
21,255 kt, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do India and Japan rank globally for food retail — emissions (co2eq)?
India ranks 4th and Japan ranks 5th of 201 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

Indicator
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
256 places, 8,441 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.