China vs OECD: Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases

China
99,432 kt
in 2023
OECD
117,578 kt
in 2023
China rank
2nd
OECD rank
1st

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases over time

  • China
  • OECD
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k199020062023

How they compare

OECD currently reports 117,578 kt against 99,432 kt in China, a difference of 18,146 kt.

That makes OECD's figure about 1.2 times China's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was OECD ahead.

China ranks 2nd and OECD ranks 1st of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade China OECD Difference Ahead
1990s 15,034 kt 16,011 kt 977.06 kt OECD
2000s 12,498 kt 54,183 kt 41,685 kt OECD
2010s 68,147 kt 108,451 kt 40,303 kt OECD
2020s 98,332 kt 116,207 kt 17,875 kt OECD

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases, China or OECD?
OECD, at 117,578 kt against 99,432 kt in China as of 2023.
What is the difference in food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases between China and OECD?
18,146 kt, with OECD ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and OECD?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do China and OECD rank globally for food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases?
China ranks 2nd and OECD ranks 1st of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (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) from F-gases (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 7,980 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