Africa vs Japan: Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases over time
- Africa
- Japan
How they compare
Africa currently reports 40,038 kt against 5,208 kt in Japan, a difference of 34,830 kt.
That makes Africa's figure about 7.7 times Japan's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 12th and Japan ranks 14th of 31 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,057 kt | 2,249 kt | 2,809 kt | Africa |
| 2000s | 11,706 kt | 630.46 kt | 11,076 kt | Africa |
| 2010s | 24,686 kt | 3,277 kt | 21,408 kt | Africa |
| 2020s | 39,314 kt | 5,140 kt | 34,174 kt | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases, Africa or Japan?
- Africa, at 40,038 kt against 5,208 kt in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases between Africa and Japan?
- 34,830 kt, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Japan?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Africa and Japan rank globally for food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases?
- Africa ranks 12th and Japan ranks 14th of 31 groups.
- 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
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.