Australia vs Western Europe: Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases over time
- Australia
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 12,359 kt against 4,639 kt in Australia, a difference of 7,720 kt.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 2.7 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Western Europe ahead.
Australia ranks 17th and Western Europe ranks 20th of 191 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 538.11 kt | 3,779 kt | 3,241 kt | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 1,659 kt | 14,724 kt | 13,065 kt | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 3,520 kt | 16,642 kt | 13,122 kt | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 4,604 kt | 12,083 kt | 7,479 kt | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases, Australia or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 12,359 kt against 4,639 kt in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases between Australia and Western Europe?
- 7,720 kt, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Western Europe?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Western Europe rank globally for food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases?
- Australia ranks 17th and Western Europe ranks 20th 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
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.