Canada vs South America: Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases over time
- Canada
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 32,288 kt against 4,442 kt in Canada, a difference of 27,846 kt.
That makes South America's figure about 7.3 times Canada's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 18th and South America ranks 16th of 191 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 118.54 kt | 3,015 kt | 2,896 kt | South America |
| 2000s | 1,471 kt | 7,602 kt | 6,131 kt | South America |
| 2010s | 2,844 kt | 21,307 kt | 18,463 kt | South America |
| 2020s | 4,359 kt | 31,852 kt | 27,493 kt | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases, Canada or South America?
- South America, at 32,288 kt against 4,442 kt in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases between Canada and South America?
- 27,846 kt, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and South America?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Canada and South America rank globally for food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases?
- Canada ranks 18th and South America ranks 16th 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.