Japan vs South America: Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases over time
- Japan
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 32,288 kt against 5,208 kt in Japan, a difference of 27,080 kt.
That makes South America's figure about 6.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was South America ahead.
Japan ranks 14th 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 | Japan | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,249 kt | 3,015 kt | 765.97 kt | South America |
| 2000s | 630.46 kt | 7,602 kt | 6,972 kt | South America |
| 2010s | 3,277 kt | 21,307 kt | 18,030 kt | South America |
| 2020s | 5,140 kt | 31,852 kt | 26,713 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, Japan or South America?
- South America, at 32,288 kt against 5,208 kt in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases between Japan and South America?
- 27,080 kt, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and South America?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Japan and South America rank globally for food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases?
- Japan ranks 14th 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.