Mexico vs South America: Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases over time
- Mexico
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 32,288 kt against 5,263 kt in Mexico, a difference of 27,025 kt.
That makes South America's figure about 6.1 times Mexico's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Mexico ranks 13th 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 | Mexico | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 706.38 kt | 3,015 kt | 2,308 kt | South America |
| 2000s | 1,197 kt | 7,602 kt | 6,405 kt | South America |
| 2010s | 3,426 kt | 21,307 kt | 17,881 kt | South America |
| 2020s | 5,191 kt | 31,852 kt | 26,661 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, Mexico or South America?
- South America, at 32,288 kt against 5,263 kt in Mexico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases between Mexico and South America?
- 27,025 kt, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South America?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Mexico and South America rank globally for food retail — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases?
- Mexico ranks 13th 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.