Americas vs China: Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases

Americas
8,564 kt
in 2023
China
3,371 kt
in 2023
Americas rank
3rd
China rank
2nd

Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases over time

  • Americas
  • China
02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k199020062023

How they compare

Americas currently reports 8,564 kt against 3,371 kt in China, a difference of 5,193 kt.

That makes Americas's figure about 2.5 times China's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.

Americas ranks 3rd and China ranks 2nd of 21 groups.

Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas China Difference Ahead
1990s 834.36 kt 4.25 kt 830.12 kt Americas
2000s 1,623 kt 241.84 kt 1,382 kt Americas
2010s 5,411 kt 1,794 kt 3,617 kt Americas
2020s 8,438 kt 3,302 kt 5,136 kt Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food transport — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases, Americas or China?
Americas, at 8,564 kt against 3,371 kt in China as of 2023.
What is the difference in food transport — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases between Americas and China?
5,193 kt, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Americas and China rank globally for food transport — emissions (co2eq) from f-gases?
Americas ranks 3rd and China ranks 2nd of 21 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Transport — 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

Indicator
Food Transport — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
116 places, 3,705 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood 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). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf