China vs United States: On-farm energy use — Emissions
On-farm energy use — Emissions over time
- China
- United States
How they compare
China currently reports 23.67 kt against 11.13 kt in United States, a difference of 12.54 kt.
That makes China's figure about 2.1 times United States's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States ahead.
China ranks 2nd and United States ranks 4th of 197 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.47 kt | 12.98 kt | 1.49 kt | China |
| 2000s | 16.45 kt | 13.86 kt | 2.59 kt | China |
| 2010s | 19.69 kt | 12.49 kt | 7.19 kt | China |
| 2020s | 22.8 kt | 10.87 kt | 11.93 kt | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher on-farm energy use — emissions, China or United States?
- China, at 23.67 kt against 11.13 kt in United States as of 2023.
- What is the difference in on-farm energy use — emissions between China and United States?
- 12.54 kt, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and United States?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do China and United States rank globally for on-farm energy use — emissions?
- China ranks 2nd and United States ranks 4th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as On-farm energy use — Emissions (N2O). 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 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