Which has higher pre- and post-production — emissions, Americas or OECD?

Americas, at 10,419 kt against 9,648 kt in OECD as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and OECD?

34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Americas vs OECD: Pre- and post-production — Emissions

Americas

10,419 kt

in 2023

OECD

9,648 kt

in 2023

Americas rank

6th

OECD rank

3rd

Pre- and post-production — Emissions over time

Americas
OECD

How they compare

Americas currently reports 10,419 kt against 9,648 kt in OECD, a difference of 771 kt.

That makes Americas's figure about 1.1 times OECD's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was OECD ahead.

Americas ranks 6th and OECD ranks 3rd of 38 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 2 and OECD in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Americas	OECD	Difference	Ahead
1990s	8,515 kt	8,672 kt	157.26 kt	OECD
2000s	9,397 kt	9,669 kt	271.96 kt	OECD
2010s	10,371 kt	9,703 kt	668.84 kt	Americas
2020s	10,407 kt	9,617 kt	789.26 kt	Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pre- and post-production — emissions, Americas or OECD?: Americas, at 10,419 kt against 9,648 kt in OECD as of 2023.
What is the difference in pre- and post-production — emissions between Americas and OECD?: 771 kt, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and OECD?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Americas and OECD rank globally for pre- and post-production — emissions?: Americas ranks 6th and OECD ranks 3rd of 38 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CH4)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 282 places, 9,234 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 13 August 2026

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.