Americas vs India: Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4)
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) over time
- Americas
- India
How they compare
Americas currently reports 6,963 kt against 3,808 kt in India, a difference of 3,155 kt.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.8 times India's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and India ranks 4th of 32 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,373 kt | 3,286 kt | 3,086 kt | Americas |
| 2000s | 6,722 kt | 3,558 kt | 3,164 kt | Americas |
| 2010s | 6,944 kt | 3,720 kt | 3,224 kt | Americas |
| 2020s | 6,966 kt | 3,794 kt | 3,172 kt | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher solid food waste — emissions, Americas or India?
- Americas, at 6,963 kt against 3,808 kt in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in solid food waste — emissions between Americas and India?
- 3,155 kt, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and India?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Americas and India rank globally for solid food waste — emissions?
- Americas ranks 5th and India ranks 4th of 32 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.