Americas vs OECD: Solid Food Waste — Emissions
Solid Food Waste — Emissions over time
- Americas
- OECD
How they compare
Americas currently reports 6,963 kt against 5,209 kt in OECD, a difference of 1,754 kt.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.3 times OECD's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and OECD ranks 3rd of 34 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | OECD | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,373 kt | 4,353 kt | 2,020 kt | Americas |
| 2000s | 6,722 kt | 4,879 kt | 1,843 kt | Americas |
| 2010s | 6,944 kt | 5,106 kt | 1,838 kt | Americas |
| 2020s | 6,966 kt | 5,190 kt | 1,776 kt | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher solid food waste — emissions, Americas or OECD?
- Americas, at 6,963 kt against 5,209 kt in OECD as of 2023.
- What is the difference in solid food waste — emissions between Americas and OECD?
- 1,754 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 solid food waste — emissions?
- Americas ranks 5th and OECD ranks 3rd of 34 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.
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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.