Americas vs India: Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq)
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) over time
- Americas
- India
How they compare
Americas currently reports 194,976 kt against 106,619 kt in India, a difference of 88,357 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 34 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 | 178,431 kt | 92,015 kt | 86,416 kt | Americas |
| 2000s | 188,216 kt | 99,626 kt | 88,590 kt | Americas |
| 2010s | 194,428 kt | 104,155 kt | 90,274 kt | Americas |
| 2020s | 195,040 kt | 106,225 kt | 88,814 kt | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher solid food waste — emissions (co2eq), Americas or India?
- Americas, at 194,976 kt against 106,619 kt in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) between Americas and India?
- 88,357 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 (co2eq)?
- Americas ranks 5th and India ranks 4th of 34 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5). 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.