Americas vs Brazil: Waste — Emissions

Americas
15,901 kt
in 2023
Brazil
4,450 kt
in 2023
Americas rank
4th
Brazil rank
5th

Waste — Emissions over time

  • Americas
  • Brazil
05.0k10.0k15.0k196119922023

How they compare

Americas currently reports 15,901 kt against 4,450 kt in Brazil, a difference of 11,451 kt.

That makes Americas's figure about 3.6 times Brazil's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.

Americas ranks 4th and Brazil ranks 5th of 32 groups.

Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas Brazil Difference Ahead
1960s 8,785 kt 664.56 kt 8,121 kt Americas
1970s 11,953 kt 1,119 kt 10,834 kt Americas
1980s 14,004 kt 1,888 kt 12,116 kt Americas
1990s 14,806 kt 2,692 kt 12,114 kt Americas
2000s 14,040 kt 3,331 kt 10,709 kt Americas
2010s 14,379 kt 3,853 kt 10,526 kt Americas
2020s 15,656 kt 4,352 kt 11,303 kt Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions, Americas or Brazil?
Americas, at 15,901 kt against 4,450 kt in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions between Americas and Brazil?
11,451 kt, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Brazil?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Americas and Brazil rank globally for waste — emissions?
Americas ranks 4th and Brazil ranks 5th of 32 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as 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

Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
253 places, 14,574 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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