Americas vs India: Waste — Emissions (CH4)
Waste — Emissions (CH4) over time
- Americas
- India
How they compare
Americas currently reports 15,901 kt against 4,450 kt in India, a difference of 11,451 kt.
That makes Americas's figure about 3.6 times India's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and India ranks 7th of 33 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,785 kt | 1,634 kt | 7,151 kt | Americas |
| 1970s | 11,953 kt | 1,898 kt | 10,055 kt | Americas |
| 1980s | 14,004 kt | 2,241 kt | 11,763 kt | Americas |
| 1990s | 14,806 kt | 2,637 kt | 12,169 kt | Americas |
| 2000s | 14,040 kt | 3,232 kt | 10,808 kt | Americas |
| 2010s | 14,379 kt | 3,905 kt | 10,474 kt | Americas |
| 2020s | 15,656 kt | 4,355 kt | 11,301 kt | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions, Americas or India?
- Americas, at 15,901 kt against 4,450 kt in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions between Americas and India?
- 11,451 kt, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and India?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Americas and India rank globally for waste — emissions?
- Americas ranks 5th and India ranks 7th of 33 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
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