Americas vs United States: Waste — Emissions (CH4)
Waste — Emissions (CH4) over time
- Americas
- United States
How they compare
Americas currently reports 15,901 kt against 4,940 kt in United States, a difference of 10,961 kt.
That makes Americas's figure about 3.2 times United States's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and United States ranks 4th of 33 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,785 kt | 6,290 kt | 2,495 kt | Americas |
| 1970s | 11,953 kt | 8,172 kt | 3,781 kt | Americas |
| 1980s | 14,004 kt | 8,550 kt | 5,454 kt | Americas |
| 1990s | 14,806 kt | 7,712 kt | 7,094 kt | Americas |
| 2000s | 14,040 kt | 5,509 kt | 8,531 kt | Americas |
| 2010s | 14,379 kt | 4,728 kt | 9,651 kt | Americas |
| 2020s | 15,656 kt | 4,902 kt | 10,753 kt | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions, Americas or United States?
- Americas, at 15,901 kt against 4,940 kt in United States as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions between Americas and United States?
- 10,961 kt, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and United States?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Americas and United States rank globally for waste — emissions?
- Americas ranks 5th and United States ranks 4th 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