Which has higher waste — emissions, Albania or United States?

United States, at 3.41 kt against 2.91 kt in Albania as of 2023.

What is the difference in waste — emissions between Albania and United States?

0.5 kt, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and United States?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Albania vs United States: Waste — Emissions

Albania

2.91 kt

in 2023

United States

3.41 kt

in 2023

Albania rank

85th

United States rank

83rd

Waste — Emissions over time

Albania
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 3.41 kt against 2.91 kt in Albania, a difference of 0.5 kt.

That makes United States's figure about 1.2 times Albania's.

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

Albania ranks 85th and United States ranks 83rd of 169 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Albania	United States	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0 kt	0 kt	0 kt	—
1970s	0.6301 kt	1.9 kt	1.27 kt	United States
1980s	0.9943 kt	2.19 kt	1.19 kt	United States
1990s	1.32 kt	2.87 kt	1.55 kt	United States
2000s	2.05 kt	3.35 kt	1.3 kt	United States
2010s	2.61 kt	3.35 kt	0.744 kt	United States
2020s	2.84 kt	3.4 kt	0.555 kt	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions, Albania or United States?: United States, at 3.41 kt against 2.91 kt in Albania as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions between Albania and United States?: 0.5 kt, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and United States?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Albania and United States rank globally for waste — emissions?: Albania ranks 85th and United States ranks 83rd of 169 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Waste — Emissions (CO2)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 202 places, 11,581 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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