Asia vs OECD: Waste — Emissions

Asia
9,388 kt
in 2023
OECD
13,203 kt
in 2023
Asia rank
1st
OECD rank
1st

Waste — Emissions over time

  • Asia
  • OECD
05.0k10.0k15.0k196119922023

How they compare

OECD currently reports 13,203 kt against 9,388 kt in Asia, a difference of 3,815 kt.

That makes OECD's figure about 1.4 times Asia's.

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

Asia ranks 1st and OECD ranks 1st of 35 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia OECD Difference Ahead
1960s 0 kt 0 kt 0 kt
1970s 3,194 kt 7,776 kt 4,582 kt OECD
1980s 3,870 kt 9,222 kt 5,352 kt OECD
1990s 6,026 kt 11,243 kt 5,217 kt OECD
2000s 7,706 kt 13,145 kt 5,439 kt OECD
2010s 9,014 kt 12,965 kt 3,950 kt OECD
2020s 9,332 kt 13,152 kt 3,821 kt OECD

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions, Asia or OECD?
OECD, at 13,203 kt against 9,388 kt in Asia as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions between Asia and OECD?
3,815 kt, with OECD ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and OECD?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Asia and OECD rank globally for waste — emissions?
Asia ranks 1st and OECD ranks 1st of 35 regions.
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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About this data

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
192 places, 11,013 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