Germany vs United States of America: Waste — Emissions

Germany
30.9 kt
in 2023
United States of America
3.41 kt
in 2023
Germany rank
34th
United States of America rank
31st

Waste — Emissions over time

  • Germany
  • United States of America
050100150200196119922023

How they compare

Germany currently reports 30.9 kt against 3.41 kt in United States of America, a difference of 27.49 kt.

That makes Germany's figure about 9.1 times United States of America's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States of America ahead.

Germany ranks 34th and United States of America ranks 31st of 145 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Germany United States of America Difference Ahead
1960s 0 kt 0 kt 0 kt
1970s 166.6 kt 1.9 kt 164.7 kt Germany
1980s 193.8 kt 2.19 kt 191.61 kt Germany
1990s 201.2 kt 2.87 kt 198.33 kt Germany
2000s 184.5 kt 3.35 kt 181.15 kt Germany
2010s 167.3 kt 3.35 kt 163.95 kt Germany
2020s 51.48 kt 3.4 kt 48.08 kt Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions, Germany or United States of America?
Germany, at 30.9 kt against 3.41 kt in United States of America as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions between Germany and United States of America?
27.49 kt, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and United States of America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Germany and United States of America rank globally for waste — emissions?
Germany ranks 34th and United States of America ranks 31st of 145 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Germany vs United States of America: Waste — Emissions. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/waste-emissions-co2-fao-tier-1/germany/united-states-of-america/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/waste-emissions-co2-fao-tier-1/germany/united-states-of-america/">Germany vs United States of America: Waste — Emissions</a> — Statizoid

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