Americas vs China: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) over time
- Americas
- China
How they compare
Americas currently reports 469,055 kt against 402,662 kt in China, a difference of 66,393 kt.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.2 times China's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and China ranks 2nd of 33 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 253,087 kt | 85,573 kt | 167,514 kt | Americas |
| 1970s | 343,951 kt | 103,762 kt | 240,189 kt | Americas |
| 1980s | 403,387 kt | 124,699 kt | 278,688 kt | Americas |
| 1990s | 428,989 kt | 151,637 kt | 277,352 kt | Americas |
| 2000s | 410,955 kt | 207,418 kt | 203,537 kt | Americas |
| 2010s | 423,529 kt | 313,478 kt | 110,052 kt | Americas |
| 2020s | 461,685 kt | 385,881 kt | 75,804 kt | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq), Americas or China?
- Americas, at 469,055 kt against 402,662 kt in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) between Americas and China?
- 66,393 kt, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Americas and China rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq)?
- Americas ranks 5th and China ranks 2nd of 33 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5). 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