Americas vs United States: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) over time
- Americas
- United States
How they compare
Americas currently reports 469,055 kt against 147,890 kt in United States, a difference of 321,165 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 | 253,087 kt | 179,859 kt | 73,228 kt | Americas |
| 1970s | 343,951 kt | 233,307 kt | 110,644 kt | Americas |
| 1980s | 403,387 kt | 244,472 kt | 158,915 kt | Americas |
| 1990s | 428,989 kt | 222,272 kt | 206,717 kt | Americas |
| 2000s | 410,955 kt | 162,036 kt | 248,919 kt | Americas |
| 2010s | 423,529 kt | 140,857 kt | 282,673 kt | Americas |
| 2020s | 461,685 kt | 146,641 kt | 315,044 kt | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq), Americas or United States?
- Americas, at 469,055 kt against 147,890 kt in United States as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) between Americas and United States?
- 321,165 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 (co2eq)?
- 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 (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