Brazil vs India: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq)

Brazil
128,453 kt
in 2023
India
141,374 kt
in 2023
Brazil rank
6th
India rank
4th

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) over time

  • Brazil
  • India
25.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k150.0k196119922023

How they compare

India currently reports 141,374 kt against 128,453 kt in Brazil, a difference of 12,921 kt.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.

Brazil ranks 6th and India ranks 4th of 201 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil India Difference Ahead
1960s 19,403 kt 49,760 kt 30,358 kt India
1970s 32,504 kt 58,561 kt 26,057 kt India
1980s 54,443 kt 69,972 kt 15,529 kt India
1990s 77,620 kt 83,286 kt 5,666 kt India
2000s 96,157 kt 101,674 kt 5,516 kt India
2010s 111,423 kt 123,650 kt 12,227 kt India
2020s 125,673 kt 138,317 kt 12,644 kt India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq), Brazil or India?
India, at 141,374 kt against 128,453 kt in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) between Brazil and India?
12,921 kt, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and India rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq)?
Brazil ranks 6th and India ranks 4th of 201 countries.
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

Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
253 places, 14,574 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