China vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Waste — Emissions (CO2eq)

China
402,662 kt
in 2023
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
232,475 kt
in 2023
China rank
2nd
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank
8th

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) over time

  • China
  • Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k196119922023

How they compare

China currently reports 402,662 kt against 232,475 kt in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), a difference of 170,187 kt.

That makes China's figure about 1.7 times Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s.

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

China ranks 2nd and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 8th of 201 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade China Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) Difference Ahead
1960s 85,573 kt 48,922 kt 36,650 kt China
1970s 103,762 kt 63,343 kt 40,419 kt China
1980s 124,699 kt 85,279 kt 39,420 kt China
1990s 151,637 kt 110,358 kt 41,279 kt China
2000s 207,418 kt 142,748 kt 64,670 kt China
2010s 313,478 kt 187,157 kt 126,320 kt China
2020s 385,881 kt 224,551 kt 161,330 kt China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq), China or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
China, at 402,662 kt against 232,475 kt in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) between China and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
170,187 kt, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do China and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq)?
China ranks 2nd and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 8th 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