OECD vs United States: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq)
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) over time
- OECD
- United States
How they compare
OECD currently reports 507,448 kt against 147,890 kt in United States, a difference of 359,558 kt.
That makes OECD's figure about 3.4 times United States's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, OECD has been ahead every year.
OECD ranks 1st and United States ranks 4th of 232 countries.
OECD has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | OECD | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 441,344 kt | 179,859 kt | 261,485 kt | OECD |
| 1970s | 572,628 kt | 233,307 kt | 339,321 kt | OECD |
| 1980s | 610,439 kt | 244,472 kt | 365,967 kt | OECD |
| 1990s | 628,982 kt | 222,272 kt | 406,710 kt | OECD |
| 2000s | 545,546 kt | 162,036 kt | 383,510 kt | OECD |
| 2010s | 485,068 kt | 140,857 kt | 344,211 kt | OECD |
| 2020s | 504,372 kt | 146,641 kt | 357,730 kt | OECD |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq), OECD or United States?
- OECD, at 507,448 kt against 147,890 kt in United States as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) between OECD and United States?
- 359,558 kt, with OECD ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for OECD and United States?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do OECD and United States rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq)?
- OECD ranks 1st and United States ranks 4th of 232 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.
Individual pages
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