Turkey vs USSR: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq)

Turkey
68,835 kt
in 2023
USSR
104,072 kt
in 1991
Turkey rank
10th
USSR rank
9th

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) over time

  • Turkey
  • USSR
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k196119922023

How they compare

USSR currently reports 104,072 kt against 68,835 kt in Turkey, a difference of 35,237 kt.

That makes USSR's figure about 1.5 times Turkey's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Turkey ranks 10th and USSR ranks 9th of 232 countries.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Turkey USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 3,018 kt 70,029 kt 67,011 kt USSR
1970s 3,796 kt 90,078 kt 86,282 kt USSR
1980s 4,621 kt 103,450 kt 98,829 kt USSR
1990s 5,373 kt 105,186 kt 99,813 kt USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq), Turkey or USSR?
USSR, at 104,072 kt against 68,835 kt in Turkey as of 1991.
What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) between Turkey and USSR?
35,237 kt, with USSR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Turkey and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Turkey and USSR rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq)?
Turkey ranks 10th and USSR ranks 9th 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.

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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
265 places, 15,268 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