Americas vs Brazil: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)

Americas
445,232 kt
in 2023
Brazil
124,600 kt
in 2023
Americas rank
5th
Brazil rank
7th

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) over time

  • Americas
  • Brazil
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How they compare

Americas currently reports 445,232 kt against 124,600 kt in Brazil, a difference of 320,632 kt.

That makes Americas's figure about 3.6 times Brazil's.

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

Americas ranks 5th and Brazil ranks 7th of 33 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas Brazil Difference Ahead
1960s 245,993 kt 18,608 kt 227,385 kt Americas
1970s 334,675 kt 31,326 kt 303,349 kt Americas
1980s 392,103 kt 52,864 kt 339,239 kt Americas
1990s 414,567 kt 75,376 kt 339,191 kt Americas
2000s 393,121 kt 93,268 kt 299,853 kt Americas
2010s 402,619 kt 107,884 kt 294,735 kt Americas
2020s 438,364 kt 121,870 kt 316,494 kt Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq) from ch4, Americas or Brazil?
Americas, at 445,232 kt against 124,600 kt in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 between Americas and Brazil?
320,632 kt, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Brazil?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Americas and Brazil rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq) from ch4?
Americas ranks 5th and Brazil ranks 7th of 33 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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