Americas vs China: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) over time
- Americas
- China
How they compare
Americas currently reports 445,232 kt against 371,122 kt in China, a difference of 74,110 kt.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.2 times China's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and China ranks 2nd of 33 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 245,993 kt | 79,686 kt | 166,307 kt | Americas |
| 1970s | 334,675 kt | 95,214 kt | 239,461 kt | Americas |
| 1980s | 392,103 kt | 112,660 kt | 279,443 kt | Americas |
| 1990s | 414,567 kt | 134,903 kt | 279,663 kt | Americas |
| 2000s | 393,121 kt | 186,385 kt | 206,736 kt | Americas |
| 2010s | 402,619 kt | 286,230 kt | 116,389 kt | Americas |
| 2020s | 438,364 kt | 355,028 kt | 83,336 kt | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq) from ch4, Americas or China?
- Americas, at 445,232 kt against 371,122 kt in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 between Americas and China?
- 74,110 kt, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Americas and China rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq) from ch4?
- Americas ranks 5th and China ranks 2nd 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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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