Americas vs United States: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) over time
- Americas
- United States
How they compare
Americas currently reports 445,232 kt against 138,320 kt in United States, a difference of 306,912 kt.
That makes Americas's figure about 3.2 times United States's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and United States ranks 4th of 33 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 245,993 kt | 176,120 kt | 69,873 kt | Americas |
| 1970s | 334,675 kt | 228,816 kt | 105,859 kt | Americas |
| 1980s | 392,103 kt | 239,400 kt | 152,703 kt | Americas |
| 1990s | 414,567 kt | 215,936 kt | 198,631 kt | Americas |
| 2000s | 393,121 kt | 154,252 kt | 238,869 kt | Americas |
| 2010s | 402,619 kt | 132,384 kt | 270,235 kt | Americas |
| 2020s | 438,364 kt | 137,270 kt | 301,094 kt | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq) from ch4, Americas or United States?
- Americas, at 445,232 kt against 138,320 kt in United States as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 between Americas and United States?
- 306,912 kt, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and United States?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Americas and United States rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq) from ch4?
- Americas ranks 5th and United States ranks 4th 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