Europe vs USSR: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5)

Europe
17,992 kt
in 2023
USSR
4,252 kt
in 1991
Europe rank
9th
USSR rank
6th

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) over time

  • Europe
  • USSR
5.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k196119922023

How they compare

Europe currently reports 17,992 kt against 4,252 kt in USSR, a difference of 13,740 kt.

That makes Europe's figure about 4.2 times USSR's.

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

Europe ranks 9th and USSR ranks 6th of 33 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 10,515 kt 3,236 kt 7,279 kt Europe
1970s 12,612 kt 3,866 kt 8,746 kt Europe
1980s 13,713 kt 4,218 kt 9,495 kt Europe
1990s 14,162 kt 4,294 kt 9,868 kt Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, Europe or USSR?
Europe, at 17,992 kt against 4,252 kt in USSR as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o between Europe and USSR?
13,740 kt, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Europe and USSR rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o?
Europe ranks 9th and USSR ranks 6th of 33 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (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) from N2O (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