Japan vs Northern America: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O

Japan
2,078 kt
in 2023
Northern America
10,685 kt
in 2023
Japan rank
13th
Northern America rank
13th

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O over time

  • Japan
  • Northern America
2.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k196119922023

How they compare

Northern America currently reports 10,685 kt against 2,078 kt in Japan, a difference of 8,607 kt.

That makes Northern America's figure about 5.1 times Japan's.

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

Japan ranks 13th and Northern America ranks 13th of 201 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Northern America Difference Ahead
1960s 1,760 kt 4,120 kt 2,361 kt Northern America
1970s 2,150 kt 4,941 kt 2,791 kt Northern America
1980s 2,390 kt 5,554 kt 3,164 kt Northern America
1990s 2,542 kt 6,970 kt 4,428 kt Northern America
2000s 2,405 kt 8,551 kt 6,146 kt Northern America
2010s 2,212 kt 9,397 kt 7,184 kt Northern America
2020s 2,103 kt 10,448 kt 8,345 kt Northern America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, Japan or Northern America?
Northern America, at 10,685 kt against 2,078 kt in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o between Japan and Northern America?
8,607 kt, with Northern America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Northern America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Japan and Northern America rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o?
Japan ranks 13th and Northern America ranks 13th of 201 countries.
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
253 places, 14,574 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