Japan vs South America: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5)
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) over time
- Japan
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 8,426 kt against 2,078 kt in Japan, a difference of 6,348 kt.
That makes South America's figure about 4.1 times Japan's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 15th and South America ranks 18th of 232 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,760 kt | 2,188 kt | 427.91 kt | South America |
| 1970s | 2,150 kt | 2,941 kt | 791.24 kt | South America |
| 1980s | 2,390 kt | 3,788 kt | 1,398 kt | South America |
| 1990s | 2,542 kt | 4,961 kt | 2,419 kt | South America |
| 2000s | 2,405 kt | 6,085 kt | 3,680 kt | South America |
| 2010s | 2,212 kt | 7,451 kt | 5,239 kt | South America |
| 2020s | 2,103 kt | 8,251 kt | 6,148 kt | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, Japan or South America?
- South America, at 8,426 kt against 2,078 kt in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o between Japan and South America?
- 6,348 kt, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and South America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Japan and South America rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o?
- Japan ranks 15th and South America ranks 18th of 232 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
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