South America vs United Kingdom: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5)

South America
8,426 kt
in 2023
United Kingdom
2,056 kt
in 2023
South America rank
18th
United Kingdom rank
16th

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

  • South America
  • United Kingdom
02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k196119922023

How they compare

South America currently reports 8,426 kt against 2,056 kt in United Kingdom, a difference of 6,370 kt.

That makes South America's figure about 4.1 times United Kingdom's.

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

South America ranks 18th and United Kingdom ranks 16th of 33 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade South America United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1960s 2,188 kt 820.03 kt 1,367 kt South America
1970s 2,941 kt 920.35 kt 2,021 kt South America
1980s 3,788 kt 926.7 kt 2,862 kt South America
1990s 4,961 kt 1,056 kt 3,904 kt South America
2000s 6,085 kt 1,346 kt 4,739 kt South America
2010s 7,451 kt 1,831 kt 5,620 kt South America
2020s 8,251 kt 2,020 kt 6,231 kt South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, South America or United Kingdom?
South America, at 8,426 kt against 2,056 kt in United Kingdom as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o between South America and United Kingdom?
6,370 kt, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South America and United Kingdom?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do South America and United Kingdom rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o?
South America ranks 18th and United Kingdom ranks 16th 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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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