Americas vs United States: Waste — Emissions (N2O)

Americas
84.9 kt
in 2023
United States
36.1 kt
in 2023
Americas rank
7th
United States rank
5th

Waste — Emissions (N2O) over time

  • Americas
  • United States
20406080196119922023

How they compare

Americas currently reports 84.9 kt against 36.1 kt in United States, a difference of 48.8 kt.

That makes Americas's figure about 2.4 times United States's.

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

Americas ranks 7th and United States ranks 5th 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 26.77 kt 14.11 kt 12.66 kt Americas
1970s 34.08 kt 16.94 kt 17.14 kt Americas
1980s 41.36 kt 19.13 kt 22.23 kt Americas
1990s 52.41 kt 23.9 kt 28.51 kt Americas
2000s 64.55 kt 29.36 kt 35.19 kt Americas
2010s 74.75 kt 31.96 kt 42.79 kt Americas
2020s 83.08 kt 35.35 kt 47.73 kt Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions, Americas or United States?
Americas, at 84.9 kt against 36.1 kt in United States as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions between Americas and United States?
48.8 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?
Americas ranks 7th and United States ranks 5th of 33 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions (N2O). 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 (N2O)
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