Brazil vs China, mainland: Waste — Emissions

Brazil
13.4 kt
in 2023
China, mainland
103 kt
in 2023
Brazil rank
6th
China, mainland rank
3rd

Waste — Emissions over time

  • Brazil
  • China, mainland
0255075100196119922023

How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 103 kt against 13.4 kt in Brazil, a difference of 89.6 kt.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 7.7 times Brazil's.

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

Brazil ranks 6th and China, mainland ranks 3rd of 201 countries.

China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil China, mainland Difference Ahead
1960s 3 kt 20.73 kt 17.73 kt China, mainland
1970s 4.08 kt 29.88 kt 25.81 kt China, mainland
1980s 5.43 kt 42.73 kt 37.3 kt China, mainland
1990s 7.76 kt 59.77 kt 52.01 kt China, mainland
2000s 9.99 kt 73.79 kt 63.8 kt China, mainland
2010s 12.31 kt 89.79 kt 77.48 kt China, mainland
2020s 13.22 kt 100.9 kt 87.68 kt China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions, Brazil or China, mainland?
China, mainland, at 103 kt against 13.4 kt in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions between Brazil and China, mainland?
89.6 kt, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China, mainland?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and China, mainland rank globally for waste — emissions?
Brazil ranks 6th and China, mainland ranks 3rd of 201 countries.
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
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