France vs Western Europe: Waste — Emissions (N2O)

France
7.01 kt
in 2023
Western Europe
20.58 kt
in 2023
France rank
19th
Western Europe rank
20th

Waste — Emissions (N2O) over time

  • France
  • Western Europe
5101520196119922023

How they compare

Western Europe currently reports 20.58 kt against 7.01 kt in France, a difference of 13.57 kt.

That makes Western Europe's figure about 2.9 times France's.

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

France ranks 19th and Western Europe ranks 20th of 232 countries.

Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Western Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 3.64 kt 9.57 kt 5.93 kt Western Europe
1970s 4.41 kt 11.49 kt 7.09 kt Western Europe
1980s 4.88 kt 12.54 kt 7.66 kt Western Europe
1990s 5.28 kt 15.27 kt 9.99 kt Western Europe
2000s 5.75 kt 18.35 kt 12.61 kt Western Europe
2010s 6.45 kt 19.4 kt 12.95 kt Western Europe
2020s 6.88 kt 20.32 kt 13.43 kt Western Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions, France or Western Europe?
Western Europe, at 20.58 kt against 7.01 kt in France as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions between France and Western Europe?
13.57 kt, with Western Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Western Europe?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do France and Western Europe rank globally for waste — emissions?
France ranks 19th and Western Europe ranks 20th of 232 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
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