India vs United States: Waste — Emissions
Waste — Emissions over time
- India
- United States
How they compare
India currently reports 63.3 kt against 36.1 kt in United States, a difference of 27.2 kt.
That makes India's figure about 1.8 times United States's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 4th and United States ranks 5th of 232 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.08 kt | 14.11 kt | 0.9667 kt | India |
| 1970s | 20.44 kt | 16.94 kt | 3.5 kt | India |
| 1980s | 27.26 kt | 19.13 kt | 8.13 kt | India |
| 1990s | 35.66 kt | 23.9 kt | 11.76 kt | India |
| 2000s | 42.18 kt | 29.36 kt | 12.82 kt | India |
| 2010s | 54 kt | 31.96 kt | 22.04 kt | India |
| 2020s | 61.8 kt | 35.35 kt | 26.45 kt | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions, India or United States?
- India, at 63.3 kt against 36.1 kt in United States as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions between India and United States?
- 27.2 kt, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and United States?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and United States rank globally for waste — emissions?
- India ranks 4th and United States ranks 5th 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
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