Which has higher waste — emissions, Melanesia or New Zealand?

Melanesia, at 0.4559 kt against 0.445 kt in New Zealand as of 2023.

What is the difference in waste — emissions between Melanesia and New Zealand?

0.0109 kt, with Melanesia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and New Zealand?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

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.

Melanesia vs New Zealand: Waste — Emissions (N2O)

Melanesia

0.4559 kt

in 2023

New Zealand

0.445 kt

in 2023

Melanesia rank

122nd

New Zealand rank

124th

Waste — Emissions (N2O) over time

Melanesia
New Zealand

How they compare

Melanesia currently reports 0.4559 kt against 0.445 kt in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0109 kt.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.

Melanesia ranks 122nd and New Zealand ranks 124th of 232 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 3 and New Zealand in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Melanesia	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0409 kt	0.1778 kt	0.1369 kt	New Zealand
1970s	0.0611 kt	0.2112 kt	0.1501 kt	New Zealand
1980s	0.0879 kt	0.2139 kt	0.126 kt	New Zealand
1990s	0.1138 kt	0.2311 kt	0.1173 kt	New Zealand
2000s	0.29 kt	0.2494 kt	0.0406 kt	Melanesia
2010s	0.3878 kt	0.3351 kt	0.0527 kt	Melanesia
2020s	0.4454 kt	0.4245 kt	0.0209 kt	Melanesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions, Melanesia or New Zealand?: Melanesia, at 0.4559 kt against 0.445 kt in New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions between Melanesia and New Zealand?: 0.0109 kt, with Melanesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and New Zealand?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Melanesia and New Zealand rank globally for waste — emissions?: Melanesia ranks 122nd and New Zealand ranks 124th 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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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: 17 September 2026

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