OECD vs World: Waste — Emissions

OECD
128.05 kt
in 2023
World
481.04 kt
in 2023
OECD rank
1st
World rank
1st

Waste — Emissions over time

  • OECD
  • World
0100200300400500196119922023

How they compare

World currently reports 481.04 kt against 128.05 kt in OECD, a difference of 352.99 kt.

That makes World's figure about 3.8 times OECD's.

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

OECD ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade OECD World Difference Ahead
1960s 53.6 kt 137.83 kt 84.23 kt World
1970s 65.82 kt 180.16 kt 114.35 kt World
1980s 74.79 kt 226.41 kt 151.63 kt World
1990s 89.32 kt 285.92 kt 196.6 kt World
2000s 105.96 kt 347.06 kt 241.11 kt World
2010s 116.87 kt 420.63 kt 303.76 kt World
2020s 126.03 kt 470.71 kt 344.68 kt World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions, OECD or World?
World, at 481.04 kt against 128.05 kt in OECD as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions between OECD and World?
352.99 kt, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD and World?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do OECD and World rank globally for waste — emissions?
OECD ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 197 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