Southern Asia vs United States: Waste — Emissions (N2O)

Southern Asia
88.23 kt
in 2023
United States
36.1 kt
in 2023
Southern Asia rank
6th
United States rank
5th

Waste — Emissions (N2O) over time

  • Southern Asia
  • United States
20406080196119922023

How they compare

Southern Asia currently reports 88.23 kt against 36.1 kt in United States, a difference of 52.13 kt.

That makes Southern Asia's figure about 2.4 times United States's.

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

Southern Asia ranks 6th and United States ranks 5th of 33 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Southern Asia United States Difference Ahead
1960s 19.93 kt 14.11 kt 5.82 kt Southern Asia
1970s 27.25 kt 16.94 kt 10.31 kt Southern Asia
1980s 36.67 kt 19.13 kt 17.54 kt Southern Asia
1990s 48.74 kt 23.9 kt 24.84 kt Southern Asia
2000s 58.77 kt 29.36 kt 29.41 kt Southern Asia
2010s 74.92 kt 31.96 kt 42.96 kt Southern Asia
2020s 86.05 kt 35.35 kt 50.7 kt Southern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions, Southern Asia or United States?
Southern Asia, at 88.23 kt against 36.1 kt in United States as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions between Southern Asia and United States?
52.13 kt, with Southern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Asia and United States?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Southern Asia and United States rank globally for waste — emissions?
Southern Asia ranks 6th and United States ranks 5th of 33 groups.
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