Americas vs Cyprus: Waste — Emissions per capita
Americas
0.45 t CO2eq/cap
in 2023
Cyprus
1.45 t CO2eq/cap
in 2023
Americas rank
5th
Cyprus rank
3rd
Waste — Emissions per capita over time
- Americas
- Cyprus
How they compare
Cyprus currently reports 1.45 t CO2eq/cap against 0.45 t CO2eq/cap in Americas, a difference of 1 t CO2eq/cap.
That makes Cyprus's figure about 3.2 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 5th and Cyprus ranks 3rd of 34 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 2 and Cyprus in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Cyprus | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.556 t CO2eq/cap | 0.272 t CO2eq/cap | 0.284 t CO2eq/cap | Americas |
| 2000s | 0.469 t CO2eq/cap | 0.252 t CO2eq/cap | 0.217 t CO2eq/cap | Americas |
| 2010s | 0.434 t CO2eq/cap | 0.611 t CO2eq/cap | 0.177 t CO2eq/cap | Cyprus |
| 2020s | 0.445 t CO2eq/cap | 1.25 t CO2eq/cap | 0.805 t CO2eq/cap | Cyprus |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions per capita, Americas or Cyprus?
- Cyprus, at 1.45 t CO2eq/cap against 0.45 t CO2eq/cap in Americas as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions per capita between Americas and Cyprus?
- 1 t CO2eq/cap, with Cyprus ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Cyprus?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Americas and Cyprus rank globally for waste — emissions per capita?
- Americas ranks 5th and Cyprus ranks 3rd of 34 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions per capita. 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 indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.