Americas vs OECD: Waste — Emissions Share
Americas
0.02 %
in 2023
OECD
0.12 %
in 2023
Americas rank
19th
OECD rank
20th
Waste — Emissions Share over time
- Americas
- OECD
How they compare
OECD currently reports 0.12 % against 0.02 % in Americas, a difference of 0.1 %.
That makes OECD's figure about 6.0 times Americas's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, OECD has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 19th and OECD ranks 20th of 32 groups.
OECD has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | OECD | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.01 % | 0.101 % | 0.091 % | OECD |
| 2000s | 0.01 % | 0.108 % | 0.098 % | OECD |
| 2010s | 0.014 % | 0.111 % | 0.097 % | OECD |
| 2020s | 0.02 % | 0.115 % | 0.095 % | OECD |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions share, Americas or OECD?
- OECD, at 0.12 % against 0.02 % in Americas as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions share between Americas and OECD?
- 0.1 %, with OECD ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and OECD?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Americas and OECD rank globally for waste — emissions share?
- Americas ranks 19th and OECD ranks 20th of 32 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions Share (CO2). 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.