Gambia vs Northern America: Waste — Emissions Share (CO2eq)

Gambia
9.69 %
in 2023
Northern America
2.58 %
in 2023
Gambia rank
32nd
Northern America rank
30th

Waste — Emissions Share (CO2eq) over time

  • Gambia
  • Northern America
246810199020062023

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 9.69 % against 2.58 % in Northern America, a difference of 7.11 %.

That makes Gambia's figure about 3.8 times Northern America's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Gambia has been ahead every year.

Gambia ranks 32nd and Northern America ranks 30th of 191 countries.

Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gambia Northern America Difference Ahead
1990s 5.29 % 3.79 % 1.5 % Gambia
2000s 7.05 % 2.59 % 4.46 % Gambia
2010s 8.03 % 2.45 % 5.58 % Gambia
2020s 9.72 % 2.59 % 7.13 % Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions share (co2eq), Gambia or Northern America?
Gambia, at 9.69 % against 2.58 % in Northern America as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions share (co2eq) between Gambia and Northern America?
7.11 %, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Northern America?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Gambia and Northern America rank globally for waste — emissions share (co2eq)?
Gambia ranks 32nd and Northern America ranks 30th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Gambia vs Northern America: Waste — Emissions Share (CO2eq). Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/waste-emissions-share-co2eq-ar5/gambia-the/northern-america/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/waste-emissions-share-co2eq-ar5/gambia-the/northern-america/">Gambia vs Northern America: Waste — Emissions Share (CO2eq)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Waste — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
242 places, 8,008 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.