Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2eq) in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2eq) was 10,837 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
10,837 kt
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
21st
of 215 countries
All-time high
10,837 kt
in 2023
All-time low
5,875 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2eq) in Saudi Arabia, 1990–2023

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k1990200620231990: 5.9k kt1991: 6.2k kt1992: 6.4k kt1993: 6.7k kt1994: 6.9k kt1995: 7.1k kt1996: 7.3k kt1997: 7.6k kt1998: 7.7k kt1999: 7.9k kt2000: 8.1k kt2001: 8.2k kt2002: 8.4k kt2003: 8.5k kt2004: 8.7k kt2005: 8.8k kt2006: 9.0k kt2007: 9.1k kt2008: 9.2k kt2009: 9.3k kt2010: 9.5k kt2011: 9.6k kt2012: 9.8k kt2013: 9.9k kt2014: 10.0k kt2015: 10.3k kt2016: 10.4k kt2017: 10.5k kt2018: 10.5k kt2019: 10.6k kt2020: 10.6k kt2021: 10.7k kt2022: 10.8k kt2023: 10.8k kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

Saudi Arabia recorded 10,837 kt for agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions (co2eq) in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions (co2eq) in Saudi Arabia peaked at 10,837 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,875 kt, in 1990.

That places Saudi Arabia 21st out of 215 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 6,977 kt 5,875 kt 7,899 kt 10
2000s 8,733 kt 8,070 kt 9,345 kt 10
2010s 10,107 kt 9,481 kt 10,551 kt 10
2020s 10,720 kt 10,620 kt 10,837 kt 4

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 18 Philippines 11,762 kt compare
  2. 19 Argentina 11,697 kt compare
  3. 20 Poland 11,678 kt compare
  4. 22 South Africa 9,656 kt compare
  5. 23 Algeria 9,594 kt compare
  6. 24 Peru 9,501 kt compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions (co2eq) in Saudi Arabia?
Agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions (co2eq) in Saudi Arabia was 10,837 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions (co2eq) recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 10,837 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions (co2eq) recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 5,875 kt in 1990.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions (co2eq)?
Saudi Arabia ranks 21st out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
Is agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions (co2eq) rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
271 places, 8,922 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food 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). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.