Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions was 1.3 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1.3 kt
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
36th
of 201 countries
All-time high
1.3 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0.3698 kt
in 1993
Years of data
34
1990–2023

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

0.40.60.811.21.41990200620231990: 0.397 kt1991: 0.416 kt1992: 0.404 kt1993: 0.37 kt1994: 0.389 kt1995: 0.44 kt1996: 0.464 kt1997: 0.488 kt1998: 0.507 kt1999: 0.543 kt2000: 0.558 kt2001: 0.581 kt2002: 0.601 kt2003: 0.624 kt2004: 0.648 kt2005: 0.689 kt2006: 0.717 kt2007: 0.764 kt2008: 0.768 kt2009: 0.795 kt2010: 0.875 kt2011: 0.905 kt2012: 0.993 kt2013: 1 kt2014: 1 kt2015: 1.2 kt2016: 1.2 kt2017: 1.2 kt2018: 1.1 kt2019: 1.2 kt2020: 1.2 kt2021: 1.3 kt2022: 1.3 kt2023: 1.3 kt

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

Analysis

In 2023, agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions in Saudi Arabia stood at 1.3 kt. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 29.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1.3 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3698 kt, in 1993.

That places Saudi Arabia 36th out of 201 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4418 kt 0.3698 kt 0.5425 kt 10
2000s 0.6746 kt 0.5584 kt 0.7951 kt 10
2010s 1.08 kt 0.8747 kt 1.23 kt 10
2020s 1.27 kt 1.24 kt 1.3 kt 4

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 33 Morocco 1.44 kt compare
  2. 34 Sudan 1.42 kt compare
  3. 35 Colombia 1.39 kt compare
  4. 37 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.18 kt compare
  5. 38 Malaysia 1.17 kt compare
  6. 39 Iraq 1.12 kt compare

See the full ranking of 257 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions in Saudi Arabia?
Agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions in Saudi Arabia was 1.3 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 1.3 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3698 kt in 1993.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions?
Saudi Arabia ranks 36th out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
Is agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is up 29.1%. 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 (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
257 places, 8,503 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.