Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions was 3.73 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
3.73 kt
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
15th
of 205 countries
All-time high
3.74 kt
in 2020
All-time low
2.84 kt
in 1991
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1990–2023

012341990200620231990: 2.9 kt1991: 2.8 kt1992: 2.9 kt1993: 2.9 kt1994: 2.9 kt1995: 2.9 kt1996: 3 kt1997: 3.1 kt1998: 3.1 kt1999: 3.1 kt2000: 3.1 kt2001: 3.2 kt2002: 3.3 kt2003: 3.3 kt2004: 3.3 kt2005: 3.3 kt2006: 3.3 kt2007: 3.3 kt2008: 3.3 kt2009: 3.5 kt2010: 3.5 kt2011: 3.5 kt2012: 3.4 kt2013: 3.4 kt2014: 3.6 kt2015: 3.6 kt2016: 3.7 kt2017: 3.7 kt2018: 3.7 kt2019: 3.6 kt2020: 3.7 kt2021: 3.7 kt2022: 3.7 kt2023: 3.7 kt

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

Analysis

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 3.73 kt for agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions in 2023.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 3.74 kt in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.84 kt, in 1991.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 15th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (N2O) in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 2.86 kt
1991 2.84 kt -0.6%
1992 2.87 kt +1.1%
1993 2.87 kt -0.1%
1994 2.9 kt +1.0%
1995 2.89 kt -0.3%
1996 2.98 kt +3.0%
1997 3.08 kt +3.6%
1998 3.07 kt -0.4%
1999 3.09 kt +0.7%
2000 3.1 kt +0.4%
2001 3.16 kt +1.8%
2002 3.28 kt +3.8%
2003 3.3 kt +0.7%
2004 3.27 kt -1.0%
2005 3.27 kt +0.1%
2006 3.32 kt +1.4%
2007 3.34 kt +0.8%
2008 3.34 kt -0.2%
2009 3.5 kt +4.8%
2010 3.51 kt +0.4%
2011 3.55 kt +1.1%
2012 3.43 kt -3.2%
2013 3.45 kt +0.4%
2014 3.56 kt +3.2%
2015 3.6 kt +1.3%
2016 3.67 kt +1.8%
2017 3.67 kt +0.2%
2018 3.7 kt +0.7%
2019 3.63 kt -1.8%
2020 3.74 kt +3.1%
2021 3.68 kt -1.7%
2022 3.7 kt +0.6%
2023 3.73 kt +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 2.94 kt 2.84 kt 3.09 kt 10
2000s 3.29 kt 3.1 kt 3.5 kt 10
2010s 3.58 kt 3.43 kt 3.7 kt 10
2020s 3.71 kt 3.68 kt 3.74 kt 4

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.3249 kt compare
  2. 12 Mexico 4.51 kt compare
  3. 13 France 3.95 kt compare
  4. 13 Melanesia 0.3044 kt compare
  5. 14 Egypt 3.82 kt compare
  6. 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.2035 kt compare
  7. 15 Republic of Moldova 0.1275 kt compare
  8. 16 Bangladesh 3.48 kt compare
  9. 16 Timor-Leste 0.0294 kt compare
  10. 17 Ethiopia 3.43 kt compare
  11. 17 Polynesia 0.0228 kt compare
  12. 18 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.0088 kt compare
  13. 18 Italy 3.42 kt compare

See the full ranking of 257 places →

More climate change data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

All data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland →

Frequently asked questions

What is agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 3.73 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 3.74 kt in 2020.
What is the lowest agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 2.84 kt in 1991.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 15th out of 205 countries with data for 2023.
Is agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/agrifood-systems-waste-disposal-emissions-n2o/united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland/

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/stat/agrifood-systems-waste-disposal-emissions-n2o/united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland/">Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed

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.