What is the highest cereals excluding rice — emissions intensity recorded in Americas?

The highest recorded value was 0.2387 kg CO2eq/kg in 1988.

What is the lowest cereals excluding rice — emissions intensity recorded in Americas?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1423 kg CO2eq/kg in 1961.

How does Americas rank for cereals excluding rice — emissions intensity?

Americas ranks 12th out of 33 groups with data for 2023.

Is cereals excluding rice — emissions intensity rising or falling in Americas?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Americas data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals excluding rice — Emissions intensity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Cereals excluding rice — Emissions intensity in Americas

Name: Cereals excluding rice — Emissions intensity in Americas
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Americas: Cereals excluding rice — Emissions intensity was 0.1767 kg CO2eq/kg in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

0.1767 kg CO2eq/kg

Change on year

down 3.9%

Rank

12th

of 33 groups

All-time high

0.2387 kg CO2eq/kg

in 1988

All-time low

0.1423 kg CO2eq/kg

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Cereals excluding rice — Emissions intensity in Americas, 1961–2023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg CO2eq/kg.

Analysis

In 2023, cereals excluding rice — emissions intensity in Americas stood at 0.1767 kg CO2eq/kg.

The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals excluding rice — emissions intensity in Americas peaked at 0.2387 kg CO2eq/kg in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.1423 kg CO2eq/kg, in 1961.

Americas ranks 12th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.1599 kg CO2eq/kg	0.1423 kg CO2eq/kg	0.1767 kg CO2eq/kg	9
1970s	0.191 kg CO2eq/kg	0.1718 kg CO2eq/kg	0.2052 kg CO2eq/kg	10
1980s	0.1967 kg CO2eq/kg	0.1679 kg CO2eq/kg	0.2387 kg CO2eq/kg	10
1990s	0.1961 kg CO2eq/kg	0.1773 kg CO2eq/kg	0.2171 kg CO2eq/kg	10
2000s	0.1887 kg CO2eq/kg	0.1707 kg CO2eq/kg	0.2101 kg CO2eq/kg	10
2010s	0.183 kg CO2eq/kg	0.1659 kg CO2eq/kg	0.205 kg CO2eq/kg	10
2020s	0.1837 kg CO2eq/kg	0.1767 kg CO2eq/kg	0.1894 kg CO2eq/kg	4

Countries ranked near Americas

9 Cabo Verde 5.72 kg CO2eq/kg compare
10 Guadeloupe 5.25 kg CO2eq/kg compare
11 Papua New Guinea 4.47 kg CO2eq/kg compare
12 Iceland 2.56 kg CO2eq/kg compare
13 Qatar 2.27 kg CO2eq/kg compare
14 Maldives 1.71 kg CO2eq/kg compare
15 United Arab Emirates 1.68 kg CO2eq/kg compare

See the full ranking of 222 places →

More climate change data for Americas

Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 1.51 million kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 342,967 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 1.17 million kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 1,294 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 41,659 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 273,211 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 222,184 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 51,028 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 838.43 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 1,822 kt (2050)

All data for Americas →

Frequently asked questions

What is cereals excluding rice — emissions intensity in Americas?: Cereals excluding rice — emissions intensity in Americas was 0.1767 kg CO2eq/kg in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals excluding rice — emissions intensity recorded in Americas?: The highest recorded value was 0.2387 kg CO2eq/kg in 1988.
What is the lowest cereals excluding rice — emissions intensity recorded in Americas?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1423 kg CO2eq/kg in 1961.
How does Americas rank for cereals excluding rice — emissions intensity?: Americas ranks 12th out of 33 groups with data for 2023.
Is cereals excluding rice — emissions intensity rising or falling in Americas?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Americas data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals excluding rice — Emissions intensity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Cereals excluding rice — Emissions intensity
Unit: kg CO2eq/kg
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 222 places, 12,381 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 13 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat, milk, eggs), by country, with global coverage.