Food Household Consumption — Emissions in European Union (27)

European Union (27): Food Household Consumption — Emissions was 6.97 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
6.97 kt
Change on year
down 2.1%
Rank
8th
of 32 groups
All-time high
13.09 kt
in 1993
All-time low
6.97 kt
in 2023
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Household Consumption — Emissions in European Union (27), 1990–2023

0510151990200620231990: 9.4 kt1991: 12.5 kt1992: 12.3 kt1993: 13.1 kt1994: 11.5 kt1995: 11.4 kt1996: 11.6 kt1997: 10.7 kt1998: 9.2 kt1999: 9.4 kt2000: 8.3 kt2001: 8.9 kt2002: 9.4 kt2003: 9.2 kt2004: 9.1 kt2005: 9.9 kt2006: 10.3 kt2007: 9.9 kt2008: 10.1 kt2009: 10.2 kt2010: 11 kt2011: 9.8 kt2012: 10.2 kt2013: 10 kt2014: 9.2 kt2015: 9.1 kt2016: 9.5 kt2017: 9.3 kt2018: 9.2 kt2019: 8.2 kt2020: 8.4 kt2021: 8.3 kt2022: 7.1 kt2023: 7 kt

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

Analysis

European Union (27) recorded 6.97 kt for food household consumption — emissions in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.

The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 30.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food household consumption — emissions in European Union (27) peaked at 13.09 kt in 1993 and was at its lowest, 6.97 kt, in 2023.

European Union (27) ranks 8th of 32 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Food Household Consumption — Emissions in European Union (27), year by year

Annual values for Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4) in European Union (27), 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 9.36 kt
1991 12.53 kt +33.9%
1992 12.32 kt -1.7%
1993 13.09 kt +6.2%
1994 11.45 kt -12.5%
1995 11.43 kt -0.2%
1996 11.59 kt +1.4%
1997 10.68 kt -7.9%
1998 9.19 kt -14.0%
1999 9.36 kt +1.8%
2000 8.29 kt -11.4%
2001 8.92 kt +7.7%
2002 9.35 kt +4.8%
2003 9.24 kt -1.2%
2004 9.1 kt -1.6%
2005 9.85 kt +8.3%
2006 10.28 kt +4.3%
2007 9.86 kt -4.1%
2008 10.09 kt +2.4%
2009 10.19 kt +1.0%
2010 11.02 kt +8.2%
2011 9.85 kt -10.7%
2012 10.16 kt +3.1%
2013 10.01 kt -1.5%
2014 9.21 kt -7.9%
2015 9.14 kt -0.8%
2016 9.55 kt +4.4%
2017 9.34 kt -2.2%
2018 9.2 kt -1.4%
2019 8.24 kt -10.4%
2020 8.37 kt +1.5%
2021 8.35 kt -0.2%
2022 7.13 kt -14.6%
2023 6.97 kt -2.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 11.1 kt 9.19 kt 13.09 kt 10
2000s 9.52 kt 8.29 kt 10.28 kt 10
2010s 9.57 kt 8.24 kt 11.02 kt 10
2020s 7.7 kt 6.97 kt 8.37 kt 4

Countries ranked near European Union (27)

  1. 5 India 4.66 kt compare
  2. 6 Kazakhstan 3.92 kt compare
  3. 6 Türkiye 0.5828 kt compare
  4. 7 Poland 3.54 kt compare
  5. 8 Indonesia 2.72 kt compare
  6. 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.1565 kt compare
  7. 9 Algeria 1.96 kt compare
  8. 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.1079 kt compare
  9. 10 South Africa 1.79 kt compare
  10. 11 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0801 kt compare
  11. 11 Thailand 1.58 kt compare

See the full ranking of 254 places →

More climate change data for European Union (27)

All data for European Union (27) →

Frequently asked questions

What is food household consumption — emissions in European Union (27)?
Food household consumption — emissions in European Union (27) was 6.97 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food household consumption — emissions recorded in European Union (27)?
The highest recorded value was 13.09 kt in 1993.
What is the lowest food household consumption — emissions recorded in European Union (27)?
The lowest recorded value was 6.97 kt in 2023.
How does European Union (27) rank for food household consumption — emissions?
European Union (27) ranks 8th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
Is food household consumption — emissions rising or falling in European Union (27)?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this European Union (27) data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4). 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

Food Household Consumption — Emissions in European Union (27). Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/food-household-consumption-emissions-ch4-fao-tier-1/european-union-27/

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/food-household-consumption-emissions-ch4-fao-tier-1/european-union-27/">Food Household Consumption — Emissions in European Union (27)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
254 places, 8,241 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood 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). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf