Food Household Consumption — Emissions in Africa
Africa: Food Household Consumption — Emissions was 6.29 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Household Consumption — Emissions in Africa, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Africa recorded 6.29 kt for food household consumption — emissions in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food household consumption — emissions in Africa peaked at 6.78 kt in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.05 kt, in 1990.
Africa ranks 12th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Household Consumption — Emissions in Africa, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.05 kt | — |
| 1991 | 2.14 kt | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 2.1 kt | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 2.7 kt | +28.1% |
| 1994 | 2.64 kt | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 2.53 kt | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 2.43 kt | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 2.57 kt | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 2.65 kt | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 2.68 kt | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 2.55 kt | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 3.09 kt | +21.3% |
| 2002 | 3.59 kt | +15.9% |
| 2003 | 3.88 kt | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 4.45 kt | +14.9% |
| 2005 | 4.77 kt | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 5.15 kt | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 6.05 kt | +17.4% |
| 2008 | 6.49 kt | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 6.42 kt | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 4.26 kt | -33.7% |
| 2011 | 4.76 kt | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 6.14 kt | +29.0% |
| 2013 | 6.4 kt | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 6.6 kt | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 6.42 kt | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 4.07 kt | -36.7% |
| 2017 | 4.33 kt | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 6.78 kt | +56.5% |
| 2019 | 6.41 kt | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 6.26 kt | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 6.28 kt | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 6.28 kt | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 6.29 kt | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Household Consumption — Emissions in Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +56.5% | 4.33 kt | 6.78 kt |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.45 kt | 2.05 kt | 2.7 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.64 kt | 2.55 kt | 6.49 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.61 kt | 4.07 kt | 6.78 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.28 kt | 6.26 kt | 6.29 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 9 Algeria 1.96 kt compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.1079 kt compare
- 10 South Africa 1.79 kt compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0801 kt compare
- 11 Thailand 1.58 kt compare
- 12 Brazil 1.37 kt compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 0.0517 kt compare
- 13 Germany 1.14 kt compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 0.0154 kt compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.011 kt compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.06 kt compare
- 15 Egypt 0.9376 kt compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0056 kt compare
More climate change data for Africa
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 7.12 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 778,093 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 263,963 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 514,131 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 996.09 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 18,362 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 114,526 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60,368 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 54,158 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 227.81 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food household consumption — emissions in Africa?
- Food household consumption — emissions in Africa was 6.29 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food household consumption — emissions recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6.78 kt in 2018.
- What is the lowest food household consumption — emissions recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.05 kt in 1990.
- How does Africa rank for food household consumption — emissions?
- Africa ranks 12th out of 33 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food household consumption — emissions rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa 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.
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About this data
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.