Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4) (Food CH4) in Australia
Australia: Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4) (Food CH4) was 0.2053 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Household Consumption — Emissions in Australia, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.2053 kt for food household consumption — emissions in 2023.
The figure is down 4.0% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food household consumption — emissions in Australia peaked at 0.2536 kt in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.1243 kt, in 1990.
That places Australia 41st out of 227 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.
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4) (Food CH4) in Australia, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.1243 kt | — |
| 1991 | 0.126 kt | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.1257 kt | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.1307 kt | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 0.1295 kt | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.137 kt | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 0.1413 kt | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 0.1448 kt | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.1491 kt | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.1506 kt | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1538 kt | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.1569 kt | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1995 kt | +27.2% |
| 2003 | 0.204 kt | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.206 kt | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2043 kt | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.2044 kt | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.2121 kt | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 0.2536 kt | +19.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2251 kt | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 0.228 kt | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1903 kt | -16.5% |
| 2012 | 0.1898 kt | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.1929 kt | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.1926 kt | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1918 kt | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.1955 kt | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.1987 kt | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.1974 kt | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.2022 kt | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 0.2113 kt | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.2154 kt | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.2137 kt | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.2053 kt | -4.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.2053 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0186 kt, 11.0× the median. (69 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.2053 kt is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0007 kt, 284.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4) (Food CH4) in Australia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +27.2% | 0.1569 kt | 0.1995 kt |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1359 kt | 0.1243 kt | 0.1506 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.202 kt | 0.1538 kt | 0.2536 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1979 kt | 0.1898 kt | 0.228 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2114 kt | 0.2053 kt | 0.2154 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More climate change data for Australia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.30 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 118,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,162 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 84,416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,473 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,507 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.38 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food household consumption — emissions in Australia?
- Food household consumption — emissions in Australia was 0.2053 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food household consumption — emissions recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2536 kt in 2008.
- What is the lowest food household consumption — emissions recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1243 kt in 1990.
- How does Australia rank for food household consumption — emissions?
- Australia ranks 41st out of 227 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food household consumption — emissions rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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 Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.