Food Household Consumption — Emissions in United States

United States: Food Household Consumption — Emissions was 0.7963 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.7963 kt
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
4th
of 235 countries
All-time high
1.66 kt
in 2001
All-time low
0.7616 kt
in 2019
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Household Consumption — Emissions in United States, 1990–2023

00.511.51990200620231990: 1.2 kt1991: 1.3 kt1992: 1.3 kt1993: 1.3 kt1994: 1.4 kt1995: 1.4 kt1996: 1.5 kt1997: 1.6 kt1998: 1.6 kt1999: 1.5 kt2000: 1.6 kt2001: 1.7 kt2002: 1.6 kt2003: 1.5 kt2004: 1.4 kt2005: 1.5 kt2006: 1.4 kt2007: 1.4 kt2008: 1.4 kt2009: 1.3 kt2010: 1.3 kt2011: 1.2 kt2012: 1 kt2013: 1.1 kt2014: 1.1 kt2015: 0.952 kt2016: 0.901 kt2017: 0.879 kt2018: 0.829 kt2019: 0.762 kt2020: 0.779 kt2021: 0.784 kt2022: 0.796 kt2023: 0.796 kt

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

Analysis

United States recorded 0.7963 kt for food household consumption — emissions in 2023.

That represents a change of down 24.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food household consumption — emissions in United States peaked at 1.66 kt in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.7616 kt, in 2019.

That places United States 4th out of 235 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Food Household Consumption — Emissions in United States, year by year

Annual values for Food Household Consumption — Emissions (N2O) in United States, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 1.25 kt
1991 1.29 kt +3.4%
1992 1.27 kt -1.8%
1993 1.35 kt +6.2%
1994 1.36 kt +1.2%
1995 1.41 kt +3.2%
1996 1.46 kt +4.0%
1997 1.56 kt +6.8%
1998 1.57 kt +0.5%
1999 1.54 kt -2.0%
2000 1.6 kt +4.1%
2001 1.66 kt +3.8%
2002 1.56 kt -6.1%
2003 1.51 kt -3.0%
2004 1.43 kt -5.7%
2005 1.48 kt +3.7%
2006 1.4 kt -5.3%
2007 1.44 kt +2.5%
2008 1.35 kt -5.9%
2009 1.26 kt -6.8%
2010 1.25 kt -0.4%
2011 1.18 kt -5.9%
2012 1.03 kt -12.6%
2013 1.05 kt +2.0%
2014 1.07 kt +1.9%
2015 0.9516 kt -11.3%
2016 0.9007 kt -5.3%
2017 0.8793 kt -2.4%
2018 0.8289 kt -5.7%
2019 0.7616 kt -8.1%
2020 0.7794 kt +2.3%
2021 0.7845 kt +0.7%
2022 0.7963 kt +1.5%
2023 0.7963 kt +0.0%

United States compared with similar countries

  • United States's 0.7963 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0026 kt, 306.3× the median. (71 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.41 kt 1.25 kt 1.57 kt 10
2000s 1.47 kt 1.26 kt 1.66 kt 10
2010s 0.9915 kt 0.7616 kt 1.25 kt 10
2020s 0.7891 kt 0.7794 kt 0.7963 kt 4

Countries ranked near United States

  1. 1 China 7.18 kt compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 6.95 kt compare
  3. 3 OECD 2.21 kt compare
  4. 5 Indonesia 0.6707 kt compare
  5. 6 India 0.623 kt compare
  6. 7 Viet Nam 0.3404 kt compare
  7. 7 Vietnam 0.3404 kt compare

See the full ranking of 268 places →

More climate change data for United States

All data for United States →

Frequently asked questions

What is food household consumption — emissions in United States?
Food household consumption — emissions in United States was 0.7963 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food household consumption — emissions recorded in United States?
The highest recorded value was 1.66 kt in 2001.
What is the lowest food household consumption — emissions recorded in United States?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7616 kt in 2019.
How does United States rank for food household consumption — emissions?
United States ranks 4th out of 235 countries with data for 2023.
Is food household consumption — emissions rising or falling in United States?
Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United States data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Household Consumption — 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

Food Household Consumption — Emissions in United States. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/food-household-consumption-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/united-states/

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-n2o-fao-tier-1/united-states/">Food Household Consumption — Emissions in United States</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
268 places, 8,688 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