Food Packaging — Emissions in Australia
Australia: Food Packaging — Emissions was 0.376 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Packaging — Emissions in Australia, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food packaging — emissions in Australia is 0.376 kt, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — emissions in Australia peaked at 0.9605 kt in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2764 kt, in 2012.
Australia ranks 16th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Food Packaging — Emissions in Australia, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.8451 kt | — |
| 1991 | 0.7652 kt | -9.5% |
| 1992 | 0.8418 kt | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 0.8549 kt | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8407 kt | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8042 kt | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 0.7569 kt | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 0.9014 kt | +19.1% |
| 1998 | 0.9452 kt | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9527 kt | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9605 kt | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8195 kt | -14.7% |
| 2002 | 0.5039 kt | -38.5% |
| 2003 | 0.3602 kt | -28.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3775 kt | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 0.3986 kt | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 0.3803 kt | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4317 kt | +13.5% |
| 2008 | 0.5111 kt | +18.4% |
| 2009 | 0.5489 kt | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8619 kt | +57.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3634 kt | -57.8% |
| 2012 | 0.2764 kt | -24.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3099 kt | +12.1% |
| 2014 | 0.3166 kt | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.3027 kt | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3267 kt | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3416 kt | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 0.37 kt | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3637 kt | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.3618 kt | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3642 kt | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.376 kt | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.376 kt | +0.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.376 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.006 kt, 63.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.376 kt is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0182 kt, 20.7× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Packaging — Emissions 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -57.8% | 0.8619 kt | 0.3634 kt |
| 2010 | +57.0% | 0.5489 kt | 0.8619 kt |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8508 kt | 0.7569 kt | 0.9527 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5292 kt | 0.3602 kt | 0.9605 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3833 kt | 0.2764 kt | 0.8619 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3695 kt | 0.3618 kt | 0.376 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0003 kt compare
- 13 Republic of Korea 0.4616 kt compare
- 14 France 0.4089 kt compare
- 14 Micronesia 0.0002 kt compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 0 kt compare
- 15 Australia and New Zealand 0.379 kt compare
- 16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 kt compare
- 17 Canada 0.3463 kt compare
- 18 Germany 0.3408 kt compare
- 19 Thailand 0.3328 kt compare
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 packaging — emissions in Australia?
- Food packaging — emissions in Australia was 0.376 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — emissions recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9605 kt in 2000.
- What is the lowest food packaging — emissions recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2764 kt in 2012.
- How does Australia rank for food packaging — emissions?
- Australia ranks 16th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — emissions rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Packaging — 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.