Food Packaging — Emissions in Colombia

Colombia: Food Packaging — Emissions was 0.5015 kt in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
0.5015 kt
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
11th
of 120 countries
All-time high
0.5015 kt
in 2022
All-time low
0.0051 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Packaging — Emissions in Colombia, 1990–2023

00.10.20.30.40.51990200620231990: 0.005 kt1991: 0.011 kt1992: 0.027 kt1993: 0.022 kt1994: 0.024 kt1995: 0.1 kt1996: 0.107 kt1997: 0.11 kt1998: 0.113 kt1999: 0.104 kt2000: 0.104 kt2001: 0.103 kt2002: 0.098 kt2003: 0.104 kt2004: 0.09 kt2005: 0.096 kt2006: 0.053 kt2007: 0.085 kt2008: 0.027 kt2009: 0.025 kt2010: 0.024 kt2011: 0.036 kt2012: 0.021 kt2013: 0.127 kt2014: 0.411 kt2015: 0.367 kt2016: 0.348 kt2017: 0.402 kt2018: 0.407 kt2019: 0.384 kt2020: 0.405 kt2021: 0.43 kt2022: 0.501 kt2023: 0.501 kt

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

Analysis

Colombia recorded 0.5015 kt for food packaging — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 295.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food packaging — emissions in Colombia peaked at 0.5015 kt in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0051 kt, in 1990.

That places Colombia 11th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Food Packaging — Emissions in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4) in Colombia, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.0051 kt —
1991 0.0113 kt +122.6%
1992 0.0274 kt +143.0%
1993 0.0222 kt -18.7%
1994 0.0241 kt +8.3%
1995 0.1 kt +315.4%
1996 0.1072 kt +7.1%
1997 0.1102 kt +2.9%
1998 0.1134 kt +2.9%
1999 0.1037 kt -8.5%
2000 0.1043 kt +0.6%
2001 0.1031 kt -1.1%
2002 0.0985 kt -4.5%
2003 0.1041 kt +5.7%
2004 0.0898 kt -13.7%
2005 0.0956 kt +6.5%
2006 0.0535 kt -44.0%
2007 0.0849 kt +58.6%
2008 0.0274 kt -67.7%
2009 0.0252 kt -8.3%
2010 0.0245 kt -2.7%
2011 0.0361 kt +47.7%
2012 0.0212 kt -41.5%
2013 0.1269 kt +500.0%
2014 0.4113 kt +224.1%
2015 0.3674 kt -10.7%
2016 0.3479 kt -5.3%
2017 0.4023 kt +15.6%
2018 0.4065 kt +1.0%
2019 0.3839 kt -5.6%
2020 0.4052 kt +5.5%
2021 0.4297 kt +6.1%
2022 0.5015 kt +16.7%
2023 0.5015 kt +0.0%

Colombia compared with similar countries

  • Colombia's 0.5015 kt is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0056 kt, 89.9× the median. (34 countries reporting)
  • Colombia's 0.5015 kt is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0039 kt, 127.3× the median. (16 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Food Packaging — Emissions in Colombia 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.

YearChange FromTo
2013 +500.0% 0.0212 kt 0.1269 kt
1995 +315.4% 0.0241 kt 0.1 kt
2014 +224.1% 0.1269 kt 0.4113 kt
1992 +143.0% 0.0113 kt 0.0274 kt
1991 +122.6% 0.0051 kt 0.0113 kt

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0625 kt 0.0051 kt 0.1134 kt 10
2000s 0.0786 kt 0.0252 kt 0.1043 kt 10
2010s 0.2528 kt 0.0212 kt 0.4113 kt 10
2020s 0.4595 kt 0.4052 kt 0.5015 kt 4

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 8 Brazil 1.87 kt compare
  2. 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.0033 kt compare
  3. 9 Japan 1.46 kt compare
  4. 10 Kazakhstan 1.18 kt compare
  5. 10 Melanesia 0.0026 kt compare
  6. 11 United Republic of Tanzania 0.0018 kt compare
  7. 12 Republic of Moldova 0.0005 kt compare
  8. 12 Russian Federation 0.5002 kt compare
  9. 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0003 kt compare
  10. 13 Republic of Korea 0.4616 kt compare
  11. 14 France 0.4089 kt compare
  12. 14 Micronesia 0.0002 kt compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is food packaging — emissions in Colombia?
Food packaging — emissions in Colombia was 0.5015 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food packaging — emissions recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 0.5015 kt in 2022.
What is the lowest food packaging — emissions recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0051 kt in 1990.
How does Colombia rank for food packaging — emissions?
Colombia ranks 11th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
Is food packaging — emissions rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is up 295.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Colombia 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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Indicator
Food Packaging — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
168 places, 5,039 data points, 1990–2023
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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.