Food Packaging — Emissions in Americas
Americas: Food Packaging — Emissions was 35,407 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Packaging — Emissions in Americas, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food packaging — emissions in Americas is 35,407 kt, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — emissions in Americas peaked at 61,112 kt in 1997 and was at its lowest, 31,943 kt, in 2020.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50,910 kt | 41,837 kt | 61,112 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,650 kt | 36,624 kt | 53,465 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,927 kt | 32,457 kt | 37,888 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,420 kt | 31,943 kt | 35,570 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 China (People’s Republic of) 95,897 kt compare
- 2 China, mainland 92,446 kt compare
- 3 OECD 69,267 kt compare
- 4 Russian Federation 12,362 kt compare
- 5 Japan 7,223 kt compare
- 6 Germany 5,271 kt compare
- 7 Brazil 5,251 kt compare
More climate change data for Americas
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.51 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 342,967 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1.17 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,294 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 41,659 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 273,211 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 222,184 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 51,028 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 838.43 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1,822 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — emissions in Americas?
- Food packaging — emissions in Americas was 35,407 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — emissions recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 61,112 kt in 1997.
- What is the lowest food packaging — emissions recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,943 kt in 2020.
- How does Americas rank for food packaging — emissions?
- Americas ranks 4th out of 12 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — emissions rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2). 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).
About this data
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