Food Packaging — Emissions in Northern Europe

Northern Europe: Food Packaging — Emissions was 3,362 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
3,362 kt
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
23rd
of 31 groups
All-time high
6,740 kt
in 2007
All-time low
3,362 kt
in 2023
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Packaging — Emissions in Northern Europe, 1990–2023

02.0k4.0k6.0k1990200620231990: 6.4k kt1991: 6.3k kt1992: 6.6k kt1993: 5.9k kt1994: 6.1k kt1995: 6.0k kt1996: 6.0k kt1997: 5.9k kt1998: 5.8k kt1999: 5.8k kt2000: 5.7k kt2001: 5.9k kt2002: 5.8k kt2003: 6.3k kt2004: 6.0k kt2005: 5.9k kt2006: 6.6k kt2007: 6.7k kt2008: 6.4k kt2009: 5.4k kt2010: 6.1k kt2011: 5.4k kt2012: 5.1k kt2013: 5.0k kt2014: 4.8k kt2015: 4.4k kt2016: 4.1k kt2017: 3.9k kt2018: 3.9k kt2019: 3.6k kt2020: 3.4k kt2021: 3.6k kt2022: 3.4k kt2023: 3.4k kt

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

Analysis

Northern Europe recorded 3,362 kt for food packaging — emissions in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.

That represents a change of down 32.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food packaging — emissions in Northern Europe peaked at 6,740 kt in 2007 and was at its lowest, 3,362 kt, in 2023.

Northern Europe ranks 23rd of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Food Packaging — Emissions in Northern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2) in Northern Europe, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 6,399 kt
1991 6,321 kt -1.2%
1992 6,558 kt +3.7%
1993 5,947 kt -9.3%
1994 6,066 kt +2.0%
1995 6,001 kt -1.1%
1996 5,957 kt -0.7%
1997 5,852 kt -1.8%
1998 5,800 kt -0.9%
1999 5,757 kt -0.7%
2000 5,690 kt -1.2%
2001 5,892 kt +3.5%
2002 5,842 kt -0.9%
2003 6,287 kt +7.6%
2004 5,971 kt -5.0%
2005 5,885 kt -1.4%
2006 6,639 kt +12.8%
2007 6,740 kt +1.5%
2008 6,367 kt -5.5%
2009 5,397 kt -15.2%
2010 6,069 kt +12.5%
2011 5,442 kt -10.3%
2012 5,132 kt -5.7%
2013 5,010 kt -2.4%
2014 4,752 kt -5.2%
2015 4,367 kt -8.1%
2016 4,113 kt -5.8%
2017 3,942 kt -4.2%
2018 3,924 kt -0.5%
2019 3,628 kt -7.5%
2020 3,404 kt -6.2%
2021 3,575 kt +5.0%
2022 3,362 kt -6.0%
2023 3,362 kt +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 6,066 kt 5,757 kt 6,558 kt 10
2000s 6,071 kt 5,397 kt 6,740 kt 10
2010s 4,638 kt 3,628 kt 6,069 kt 10
2020s 3,426 kt 3,362 kt 3,575 kt 4

Countries ranked near Northern Europe

  1. 20 Thailand 1,926 kt compare
  2. 21 Spain 1,926 kt compare
  3. 22 France 1,907 kt compare
  4. 23 Mexico 1,840 kt compare
  5. 24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,770 kt compare
  6. 25 Chile 1,407 kt compare
  7. 26 Uzbekistan 913.55 kt compare

See the full ranking of 167 places →

More climate change data for Northern Europe

All data for Northern Europe →

Frequently asked questions

What is food packaging — emissions in Northern Europe?
Food packaging — emissions in Northern Europe was 3,362 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food packaging — emissions recorded in Northern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 6,740 kt in 2007.
What is the lowest food packaging — emissions recorded in Northern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 3,362 kt in 2023.
How does Northern Europe rank for food packaging — emissions?
Northern Europe ranks 23rd out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
Is food packaging — emissions rising or falling in Northern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Northern Europe 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).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Food Packaging — Emissions in Northern Europe. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/food-packaging-emissions-co2-fao-tier-1/northern-europe/

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-packaging-emissions-co2-fao-tier-1/northern-europe/">Food Packaging — Emissions in Northern Europe</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
167 places, 5,005 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