Food Packaging — Emissions in World
World: Food Packaging — Emissions was 212,609 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Packaging — Emissions in World, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food packaging — emissions in World is 212,609 kt, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — emissions in World peaked at 229,242 kt in 2010 and was at its lowest, 112,249 kt, in 1990.
That places World 1st out of 35 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 131,561 kt | 112,249 kt | 151,052 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 194,545 kt | 165,928 kt | 224,228 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 213,691 kt | 190,169 kt | 229,242 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 203,724 kt | 192,583 kt | 213,848 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 China 95,897 kt compare
- 2 China, mainland 92,446 kt compare
- 3 OECD 69,267 kt compare
- 4 Russian Federation 12,362 kt compare
More climate change data for World
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 4.94 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 1.27 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 3.67 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 4,791 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 130,918 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 1.64 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 957,726 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 685,096 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 3,614 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 24,468 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — emissions in World?
- Food packaging — emissions in World was 212,609 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — emissions recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 229,242 kt in 2010.
- What is the lowest food packaging — emissions recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 112,249 kt in 1990.
- How does World rank for food packaging — emissions?
- World ranks 1st out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — emissions rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.
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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.