Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) in World

World: Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) was 217,320 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
217,320 kt
Change on year
down 0.6%
Rank
1st
of 12 regions
All-time high
234,439 kt
in 2010
All-time low
113,251 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) in World, 1990–2023

050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k1990200620231990: 113.3k kt1991: 128.5k kt1992: 121.8k kt1993: 123.3k kt1994: 120.7k kt1995: 142.3k kt1996: 147.6k kt1997: 152.1k kt1998: 138.2k kt1999: 137.5k kt2000: 167.4k kt2001: 179.2k kt2002: 170.1k kt2003: 178.8k kt2004: 196.2k kt2005: 207.1k kt2006: 208.0k kt2007: 225.6k kt2008: 229.2k kt2009: 221.4k kt2010: 234.4k kt2011: 233.8k kt2012: 221.5k kt2013: 222.7k kt2014: 231.7k kt2015: 218.7k kt2016: 219.7k kt2017: 204.9k kt2018: 203.0k kt2019: 193.9k kt2020: 196.6k kt2021: 199.7k kt2022: 218.6k kt2023: 217.3k kt

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

Analysis

In 2023, food packaging — emissions (co2eq) in World stood at 217,320 kt.

The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food packaging — emissions (co2eq) in World peaked at 234,439 kt in 2010 and was at its lowest, 113,251 kt, in 1990.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 132,534 kt 113,251 kt 152,076 kt 10
2000s 198,300 kt 167,373 kt 229,242 kt 10
2010s 218,454 kt 193,901 kt 234,439 kt 10
2020s 208,021 kt 196,556 kt 218,554 kt 4

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 China (People’s Republic of) 99,753 kt compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 96,234 kt compare
  3. 3 OECD 69,600 kt compare
  4. 4 Russian Federation 12,397 kt compare

See the full ranking of 168 places →

More climate change data for World

All data for World →

Frequently asked questions

What is food packaging — emissions (co2eq) in World?
Food packaging — emissions (co2eq) in World was 217,320 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food packaging — emissions (co2eq) recorded in World?
The highest recorded value was 234,439 kt in 2010.
What is the lowest food packaging — emissions (co2eq) recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 113,251 kt in 1990.
How does World rank for food packaging — emissions (co2eq)?
World ranks 1st out of 12 regions with data for 2023.
Is food packaging — emissions (co2eq) rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. 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 (CO2eq) (AR5). 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 (CO2eq) in World. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/food-packaging-emissions-co2eq-ar5-fao-tier-1/world/

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-co2eq-ar5-fao-tier-1/world/">Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) in World</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
168 places, 5,582 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