Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita (Food capita) in Australia
Australia: Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita (Food capita) was 0.0002 kt per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita in Australia, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per person.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.0002 kt per person for food packaging — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per capita in Australia peaked at 0.0007 kt per person in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 kt per person, in 2023.
Australia ranks 4th of 119 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita (Food capita) in Australia, year by year
| Year | kt per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0004 kt per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.0004 kt per person | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0004 kt per person | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0004 kt per person | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0004 kt per person | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0004 kt per person | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0004 kt per person | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0004 kt per person | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0005 kt per person | +13.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0005 kt per person | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0005 kt per person | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0005 kt per person | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0005 kt per person | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0004 kt per person | -11.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0005 kt per person | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0005 kt per person | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0004 kt per person | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0005 kt per person | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0005 kt per person | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0006 kt per person | +13.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0007 kt per person | +21.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0003 kt per person | -51.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0002 kt per person | -24.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0002 kt per person | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0002 kt per person | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0002 kt per person | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0002 kt per person | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0002 kt per person | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0002 kt per person | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0002 kt per person | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0002 kt per person | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0002 kt per person | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0002 kt per person | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0002 kt per person | -2.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.0002 kt per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0 kt per person, 5.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.0002 kt per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0 kt per person, 17.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita (Food capita) in Australia 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -51.9% | 0.0007 kt per person | 0.0003 kt per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0004 kt per person | 0.0004 kt per person | 0.0005 kt per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0005 kt per person | 0.0004 kt per person | 0.0006 kt per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0003 kt per person | 0.0002 kt per person | 0.0007 kt per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0002 kt per person | 0.0002 kt per person | 0.0002 kt per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More climate change data for Australia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.30 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 118,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,162 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 84,416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,473 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,507 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.38 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per capita in Australia?
- Food packaging — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per capita in Australia was 0.0002 kt per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest food packaging — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per capita recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0007 kt per person in 2010.
- What is the lowest food packaging — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per capita recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 kt per person in 2023.
- How does Australia rank for food packaging — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per capita?
- Australia ranks 4th out of 119 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per capita rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.