Food Packaging — Emissions in Americas
Americas: Food Packaging — Emissions was 0.2529 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Packaging — Emissions in Americas, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
In 2023, food packaging — emissions in Americas stood at 0.2529 kt.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — emissions in Americas peaked at 0.7346 kt in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.2331 kt, in 2020.
That places Americas 6th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6131 kt | 0.5197 kt | 0.7346 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4458 kt | 0.3762 kt | 0.5443 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3098 kt | 0.2455 kt | 0.37 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2481 kt | 0.2331 kt | 0.2532 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 3 OECD 0.5943 kt compare
- 4 Russian Federation 0.0787 kt compare
- 5 Japan 0.0729 kt compare
- 6 South Africa 0.0653 kt compare
- 7 Germany 0.0477 kt compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 0.0456 kt compare
- 9 Australia 0.0451 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 0.2529 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 0.7346 kt in 1991.
- What is the lowest food packaging — emissions recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2331 kt in 2020.
- How does Americas rank for food packaging — emissions?
- Americas ranks 6th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — emissions rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. 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 (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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