Food Packaging — Emissions in Italy

Italy: Food Packaging — Emissions was 0.016 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.016 kt
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
21st
of 120 countries
All-time high
0.0362 kt
in 2004
All-time low
0.016 kt
in 2020
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Packaging — Emissions in Italy, 1990–2023

00.010.020.030.041990200620231990: 0.028 kt1991: 0.028 kt1992: 0.027 kt1993: 0.024 kt1994: 0.025 kt1995: 0.028 kt1996: 0.027 kt1997: 0.031 kt1998: 0.024 kt1999: 0.028 kt2000: 0.029 kt2001: 0.029 kt2002: 0.031 kt2003: 0.031 kt2004: 0.036 kt2005: 0.034 kt2006: 0.033 kt2007: 0.033 kt2008: 0.029 kt2009: 0.028 kt2010: 0.026 kt2011: 0.027 kt2012: 0.025 kt2013: 0.022 kt2014: 0.023 kt2015: 0.024 kt2016: 0.021 kt2017: 0.021 kt2018: 0.018 kt2019: 0.017 kt2020: 0.016 kt2021: 0.017 kt2022: 0.016 kt2023: 0.016 kt

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for food packaging — emissions in Italy is 0.016 kt, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 28.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food packaging — emissions in Italy peaked at 0.0362 kt in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.016 kt, in 2020.

Italy ranks 21st of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Food Packaging — Emissions in Italy, year by year

Annual values for Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O) in Italy, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.0283 kt
1991 0.0275 kt -2.8%
1992 0.0274 kt -0.4%
1993 0.0243 kt -11.3%
1994 0.0251 kt +3.3%
1995 0.0283 kt +12.7%
1996 0.027 kt -4.6%
1997 0.0311 kt +15.2%
1998 0.0244 kt -21.5%
1999 0.028 kt +14.8%
2000 0.0287 kt +2.5%
2001 0.0292 kt +1.7%
2002 0.0308 kt +5.5%
2003 0.0312 kt +1.3%
2004 0.0362 kt +16.0%
2005 0.0335 kt -7.5%
2006 0.033 kt -1.5%
2007 0.0333 kt +0.9%
2008 0.0294 kt -11.7%
2009 0.0277 kt -5.8%
2010 0.0261 kt -5.8%
2011 0.0269 kt +3.1%
2012 0.0255 kt -5.2%
2013 0.0223 kt -12.5%
2014 0.0228 kt +2.2%
2015 0.0235 kt +3.1%
2016 0.0211 kt -10.2%
2017 0.0205 kt -2.8%
2018 0.0184 kt -10.2%
2019 0.0165 kt -10.3%
2020 0.016 kt -3.0%
2021 0.0171 kt +6.9%
2022 0.016 kt -6.4%
2023 0.016 kt +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0271 kt 0.0243 kt 0.0311 kt 10
2000s 0.0313 kt 0.0277 kt 0.0362 kt 10
2010s 0.0224 kt 0.0165 kt 0.0269 kt 10
2020s 0.0163 kt 0.016 kt 0.0171 kt 4

Countries ranked near Italy

  1. 18 Indonesia 0.0206 kt compare
  2. 18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0206 kt compare
  3. 20 Chile 0.0164 kt compare
  4. 22 France 0.0113 kt compare
  5. 23 Mexico 0.0106 kt compare
  6. 24 Finland 0.0101 kt compare

See the full ranking of 167 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is food packaging — emissions in Italy?
Food packaging — emissions in Italy was 0.016 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food packaging — emissions recorded in Italy?
The highest recorded value was 0.0362 kt in 2004.
What is the lowest food packaging — emissions recorded in Italy?
The lowest recorded value was 0.016 kt in 2020.
How does Italy rank for food packaging — emissions?
Italy ranks 21st out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
Is food packaging — emissions rising or falling in Italy?
Over the last ten years it is down 28.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Italy 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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Indicator
Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O)
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
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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