Food Packaging — Emissions in Australia
Australia: Food Packaging — Emissions was 0.0451 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Packaging — Emissions in Australia, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.0451 kt for food packaging — emissions in 2023.
That represents a change of down 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — emissions in Australia peaked at 0.1844 kt in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.045 kt, in 2020.
That places Australia 8th out of 133 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.098 kt | 0.0856 kt | 0.1214 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1225 kt | 0.1097 kt | 0.1497 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0697 kt | 0.046 kt | 0.1844 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0451 kt | 0.045 kt | 0.0453 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 5 Japan 0.0729 kt compare
- 6 Germany 0.0477 kt compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 0.0456 kt compare
- 9 Republic of Korea 0.0429 kt compare
- 10 China, Taiwan Province of 0.0392 kt compare
- 11 Brazil 0.0362 kt compare
More climate change data for Australia
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 118,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 34,162 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 84,416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 128.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 3,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 12,473 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 10,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 1,507 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 41.38 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 53.82 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — emissions in Australia?
- Food packaging — emissions in Australia was 0.0451 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — emissions recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1844 kt in 2010.
- What is the lowest food packaging — emissions recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.045 kt in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for food packaging — emissions?
- Australia ranks 8th out of 133 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — emissions rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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 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.