Food Packaging — Emissions in China, Taiwan Province of

China, Taiwan Province of: Food Packaging — Emissions was 0.0392 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.0392 kt
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
11th
of 120 countries
All-time high
0.0584 kt
in 2011
All-time low
0.0392 kt
in 2022
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Packaging — Emissions in China, Taiwan Province of, 1990–2023

00.020.040.061990200620231990: 0.043 kt1991: 0.049 kt1992: 0.05 kt1993: 0.05 kt1994: 0.051 kt1995: 0.053 kt1996: 0.057 kt1997: 0.057 kt1998: 0.05 kt1999: 0.048 kt2000: 0.048 kt2001: 0.048 kt2002: 0.052 kt2003: 0.054 kt2004: 0.056 kt2005: 0.056 kt2006: 0.058 kt2007: 0.056 kt2008: 0.053 kt2009: 0.048 kt2010: 0.051 kt2011: 0.058 kt2012: 0.056 kt2013: 0.057 kt2014: 0.051 kt2015: 0.049 kt2016: 0.047 kt2017: 0.045 kt2018: 0.041 kt2019: 0.041 kt2020: 0.041 kt2021: 0.043 kt2022: 0.039 kt2023: 0.039 kt

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

Analysis

China, Taiwan Province of recorded 0.0392 kt for food packaging — emissions in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food packaging — emissions in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 0.0584 kt in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0392 kt, in 2022.

That places China, Taiwan Province of 11th out of 120 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.

Food Packaging — Emissions in China, Taiwan Province of, year by year

Annual values for Food Packaging — Emissions (N2O) in China, Taiwan Province of, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.0428 kt
1991 0.049 kt +14.4%
1992 0.0501 kt +2.3%
1993 0.0498 kt -0.6%
1994 0.0507 kt +1.9%
1995 0.0528 kt +4.2%
1996 0.0573 kt +8.5%
1997 0.0574 kt +0.1%
1998 0.0499 kt -13.0%
1999 0.048 kt -3.8%
2000 0.0477 kt -0.5%
2001 0.0477 kt -0.1%
2002 0.0523 kt +9.6%
2003 0.0539 kt +3.0%
2004 0.0558 kt +3.5%
2005 0.0564 kt +1.1%
2006 0.0577 kt +2.3%
2007 0.0561 kt -2.8%
2008 0.0525 kt -6.4%
2009 0.0484 kt -7.9%
2010 0.0506 kt +4.6%
2011 0.0584 kt +15.4%
2012 0.0559 kt -4.1%
2013 0.0566 kt +1.2%
2014 0.0513 kt -9.4%
2015 0.0489 kt -4.7%
2016 0.0467 kt -4.6%
2017 0.045 kt -3.7%
2018 0.041 kt -8.8%
2019 0.0408 kt -0.6%
2020 0.0409 kt +0.3%
2021 0.0431 kt +5.4%
2022 0.0392 kt -9.2%
2023 0.0392 kt +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0508 kt 0.0428 kt 0.0574 kt 10
2000s 0.0528 kt 0.0477 kt 0.0577 kt 10
2010s 0.0495 kt 0.0408 kt 0.0584 kt 10
2020s 0.0406 kt 0.0392 kt 0.0431 kt 4

Countries ranked near China, Taiwan Province of

  1. 8 Australia and New Zealand 0.0456 kt compare
  2. 9 Australia 0.0451 kt compare
  3. 10 Republic of Korea 0.0429 kt compare
  4. 12 Brazil 0.0362 kt compare
  5. 13 Kazakhstan 0.0314 kt compare
  6. 14 Poland 0.0312 kt compare

See the full ranking of 168 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is food packaging — emissions in China, Taiwan Province of?
Food packaging — emissions in China, Taiwan Province of was 0.0392 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food packaging — emissions recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
The highest recorded value was 0.0584 kt in 2011.
What is the lowest food packaging — emissions recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0392 kt in 2022.
How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for food packaging — emissions?
China, Taiwan Province of ranks 11th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
Is food packaging — emissions rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this China, Taiwan Province of 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
168 places, 5,039 data points, 1990–2023
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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.