Food Packaging — Emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: Food Packaging — Emissions was 0.0784 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Packaging — Emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Latin America and the Caribbean recorded 0.0784 kt for food packaging — emissions in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 38.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 0.0822 kt in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0343 kt, in 1990.
That places Latin America and the Caribbean 13th out of 32 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Packaging — Emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0343 kt | — |
| 1991 | 0.036 kt | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0372 kt | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0411 kt | +10.5% |
| 1994 | 0.044 kt | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0402 kt | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0497 kt | +23.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0497 kt | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0486 kt | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0464 kt | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 0.047 kt | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0459 kt | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0461 kt | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0453 kt | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0426 kt | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0435 kt | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0421 kt | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0538 kt | +27.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0467 kt | -13.1% |
| 2009 | 0.043 kt | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0461 kt | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0481 kt | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0524 kt | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0566 kt | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0475 kt | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0477 kt | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0804 kt | +68.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0797 kt | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0741 kt | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0787 kt | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0796 kt | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0822 kt | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0787 kt | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0784 kt | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0427 kt | 0.0343 kt | 0.0497 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0456 kt | 0.0421 kt | 0.0538 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0611 kt | 0.0461 kt | 0.0804 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0797 kt | 0.0784 kt | 0.0822 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean
- 10 Republic of Korea 0.0429 kt compare
- 11 China, Taiwan Province of 0.0392 kt compare
- 12 Brazil 0.0362 kt compare
- 13 Kazakhstan 0.0314 kt compare
- 14 Poland 0.0312 kt compare
- 15 Canada 0.0311 kt compare
- 16 Thailand 0.0261 kt compare
More climate change data for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 438.84 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.19 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 272,414 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 918,156 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,028 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 32,791 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 116,292 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1,154 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 32,308 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 148,600 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Food packaging — emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean was 0.0784 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — emissions recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0822 kt in 2021.
- What is the lowest food packaging — emissions recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0343 kt in 1990.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for food packaging — emissions?
- Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 13th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — emissions rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean 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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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.