Food Processing — Emissions in World
World: Food Processing — Emissions was 464,322 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Emissions in World, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
World recorded 464,322 kt for food processing — emissions in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — emissions in World peaked at 505,273 kt in 2013 and was at its lowest, 203,415 kt, in 1990.
World ranks 1st of 32 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Processing — Emissions in World, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 203,415 kt | — |
| 1991 | 233,063 kt | +14.6% |
| 1992 | 252,029 kt | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 266,639 kt | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 257,674 kt | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 307,009 kt | +19.1% |
| 1996 | 315,654 kt | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 322,796 kt | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 315,326 kt | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 315,320 kt | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 404,407 kt | +28.3% |
| 2001 | 419,173 kt | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 415,544 kt | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 420,992 kt | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 444,622 kt | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 456,714 kt | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 468,467 kt | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 489,252 kt | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 504,727 kt | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 485,293 kt | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 498,039 kt | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 499,679 kt | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 488,531 kt | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 505,273 kt | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 496,413 kt | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 476,792 kt | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 483,357 kt | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 460,079 kt | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 451,472 kt | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 434,848 kt | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 440,972 kt | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 460,354 kt | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 459,445 kt | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 464,322 kt | +1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Processing — Emissions in World changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +28.3% | 315,320 kt | 404,407 kt |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 278,892 kt | 203,415 kt | 322,796 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 450,919 kt | 404,407 kt | 504,727 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 479,448 kt | 434,848 kt | 505,273 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 456,273 kt | 440,972 kt | 464,322 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 OECD 257,009 kt compare
- 2 China 84,975 kt compare
- 2 Türkiye 12,029 kt compare
- 3 China, mainland 81,150 kt compare
- 4 Russian Federation 27,566 kt compare
More climate change data for World
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 135.91 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4.94 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1.27 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3.67 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4,791 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 130,918 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.64 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 957,726 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 685,096 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3,614 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — emissions in World?
- Food processing — emissions in World was 464,322 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — emissions recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 505,273 kt in 2013.
- What is the lowest food processing — emissions recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 203,415 kt in 1990.
- How does World rank for food processing — emissions?
- World ranks 1st out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — emissions rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Processing — Emissions (CO2). 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.