Food Retail — Emissions in Japan

Japan: Food Retail — Emissions was 0.9531 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.9531 kt
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
4th
of 190 countries
All-time high
1.04 kt
in 2013
All-time low
0.4855 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Retail — Emissions in Japan, 1990–2023

00.250.50.7511990200620231990: 0.485 kt1991: 0.509 kt1992: 0.528 kt1993: 0.551 kt1994: 0.572 kt1995: 0.611 kt1996: 0.609 kt1997: 0.636 kt1998: 0.563 kt1999: 0.601 kt2000: 0.61 kt2001: 0.617 kt2002: 0.705 kt2003: 0.7 kt2004: 0.72 kt2005: 0.88 kt2006: 0.71 kt2007: 0.858 kt2008: 0.873 kt2009: 0.839 kt2010: 0.875 kt2011: 1 kt2012: 0.995 kt2013: 1 kt2014: 1 kt2015: 0.995 kt2016: 0.989 kt2017: 1 kt2018: 1 kt2019: 0.991 kt2020: 0.988 kt2021: 1 kt2022: 0.953 kt2023: 0.953 kt

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

Analysis

Japan recorded 0.9531 kt for food retail — emissions in 2023.

That represents a change of down 8.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Japan peaked at 1.04 kt in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.4855 kt, in 1990.

That places Japan 4th out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Food Retail — Emissions in Japan, year by year

Annual values for Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) in Japan, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.4855 kt
1991 0.509 kt +4.8%
1992 0.5281 kt +3.8%
1993 0.5514 kt +4.4%
1994 0.5723 kt +3.8%
1995 0.611 kt +6.8%
1996 0.6089 kt -0.3%
1997 0.6364 kt +4.5%
1998 0.5634 kt -11.5%
1999 0.6007 kt +6.6%
2000 0.6098 kt +1.5%
2001 0.6173 kt +1.2%
2002 0.7052 kt +14.2%
2003 0.7003 kt -0.7%
2004 0.7202 kt +2.8%
2005 0.8805 kt +22.3%
2006 0.7096 kt -19.4%
2007 0.8575 kt +20.8%
2008 0.8727 kt +1.8%
2009 0.8389 kt -3.9%
2010 0.8745 kt +4.2%
2011 1.02 kt +16.8%
2012 0.995 kt -2.6%
2013 1.04 kt +4.5%
2014 1.03 kt -1.4%
2015 0.9949 kt -3.0%
2016 0.9891 kt -0.6%
2017 1.02 kt +2.7%
2018 1.01 kt -1.0%
2019 0.9912 kt -1.4%
2020 0.9878 kt -0.3%
2021 0.9995 kt +1.2%
2022 0.9531 kt -4.6%
2023 0.9531 kt +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5667 kt 0.4855 kt 0.6364 kt 10
2000s 0.7512 kt 0.6098 kt 0.8805 kt 10
2010s 0.9953 kt 0.8745 kt 1.04 kt 10
2020s 0.9734 kt 0.9531 kt 0.9995 kt 4

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 1 OECD 4.6 kt compare
  2. 2 Uganda 1.14 kt compare
  3. 3 Nigeria 1.01 kt compare
  4. 5 Indonesia 0.7567 kt compare
  5. 6 India 0.6308 kt compare
  6. 7 Thailand 0.5302 kt compare

See the full ranking of 242 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is food retail — emissions in Japan?
Food retail — emissions in Japan was 0.9531 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 kt in 2013.
What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4855 kt in 1990.
How does Japan rank for food retail — emissions?
Japan ranks 4th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Retail — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Food Retail — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
242 places, 7,490 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