Food Retail — Emissions in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Food Retail — Emissions was 0.1973 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.1973 kt
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
21st
of 190 countries
All-time high
0.1973 kt
in 2022
All-time low
0.0905 kt
in 2007
Years of data
18
2006–2023

Food Retail — Emissions in Saudi Arabia, 2006–2023

00.050.10.150.22006201420232006: 0.097 kt2007: 0.09 kt2008: 0.114 kt2009: 0.125 kt2010: 0.145 kt2011: 0.152 kt2012: 0.175 kt2013: 0.178 kt2014: 0.154 kt2015: 0.171 kt2016: 0.17 kt2017: 0.171 kt2018: 0.148 kt2019: 0.136 kt2020: 0.121 kt2021: 0.131 kt2022: 0.197 kt2023: 0.197 kt

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

Analysis

Saudi Arabia recorded 0.1973 kt for food retail — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.

That represents a change of up 10.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.1973 kt in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0905 kt, in 2007.

That places Saudi Arabia 21st out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

Food Retail — Emissions in Saudi Arabia, year by year

Annual values for Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) in Saudi Arabia, 2006 to 2023.
Year kt Change
2006 0.0971 kt
2007 0.0905 kt -6.8%
2008 0.1144 kt +26.4%
2009 0.1247 kt +9.0%
2010 0.1448 kt +16.1%
2011 0.152 kt +5.0%
2012 0.1746 kt +14.9%
2013 0.1783 kt +2.1%
2014 0.1536 kt -13.9%
2015 0.1706 kt +11.1%
2016 0.1703 kt -0.2%
2017 0.1709 kt +0.4%
2018 0.1476 kt -13.6%
2019 0.1364 kt -7.6%
2020 0.1214 kt -11.0%
2021 0.1314 kt +8.2%
2022 0.1973 kt +50.2%
2023 0.1973 kt +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1067 kt 0.0905 kt 0.1247 kt 4
2010s 0.1599 kt 0.1364 kt 0.1783 kt 10
2020s 0.1618 kt 0.1214 kt 0.1973 kt 4

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 18 Gabon 0.2502 kt compare
  2. 19 Argentina 0.2293 kt compare
  3. 20 Sudan 0.2278 kt compare
  4. 22 Burkina Faso 0.1893 kt compare
  5. 23 South Africa 0.1767 kt compare
  6. 24 France 0.1686 kt compare

See the full ranking of 242 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is food retail — emissions in Saudi Arabia?
Food retail — emissions in Saudi Arabia was 0.1973 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 0.1973 kt in 2022.
What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0905 kt in 2007.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for food retail — emissions?
Saudi Arabia ranks 21st out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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