Food Retail — Emissions in Southern Asia

Southern Asia: Food Retail — Emissions was 0.9351 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.9351 kt
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
18th
of 32 groups
All-time high
1.07 kt
in 2016
All-time low
0.3064 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Retail — Emissions in Southern Asia, 1990–2023

0.40.60.811990200620231990: 0.306 kt1991: 0.31 kt1992: 0.316 kt1993: 0.317 kt1994: 0.322 kt1995: 0.327 kt1996: 0.375 kt1997: 0.369 kt1998: 0.37 kt1999: 0.371 kt2000: 0.403 kt2001: 0.411 kt2002: 0.417 kt2003: 0.423 kt2004: 0.431 kt2005: 0.405 kt2006: 0.437 kt2007: 0.554 kt2008: 0.543 kt2009: 0.618 kt2010: 0.614 kt2011: 0.609 kt2012: 0.618 kt2013: 0.953 kt2014: 0.974 kt2015: 1 kt2016: 1.1 kt2017: 0.819 kt2018: 0.837 kt2019: 0.869 kt2020: 0.864 kt2021: 0.885 kt2022: 0.935 kt2023: 0.935 kt

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

Analysis

In 2023, food retail — emissions in Southern Asia stood at 0.9351 kt.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Southern Asia peaked at 1.07 kt in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3064 kt, in 1990.

That places Southern Asia 18th 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 Retail — Emissions in Southern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) in Southern Asia, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.3064 kt
1991 0.3099 kt +1.1%
1992 0.3158 kt +1.9%
1993 0.3165 kt +0.2%
1994 0.3215 kt +1.6%
1995 0.3265 kt +1.6%
1996 0.3747 kt +14.8%
1997 0.3689 kt -1.5%
1998 0.3704 kt +0.4%
1999 0.371 kt +0.2%
2000 0.4026 kt +8.5%
2001 0.411 kt +2.1%
2002 0.4167 kt +1.4%
2003 0.4235 kt +1.6%
2004 0.4307 kt +1.7%
2005 0.4047 kt -6.0%
2006 0.4372 kt +8.0%
2007 0.5536 kt +26.6%
2008 0.5431 kt -1.9%
2009 0.6179 kt +13.8%
2010 0.6138 kt -0.7%
2011 0.6094 kt -0.7%
2012 0.6183 kt +1.5%
2013 0.9532 kt +54.2%
2014 0.9743 kt +2.2%
2015 1.03 kt +5.3%
2016 1.07 kt +4.3%
2017 0.8192 kt -23.5%
2018 0.8373 kt +2.2%
2019 0.8687 kt +3.8%
2020 0.8642 kt -0.5%
2021 0.8852 kt +2.4%
2022 0.9348 kt +5.6%
2023 0.9351 kt +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3382 kt 0.3064 kt 0.3747 kt 10
2000s 0.4641 kt 0.4026 kt 0.6179 kt 10
2010s 0.8391 kt 0.6094 kt 1.07 kt 10
2020s 0.9048 kt 0.8642 kt 0.9351 kt 4

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

  1. 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0007 kt compare
  2. 16 Republic of Korea 0.2642 kt compare
  3. 17 Cameroon 0.2579 kt compare
  4. 18 Gabon 0.2502 kt compare
  5. 18 Timor-Leste 0.0002 kt compare
  6. 19 Argentina 0.2293 kt compare
  7. 20 Sudan 0.2278 kt compare
  8. 21 Saudi Arabia 0.1973 kt compare

See the full ranking of 242 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is food retail — emissions in Southern Asia?
Food retail — emissions in Southern Asia was 0.9351 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Southern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 1.07 kt in 2016.
What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Southern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3064 kt in 1990.
How does Southern Asia rank for food retail — emissions?
Southern Asia ranks 18th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Southern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Southern Asia 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