Food Retail — Emissions in United States
United States: Food Retail — Emissions was 1 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Retail — Emissions in United States, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food retail — emissions in United States is 1 kt, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in United States peaked at 1.4 kt in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.9334 kt, in 1992.
United States ranks 4th of 222 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Food Retail — Emissions in United States, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.9951 kt | — |
| 1991 | 0.9968 kt | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.9334 kt | -6.4% |
| 1993 | 1.03 kt | +10.8% |
| 1994 | 1.05 kt | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 1.07 kt | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 1.12 kt | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 1.11 kt | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 1.12 kt | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 1.15 kt | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 1.21 kt | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 1.22 kt | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 1.29 kt | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 1.36 kt | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 1.4 kt | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 1.39 kt | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 1.08 kt | -22.0% |
| 2007 | 1.4 kt | +29.2% |
| 2008 | 1.13 kt | -19.1% |
| 2009 | 1.12 kt | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 1.08 kt | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 1.05 kt | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9725 kt | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 1.01 kt | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 1.06 kt | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 1.05 kt | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.04 kt | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.04 kt | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.08 kt | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 1.05 kt | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9962 kt | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 1.01 kt | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.01 kt | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1 kt | -0.4% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 1 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0162 kt, 61.9× the median. (65 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Retail — Emissions in United States 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +29.2% | 1.08 kt | 1.4 kt |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.06 kt | 0.9334 kt | 1.15 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.26 kt | 1.08 kt | 1.4 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 kt | 0.9725 kt | 1.08 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 kt | 0.9962 kt | 1.01 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near United States
More climate change data for United States
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 274,482 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60,922 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 213,560 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 229.89 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 7,627 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 107,381 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 89,068 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 18,313 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 336.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 654.05 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — emissions in United States?
- Food retail — emissions in United States was 1 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4 kt in 2007.
- What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9334 kt in 1992.
- How does United States rank for food retail — emissions?
- United States ranks 4th out of 222 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States 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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About this data
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