Food Retail — Emissions in Australia

Australia: Food Retail — Emissions was 0.0488 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.0488 kt
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
59th
of 206 countries
All-time high
0.0802 kt
in 2008
All-time low
0.0269 kt
in 1993
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Retail — Emissions in Australia, 1990–2023

0.020.040.060.081990200620231990: 0.027 kt1991: 0.028 kt1992: 0.027 kt1993: 0.027 kt1994: 0.027 kt1995: 0.028 kt1996: 0.031 kt1997: 0.031 kt1998: 0.031 kt1999: 0.032 kt2000: 0.033 kt2001: 0.033 kt2002: 0.053 kt2003: 0.058 kt2004: 0.059 kt2005: 0.059 kt2006: 0.06 kt2007: 0.063 kt2008: 0.08 kt2009: 0.065 kt2010: 0.064 kt2011: 0.047 kt2012: 0.047 kt2013: 0.048 kt2014: 0.049 kt2015: 0.053 kt2016: 0.052 kt2017: 0.052 kt2018: 0.053 kt2019: 0.051 kt2020: 0.051 kt2021: 0.048 kt2022: 0.049 kt2023: 0.049 kt

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

Analysis

Australia recorded 0.0488 kt for food retail — emissions in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Australia peaked at 0.0802 kt in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0269 kt, in 1993.

Australia ranks 59th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0289 kt 0.0269 kt 0.0319 kt 10
2000s 0.0563 kt 0.0327 kt 0.0802 kt 10
2010s 0.0514 kt 0.0465 kt 0.064 kt 10
2020s 0.0489 kt 0.0476 kt 0.0506 kt 4

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 56 Australia and New Zealand 0.0553 kt compare
  2. 57 Belgium 0.0537 kt compare
  3. 58 Sweden 0.0529 kt compare
  4. 60 Oman 0.0486 kt compare
  5. 61 Singapore 0.0482 kt compare
  6. 62 Mexico 0.047 kt compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is food retail — emissions in Australia?
Food retail — emissions in Australia was 0.0488 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 0.0802 kt in 2008.
What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0269 kt in 1993.
How does Australia rank for food retail — emissions?
Australia ranks 59th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Australia 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

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
243 places, 7,524 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.