Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) in Australia
Australia: Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) was 0.0488 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Emissions in Australia, 1990–2023
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 60th of 209 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.
Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) in Australia, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0273 kt | — |
| 1991 | 0.0276 kt | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.027 kt | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0269 kt | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0271 kt | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0282 kt | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0306 kt | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 0.031 kt | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0314 kt | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0319 kt | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0327 kt | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0334 kt | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0529 kt | +58.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0585 kt | +10.6% |
| 2004 | 0.059 kt | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0594 kt | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0597 kt | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0627 kt | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0802 kt | +27.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0647 kt | -19.4% |
| 2010 | 0.064 kt | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0468 kt | -26.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0465 kt | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0479 kt | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0489 kt | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.053 kt | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0517 kt | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0517 kt | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0526 kt | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0513 kt | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0506 kt | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0476 kt | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0486 kt | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0488 kt | +0.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.0488 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0127 kt, 3.8× the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.0488 kt is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0011 kt, 42.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) in Australia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +58.3% | 0.0334 kt | 0.0529 kt |
| 2011 | -26.9% | 0.064 kt | 0.0468 kt |
| 2008 | +27.8% | 0.0627 kt | 0.0802 kt |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More climate change data for Australia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.30 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 118,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,162 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 84,416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,473 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,507 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.38 kt (2050)
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 60th out of 209 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
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.