Food Retail — Emissions in Bhutan

Bhutan: Food Retail — Emissions was 0.0004 kt in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
0.0004 kt
Change on year
up 332.4%
World rank
160th
of 190 countries
All-time high
0.0004 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0 kt
in 1998
Years of data
27
1997–2023

Food Retail — Emissions in Bhutan, 1997–2023

000001997201020231997: 0 kt1998: 0 kt1999: 0 kt2000: 0 kt2001: 0 kt2002: 0 kt2003: 0 kt2004: 0 kt2005: 0 kt2006: 0 kt2007: 0 kt2008: 0 kt2009: 0 kt2010: 0 kt2011: 0 kt2012: 0 kt2013: 0 kt2014: 0 kt2015: 0 kt2016: 0 kt2017: 0 kt2018: 0 kt2019: 0 kt2020: 0 kt2021: 0 kt2022: 0 kt2023: 0 kt

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

Analysis

Bhutan recorded 0.0004 kt for food retail — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 332.4% on the previous year and up 504.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Bhutan peaked at 0.0004 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 kt, in 1998.

That places Bhutan 160th out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Food Retail — Emissions in Bhutan, year by year

Annual values for Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) in Bhutan, 1997 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1997 0 kt —
1998 0 kt -100.0%
1999 0 kt —
2000 0 kt —
2001 0 kt —
2002 0 kt +0.0%
2003 0 kt +0.0%
2004 0 kt +0.0%
2005 0 kt +100.0%
2006 0 kt +50.0%
2007 0 kt +0.0%
2008 0 kt +66.7%
2009 0 kt -20.0%
2010 0 kt +0.0%
2011 0 kt +500.0%
2012 0.0001 kt +212.5%
2013 0.0001 kt -2.7%
2014 0.0001 kt +13.7%
2015 0.0001 kt +9.6%
2016 0.0001 kt +13.2%
2017 0.0001 kt +13.6%
2018 0.0001 kt -16.2%
2019 0.0001 kt +29.6%
2020 0.0001 kt -23.6%
2021 0.0001 kt +4.1%
2022 0.0001 kt +1.0%
2023 0.0004 kt +332.4%

Bhutan compared with similar countries

  • Bhutan's 0.0004 kt is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0098 kt, 5% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
  • Bhutan's 0.0004 kt is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.0101 kt, 4% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Food Retail — Emissions in Bhutan 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.

YearChange FromTo
2011 +500.0% 0 kt 0 kt
2023 +332.4% 0.0001 kt 0.0004 kt
2012 +212.5% 0 kt 0.0001 kt
1998 -100.0% 0 kt 0 kt
2005 +100.0% 0 kt 0 kt

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0 kt 0 kt 0 kt 3
2000s 0 kt 0 kt 0 kt 10
2010s 0.0001 kt 0 kt 0.0001 kt 10
2020s 0.0002 kt 0.0001 kt 0.0004 kt 4

Countries ranked near Bhutan

  1. 157 Grenada 0.0006 kt compare
  2. 158 Fiji 0.0005 kt compare
  3. 159 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0005 kt compare
  4. 161 Eswatini 0.0004 kt compare
  5. 162 Burundi 0.0003 kt compare
  6. 163 Equatorial Guinea 0.0003 kt compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is food retail — emissions in Bhutan?
Food retail — emissions in Bhutan was 0.0004 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Bhutan?
The highest recorded value was 0.0004 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Bhutan?
The lowest recorded value was 0 kt in 1998.
How does Bhutan rank for food retail — emissions?
Bhutan ranks 160th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Bhutan?
Over the last ten years it is up 504.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Bhutan 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
243 places, 7,524 data points, 1990–2023
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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.