Food Retail — Emissions in China
China: Food Retail — Emissions was 0.0878 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Emissions in China, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food retail — emissions in China is 0.0878 kt, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 18.1% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in China peaked at 0.1071 kt in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0201 kt, in 1990.
That places China 36th out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Retail — Emissions in China, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0201 kt | — |
| 1991 | 0.0279 kt | +38.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0249 kt | -10.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0299 kt | +19.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0297 kt | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0298 kt | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0356 kt | +19.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0366 kt | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0424 kt | +15.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0482 kt | +13.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0542 kt | +12.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0616 kt | +13.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0633 kt | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0714 kt | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0734 kt | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0754 kt | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0853 kt | +13.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0882 kt | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0893 kt | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0892 kt | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0825 kt | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0895 kt | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0826 kt | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0836 kt | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0836 kt | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0925 kt | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0915 kt | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0902 kt | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.091 kt | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0928 kt | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0887 kt | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0888 kt | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.1071 kt | +20.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0878 kt | -18.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0.0878 kt is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.01 kt, 8.8× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- China's 0.0878 kt is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0011 kt, 76.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0325 kt | 0.0201 kt | 0.0482 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0751 kt | 0.0542 kt | 0.0893 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.088 kt | 0.0825 kt | 0.0928 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0931 kt | 0.0878 kt | 0.1071 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
More climate change data for China
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 31.25 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 604,831 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 191,478 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 413,353 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 722.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 14,763 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 342,069 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 200,605 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 141,464 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 757 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — emissions in China?
- Food retail — emissions in China was 0.0878 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1071 kt in 2022.
- What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0201 kt in 1990.
- How does China rank for food retail — emissions?
- China ranks 36th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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 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.