Food Retail — Emissions in Central America
Central America: Food Retail — Emissions was 3,540 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Emissions in Central America, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Central America recorded 3,540 kt for food retail — emissions in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.8% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Central America peaked at 4,547 kt in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,440 kt, in 1990.
That places Central America 30th out of 33 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Retail — Emissions in Central America, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,440 kt | — |
| 1991 | 1,980 kt | +37.5% |
| 1992 | 2,100 kt | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 2,256 kt | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 2,550 kt | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 2,391 kt | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 2,354 kt | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 2,523 kt | +7.2% |
| 1998 | 2,860 kt | +13.3% |
| 1999 | 2,775 kt | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 3,077 kt | +10.9% |
| 2001 | 3,250 kt | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 3,332 kt | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 3,298 kt | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 3,461 kt | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 3,448 kt | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 3,648 kt | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 3,906 kt | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 3,640 kt | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 3,841 kt | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 3,800 kt | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 3,871 kt | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 4,038 kt | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 4,155 kt | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 4,102 kt | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 4,170 kt | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 4,234 kt | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 4,178 kt | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 4,547 kt | +8.8% |
| 2019 | 4,527 kt | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 3,885 kt | -14.2% |
| 2021 | 3,900 kt | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 3,883 kt | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 3,540 kt | -8.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Retail — Emissions in Central America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +37.5% | 1,440 kt | 1,980 kt |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,323 kt | 1,440 kt | 2,860 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,490 kt | 3,077 kt | 3,906 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,162 kt | 3,800 kt | 4,547 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,802 kt | 3,540 kt | 3,900 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 27 Oman 2,726 kt compare
- 28 Argentina 2,623 kt compare
- 29 Spain 2,537 kt compare
- 30 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2,361 kt compare
- 31 China, Taiwan Province of 2,332 kt compare
- 31 Caribbean 2,490 kt compare
- 32 Côte d'Ivoire 439.09 kt compare
- 32 Nigeria 2,306 kt compare
- 33 Cabo Verde 19.61 kt compare
- 33 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,001 kt compare
More climate change data for Central America
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 2.76 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 153,880 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 39,309 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 114,571 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 148.34 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4,092 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 19,754 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 18,504 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,250 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 69.83 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — emissions in Central America?
- Food retail — emissions in Central America was 3,540 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 4,547 kt in 2018.
- What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,440 kt in 1990.
- How does Central America rank for food retail — emissions?
- Central America ranks 30th out of 33 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Retail — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.