Food Retail — Emissions in Germany

Germany: Food Retail — Emissions was 9,187 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
9,187 kt
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
6th
of 206 countries
All-time high
15,669 kt
in 2006
All-time low
9,187 kt
in 2023
Years of data
33
1991–2023

Food Retail — Emissions in Germany, 1991–2023

05.0k10.0k15.0k1991200720231991: 14.9k kt1992: 13.9k kt1993: 13.6k kt1994: 12.9k kt1995: 12.6k kt1996: 13.7k kt1997: 12.5k kt1998: 12.1k kt1999: 12.1k kt2000: 12.4k kt2001: 13.2k kt2002: 13.4k kt2003: 15.6k kt2004: 15.1k kt2005: 14.8k kt2006: 15.7k kt2007: 14.3k kt2008: 15.0k kt2009: 14.6k kt2010: 14.9k kt2011: 13.5k kt2012: 14.1k kt2013: 14.6k kt2014: 13.1k kt2015: 13.6k kt2016: 13.3k kt2017: 12.9k kt2018: 11.3k kt2019: 10.0k kt2020: 9.8k kt2021: 10.9k kt2022: 9.2k kt2023: 9.2k kt

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

Analysis

Germany recorded 9,187 kt for food retail — emissions in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 37.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Germany peaked at 15,669 kt in 2006 and was at its lowest, 9,187 kt, in 2023.

Germany ranks 6th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 13,132 kt 12,130 kt 14,857 kt 9
2000s 14,403 kt 12,364 kt 15,669 kt 10
2010s 13,144 kt 10,036 kt 14,944 kt 10
2020s 9,758 kt 9,187 kt 10,876 kt 4

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 3 Russian Federation 14,330 kt compare
  2. 4 Republic of Korea 12,630 kt compare
  3. 5 India 12,518 kt compare
  4. 7 Saudi Arabia 8,503 kt compare
  5. 8 Indonesia 7,372 kt compare
  6. 9 Türkiye 6,941 kt compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is food retail — emissions in Germany?
Food retail — emissions in Germany was 9,187 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Germany?
The highest recorded value was 15,669 kt in 2006.
What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 9,187 kt in 2023.
How does Germany rank for food retail — emissions?
Germany ranks 6th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is down 37.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Germany 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.

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About this data

Indicator
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2)
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.