Food Retail — Emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Food Retail — Emissions was 17,520 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 17,520 kt for food retail — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 17,520 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,941 kt, in 1992.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 9th of 43 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,783 kt | 3,941 kt | 5,894 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,106 kt | 5,863 kt | 8,915 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,460 kt | 10,241 kt | 16,138 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,752 kt | 15,139 kt | 17,520 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
- 6 Germany 9,187 kt compare
- 7 Saudi Arabia 8,503 kt compare
- 8 Indonesia 7,372 kt compare
- 9 South Africa 5,826 kt compare
- 10 Poland, Republic of 4,893 kt compare
- 11 Italy 4,823 kt compare
- 12 Thailand 4,428 kt compare
More climate change data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that) 6.71 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that leaches) 15.1 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers 67.1 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers 88.91 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers 4.27 billion kg (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied 427.00 million kg (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied 1.28 billion kg (2050)
- All Crops — Burning crop residues 137.43 kt (2050)
- All Crops — Burning crop residues 3.56 kt (2050)
- All Crops — Burning crop residues 50.90 million t (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Food retail — emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa was 17,520 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 17,520 kt in 2023.
- What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,941 kt in 1992.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for food retail — emissions?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 9th out of 43 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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
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.