Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) in Middle Africa

Middle Africa: Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) was 4,274 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
4,274 kt
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
28th
of 43 regions
All-time high
4,274 kt
in 2022
All-time low
760.04 kt
in 1998
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) in Middle Africa, 1990–2023

1.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k1990200620231990: 1.7k kt1991: 1.8k kt1992: 1.9k kt1993: 1.2k kt1994: 1.3k kt1995: 1.4k kt1996: 1.4k kt1997: 1.5k kt1998: 760 kt1999: 835.1 kt2000: 1.1k kt2001: 1.4k kt2002: 1.1k kt2003: 1.3k kt2004: 1.5k kt2005: 1.7k kt2006: 1.8k kt2007: 1.8k kt2008: 2.1k kt2009: 2.1k kt2010: 2.2k kt2011: 2.2k kt2012: 2.3k kt2013: 2.5k kt2014: 2.7k kt2015: 2.9k kt2016: 3.0k kt2017: 3.1k kt2018: 3.5k kt2019: 3.8k kt2020: 4.0k kt2021: 4.2k kt2022: 4.3k kt2023: 4.3k kt

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

Analysis

Middle Africa recorded 4,274 kt for food retail — emissions (co2eq) in 2023.

The figure is up 69.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food retail — emissions (co2eq) in Middle Africa peaked at 4,274 kt in 2022 and was at its lowest, 760.04 kt, in 1998.

That places Middle Africa 28th out of 43 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1,378 kt 760.04 kt 1,854 kt 10
2000s 1,587 kt 1,114 kt 2,117 kt 10
2010s 2,827 kt 2,159 kt 3,788 kt 10
2020s 4,193 kt 4,027 kt 4,274 kt 4

Countries ranked near Middle Africa

  1. 25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6,714 kt compare
  2. 26 Israel 6,664 kt compare
  3. 27 Poland 5,406 kt compare
  4. 28 Chile 5,332 kt compare
  5. 29 Colombia 4,377 kt compare
  6. 30 Yemen 4,288 kt compare
  7. 31 Haiti 4,158 kt compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is food retail — emissions (co2eq) in Middle Africa?
Food retail — emissions (co2eq) in Middle Africa was 4,274 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food retail — emissions (co2eq) recorded in Middle Africa?
The highest recorded value was 4,274 kt in 2022.
What is the lowest food retail — emissions (co2eq) recorded in Middle Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 760.04 kt in 1998.
How does Middle Africa rank for food retail — emissions (co2eq)?
Middle Africa ranks 28th out of 43 regions with data for 2023.
Is food retail — emissions (co2eq) rising or falling in Middle Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 69.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
256 places, 8,441 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.