Food Retail — Emissions in Africa
Africa: Food Retail — Emissions was 0.5107 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Emissions in Africa, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food retail — emissions in Africa is 0.5107 kt, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 56.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Africa peaked at 0.5107 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1129 kt, in 1992.
Africa ranks 8th of 33 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Retail — Emissions in Africa, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.1189 kt | — |
| 1991 | 0.119 kt | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.1129 kt | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 0.1161 kt | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.1215 kt | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 0.1309 kt | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 0.1389 kt | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 0.144 kt | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 0.1657 kt | +15.1% |
| 1999 | 0.1623 kt | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.1665 kt | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.1696 kt | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.1582 kt | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1678 kt | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 0.1788 kt | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 0.1904 kt | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2085 kt | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2215 kt | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 0.236 kt | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 0.2384 kt | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2697 kt | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 0.2973 kt | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 0.3286 kt | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 0.3262 kt | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.352 kt | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 0.35 kt | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3908 kt | +11.7% |
| 2017 | 0.3789 kt | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.405 kt | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 0.4212 kt | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4215 kt | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.5021 kt | +19.1% |
| 2022 | 0.4865 kt | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.5107 kt | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.133 kt | 0.1129 kt | 0.1657 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1936 kt | 0.1582 kt | 0.2384 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.352 kt | 0.2697 kt | 0.4212 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4802 kt | 0.4215 kt | 0.5107 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 5 Indonesia 0.1334 kt compare
- 6 Russian Federation 0.1259 kt compare
- 7 Germany 0.1197 kt compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.0168 kt compare
- 8 Thailand 0.1152 kt compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.0094 kt compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0062 kt compare
- 9 Uganda 0.1084 kt compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.0057 kt compare
- 10 South Africa 0.1001 kt compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.0019 kt compare
- 11 Poland 0.0772 kt compare
More climate change data for Africa
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 7.12 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 778,093 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 263,963 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 514,131 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 996.09 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 18,362 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 114,526 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60,368 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 54,158 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 227.81 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — emissions in Africa?
- Food retail — emissions in Africa was 0.5107 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5107 kt in 2023.
- What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1129 kt in 1992.
- How does Africa rank for food retail — emissions?
- Africa ranks 8th out of 33 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Retail — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.