Food Retail — Emissions in Australia
Australia: Food Retail — Emissions was 0.0544 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Emissions in Australia, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.0544 kt for food retail — emissions in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Australia peaked at 0.0702 kt in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.0313 kt, in 1990.
Australia ranks 15th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Retail — Emissions in Australia, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0313 kt | — |
| 1991 | 0.0327 kt | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0338 kt | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0337 kt | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0347 kt | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0371 kt | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0409 kt | +10.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0426 kt | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 0.047 kt | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0474 kt | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0477 kt | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0459 kt | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0557 kt | +21.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0614 kt | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0628 kt | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0644 kt | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0651 kt | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0676 kt | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0702 kt | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0702 kt | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0645 kt | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0612 kt | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0607 kt | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0609 kt | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0574 kt | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0656 kt | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0648 kt | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0644 kt | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0614 kt | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0585 kt | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 0.057 kt | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0537 kt | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0544 kt | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0544 kt | +0.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.0544 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0033 kt, 16.5× the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.0544 kt is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.001 kt, 56.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0381 kt | 0.0313 kt | 0.0474 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0611 kt | 0.0459 kt | 0.0702 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0619 kt | 0.0574 kt | 0.0656 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0549 kt | 0.0537 kt | 0.057 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 12 Nigeria 0.067 kt compare
- 12 Melanesia 0.0016 kt compare
- 13 China 0.0597 kt compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 0.001 kt compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0009 kt compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 0.0557 kt compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 0.0006 kt compare
- 16 Malaysia 0.0533 kt compare
- 16 Polynesia 0.0002 kt compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0527 kt compare
- 17 Micronesia 0.0002 kt compare
- 18 Saudi Arabia 0.0469 kt compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 0.0001 kt compare
More climate change data for Australia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.30 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 118,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,162 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 84,416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,473 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,507 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.38 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — emissions in Australia?
- Food retail — emissions in Australia was 0.0544 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0702 kt in 2009.
- What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0313 kt in 1990.
- How does Australia rank for food retail — emissions?
- Australia ranks 15th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.