Food Retail — Emissions (N2O) in Malawi

Malawi: Food Retail — Emissions (N2O) was 0.0018 kt in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
0.0018 kt
Change on year
up 3.8%
World rank
108th
of 209 countries
All-time high
0.0018 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0.0001 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Retail — Emissions in Malawi, 1990–2023

00.0010.0010.0020.0021990200620231990: 0 kt1991: 0 kt1992: 0 kt1993: 0 kt1994: 0 kt1995: 0 kt1996: 0 kt1997: 0 kt1998: 0 kt1999: 0 kt2000: 0 kt2001: 0 kt2002: 0 kt2003: 0 kt2004: 0 kt2005: 0 kt2006: 0 kt2007: 0 kt2008: 0.001 kt2009: 0.001 kt2010: 0.001 kt2011: 0.001 kt2012: 0.001 kt2013: 0.001 kt2014: 0.001 kt2015: 0.001 kt2016: 0.001 kt2017: 0.001 kt2018: 0.001 kt2019: 0.001 kt2020: 0.002 kt2021: 0.002 kt2022: 0.002 kt2023: 0.002 kt

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

Analysis

Malawi recorded 0.0018 kt for food retail — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 87.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Malawi peaked at 0.0018 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 kt, in 1990.

Malawi ranks 108th of 209 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Food Retail — Emissions (N2O) in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Food Retail — Emissions (N2O) in Malawi, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.0001 kt —
1991 0.0001 kt +13.0%
1992 0.0001 kt -2.5%
1993 0.0001 kt +11.8%
1994 0.0001 kt +7.5%
1995 0.0001 kt +4.2%
1996 0.0002 kt +5.4%
1997 0.0001 kt -4.5%
1998 0.0002 kt +7.3%
1999 0.0002 kt +20.5%
2000 0.0003 kt +35.1%
2001 0.0002 kt -8.8%
2002 0.0002 kt +2.9%
2003 0.0004 kt +70.3%
2004 0.0003 kt -30.5%
2005 0.0003 kt -7.6%
2006 0.0003 kt -1.1%
2007 0.0002 kt -9.4%
2008 0.0008 kt +227.0%
2009 0.0008 kt +2.5%
2010 0.0009 kt +12.5%
2011 0.0009 kt -5.9%
2012 0.0008 kt -2.8%
2013 0.0009 kt +12.5%
2014 0.001 kt +4.8%
2015 0.0009 kt -9.5%
2016 0.0008 kt -10.4%
2017 0.0008 kt -1.3%
2018 0.0012 kt +52.9%
2019 0.0013 kt +7.5%
2020 0.0015 kt +19.8%
2021 0.0016 kt +5.7%
2022 0.0017 kt +3.4%
2023 0.0018 kt +3.8%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 0.0018 kt is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0007 kt, 2.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 0.0018 kt is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0016 kt, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Food Retail — Emissions (N2O) in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2008 +227.0% 0.0002 kt 0.0008 kt

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0001 kt 0.0001 kt 0.0002 kt 10
2000s 0.0004 kt 0.0002 kt 0.0008 kt 10
2010s 0.0009 kt 0.0008 kt 0.0013 kt 10
2020s 0.0017 kt 0.0015 kt 0.0018 kt 4

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 105 Angola 0.0019 kt compare
  2. 106 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.0019 kt compare
  3. 107 Lebanon 0.0018 kt compare
  4. 109 Slovenia 0.0017 kt compare
  5. 110 Croatia 0.0017 kt compare
  6. 111 Cyprus 0.0016 kt compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is food retail — emissions in Malawi?
Food retail — emissions in Malawi was 0.0018 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 0.0018 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 kt in 1990.
How does Malawi rank for food retail — emissions?
Malawi ranks 108th out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 87.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Malawi 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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Indicator
Food Retail — Emissions (N2O)
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
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The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.