Food Transport — Emissions in Iraq

Iraq: Food Transport — Emissions was 1.06 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1.06 kt
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
28th
of 213 countries
All-time high
1.06 kt
in 2022
All-time low
0.3824 kt
in 1991
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Transport — Emissions in Iraq, 1990–2023

00.250.50.7511990200620231990: 0.476 kt1991: 0.382 kt1992: 0.493 kt1993: 0.5 kt1994: 0.502 kt1995: 0.512 kt1996: 0.446 kt1997: 0.451 kt1998: 0.43 kt1999: 0.437 kt2000: 0.469 kt2001: 0.507 kt2002: 0.513 kt2003: 0.423 kt2004: 0.495 kt2005: 0.803 kt2006: 0.596 kt2007: 0.469 kt2008: 0.571 kt2009: 0.599 kt2010: 0.698 kt2011: 0.744 kt2012: 0.801 kt2013: 0.777 kt2014: 0.633 kt2015: 0.604 kt2016: 0.626 kt2017: 0.711 kt2018: 0.809 kt2019: 0.849 kt2020: 0.696 kt2021: 0.915 kt2022: 1.1 kt2023: 1.1 kt

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

Analysis

Iraq recorded 1.06 kt for food transport — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

That represents a change of up 36.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food transport — emissions in Iraq peaked at 1.06 kt in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3824 kt, in 1991.

Iraq ranks 28th of 213 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Food Transport — Emissions in Iraq, year by year

Annual values for Food Transport — Emissions (CH4) in Iraq, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.4763 kt —
1991 0.3824 kt -19.7%
1992 0.493 kt +28.9%
1993 0.4996 kt +1.4%
1994 0.5023 kt +0.5%
1995 0.512 kt +1.9%
1996 0.4464 kt -12.8%
1997 0.4507 kt +1.0%
1998 0.4297 kt -4.7%
1999 0.4365 kt +1.6%
2000 0.469 kt +7.5%
2001 0.5072 kt +8.1%
2002 0.5127 kt +1.1%
2003 0.4226 kt -17.6%
2004 0.4955 kt +17.2%
2005 0.8031 kt +62.1%
2006 0.5956 kt -25.8%
2007 0.4693 kt -21.2%
2008 0.5711 kt +21.7%
2009 0.5995 kt +5.0%
2010 0.6977 kt +16.4%
2011 0.7444 kt +6.7%
2012 0.801 kt +7.6%
2013 0.7774 kt -2.9%
2014 0.6326 kt -18.6%
2015 0.6042 kt -4.5%
2016 0.626 kt +3.6%
2017 0.7107 kt +13.5%
2018 0.8091 kt +13.8%
2019 0.8491 kt +4.9%
2020 0.6961 kt -18.0%
2021 0.9154 kt +31.5%
2022 1.06 kt +15.7%
2023 1.06 kt +0.0%

Iraq compared with similar countries

  • Iraq's 1.06 kt is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1593 kt, 6.7× the median. (52 countries reporting)
  • Iraq's 1.06 kt is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2454 kt, 4.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Food Transport — Emissions in Iraq 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
2005 +62.1% 0.4955 kt 0.8031 kt

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4629 kt 0.3824 kt 0.512 kt 10
2000s 0.5446 kt 0.4226 kt 0.8031 kt 10
2010s 0.7252 kt 0.6042 kt 0.8491 kt 10
2020s 0.9325 kt 0.6961 kt 1.06 kt 4

Countries ranked near Iraq

  1. 25 Egypt 1.25 kt compare
  2. 26 Colombia 1.09 kt compare
  3. 27 Algeria 1.06 kt compare
  4. 29 China, Taiwan Province of 1.05 kt compare
  5. 30 Poland 1.03 kt compare
  6. 31 United Arab Emirates 1.01 kt compare
  7. 31 Caribbean 0.4897 kt compare

See the full ranking of 267 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is food transport — emissions in Iraq?
Food transport — emissions in Iraq was 1.06 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food transport — emissions recorded in Iraq?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 kt in 2022.
What is the lowest food transport — emissions recorded in Iraq?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3824 kt in 1991.
How does Iraq rank for food transport — emissions?
Iraq ranks 28th out of 213 countries with data for 2023.
Is food transport — emissions rising or falling in Iraq?
Over the last ten years it is up 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iraq data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Transport — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Food Transport — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 8,686 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.