Food Transport — Emissions in Americas
Americas: Food Transport — Emissions was 145,415 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Transport — Emissions in Americas, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Americas recorded 145,415 kt for food transport — emissions in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food transport — emissions in Americas peaked at 147,677 kt in 2018 and was at its lowest, 84,655 kt, in 1990.
Americas ranks 5th of 38 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95,327 kt | 84,655 kt | 107,181 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 119,500 kt | 108,853 kt | 129,333 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 142,628 kt | 132,267 kt | 147,677 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 137,912 kt | 126,106 kt | 145,415 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 2 China 39,042 kt compare
- 3 China, mainland 34,271 kt compare
- 4 Brazil 28,629 kt compare
- 5 Russian Federation 20,918 kt compare
- 6 Japan 19,321 kt compare
- 7 Canada 17,411 kt compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 15,727 kt compare
More climate change data for Americas
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 1.51 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 342,967 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 1.17 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 1,294 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 41,659 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 273,211 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 222,184 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 51,028 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 838.43 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 1,822 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food transport — emissions in Americas?
- Food transport — emissions in Americas was 145,415 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food transport — emissions recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 147,677 kt in 2018.
- What is the lowest food transport — emissions recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 84,655 kt in 1990.
- How does Americas rank for food transport — emissions?
- Americas ranks 5th out of 38 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food transport — emissions rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Transport — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.