Solid Food Waste — Emissions in Cameroon

Cameroon: Solid Food Waste — Emissions was 45.72 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
45.72 kt
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
80th
of 180 countries
All-time high
45.72 kt
in 2023
All-time low
40.8 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Solid Food Waste — Emissions in Cameroon, 1990–2023

010203040501990200620231990: 40.8 kt1991: 41.4 kt1992: 41.9 kt1993: 42.3 kt1994: 42.4 kt1995: 42.6 kt1996: 42.8 kt1997: 42.9 kt1998: 43 kt1999: 43 kt2000: 43.1 kt2001: 43.1 kt2002: 43.2 kt2003: 43.4 kt2004: 43.6 kt2005: 43.7 kt2006: 43.9 kt2007: 44.1 kt2008: 44.3 kt2009: 44.4 kt2010: 44.6 kt2011: 44.7 kt2012: 44.8 kt2013: 44.9 kt2014: 45 kt2015: 45.1 kt2016: 45.1 kt2017: 45.2 kt2018: 45.3 kt2019: 45.4 kt2020: 45.5 kt2021: 45.6 kt2022: 45.6 kt2023: 45.7 kt

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

Analysis

Cameroon recorded 45.72 kt for solid food waste — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, solid food waste — emissions in Cameroon peaked at 45.72 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 40.8 kt, in 1990.

That places Cameroon 80th out of 180 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Solid Food Waste — Emissions in Cameroon, year by year

Annual values for Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) in Cameroon, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 40.8 kt —
1991 41.39 kt +1.4%
1992 41.85 kt +1.1%
1993 42.34 kt +1.2%
1994 42.44 kt +0.2%
1995 42.62 kt +0.4%
1996 42.77 kt +0.3%
1997 42.86 kt +0.2%
1998 42.96 kt +0.2%
1999 43.05 kt +0.2%
2000 43.07 kt +0.1%
2001 43.11 kt +0.1%
2002 43.19 kt +0.2%
2003 43.37 kt +0.4%
2004 43.57 kt +0.5%
2005 43.74 kt +0.4%
2006 43.9 kt +0.4%
2007 44.09 kt +0.4%
2008 44.29 kt +0.5%
2009 44.45 kt +0.4%
2010 44.56 kt +0.3%
2011 44.7 kt +0.3%
2012 44.8 kt +0.2%
2013 44.92 kt +0.3%
2014 45.05 kt +0.3%
2015 45.09 kt +0.1%
2016 45.15 kt +0.1%
2017 45.22 kt +0.2%
2018 45.32 kt +0.2%
2019 45.39 kt +0.2%
2020 45.46 kt +0.1%
2021 45.56 kt +0.2%
2022 45.62 kt +0.1%
2023 45.72 kt +0.2%

Cameroon compared with similar countries

  • Cameroon's 45.72 kt is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 47.44 kt, 96% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
  • Cameroon's 45.72 kt is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 21.4 kt, 2.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 42.31 kt 40.8 kt 43.05 kt 10
2000s 43.68 kt 43.07 kt 44.45 kt 10
2010s 45.02 kt 44.56 kt 45.39 kt 10
2020s 45.59 kt 45.46 kt 45.72 kt 4

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 77 Serbia and Montenegro 46.07 kt compare
  2. 78 Panama 45.87 kt compare
  3. 79 Niger 45.8 kt compare
  4. 81 Costa Rica 45.54 kt compare
  5. 82 Kazakhstan 41.17 kt compare
  6. 83 Portugal 40.26 kt compare

See the full ranking of 226 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is solid food waste — emissions in Cameroon?
Solid food waste — emissions in Cameroon was 45.72 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest solid food waste — emissions recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 45.72 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest solid food waste — emissions recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 40.8 kt in 1990.
How does Cameroon rank for solid food waste — emissions?
Cameroon ranks 80th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
Is solid food waste — emissions rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cameroon data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 7,416 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.