Solid Food Waste — Emissions in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Solid Food Waste — Emissions was 8,108 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Solid Food Waste — Emissions in Eastern Asia, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for solid food waste — emissions in Eastern Asia is 8,108 kt, measured 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 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, solid food waste — emissions in Eastern Asia peaked at 8,108 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,172 kt, in 1990.
That places Eastern Asia 4th out of 34 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,728 kt | 6,172 kt | 7,139 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,412 kt | 7,196 kt | 7,629 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,863 kt | 7,677 kt | 8,013 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,074 kt | 8,037 kt | 8,108 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
More climate change data for Eastern Asia
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 650,555 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 205,086 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 445,468 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 773.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 15,910 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 363,511 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 206,758 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 156,753 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 780.22 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 5,598 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is solid food waste — emissions in Eastern Asia?
- Solid food waste — emissions in Eastern Asia was 8,108 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest solid food waste — emissions recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,108 kt in 2023.
- What is the lowest solid food waste — emissions recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,172 kt in 1990.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for solid food waste — emissions?
- Eastern Asia ranks 4th out of 34 groups with data for 2023.
- Is solid food waste — emissions rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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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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.