Solid Food Waste — Emissions in India
India: Solid Food Waste — Emissions was 3,808 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Solid Food Waste — Emissions in India, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
In 2023, solid food waste — emissions in India stood at 3,808 kt. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, solid food waste — emissions in India peaked at 3,808 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,040 kt, in 1990.
That places India 4th out of 192 countries 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 | 3,286 kt | 3,040 kt | 3,455 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,558 kt | 3,477 kt | 3,640 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,720 kt | 3,659 kt | 3,772 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,794 kt | 3,779 kt | 3,808 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
More climate change data for India
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 602,760 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 105,678 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 497,082 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 398.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 17,753 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 279,594 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 176,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 103,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 664.21 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 3,699 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is solid food waste — emissions in India?
- Solid food waste — emissions in India was 3,808 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest solid food waste — emissions recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 3,808 kt in 2023.
- What is the lowest solid food waste — emissions recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,040 kt in 1990.
- How does India rank for solid food waste — emissions?
- India ranks 4th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is solid food waste — emissions rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.