Solid Food Waste — Emissions in OECD
OECD: Solid Food Waste — Emissions was 5,209 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Solid Food Waste — Emissions in OECD, 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 OECD is 5,209 kt, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, solid food waste — emissions in OECD peaked at 5,209 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,904 kt, in 1990.
That places OECD 3rd 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 | 4,353 kt | 3,904 kt | 4,678 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,879 kt | 4,724 kt | 5,010 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,106 kt | 5,032 kt | 5,164 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,190 kt | 5,172 kt | 5,209 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near OECD
More climate change data for OECD
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 264,403 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 984,128 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 240,219 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 743,908 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 906.49 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 26,568 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 41,088 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 1,467 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 842.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 223,315 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is solid food waste — emissions in OECD?
- Solid food waste — emissions in OECD was 5,209 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest solid food waste — emissions recorded in OECD?
- The highest recorded value was 5,209 kt in 2023.
- What is the lowest solid food waste — emissions recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,904 kt in 1990.
- How does OECD rank for solid food waste — emissions?
- OECD ranks 3rd out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is solid food waste — emissions rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD 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.