Solid Food Waste — Emissions in United States of America
United States of America: Solid Food Waste — Emissions was 1,487 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Solid Food Waste — Emissions in United States of America, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 1,487 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 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, solid food waste — emissions in United States of America peaked at 1,487 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,358 kt, in 1990.
United States of America ranks 17th of 31 groups on this measure, 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 United States of America, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,358 kt | — |
| 1991 | 1,375 kt | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 1,388 kt | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 1,398 kt | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 1,406 kt | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 1,413 kt | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 1,419 kt | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 1,424 kt | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 1,428 kt | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 1,432 kt | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 1,436 kt | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1,439 kt | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,442 kt | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,445 kt | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,448 kt | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,451 kt | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,453 kt | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,456 kt | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,458 kt | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,460 kt | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,461 kt | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,463 kt | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,465 kt | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,466 kt | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,468 kt | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,470 kt | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,472 kt | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,473 kt | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,475 kt | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,477 kt | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,479 kt | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,481 kt | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,484 kt | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,487 kt | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,404 kt | 1,358 kt | 1,432 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,449 kt | 1,436 kt | 1,460 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,469 kt | 1,461 kt | 1,477 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,483 kt | 1,479 kt | 1,487 kt | 4 |
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More climate change data for United States of America
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 274,482 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60,922 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 213,560 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 229.89 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 7,627 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 107,381 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 89,068 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 18,313 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 336.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 654.05 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is solid food waste — emissions in United States of America?
- Solid food waste — emissions in United States of America was 1,487 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest solid food waste — emissions recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,487 kt in 2023.
- What is the lowest solid food waste — emissions recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,358 kt in 1990.
- How does United States of America rank for solid food waste — emissions?
- United States of America ranks 17th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is solid food waste — emissions rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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.