Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) in Kenya
Kenya: Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) was 4,592 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) in Kenya, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 4,592 kt for solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) in Kenya peaked at 4,592 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,907 kt, in 1990.
That places Kenya 31st out of 192 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,059 kt | 3,907 kt | 4,176 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,254 kt | 4,188 kt | 4,354 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,467 kt | 4,378 kt | 4,546 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,577 kt | 4,559 kt | 4,592 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More climate change data for Kenya
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 50,641 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 16,186 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 34,454 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 61.08 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 1,231 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 2,372 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 2,116 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 255.67 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 7.99 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 9.13 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) in Kenya?
- Solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) in Kenya was 4,592 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 4,592 kt in 2023.
- What is the lowest solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,907 kt in 1990.
- How does Kenya rank for solid food waste — emissions (co2eq)?
- Kenya ranks 31st out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5). 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.