Waste — Emissions in Portugal

Portugal: Waste — Emissions was 0.952 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.952 kt
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
70th
of 201 countries
All-time high
0.952 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0.41 kt
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Waste — Emissions in Portugal, 1961–2023

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

Portugal recorded 0.952 kt for waste — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, waste — emissions in Portugal peaked at 0.952 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.41 kt, in 1961.

That places Portugal 70th out of 201 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Waste — Emissions in Portugal, year by year

Annual values for Waste — Emissions (N2O) in Portugal, 1961 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1961 0.41 kt
1962 0.427 kt +4.1%
1963 0.448 kt +4.9%
1964 0.47 kt +4.9%
1965 0.494 kt +5.1%
1966 0.519 kt +5.1%
1967 0.543 kt +4.6%
1968 0.565 kt +4.1%
1969 0.585 kt +3.5%
1970 0.568 kt -2.9%
1971 0.565 kt -0.5%
1972 0.581 kt +2.8%
1973 0.576 kt -0.9%
1974 0.594 kt +3.1%
1975 0.597 kt +0.5%
1976 0.593 kt -0.7%
1977 0.608 kt +2.5%
1978 0.58 kt -4.6%
1979 0.569 kt -1.9%
1980 0.588 kt +3.3%
1981 0.593 kt +0.9%
1982 0.604 kt +1.9%
1983 0.626 kt +3.6%
1984 0.635 kt +1.4%
1985 0.676 kt +6.5%
1986 0.702 kt +3.8%
1987 0.735 kt +4.7%
1988 0.735 kt +0.0%
1989 0.748 kt +1.8%
1990 0.766 kt +2.4%
1991 0.779 kt +1.7%
1992 0.789 kt +1.3%
1993 0.802 kt +1.6%
1994 0.815 kt +1.6%
1995 0.824 kt +1.1%
1996 0.841 kt +2.1%
1997 0.849 kt +1.0%
1998 0.866 kt +2.0%
1999 0.875 kt +1.0%
2000 0.882 kt +0.8%
2001 0.885 kt +0.3%
2002 0.863 kt -2.5%
2003 0.911 kt +5.6%
2004 0.883 kt -3.1%
2005 0.892 kt +1.0%
2006 0.902 kt +1.1%
2007 0.906 kt +0.4%
2008 0.92 kt +1.5%
2009 0.927 kt +0.8%
2010 0.927 kt +0.0%
2011 0.913 kt -1.5%
2012 0.901 kt -1.3%
2013 0.886 kt -1.7%
2014 0.882 kt -0.5%
2015 0.888 kt +0.7%
2016 0.892 kt +0.5%
2017 0.899 kt +0.8%
2018 0.918 kt +2.1%
2019 0.919 kt +0.1%
2020 0.931 kt +1.3%
2021 0.935 kt +0.4%
2022 0.944 kt +1.0%
2023 0.952 kt +0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.4957 kt 0.41 kt 0.585 kt 9
1970s 0.5831 kt 0.565 kt 0.608 kt 10
1980s 0.6642 kt 0.588 kt 0.748 kt 10
1990s 0.8206 kt 0.766 kt 0.875 kt 10
2000s 0.8971 kt 0.863 kt 0.927 kt 10
2010s 0.9025 kt 0.882 kt 0.927 kt 10
2020s 0.9405 kt 0.931 kt 0.952 kt 4

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 67 Czechia 0.997 kt compare
  2. 68 Malawi 0.985 kt compare
  3. 69 Sri Lanka 0.966 kt compare
  4. 71 Guatemala 0.864 kt compare
  5. 72 Greece 0.855 kt compare
  6. 73 Chad 0.811 kt compare

See the full ranking of 253 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is waste — emissions in Portugal?
Waste — emissions in Portugal was 0.952 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest waste — emissions recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 0.952 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest waste — emissions recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 0.41 kt in 1961.
How does Portugal rank for waste — emissions?
Portugal ranks 70th out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
Is waste — emissions rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Portugal data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Waste — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Waste — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
253 places, 14,574 data points, 1961–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood 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). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf