Waste — Emissions in Southern Europe

Southern Europe: Waste — Emissions was 15.74 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
15.74 kt
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
24th
of 32 groups
All-time high
15.74 kt
in 2023
All-time low
6.67 kt
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Waste — Emissions in Southern Europe, 1961–2023

051015196119922023

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

Analysis

Southern Europe recorded 15.74 kt for waste — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, waste — emissions in Southern Europe peaked at 15.74 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.67 kt, in 1961.

Southern Europe ranks 24th of 32 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Waste — Emissions in Southern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Waste — Emissions (N2O) in Southern Europe, 1961 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1961 6.67 kt
1962 6.95 kt +4.2%
1963 7.28 kt +4.8%
1964 7.65 kt +5.0%
1965 8.04 kt +5.1%
1966 8.45 kt +5.1%
1967 8.83 kt +4.5%
1968 9.19 kt +4.1%
1969 9.52 kt +3.6%
1970 9.28 kt -2.5%
1971 9.38 kt +1.1%
1972 9.55 kt +1.7%
1973 9.86 kt +3.3%
1974 10.02 kt +1.5%
1975 10.13 kt +1.1%
1976 10.27 kt +1.5%
1977 10.41 kt +1.3%
1978 10.65 kt +2.3%
1979 10.89 kt +2.3%
1980 11.09 kt +1.9%
1981 11 kt -0.8%
1982 11.06 kt +0.6%
1983 11.17 kt +1.0%
1984 11.36 kt +1.7%
1985 11.45 kt +0.9%
1986 11.57 kt +1.0%
1987 11.71 kt +1.2%
1988 11.81 kt +0.8%
1989 11.91 kt +0.9%
1990 12.14 kt +1.9%
1991 11.98 kt -1.4%
1992 12.04 kt +0.5%
1993 11.88 kt -1.3%
1994 11.94 kt +0.5%
1995 11.77 kt -1.4%
1996 12.67 kt +7.7%
1997 13.16 kt +3.9%
1998 12.99 kt -1.3%
1999 13.01 kt +0.1%
2000 13.5 kt +3.8%
2001 13.97 kt +3.5%
2002 13.9 kt -0.5%
2003 14.68 kt +5.6%
2004 14.39 kt -2.0%
2005 14.33 kt -0.4%
2006 14.88 kt +3.9%
2007 15.03 kt +1.0%
2008 15.11 kt +0.5%
2009 15.39 kt +1.8%
2010 15.63 kt +1.6%
2011 15.59 kt -0.3%
2012 14.76 kt -5.3%
2013 15.62 kt +5.9%
2014 14.7 kt -5.9%
2015 15.08 kt +2.6%
2016 15.09 kt +0.1%
2017 15.03 kt -0.4%
2018 15.04 kt +0.1%
2019 15.04 kt -0.0%
2020 15.5 kt +3.1%
2021 15.54 kt +0.2%
2022 15.63 kt +0.6%
2023 15.74 kt +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 8.06 kt 6.67 kt 9.52 kt 9
1970s 10.04 kt 9.28 kt 10.89 kt 10
1980s 11.41 kt 11 kt 11.91 kt 10
1990s 12.36 kt 11.77 kt 13.16 kt 10
2000s 14.52 kt 13.5 kt 15.39 kt 10
2010s 15.16 kt 14.7 kt 15.63 kt 10
2020s 15.6 kt 15.5 kt 15.74 kt 4

Countries ranked near Southern Europe

  1. 21 Italy 5.16 kt compare
  2. 22 Philippines 5.08 kt compare
  3. 23 Republic of Korea 4.36 kt compare
  4. 24 Canada 4.22 kt compare
  5. 25 Australia and New Zealand 4.08 kt compare
  6. 26 Chile 3.73 kt compare
  7. 27 Australia 3.64 kt compare

See the full ranking of 253 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is waste — emissions in Southern Europe?
Waste — emissions in Southern Europe was 15.74 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest waste — emissions recorded in Southern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 15.74 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest waste — emissions recorded in Southern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 6.67 kt in 1961.
How does Southern Europe rank for waste — emissions?
Southern Europe ranks 24th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
Is waste — emissions rising or falling in Southern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Southern Europe 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