Waste — Emissions (N2O) in Sweden
Sweden: Waste — Emissions (N2O) was 0.77 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Waste — Emissions in Sweden, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 0.77 kt for waste — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, waste — emissions in Sweden peaked at 0.77 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.342 kt, in 1961.
That places Sweden 93rd out of 232 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 (N2O) in Sweden, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.342 kt | — |
| 1962 | 0.356 kt | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 0.373 kt | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 0.392 kt | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 0.412 kt | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 0.432 kt | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 0.452 kt | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 0.471 kt | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 0.487 kt | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 0.476 kt | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 0.484 kt | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.47 kt | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 0.477 kt | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.494 kt | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 0.512 kt | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 0.535 kt | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 0.537 kt | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.528 kt | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 0.54 kt | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 0.552 kt | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.542 kt | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 0.542 kt | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.537 kt | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.548 kt | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.544 kt | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.545 kt | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.531 kt | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 0.539 kt | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.554 kt | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 0.529 kt | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 0.548 kt | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 0.568 kt | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 0.568 kt | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.569 kt | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.575 kt | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.582 kt | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.593 kt | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.595 kt | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.609 kt | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 0.615 kt | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.617 kt | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.632 kt | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.652 kt | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 0.655 kt | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.676 kt | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.676 kt | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.689 kt | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.7 kt | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.716 kt | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.711 kt | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.726 kt | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.717 kt | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.72 kt | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.723 kt | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.719 kt | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.725 kt | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.724 kt | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.727 kt | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.737 kt | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.752 kt | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.755 kt | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.762 kt | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.77 kt | +1.0% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 0.77 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.387 kt, 2.0× the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 0.77 kt is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.576 kt, 1.3× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.413 kt | 0.342 kt | 0.487 kt | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5053 kt | 0.47 kt | 0.54 kt | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5434 kt | 0.531 kt | 0.554 kt | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5736 kt | 0.529 kt | 0.609 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6628 kt | 0.615 kt | 0.716 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7229 kt | 0.711 kt | 0.737 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7598 kt | 0.752 kt | 0.77 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More climate change data for Sweden
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 160.40 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4,738 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 983.81 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,754 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 134.07 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,196 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,185 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10.86 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 4.47 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is waste — emissions in Sweden?
- Waste — emissions in Sweden was 0.77 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest waste — emissions recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.77 kt in 2023.
- What is the lowest waste — emissions recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.342 kt in 1961.
- How does Sweden rank for waste — emissions?
- Sweden ranks 93rd out of 232 countries with data for 2023.
- Is waste — emissions rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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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About this data
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