Waste — Emissions in Sweden

Sweden: Waste — Emissions was 0.77 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.77 kt
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
76th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.77 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0.342 kt
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Waste — Emissions in Sweden, 1961–2023

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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 76th out of 197 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 73 Chad 0.811 kt compare
  2. 74 Denmark 0.794 kt compare
  3. 74 Tunisia 0.794 kt compare
  4. 77 Hungary 0.753 kt compare
  5. 78 Cambodia 0.748 kt compare
  6. 79 Ecuador 0.74 kt compare

See the full ranking of 253 places →

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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 76th out of 197 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

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