Waste — Emissions in Switzerland
Switzerland: Waste — Emissions was 0.671 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Waste — Emissions in Switzerland, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 0.671 kt for waste — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, waste — emissions in Switzerland peaked at 0.671 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.31 kt, in 1961.
Switzerland ranks 85th of 201 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3744 kt | 0.31 kt | 0.442 kt | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4425 kt | 0.427 kt | 0.463 kt | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4713 kt | 0.461 kt | 0.483 kt | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5131 kt | 0.488 kt | 0.544 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5592 kt | 0.55 kt | 0.576 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6052 kt | 0.582 kt | 0.642 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6583 kt | 0.647 kt | 0.671 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 82 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.69 kt compare
- 83 Slovak Republic 0.682 kt compare
- 84 Zambia 0.679 kt compare
- 86 Azerbaijan 0.667 kt compare
- 87 Costa Rica 0.662 kt compare
- 88 Somalia 0.652 kt compare
More climate change data for Switzerland
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 6,008 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,192 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,816 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 171.99 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 476.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 472.94 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.1438 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is waste — emissions in Switzerland?
- Waste — emissions in Switzerland was 0.671 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest waste — emissions recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.671 kt in 2023.
- What is the lowest waste — emissions recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.31 kt in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for waste — emissions?
- Switzerland ranks 85th out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
- Is waste — emissions rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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