Waste — Emissions in Zambia

Zambia: Waste — Emissions was 0.679 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.679 kt
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
84th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.679 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0.134 kt
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Waste — Emissions in Zambia, 1961–2023

0.20.40.6196119922023

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

Analysis

Zambia recorded 0.679 kt for waste — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, waste — emissions in Zambia peaked at 0.679 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.134 kt, in 1961.

Zambia ranks 84th of 197 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.1624 kt 0.134 kt 0.192 kt 9
1970s 0.2089 kt 0.179 kt 0.236 kt 10
1980s 0.2415 kt 0.227 kt 0.264 kt 10
1990s 0.295 kt 0.267 kt 0.312 kt 10
2000s 0.3553 kt 0.306 kt 0.42 kt 10
2010s 0.5696 kt 0.452 kt 0.636 kt 10
2020s 0.6653 kt 0.65 kt 0.679 kt 4

Countries ranked near Zambia

  1. 81 Finland 0.695 kt compare
  2. 82 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.69 kt compare
  3. 83 Slovakia 0.682 kt compare
  4. 85 Switzerland 0.671 kt compare
  5. 86 Azerbaijan 0.667 kt compare
  6. 87 Costa Rica 0.662 kt compare

See the full ranking of 253 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is waste — emissions in Zambia?
Waste — emissions in Zambia was 0.679 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest waste — emissions recorded in Zambia?
The highest recorded value was 0.679 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest waste — emissions recorded in Zambia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.134 kt in 1961.
How does Zambia rank for waste — emissions?
Zambia ranks 84th out of 197 countries with data for 2023.
Is waste — emissions rising or falling in Zambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Zambia 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