Brazil vs China: Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - AFOLU
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - AFOLU over time
- Brazil
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 19,812 against 15,946 in Brazil, a difference of 3,866.
That makes China's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1990 it was China ahead.
Brazil ranks 3rd and China ranks 2nd of 209 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10,585 | 14,359 | 3,774 | China |
| 2000s | 12,510 | 14,296 | 1,786 | China |
| 2010s | 13,537 | 13,587 | 49.88 | China |
| 2030s | 14,804 | 18,275 | 3,471 | China |
| 2050s | 15,946 | 19,812 | 3,866 | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher emission totals - emissions (ch4) - afolu, Brazil or China?
- China, at 19,812 against 15,946 in Brazil as of 2050.
- What is the difference in emission totals - emissions (ch4) - afolu between Brazil and China?
- 3,866, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2050.
- How do Brazil and China rank globally for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - afolu?
- Brazil ranks 3rd and China ranks 2nd of 209 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - AFOLU. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from agriculture and forest land. They consist of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from crop and livestock activities, forest management and include land use and land use change processes. Data are computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Estimates are available by country, with global coverage for the period 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990–2019 for others. The database is updated annually. The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O and CO2 emissions/removals and their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 106 kg). The latter are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014).