How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Taiwan?

61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2050.

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) - Rice Cultivation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Taiwan: Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Rice Cultivation

Australia

in 2050

Taiwan

45.92

in 2050

Australia rank

45th

Taiwan rank

42nd

Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Rice Cultivation over time

Australia
Taiwan

How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 45.92 against 36 in Australia, a difference of 9.92.

That makes Taiwan's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.

Across all 61 years both countries report, Taiwan has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 45th and Taiwan ranks 42nd of 118 countries.

Taiwan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Taiwan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	8.11	142.47	134.35	Taiwan
1970s	21.36	138.19	116.83	Taiwan
1980s	33.76	104.46	70.7	Taiwan
1990s	41.49	69.58	28.09	Taiwan
2000s	23.59	50.71	27.12	Taiwan
2010s	20.02	48.09	28.07	Taiwan
2030s	29.57	51.69	22.11	Taiwan
2050s	36	45.92	9.92	Taiwan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher emission totals - emissions (ch4) - rice cultivation, Australia or Taiwan?: Taiwan, at 45.92 against 36 in Australia as of 2050.
What is the difference in emission totals - emissions (ch4) - rice cultivation between Australia and Taiwan?: 9.92, with Taiwan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Taiwan?: 61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2050.
How do Australia and Taiwan rank globally for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - rice cultivation?: Australia ranks 45th and Taiwan ranks 42nd of 118 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) - Rice Cultivation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Rice Cultivation
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 118 places, 6,718 data points, 1961–2050
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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).