Afghanistan vs Iraq: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils over time
- Afghanistan
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 7,963 against 6,807 in Afghanistan, a difference of 1,156.
That makes Iraq's figure about 1.2 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 51st and Iraq ranks 49th of 198 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 3 and Iraq in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,815 | 2,223 | 592.33 | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 2,926 | 2,418 | 508.88 | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 2,591 | 2,764 | 173.63 | Iraq |
| 1990s | 2,531 | 2,820 | 288.44 | Iraq |
| 2000s | 2,923 | 2,967 | 44.45 | Iraq |
| 2010s | 3,874 | 3,099 | 774.61 | Afghanistan |
| 2030s | 4,887 | 5,041 | 153.91 | Iraq |
| 2050s | 6,807 | 7,963 | 1,156 | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - agricultural soils, Afghanistan or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 7,963 against 6,807 in Afghanistan as of 2050.
- What is the difference in emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - agricultural soils between Afghanistan and Iraq?
- 1,156, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Iraq?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2050.
- How do Afghanistan and Iraq rank globally for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - agricultural soils?
- Afghanistan ranks 51st and Iraq ranks 49th of 198 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 (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils. 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).