Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture by country
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...
What the numbers show
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 21,452 in India; the lowest is 0 in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 120.94, and the mean is 754.26.
Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 3.0%), and the largest decrease in Turks and Caicos Islands (down 100.0%).
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 21,452 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 2 | China | 19,812 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 15,946 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 4 | United States | 8,321 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 5 | Pakistan | 5,255 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 4,207 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 7 | Indonesia | 4,003 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 8 | Myanmar | 3,191 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 3,069 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 2,866 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 2,655 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 12 | Vietnam | 2,627 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 2,532 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 14 | Russia | 2,475 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 15 | Philippines | 2,289 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 2,136 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 17 | Nigeria | 2,047 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 18 | Sudan | 1,902 | 2019 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 19 | France | 1,591 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 20 | Thailand | 1,546 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 21 | Venezuela | 1,537 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 22 | Iran | 1,533 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 23 | Tanzania | 1,430 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 24 | Chad | 1,294 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 25 | Canada | 1,255 | 2050 | β | flat |
| 26 | Germany | 1,251 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 27 | Kenya | 1,237 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 28 | New Zealand | 1,227 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 29 | Paraguay | 1,114 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 30 | Somalia | 1,054 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 1,038 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 32 | Cambodia | 1,017 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 33 | Turkey | 973.96 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 34 | South Sudan | 944.75 | 2019 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 35 | Spain | 927.96 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 36 | Uruguay | 926.5 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 37 | Egypt | 872.67 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 38 | Nepal | 863.25 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 39 | Madagascar | 853.24 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 40 | Mali | 846.91 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 41 | South Africa | 821.44 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 42 | Peru | 810.04 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 43 | Niger | 801.19 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 44 | Italy | 780.61 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 772.7 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 46 | Ukraine | 694.29 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 47 | Afghanistan | 683.71 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 656.31 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 49 | Uganda | 651.71 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 50 | Bolivia | 624.51 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 606.13 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 52 | Ecuador | 602.15 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 53 | Japan | 557.45 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 54 | Poland | 553.12 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 55 | Ireland | 515.59 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 56 | Mongolia | 461.29 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 57 | South Korea | 428.81 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 58 | Netherlands | 422.46 | 2050 | β | flat |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 401.41 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 60 | Chile | 390.87 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 61 | Guinea | 386.84 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 62 | Laos | 382.45 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 63 | Cuba | 376.3 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 64 | Romania | 371.75 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 65 | Cameroon | 355.2 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 66 | Senegal | 352.56 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 67 | Morocco | 350.03 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 68 | Belarus | 348.47 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 69 | Mauritania | 334.46 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 70 | Algeria | 327.48 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 71 | Central African Republic | 323.97 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 72 | Angola | 323.81 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 73 | Guatemala | 310.25 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 301.77 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 75 | Iraq | 301.73 | 2050 | β | flat |
| 76 | Turkmenistan | 292.57 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 77 | Syria | 291.7 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 78 | Yemen | 262.92 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 79 | Mozambique | 257.81 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 80 | North Korea | 245.47 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 81 | Belgium | 235.79 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 82 | Denmark | 234.54 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 83 | Malaysia | 221.56 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 191.89 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 85 | Austria | 179.37 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 174.88 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 87 | Switzerland | 172.13 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 88 | Greece | 171.08 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 89 | Haiti | 169.67 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 90 | Honduras | 169.06 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 91 | Ghana | 167.78 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 92 | Portugal | 167.04 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 93 | Serbia | 166.57 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 94 | Benin | 156.35 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 95 | Eritrea | 153.09 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 96 | El Salvador | 150.01 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 145.91 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 98 | Botswana | 144.66 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 99 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 140.16 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 100 | Sweden | 134.18 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 101 | Panama | 131.62 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 127.48 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 103 | Tunisia | 125.93 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 104 | Cote d'Ivoire | 125.53 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 105 | Namibia | 120.94 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 106 | Czechia | 114.31 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 107 | Norway | 112.49 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 108 | Taiwan | 111.86 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 102.63 | 2050 | β | flat |
| 110 | Malawi | 102.4 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 111 | Albania | 100.49 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 112 | Libya | 97.62 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 113 | Hungary | 96.39 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 114 | Rwanda | 92.92 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 115 | Finland | 87.93 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 116 | Lithuania | 86.35 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 82.56 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 118 | Sierra Leone | 79.92 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 119 | Saudi Arabia | 79.56 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 120 | Georgia | 72.15 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 71.11 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 122 | Croatia | 69.17 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 123 | Papua New Guinea | 67.75 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 124 | Togo | 65.32 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 125 | Lesotho | 50.4 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 126 | Slovakia | 48.95 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 127 | Burundi | 47.87 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 128 | Moldova | 46.54 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 129 | Guyana | 42.93 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.61 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 131 | Slovenia | 39.59 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 132 | North Macedonia | 38.78 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 133 | Latvia | 38.68 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 134 | Fiji | 38.02 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 135 | Armenia | 37.64 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 37.11 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 137 | Puerto Rico | 36.05 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 138 | Gambia | 35.61 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 139 | Eswatini | 35.43 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 140 | East Timor | 33.74 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 141 | Bhutan | 27.26 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 142 | Estonia | 25.13 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 143 | Oman | 25 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 144 | Jamaica | 23.25 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 145 | Jordan | 23.1 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 146 | Israel | 22.46 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 147 | Suriname | 21.94 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 148 | Congo | 17.52 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 149 | Vanuatu | 17.52 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 150 | Montenegro | 15.79 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 151 | Luxembourg | 14.12 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 152 | Iceland | 12.58 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 153 | Liberia | 12.35 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 154 | Comoros | 10.74 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 155 | Palestine | 9.37 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 156 | New Caledonia | 9.3 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 157 | Samoa | 9.22 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 158 | Lebanon | 8.58 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 159 | Kuwait | 7.35 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 160 | Cyprus | 6.7 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 161 | Belize | 5.93 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.75 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 163 | Gabon | 4.24 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 164 | Tonga | 3.94 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 3.41 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 3.29 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 167 | Malta | 3.14 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 168 | Micronesia (country) | 3.01 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 169 | Qatar | 2.65 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 170 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.79 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 171 | French Polynesia | 1.77 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 172 | Brunei | 1.68 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 173 | Barbados | 1.55 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 174 | Dominica | 1.46 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 1.16 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 176 | Cook Islands | 1.07 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 177 | Mauritius | 1.02 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 178 | Bahrain | 0.8603 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 179 | Faroe Islands | 0.8196 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 180 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.6551 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.6101 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 182 | Grenada | 0.5319 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 183 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.5218 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 184 | Bahamas | 0.4659 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 185 | Tuvalu | 0.4437 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 186 | Kiribati | 0.4435 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 187 | Hong Kong | 0.4132 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2855 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 189 | Seychelles | 0.1363 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 190 | Singapore | 0.1 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 191 | Niue | 0.0846 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 192 | Nauru | 0.0786 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 193 | Macao | 0.0544 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 194 | Greenland | 0.0041 | 2019 | β | volatile |
| 195 | American Samoa | 0.0001 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 195 | Maldives | 0.0001 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 197 | Aruba | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
| 197 | Andorra | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
| 197 | Bermuda | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
| 197 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
| 197 | Gibraltar | 0 | 2019 | β | volatile |
| 197 | Guam | 0 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 197 | Isle of Man | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
| 197 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
| 197 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
| 197 | Palau | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
| 197 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 197 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
| 197 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 | 2019 | β | volatile |
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 1961β2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990β2019 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).