Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils (N2O) 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 (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils (N2O) is currently reported for 102 countries. The highest value is 31,612 N2O in Indonesia; the lowest is 0.0509 N2O in Turkey.
The median across all reporting countries is 122.75 N2O, and the mean is 1,050 N2O.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 37.0%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 25.0%).
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 31,612 N2O | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 7,036 N2O | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | Russia | 6,249 N2O | 2019 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 4 | Belarus | 4,907 N2O | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 5 | Canada | 4,349 N2O | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 6 | Malaysia | 4,276 N2O | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 4,205 N2O | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Germany | 3,652 N2O | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 9 | Mongolia | 3,539 N2O | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 10 | Poland | 3,470 N2O | 2019 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 2,738 N2O | 2019 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 2,221 N2O | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | Ukraine | 2,186 N2O | 2019 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 14 | Myanmar | 1,847 N2O | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 15 | South Sudan | 1,814 N2O | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 16 | Ireland | 1,809 N2O | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Finland | 1,744 N2O | 2019 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 18 | Sweden | 1,344 N2O | 2019 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 19 | Lithuania | 1,153 N2O | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 20 | Netherlands | 998.48 N2O | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 21 | Argentina | 985.29 N2O | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 22 | Norway | 898.59 N2O | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 802.31 N2O | 2019 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 24 | Uganda | 756.92 N2O | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 25 | Madagascar | 713.46 N2O | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 26 | France | 695.83 N2O | 2019 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 27 | Tanzania | 661.16 N2O | 2019 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 28 | Latvia | 658.86 N2O | 2019 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 29 | India | 653.9 N2O | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 30 | Hungary | 633.44 N2O | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | Estonia | 612.36 N2O | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 32 | Japan | 500.7 N2O | 2019 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 33 | China | 498.77 N2O | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 34 | Guyana | 488.7 N2O | 2019 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 35 | Burundi | 444.95 N2O | 2019 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 36 | Vietnam | 441 N2O | 2019 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 37 | New Zealand | 400.14 N2O | 2019 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 38 | Australia | 398.84 N2O | 2019 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 39 | Nepal | 391.89 N2O | 2019 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 40 | Congo | 369.97 N2O | 2019 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 41 | Denmark | 280.27 N2O | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 42 | Cote d'Ivoire | 275.95 N2O | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 43 | Venezuela | 253.33 N2O | 2019 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 44 | Rwanda | 220.86 N2O | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 198.58 N2O | 2019 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 46 | Cameroon | 188.03 N2O | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 47 | Thailand | 164.77 N2O | 2019 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 48 | Chile | 156.7 N2O | 2019 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 49 | Greece | 147.4 N2O | 2019 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 50 | Iceland | 134.8 N2O | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 128.74 N2O | 2019 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 52 | Guinea | 116.76 N2O | 2019 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 53 | Colombia | 115.41 N2O | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 54 | Switzerland | 114.43 N2O | 2019 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 55 | Malawi | 104.53 N2O | 2019 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 56 | Brazil | 96.41 N2O | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 57 | Panama | 92.21 N2O | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 58 | South Africa | 84.17 N2O | 2019 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 59 | Suriname | 82.3 N2O | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 60 | Italy | 77.27 N2O | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 61 | Botswana | 75.26 N2O | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 62 | Gabon | 73.45 N2O | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 63 | Romania | 63.75 N2O | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 64 | Spain | 59.77 N2O | 2019 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 65 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 56.45 N2O | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 66 | Angola | 44.5 N2O | 2019 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 67 | Austria | 42.52 N2O | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 68 | Portugal | 39.7 N2O | 2019 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 69 | Jamaica | 38.08 N2O | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 70 | Faroe Islands | 37.51 N2O | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Belize | 37 N2O | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 72 | Czechia | 35.42 N2O | 2019 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 73 | Kenya | 31.17 N2O | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 74 | Brunei | 30.76 N2O | 2019 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 75 | Uruguay | 29.1 N2O | 2019 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 76 | Belgium | 25.63 N2O | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 77 | Slovenia | 21.16 N2O | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 20.12 N2O | 2019 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 79 | Moldova | 19.31 N2O | 2019 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 80 | Liberia | 15.99 N2O | 2019 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 81 | North Korea | 15.35 N2O | 2019 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.84 N2O | 2019 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 83 | Peru | 14.78 N2O | 2019 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 84 | Ecuador | 12.87 N2O | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 85 | Fiji | 12.49 N2O | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 86 | Albania | 12.19 N2O | 2019 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 87 | Ghana | 10.58 N2O | 2019 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 88 | Puerto Rico | 10.29 N2O | 2019 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 8.27 N2O | 2019 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 90 | Slovakia | 8.01 N2O | 2019 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 6.6 N2O | 2019 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 92 | Isle of Man | 3.38 N2O | 2019 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 93 | Montenegro | 2.63 N2O | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Croatia | 1.12 N2O | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Namibia | 0.8497 N2O | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Luxembourg | 0.6024 N2O | 2019 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 97 | Eritrea | 0.5252 N2O | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Serbia | 0.2778 N2O | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0956 N2O | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 0.0702 N2O | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0545 N2O | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Turkey | 0.0509 N2O | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
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).