Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Land Use change 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...

Countries reporting
208
Highest
112,609
Indonesia
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
0
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
6,120

What the numbers show

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Land Use change is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 112,609 in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 791.18.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 3,501.2%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 100.0%).

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Land Use change: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 112,609 2019 up 4.4% volatile
2 Democratic Republic of Congo 12,314 2019 down 5.5% falling
3 Angola 6,819 2019 up 1.2% falling
4 Central African Republic 6,631 2019 down 9.8% rising
5 Brazil 5,292 2019 up 361.4% volatile
6 Bolivia 4,867 2019 up 509.5% volatile
7 Myanmar 3,312 2019 down 46.3% falling
8 Mozambique 2,257 2019 down 17.9% rising
9 Tanzania 2,123 2019 down 21.9% rising
10 Malaysia 2,073 2019 down 63.3% volatile
11 Cambodia 834.97 2019 down 45.7% flat
12 Thailand 715.73 2019 down 32.1% falling
13 Nepal 606.74 2019 up 70.4% volatile
14 Cameroon 479.94 2019 up 22.7% volatile
15 Laos 391.79 2019 up 4.8% volatile
16 Chad 363.25 2019 up 18.8% flat
17 Mexico 297 2019 down 19.5% volatile
18 Venezuela 293.54 2019 up 898.6% volatile
19 South Sudan 259.88 2019 down 50.7% falling
20 India 217.72 2019 down 81.9% flat
21 Congo 214.48 2019 up 59.6% falling
22 Paraguay 202.29 2019 up 376.0% volatile
23 Liberia 112.13 2019 down 66.5% volatile
24 Ethiopia 109.85 2019 down 13.8% falling
25 Malawi 109.66 2019 up 53.4% rising
26 Colombia 101.83 2019 up 151.9% volatile
27 Honduras 98.94 2019 down 28.7% volatile
28 Madagascar 86.81 2019 down 30.8% falling
29 Nigeria 82.72 2019 up 5.2% volatile
30 Guinea-Bissau 77.29 2019 down 44.2% falling
31 Guatemala 61.11 2019 down 70.0% volatile
32 Vietnam 58.66 2019 down 11.9% volatile
33 Peru 58.39 2019 up 146.3% volatile
34 Nicaragua 52.31 2019 up 452.1% volatile
35 Belize 35.87 2019 up 216.4% volatile
36 Argentina 35.16 2019 down 72.0% volatile
37 Benin 30.67 2019 up 22.2% volatile
38 Guinea 27.25 2019 down 69.9% volatile
39 Australia 26.99 2019 down 68.8% volatile
40 Papua New Guinea 26.61 2019 up 54.2% volatile
41 Gabon 23.52 2019 up 51.7% falling
42 Guyana 20.27 2019 up 405.8% volatile
43 Costa Rica 19.23 2019 up 1,041.5% volatile
44 Senegal 18.77 2019 down 66.8% volatile
45 Uganda 16.73 2019 up 83.4% volatile
46 Sierra Leone 14.76 2019 down 42.3% volatile
47 Panama 12.2 2019 up 39.1% volatile
48 Ghana 11.44 2019 up 535.5% volatile
49 Bangladesh 11.4 2019 down 88.4% volatile
50 Philippines 11.1 2019 up 42.5% volatile
51 Bahamas 7.69 2019 down 31.6% volatile
52 Suriname 7.43 2019 up 137.0% volatile
53 New Caledonia 4.65 2019 β€” volatile
54 Togo 3.72 2019 up 16.4% volatile
55 Cote d'Ivoire 2.96 2019 down 74.0% volatile
56 Brunei 2.4 2019 down 67.8% volatile
57 El Salvador 2.09 2019 up 3,501.2% volatile
58 Cuba 1.63 2019 down 96.2% volatile
59 South Africa 1.57 2019 up 574.9% volatile
60 Ecuador 0.9292 2019 up 433.4% volatile
61 Dominican Republic 0.8723 2019 up 66.7% volatile
62 Trinidad and Tobago 0.8134 2019 up 600.0% volatile
63 East Timor 0.8133 2019 down 65.9% volatile
64 Fiji 0.4651 2019 down 96.2% volatile
65 United States 0.2911 2019 down 76.2% volatile
66 Mali 0.1743 2019 up 50.0% volatile
67 Bhutan 0.0582 2019 down 97.8% volatile
68 Comoros 0.0581 2019 down 83.3% volatile
68 Kenya 0.0581 2019 β€” volatile
70 Aruba 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Afghanistan 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Albania 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Andorra 0 2019 β€” flat
70 United Arab Emirates 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Armenia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 American Samoa 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Austria 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Azerbaijan 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Burundi 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Belgium 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Burkina Faso 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
70 Bulgaria 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Bahrain 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Belarus 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Bermuda 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Barbados 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Botswana 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Canada 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Switzerland 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Chile 0 2019 β€” flat
70 China 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Cape Verde 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Cayman Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Cyprus 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Czechia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Germany 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Dominica 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Denmark 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Algeria 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Egypt 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Eritrea 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Spain 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Estonia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Finland 0 2019 β€” flat
70 France 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Faroe Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Micronesia (country) 0 2019 β€” flat
70 United Kingdom 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Georgia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Gibraltar 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Gambia 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Equatorial Guinea 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Greece 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Grenada 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Greenland 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Guam 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Hong Kong 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Croatia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Haiti 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Hungary 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Isle of Man 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Ireland 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Iran 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Iraq 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Iceland 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Israel 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Italy 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Jamaica 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Jordan 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Japan 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Kazakhstan 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Kyrgyzstan 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Kiribati 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2019 β€” flat
70 South Korea 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Kuwait 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Lebanon 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Libya 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Saint Lucia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Sri Lanka 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
70 Lesotho 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Lithuania 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Luxembourg 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Latvia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Macao 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Morocco 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Moldova 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Maldives 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Marshall Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
70 North Macedonia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Malta 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Montenegro 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Mongolia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Northern Mariana Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Mauritania 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Mauritius 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Namibia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Niger 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Netherlands 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Norway 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Nauru 0 2019 β€” flat
70 New Zealand 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Oman 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Pakistan 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Palau 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Poland 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Puerto Rico 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 North Korea 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Portugal 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Palestine 0 2019 β€” flat
70 French Polynesia 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Qatar 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Romania 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Russia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Rwanda 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Saudi Arabia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Sudan 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Singapore 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Solomon Islands 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Somalia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Serbia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Slovakia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Slovenia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Sweden 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Eswatini 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Seychelles 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Syria 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Tajikistan 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Turkmenistan 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Tonga 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Tunisia 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Turkey 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Tuvalu 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Ukraine 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Uruguay 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Uzbekistan 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2019 β€” flat
70 British Virgin Islands 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 United States Virgin Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Vanuatu 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Samoa 0 2019 β€” volatile
70 Taiwan 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Cook Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
70 Niue 0 2019 β€” flat

About this data

Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Land Use change
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
209 places, 6,120 data points, 1990–2019
Last refreshed

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).