Emission Totals: Emissions (CO2eq) … N2O CO2eq Burning Crop residues in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Emission Totals: Emissions (CO2eq) … N2O CO2eq Burning Crop residues was 23.95 in 2050. ▼ Falling

Latest (2050)
23.95
World rank
48th
of 186 countries
All-time high
32.2
in 1972
All-time low
14.7
in 2018
Years of data
61
1961–2050

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop in Afghanistan, 1961–2050

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Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.

Analysis

In 2050, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - burning - crop in Afghanistan stood at 23.95.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - burning - crop in Afghanistan peaked at 32.2 in 1972 and was at its lowest, 14.7, in 2018.

That places Afghanistan 48th out of 186 countries with data for 2050, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 61 years of available data.

Emission Totals: Emissions (CO2eq) … N2O CO2eq Burning Crop residues in Afghanistan, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop residues in Afghanistan, 1961 to 2050.
Year Value Change
1961 27.99 —
1962 28.81 +2.9%
1963 28.81 +0.0%
1964 29.03 +0.8%
1965 28.96 -0.3%
1966 28.97 +0.0%
1967 27.26 -5.9%
1968 25.64 -6.0%
1969 25.97 +1.3%
1970 26.62 +2.5%
1971 28.78 +8.1%
1972 32.2 +11.9%
1973 27.98 -13.1%
1974 27.92 -0.2%
1975 28.61 +2.4%
1976 28.56 -0.2%
1977 28.49 -0.2%
1978 28.55 +0.2%
1979 26.94 -5.6%
1980 25.42 -5.7%
1981 24.45 -3.8%
1982 23.54 -3.7%
1983 22.34 -5.1%
1984 21.56 -3.5%
1985 20.48 -5.0%
1986 19.81 -3.3%
1987 20.57 +3.8%
1988 19.27 -6.3%
1989 18.73 -2.8%
1990 18.53 -1.0%
1991 18.97 +2.3%
1992 17.39 -8.3%
1993 21.1 +21.3%
1994 22.27 +5.5%
1995 22 -1.2%
1996 21.1 -4.1%
1997 21.33 +1.1%
1998 21.79 +2.2%
1999 19.46 -10.7%
2000 18.19 -6.5%
2001 15.94 -12.3%
2002 16.18 +1.5%
2003 23.37 +44.4%
2004 20.67 -11.5%
2005 23.88 +15.5%
2006 22.35 -6.4%
2007 22.62 +1.2%
2008 20.39 -9.9%
2009 23.78 +16.6%
2010 23.02 -3.2%
2011 22.14 -3.8%
2012 23.38 +5.6%
2013 23.71 +1.4%
2014 24.33 +2.6%
2015 20.23 -16.8%
2016 21.12 +4.4%
2017 19.23 -8.9%
2018 14.7 -23.6%
2019 20.4 +38.8%
2030 24 +17.7%
2050 23.95 -0.2%

Afghanistan compared with similar countries

  • Afghanistan's 23.95 is above the median for low income countries, which is 7.46, 3.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Afghanistan's 23.95 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.88, 12.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Emission Totals: Emissions (CO2eq) … N2O CO2eq Burning Crop residues in Afghanistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2003 +44.4% 16.18 23.37
2019 +38.8% 14.7 20.4

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 27.94 25.64 29.03 9
1970s 28.47 26.62 32.2 10
1980s 21.62 18.73 25.42 10
1990s 20.39 17.39 22.27 10
2000s 20.74 15.94 23.88 10
2010s 21.23 14.7 24.33 10
2030s 24 24 24 1
2050s 23.95 23.95 23.95 1

Countries ranked near Afghanistan

  1. 45 Guinea 24.94 compare
  2. 46 North Korea 24.3 compare
  3. 47 Syria 23.95 compare
  4. 49 Benin 23.37 compare
  5. 50 Uganda 23.22 compare
  6. 51 Spain 22.34 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - burning - crop in Afghanistan?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - burning - crop in Afghanistan was 23.95 in 2050, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - burning - crop recorded in Afghanistan?
The highest recorded value was 32.2 in 1972.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - burning - crop recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was 14.7 in 2018.
How does Afghanistan rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - burning - crop?
Afghanistan ranks 48th out of 186 countries with data for 2050.
Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
The figures come from FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop residues. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop residues
Source
FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
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Coverage
186 places, 10,039 data points, 1961–2050
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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).