Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues in China

China: Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues was 4 in 2050. ▲ Rising

Latest (2050)
4
World rank
1st
of 186 countries
All-time high
5.1
in 2015
All-time low
2.65
in 1962
Years of data
61
1961–2050

Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues in China, 1961–2050

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

Analysis

China recorded 4 for emission totals - emissions (n2o) - burning - crop residues in 2050.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (n2o) - burning - crop residues in China peaked at 5.1 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2.65, in 1962.

China ranks 1st of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues in China, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues in China, 1961 to 2050.
Year Value Change
1961 2.84
1962 2.65 -6.6%
1963 2.85 +7.6%
1964 2.97 +4.3%
1965 2.99 +0.4%
1966 3.09 +3.3%
1967 3.05 -1.2%
1968 3.01 -1.3%
1969 3.05 +1.1%
1970 3.12 +2.3%
1971 3.28 +5.4%
1972 3.31 +0.8%
1973 3.31 -0.2%
1974 3.4 +2.9%
1975 3.51 +3.3%
1976 3.6 +2.4%
1977 3.59 -0.2%
1978 3.6 +0.4%
1979 3.59 -0.3%
1980 3.6 +0.2%
1981 3.49 -3.0%
1982 3.41 -2.2%
1983 3.47 +1.6%
1984 3.47 -0.1%
1985 3.37 -2.9%
1986 3.48 +3.5%
1987 3.53 +1.3%
1988 3.49 -1.2%
1989 3.59 +3.0%
1990 3.7 +3.2%
1991 3.71 +0.1%
1992 3.64 -1.8%
1993 3.54 -2.9%
1994 3.52 -0.4%
1995 3.66 +3.8%
1996 3.83 +4.6%
1997 3.81 -0.5%
1998 3.88 +2.0%
1999 3.9 +0.5%
2000 3.58 -8.2%
2001 3.57 -0.3%
2002 3.56 -0.4%
2003 3.4 -4.5%
2004 3.55 +4.6%
2005 3.67 +3.2%
2006 3.84 +4.8%
2007 3.92 +2.1%
2008 3.97 +1.1%
2009 4.09 +3.1%
2010 4.19 +2.4%
2011 4.27 +2.0%
2012 4.39 +2.6%
2013 4.48 +2.2%
2014 4.53 +1.2%
2015 5.1 +12.5%
2016 5.04 -1.1%
2017 4.91 -2.6%
2018 4.87 -0.9%
2019 4.77 -1.9%
2030 4.08 -14.5%
2050 4 -2.1%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 4 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0189, 211.5× the median. (54 countries reporting)
  • China's 4 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0034, 1175.8× the median. (29 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 2.94 2.65 3.09 9
1970s 3.43 3.12 3.6 10
1980s 3.49 3.37 3.6 10
1990s 3.72 3.52 3.9 10
2000s 3.72 3.4 4.09 10
2010s 4.66 4.19 5.1 10
2030s 4.08 4.08 4.08 1
2050s 4 4 4 1

Countries ranked near China

  1. 2 United States 3.28 compare
  2. 3 India 2.71 compare
  3. 4 Brazil 1.65 compare

See the full ranking of 186 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (n2o) - burning - crop residues in China?
Emission totals - emissions (n2o) - burning - crop residues in China was 4 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 (n2o) - burning - crop residues recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 5.1 in 2015.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (n2o) - burning - crop residues recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 2.65 in 1962.
How does China rank for emission totals - emissions (n2o) - burning - crop residues?
China ranks 1st out of 186 countries with data for 2050.
Where does this China 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 (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues
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
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).