Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Emissions on agricultural land in Greenland
Greenland: Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Emissions on agricultural land was 0.0381 in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Emissions on agricultural land in Greenland, 1990–2019
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 0.0381 for emission totals - emissions (n2o) - emissions on agricultural land in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (n2o) - emissions on agricultural land in Greenland peaked at 0.0476 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0096, in 1993.
That places Greenland 185th out of 211 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Emissions on agricultural land in Greenland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0131 | — |
| 1991 | 0.0119 | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0109 | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0096 | -11.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0109 | +13.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0121 | +11.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0116 | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0141 | +21.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0141 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0129 | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0142 | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0142 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0142 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0141 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0318 | +125.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0374 | +17.6% |
| 2006 | 0.027 | -27.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0476 | +76.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0465 | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.041 | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0378 | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0389 | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0449 | +15.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0461 | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0346 | -24.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0315 | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0357 | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0405 | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0372 | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0381 | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0121 | 0.0096 | 0.0141 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0288 | 0.0141 | 0.0476 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0385 | 0.0315 | 0.0461 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 182 Seychelles 0.043 compare
- 183 Equatorial Guinea 0.0402 compare
- 184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0383 compare
- 186 Macau (China) 0.037 compare
- 187 Hong Kong (China) 0.0347 compare
- 188 Grenada 0.0331 compare
More reference data data for Greenland
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.7088 (2026)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0041 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1141 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2128 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0986 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0004 (2019)
- Country level monthly temperature anomalies 5.41 (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.3783 (2026)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 6.82 (2017)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.8 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is emission totals - emissions (n2o) - emissions on agricultural land in Greenland?
- Emission totals - emissions (n2o) - emissions on agricultural land in Greenland was 0.0381 in 2019, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
- What is the highest emission totals - emissions (n2o) - emissions on agricultural land recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0476 in 2007.
- What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (n2o) - emissions on agricultural land recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0096 in 1993.
- How does Greenland rank for emission totals - emissions (n2o) - emissions on agricultural land?
- Greenland ranks 185th out of 211 countries with data for 2019.
- Is emission totals - emissions (n2o) - emissions on agricultural land rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greenland 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) - Emissions on agricultural land. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).