Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Farm-gate emissions 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 (N2O) - Farm-gate emissions is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 1,480 in China; the lowest is 0 in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.31, and the mean is 40.64.
Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Gibraltar (up 53.7%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 100.0%).
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Farm-gate emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,480 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 2 | India | 1,063 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 699.19 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 4 | United States | 589.96 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 260 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 6 | Indonesia | 187.88 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 7 | Argentina | 187.7 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 170.29 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 9 | Mexico | 157.18 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 10 | Russia | 129.69 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 121.79 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 12 | Nigeria | 121.16 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 13 | Iran | 109.46 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 14 | France | 106.68 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 105.98 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 16 | Turkey | 103 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 17 | Canada | 99.83 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 94.56 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 19 | Sudan | 94.1 | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 20 | Vietnam | 93.83 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 21 | Germany | 80.38 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 22 | Myanmar | 73.24 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 23 | Tanzania | 72.45 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 24 | Egypt | 71.76 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 25 | Kenya | 68.95 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 26 | Philippines | 67.05 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 27 | Thailand | 65.23 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 28 | South Africa | 63.65 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 29 | South Sudan | 62.93 | 2019 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 30 | Chad | 61.14 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 59.34 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 32 | Venezuela | 53.46 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 33 | Spain | 52.4 | 2050 | β | flat |
| 34 | Mali | 47.61 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 35 | New Zealand | 47.53 | 2050 | β | flat |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 45.27 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 37 | Ukraine | 43.91 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 38 | Poland | 43.86 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 39 | Somalia | 43.31 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 40 | Niger | 42.83 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 41 | Uganda | 42.22 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 41.77 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 41.74 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 44 | Paraguay | 38.68 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 45 | Morocco | 38.3 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 46 | Peru | 35.25 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 47 | Uruguay | 33.62 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 48 | Madagascar | 32.81 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 49 | Iraq | 30.36 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 29.26 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 51 | Mozambique | 27.89 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 52 | Afghanistan | 26.62 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 53 | Kazakhstan | 25.76 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 54 | Chile | 25.25 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 55 | Bolivia | 25.12 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 56 | Belarus | 24.26 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 57 | Japan | 23.74 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 58 | Ecuador | 23.57 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 59 | Cameroon | 23.23 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 60 | Algeria | 22.66 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 61 | Romania | 21.54 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 62 | Malaysia | 21.1 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 63 | Ireland | 21.02 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 64 | Senegal | 20.77 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 65 | Angola | 20.43 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 66 | South Korea | 19.85 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 67 | Nepal | 19.44 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 68 | Mongolia | 18.89 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 69 | Guatemala | 18.61 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 70 | Netherlands | 18.47 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 71 | Yemen | 17.96 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 72 | Cambodia | 17.66 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 73 | Central African Republic | 16.95 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 74 | Malawi | 16.7 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 75 | Guinea | 16 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 76 | Serbia | 15.2 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 77 | Mauritania | 14.99 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 78 | Tunisia | 14.52 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 14.12 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 80 | Cuba | 14 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 13.84 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 82 | Denmark | 12.99 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 83 | Laos | 12.95 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 84 | Hungary | 12.77 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 85 | Ghana | 12.64 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 86 | Greece | 11.6 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 87 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 11.56 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 11.25 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 11.11 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 90 | Benin | 10.71 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 91 | Saudi Arabia | 10.64 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 92 | Belgium | 10.4 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 10.15 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 94 | Honduras | 10.01 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 95 | Czechia | 9.83 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 96 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9.83 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 97 | Taiwan | 8.76 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 98 | North Korea | 8.66 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 99 | El Salvador | 8.5 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 100 | Croatia | 8.13 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 101 | Sweden | 8.03 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 102 | Austria | 7.84 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 103 | Libya | 7.82 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 7.74 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 105 | Eritrea | 7.36 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 106 | Botswana | 7.25 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 107 | Rwanda | 6.98 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 108 | Finland | 6.94 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 109 | Norway | 6.9 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 110 | Portugal | 6.9 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 111 | Namibia | 6.82 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 112 | Haiti | 6.65 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 113 | Switzerland | 6.28 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 5.91 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 115 | Togo | 5.85 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.84 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 117 | Lithuania | 5.41 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 118 | Georgia | 5.28 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 119 | Panama | 5.08 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 5.01 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 121 | Albania | 4.34 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 122 | Slovakia | 4.04 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 123 | Armenia | 3.57 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 124 | Israel | 3.5 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 125 | Burundi | 3.17 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.13 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 127 | Jordan | 3.04 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 128 | Moldova | 2.92 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 129 | Lesotho | 2.77 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 2.72 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 131 | United Arab Emirates | 2.53 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 132 | Latvia | 2.27 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.15 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 134 | Kuwait | 1.96 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 135 | North Macedonia | 1.91 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | 1.89 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 137 | Eswatini | 1.82 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 138 | Slovenia | 1.78 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 139 | Gambia | 1.72 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 140 | Lebanon | 1.65 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 141 | Fiji | 1.62 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 142 | Oman | 1.36 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 143 | Puerto Rico | 1.31 | 2050 | β | flat |
| 144 | Estonia | 1.31 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 145 | Liberia | 1.2 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 146 | Jamaica | 1.19 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 147 | Congo | 1.08 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 148 | Guyana | 1.05 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 149 | East Timor | 0.9426 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.7976 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 151 | Cyprus | 0.7841 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 152 | Iceland | 0.7664 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 153 | Palestine | 0.7088 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 154 | Luxembourg | 0.6709 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 155 | Brunei | 0.6707 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 156 | Suriname | 0.6104 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 157 | Bhutan | 0.5881 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 0.5857 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 159 | Gabon | 0.5278 | 2050 | β | flat |
| 160 | Cape Verde | 0.4822 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 161 | Montenegro | 0.4689 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 162 | Belize | 0.399 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 163 | New Caledonia | 0.382 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 164 | Mauritius | 0.2885 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 165 | Barbados | 0.2758 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 166 | Singapore | 0.2664 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 167 | Samoa | 0.2319 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 168 | Qatar | 0.2166 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 169 | Comoros | 0.2155 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 170 | Bahamas | 0.161 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 171 | Tonga | 0.1068 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 172 | Malta | 0.1009 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 173 | Micronesia (country) | 0.092 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 0.0894 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 175 | Bahrain | 0.0873 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 0.0745 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 0.0735 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 178 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0671 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 179 | Dominica | 0.0653 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0601 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 181 | Seychelles | 0.043 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 182 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0402 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0383 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 184 | Greenland | 0.0381 | 2019 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Macao | 0.037 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 186 | Hong Kong | 0.0347 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 187 | Grenada | 0.0331 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 188 | Faroe Islands | 0.0318 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0311 | 2050 | β | falling |
| 190 | Kiribati | 0.0288 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 191 | Cook Islands | 0.0199 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 192 | Isle of Man | 0.0128 | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 0.0095 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 194 | Gibraltar | 0.0083 | 2019 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 195 | Maldives | 0.0044 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 196 | Niue | 0.0022 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 197 | Nauru | 0.0015 | 2050 | β | rising |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 0.0004 | 2019 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 199 | Aruba | 0.0001 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 200 | Andorra | 0 | 2019 | β | volatile |
| 200 | American Samoa | 0 | 2050 | β | flat |
| 200 | Bermuda | 0 | 2050 | β | volatile |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
| 200 | Guam | 0 | 2050 | β | flat |
| 200 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
| 200 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
| 200 | Palau | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 200 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 200 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2019 | β | volatile |
| 200 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 | 2019 | β | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Channel Islands 0.0003
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 1961β2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990β2019 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).