Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - 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
40.16
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
0
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
6,120

What the numbers show

Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Land Use change is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 40.16 in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.7888.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 3,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 100.0%).

Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Land Use change: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Democratic Republic of Congo 40.16 2019 down 5.5% rising
2 Angola 22.24 2019 up 1.2% rising
3 Central African Republic 21.62 2019 down 9.8% rising
4 Brazil 17.26 2019 up 361.4% falling
5 Bolivia 15.87 2019 up 509.5% volatile
6 Myanmar 8.21 2019 down 50.8% rising
7 Mozambique 7.36 2019 down 17.9% rising
8 Tanzania 6.92 2019 down 21.9% rising
9 Indonesia 3.94 2019 up 14.6% volatile
10 Cambodia 2.72 2019 down 45.7% rising
11 Thailand 2.33 2019 down 32.1% rising
12 Nepal 1.98 2019 up 70.4% volatile
13 Cameroon 1.56 2019 up 22.7% falling
14 Laos 1.28 2019 up 4.8% volatile
15 Chad 1.18 2019 up 18.8% rising
16 Mexico 0.9685 2019 down 19.5% volatile
17 Venezuela 0.9572 2019 up 898.1% volatile
18 South Sudan 0.8474 2019 down 50.7% falling
19 India 0.71 2019 down 81.9% volatile
20 Congo 0.6994 2019 up 59.6% rising
21 Paraguay 0.6596 2019 up 375.9% volatile
22 Liberia 0.3656 2019 down 66.5% volatile
23 Ethiopia 0.3582 2019 down 13.9% rising
24 Malawi 0.3576 2019 up 53.4% volatile
25 Colombia 0.332 2019 up 151.9% volatile
26 Honduras 0.3226 2019 down 28.7% volatile
27 Madagascar 0.2831 2019 down 30.7% rising
28 Nigeria 0.2697 2019 up 5.2% volatile
29 Guinea-Bissau 0.252 2019 down 44.2% rising
30 Guatemala 0.1993 2019 down 70.0% volatile
31 Peru 0.1904 2019 up 146.3% volatile
32 Vietnam 0.1797 2019 down 12.6% flat
33 Nicaragua 0.1706 2019 up 452.1% volatile
34 Belize 0.117 2019 up 216.2% volatile
35 Argentina 0.1147 2019 down 71.9% volatile
36 Benin 0.1 2019 up 22.2% volatile
37 Guinea 0.0889 2019 down 69.9% falling
38 Australia 0.088 2019 down 68.8% volatile
39 Papua New Guinea 0.0868 2019 up 54.2% volatile
40 Gabon 0.0767 2019 up 51.6% rising
41 Malaysia 0.0741 2019 down 71.0% volatile
42 Guyana 0.0661 2019 up 404.6% volatile
43 Costa Rica 0.0627 2019 up 1,040.0% volatile
44 Senegal 0.0612 2019 down 66.8% volatile
45 Uganda 0.0545 2019 up 83.5% volatile
46 Sierra Leone 0.0481 2019 down 42.3% volatile
47 Panama 0.0398 2019 up 39.2% volatile
48 Ghana 0.0373 2019 up 532.2% volatile
49 Bangladesh 0.0372 2019 down 88.4% volatile
50 Philippines 0.0362 2019 up 42.5% volatile
51 Bahamas 0.0251 2019 down 31.4% volatile
52 Suriname 0.0242 2019 up 137.3% volatile
53 New Caledonia 0.0152 2019 β€” volatile
54 Togo 0.0121 2019 up 16.3% volatile
55 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0097 2019 down 73.9% volatile
56 El Salvador 0.0068 2019 up 3,300.0% volatile
57 Cuba 0.0053 2019 down 96.2% volatile
58 South Africa 0.0051 2019 up 537.5% volatile
59 Ecuador 0.003 2019 up 400.0% volatile
60 Dominican Republic 0.0028 2019 up 64.7% volatile
61 East Timor 0.0027 2019 down 65.4% volatile
61 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0027 2019 up 575.0% volatile
63 Fiji 0.0015 2019 down 96.3% volatile
64 United States 0.0009 2019 down 77.5% volatile
65 Mali 0.0006 2019 up 50.0% volatile
66 Brunei 0.0002 2019 down 81.8% volatile
66 Bhutan 0.0002 2019 down 97.7% volatile
66 Comoros 0.0002 2019 down 81.8% volatile
66 Kenya 0.0002 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€” flat
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€” flat
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 (N2O) - 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).