Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Synthetic Fertilizers by country

Countries reporting

166

Highest

159.58

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

0.3977

Years covered

1961–2050

Data points

8,403

What the numbers show

Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Synthetic Fertilizers is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 159.58 in China; the lowest is 0 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3977, and the mean is 4.17.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 487.0%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 66.7%).

Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Synthetic Fertilizers: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	159.58	2050	—	volatile
2	India	141.4	2050	—	volatile
3	United States	54.83	2050	—	rising
4	Brazil	43.61	2050	—	volatile
5	Pakistan	32.27	2050	—	volatile
6	Indonesia	19.07	2050	—	volatile
7	Canada	11.58	2050	—	volatile
8	France	11.41	2050	—	rising
9	Bangladesh	10.46	2050	—	volatile
10	Mexico	10.12	2050	—	rising
11	Iran	9.8	2050	—	volatile
12	Egypt	9.34	2050	—	rising
13	Argentina	9.1	2050	—	volatile
14	Turkey	8.82	2050	—	volatile
15	Germany	8.7	2050	—	rising
16	Russia	8.19	2050	—	rising
17	Thailand	8.07	2050	—	volatile
18	Vietnam	6.93	2050	—	volatile
19	Australia	6.63	2050	—	volatile
20	Philippines	6.28	2050	—	volatile
21	Poland	5.35	2050	—	rising
22	United Kingdom	5.15	2050	—	rising
23	Uzbekistan	4.97	2050	—	rising
24	Spain	4.82	2050	—	rising
25	Colombia	4.52	2050	—	volatile
26	Italy	4.04	2050	—	rising
27	South Africa	3.66	2050	—	rising
28	Ukraine	3.51	2050	—	rising
29	Iraq	3.43	2050	—	volatile
30	Belarus	3.29	2050	—	rising
31	Morocco	3.22	2050	—	volatile
32	Malaysia	3.18	2050	—	volatile
33	Nigeria	3.11	2050	—	volatile
34	Ethiopia	2.39	2050	—	volatile
35	Syria	2.34	2050	—	volatile
36	Malawi	2.12	2050	—	volatile
37	Serbia	2.07	2050	—	rising
38	Peru	2.03	2050	—	volatile
39	Chile	1.96	2050	—	volatile
40	Japan	1.96	2050	—	falling
41	Venezuela	1.84	2050	—	volatile
42	Sri Lanka	1.67	2050	—	volatile
43	Ireland	1.63	2050	—	rising
44	Hungary	1.46	2050	—	falling
45	South Korea	1.45	2050	—	falling
46	Uruguay	1.44	2050	—	volatile
47	Kenya	1.41	2050	—	volatile
48	Romania	1.37	2050	—	volatile
49	Netherlands	1.35	2050	—	falling
50	Croatia	1.3	2050	—	rising
51	Tanzania	1.3	2050	—	volatile
52	Guatemala	1.27	2050	—	volatile
53	Tunisia	1.23	2050	—	volatile
54	Czechia	1.13	2050	—	rising
55	Ecuador	1.12	2050	—	volatile
56	Taiwan	1.08	2050	—	rising
57	Mali	1.07	2050	—	volatile
58	Paraguay	0.9979	2050	—	volatile
59	Denmark	0.9422	2050	—	falling
60	Bulgaria	0.8997	2050	—	falling
61	Finland	0.8964	2050	—	rising
62	Honduras	0.891	2050	—	volatile
63	Sudan	0.8611	2019	up 487.0%	volatile
64	Greece	0.8596	2050	—	falling
65	Sweden	0.8192	2050	—	falling
66	El Salvador	0.7947	2050	—	rising
67	Myanmar	0.7711	2050	—	volatile
68	Norway	0.7518	2050	—	rising
69	Belgium	0.7329	2050	—	flat
70	Saudi Arabia	0.6762	2050	—	volatile
71	Lithuania	0.6166	2050	—	rising
72	Burkina Faso	0.6061	2050	—	volatile
73	Costa Rica	0.553	2050	—	rising
74	Dominican Republic	0.5098	2050	—	rising
75	Portugal	0.5078	2050	—	flat
76	New Zealand	0.504	2050	—	volatile
77	Nicaragua	0.5011	2050	—	volatile
78	Austria	0.4719	2050	—	falling
79	Cameroon	0.4598	2050	—	volatile
80	Slovakia	0.4279	2050	—	rising
81	Mozambique	0.4175	2050	—	volatile
82	Cuba	0.4135	2050	—	volatile
83	Afghanistan	0.4046	2050	—	volatile
84	Algeria	0.3907	2050	—	rising
85	Libya	0.3895	2050	—	volatile
86	Switzerland	0.3701	2050	—	rising
87	Yemen	0.3276	2050	—	volatile
88	Ghana	0.326	2050	—	volatile
89	Cambodia	0.3188	2050	—	volatile
90	Cote d'Ivoire	0.3111	2050	—	volatile
91	Armenia	0.2943	2050	—	volatile
92	Israel	0.2753	2050	—	rising
93	Senegal	0.27	2050	—	volatile
94	Kazakhstan	0.2659	2050	—	volatile
95	Kyrgyzstan	0.2559	2050	—	rising
96	Jordan	0.2504	2050	—	volatile
97	Albania	0.2445	2050	—	volatile
98	Niger	0.2346	2050	—	volatile
99	Latvia	0.2201	2050	—	rising
100	Angola	0.2166	2050	—	volatile
101	Georgia	0.1983	2050	—	rising
102	Panama	0.1882	2050	—	rising
103	Madagascar	0.1881	2050	—	volatile
104	Bolivia	0.1877	2050	—	volatile
105	Azerbaijan	0.1696	2050	—	volatile
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.152	2050	—	volatile
107	Slovenia	0.1475	2050	—	falling
108	North Macedonia	0.1335	2050	—	falling
109	Uganda	0.1163	2050	—	volatile
110	Estonia	0.1134	2050	—	rising
111	Moldova	0.1105	2050	—	volatile
112	Botswana	0.108	2019	up 55.2%	volatile
113	United Arab Emirates	0.1044	2050	—	volatile
114	Lebanon	0.1008	2050	—	rising
115	Papua New Guinea	0.0969	2050	—	volatile
116	Guinea	0.091	2050	—	volatile
117	Iceland	0.0858	2050	—	flat
118	Tajikistan	0.0799	2050	—	volatile
119	Nepal	0.0763	2050	—	volatile
120	Rwanda	0.0745	2050	—	volatile
121	Guyana	0.071	2050	—	rising
122	Luxembourg	0.0697	2050	—	flat
123	Democratic Republic of Congo	0.0589	2050	—	volatile
124	Mongolia	0.0501	2050	—	volatile
125	Singapore	0.0471	2050	—	volatile
126	Suriname	0.0432	2050	—	volatile
127	Mauritius	0.0423	2019	up 19.2%	falling
128	Burundi	0.0405	2050	—	volatile
129	Fiji	0.0385	2050	—	falling
130	Gambia	0.0373	2050	—	volatile
131	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0361	2050	—	rising
132	Cyprus	0.0339	2050	—	falling
133	Jamaica	0.0321	2050	—	falling
134	Belize	0.0296	2050	—	volatile
135	Namibia	0.0288	2050	—	volatile
136	Oman	0.026	2050	—	volatile
137	Bhutan	0.0138	2050	—	volatile
138	Montenegro	0.0116	2050	—	rising
139	Eritrea	0.0107	2050	—	volatile
140	Gabon	0.0077	2050	—	volatile
141	Bahrain	0.0073	2050	—	volatile
141	Barbados	0.0073	2050	—	volatile
143	Benin	0.0068	2050	—	volatile
144	Central African Republic	0.0061	2050	—	volatile
145	New Caledonia	0.0057	2050	—	volatile
146	Hong Kong	0.0049	2050	—	volatile
147	Togo	0.004	2050	—	volatile
148	Malta	0.0035	2050	—	volatile
149	Bahamas	0.0034	2019	down 5.6%	volatile
150	Kuwait	0.0033	2050	—	volatile
150	Qatar	0.0033	2050	—	volatile
152	French Polynesia	0.0025	2050	—	rising
153	Dominica	0.0024	2050	—	volatile
154	Brunei	0.0013	2050	—	volatile
155	Congo	0.0012	2050	—	volatile
156	Maldives	0.0011	2050	—	volatile
157	Saint Lucia	0.0009	2019	up 80.0%	volatile
158	Seychelles	0.0005	2050	—	volatile
159	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0002	2050	—	volatile
159	Macao	0.0002	2050	—	volatile
161	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0001	2050	—	volatile
161	Bermuda	0.0001	2019	down 66.7%	falling
161	Samoa	0.0001	2050	—	volatile
161	Cook Islands	0.0001	2050	—	volatile
165	Nauru	0	2019	—	flat
165	Tonga	0	2050	—	volatile

About this data

Indicator: Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Synthetic Fertilizers
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: 166 places, 8,403 data points, 1961–2050
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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).