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GHG emissions from food systems, by gas (Mt CO2 eq) - N2O by country

GHG emissions from food systems disaggregated by gas are generated from EDGAR-FOOD, a global emission inventory of GHGs from the food systems. EDGAR-FOOD has been developed to aid the understanding of the activities underlying the energy demand and use, agriculture and land use change emissions associated with the...

Countries reporting
200
Highest
283,863
China
Lowest
0.2352
Nauru
Median
1,783
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
5,226

What the numbers show

GHG emissions from food systems, by gas (Mt CO2 eq) - N2O is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 283,863 in China; the lowest is 0.2352 in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,783, and the mean is 8,933.

Over the past decade 148 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 2,595.8%), and the largest decrease in Micronesia (country) (down 53.2%).

GHG emissions from food systems, by gas (Mt CO2 eq) - N2O: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 283,863 2015 up 2.0% rising
2 United States 191,233 2015 up 3.2% rising
3 Brazil 148,956 2015 up 12.6% rising
4 India 145,725 2015 up 17.5% rising
5 Indonesia 55,649 2015 up 17.3% rising
6 Russia 52,066 2015 up 20.6% falling
7 Argentina 42,374 2015 up 3.2% rising
8 Australia 37,727 2015 down 2.2% rising
9 Pakistan 34,213 2015 up 27.2% rising
10 France 32,072 2015 down 6.1% falling
11 Mexico 31,164 2015 up 12.4% rising
12 Ethiopia 28,602 2015 up 55.8% rising
13 Germany 28,416 2015 down 4.4% falling
14 Sudan 25,154 2015 up 6.8% rising
15 Canada 23,881 2015 up 12.6% rising
16 Nigeria 21,253 2015 up 25.4% rising
17 Turkey 20,350 2015 up 17.7% rising
18 United Kingdom 19,146 2015 down 5.8% falling
19 Poland 18,740 2015 down 0.9% flat
20 Ukraine 17,200 2015 up 13.4% falling
21 Spain 16,686 2015 down 3.7% flat
22 Bangladesh 15,680 2015 up 19.9% rising
23 Vietnam 15,537 2015 up 17.9% rising
24 Colombia 15,508 2015 down 3.1% rising
25 Iran 15,419 2015 down 13.9% rising
26 Myanmar 14,529 2015 up 39.3% rising
27 Egypt 14,181 2015 up 8.2% rising
28 South Africa 13,131 2015 down 8.8% flat
29 Tanzania 13,045 2015 up 46.7% rising
30 Thailand 12,625 2015 up 6.0% rising
31 Kenya 12,468 2015 up 53.4% rising
32 Kazakhstan 11,776 2015 up 14.6% falling
33 Italy 11,534 2015 down 10.0% falling
34 Uzbekistan 10,727 2015 up 68.6% rising
35 New Zealand 9,950 2015 up 0.7% rising
36 Venezuela 9,808 2015 up 3.6% rising
37 Japan 8,878 2015 down 13.0% falling
38 Belarus 8,758 2015 up 30.3% rising
39 Uganda 8,598 2015 up 79.8% rising
40 Philippines 8,506 2015 up 5.0% rising
41 Malaysia 8,378 2015 up 11.5% rising
42 Romania 8,300 2015 up 4.6% falling
43 Niger 7,105 2015 up 50.0% rising
44 Paraguay 7,040 2015 up 37.5% rising
45 Ireland 6,898 2015 down 1.2% falling
46 Uruguay 6,692 2015 up 10.1% rising
47 Mali 6,689 2015 up 45.1% rising
48 Netherlands 6,473 2015 down 33.7% falling
49 Mongolia 6,037 2015 up 82.7% rising
50 Belgium 5,807 2015 up 8.9% flat
51 South Korea 5,781 2015 down 6.9% flat
52 Bolivia 5,773 2015 up 25.9% rising
53 Peru 5,531 2015 up 13.8% rising
54 Burkina Faso 5,451 2015 up 25.5% rising
55 Chile 5,428 2015 up 7.5% rising
56 Madagascar 5,391 2015 up 8.5% flat
57 Morocco 5,215 2015 up 16.5% rising
58 Cuba 4,987 2015 up 2.7% falling
59 Algeria 4,773 2015 up 46.0% rising
60 Somalia 4,626 2015 down 9.6% rising
61 Denmark 4,254 2015 down 5.5% falling
62 Chad 4,200 2015 up 28.0% rising
63 Nepal 4,155 2015 up 29.0% rising
64 Czechia 4,065 2015 up 6.8% falling
65 Turkmenistan 4,022 2015 up 23.3% rising
66 Cameroon 4,018 2015 up 9.8% rising
67 Sweden 3,986 2015 down 1.6% falling
68 Lithuania 3,954 2015 up 54.1% rising
69 Finland 3,860 2015 down 5.5% rising
70 Angola 3,694 2015 up 41.6% rising
71 Hungary 3,629 2015 down 24.3% falling
72 Afghanistan 3,522 2015 up 27.7% rising
73 Ecuador 3,441 2015 up 5.1% rising
74 Iraq 3,365 2015 up 47.9% rising
75 Nicaragua 3,349 2015 up 28.3% rising
76 Saudi Arabia 3,349 2015 up 14.2% rising
77 Greece 3,173 2015 down 21.8% falling
78 Guatemala 2,982 2015 up 25.4% rising
79 Bulgaria 2,805 2015 up 16.1% falling
80 Portugal 2,803 2015 down 3.2% falling
81 Austria 2,789 2015 up 0.7% falling
82 Syria 2,787 2015 down 28.0% rising
83 Guinea 2,743 2015 up 59.4% rising
84 Central African Republic 2,743 2015 up 31.2% rising
85 Senegal 2,716 2015 up 24.7% rising
86 Norway 2,491 2015 down 17.7% falling
87 Taiwan 2,376 2015 down 12.7% falling
88 Cambodia 2,349 2015 up 2.1% rising
89 Slovakia 2,298 2015 up 16.0% flat
90 Dominican Republic 2,232 2015 up 20.4% rising
91 Honduras 2,160 2015 up 7.8% rising
92 Ghana 2,133 2015 up 49.9% rising
93 Malawi 2,133 2015 up 110.0% rising
94 Democratic Republic of Congo 1,927 2015 up 17.6% flat
95 Laos 1,914 2015 up 36.2% rising
96 Azerbaijan 1,912 2015 up 25.7% rising
97 Mauritania 1,906 2015 up 10.9% rising
98 Tunisia 1,848 2015 up 1.3% rising
99 Namibia 1,832 2015 down 8.2% rising
100 Mozambique 1,788 2015 up 10.2% rising
101 Switzerland 1,777 2015 down 1.4% falling
102 Croatia 1,776 2015 down 3.2% falling
103 Cote d'Ivoire 1,712 2015 up 17.9% rising
104 Tajikistan 1,704 2015 up 63.6% rising
105 Kyrgyzstan 1,584 2015 up 49.5% falling
106 North Korea 1,511 2015 down 6.6% falling
107 Benin 1,397 2015 up 29.4% rising
108 Latvia 1,357 2015 up 36.5% falling
109 Guyana 1,356 2015 up 1.4% flat
110 Israel 1,288 2015 up 1.6% rising
111 Costa Rica 1,277 2015 up 16.7% falling
112 Haiti 1,216 2015 up 6.3% rising
113 Georgia 1,169 2015 up 11.8% flat
114 Eritrea 1,143 2015 up 6.7% rising
115 Sri Lanka 1,092 2015 up 33.3% flat
116 Rwanda 1,083 2015 up 40.9% rising
117 El Salvador 976.74 2015 down 8.5% flat
118 Albania 938.99 2015 up 15.8% falling
119 Botswana 938.77 2015 down 18.5% falling
120 Libya 925.25 2015 up 16.1% rising
121 Panama 883.15 2015 up 3.0% rising
122 United Arab Emirates 809.78 2015 up 50.7% rising
123 Togo 796.58 2015 up 43.2% rising
124 Burundi 784.82 2015 up 64.4% rising
125 Bosnia and Herzegovina 717.59 2015 up 10.0% rising
126 Estonia 705.56 2015 up 42.3% falling
127 Moldova 690.17 2015 up 14.3% falling
128 Sierra Leone 650.11 2015 up 84.7% rising
129 Jordan 580.37 2015 up 32.2% rising
130 Oman 568.88 2015 up 45.0% rising
131 Slovenia 533.83 2015 down 12.6% falling
132 Guinea-Bissau 460.81 2015 up 43.4% rising
133 Lebanon 457.75 2015 up 45.2% rising
134 Eswatini 413.87 2015 down 0.5% flat
135 Lesotho 387.41 2015 down 19.2% flat
136 Armenia 383.49 2015 up 13.3% falling
137 North Macedonia 359.03 2015 down 14.1% falling
138 Congo 346.75 2015 up 39.1% rising
139 Papua New Guinea 318.63 2015 up 15.7% rising
140 Iceland 294.49 2015 down 6.4% flat
141 Fiji 290.57 2015 up 0.3% rising
142 Kuwait 284.21 2015 up 31.3% rising
143 Jamaica 249.05 2015 down 31.3% falling
144 Gambia 242.16 2015 up 14.8% rising
145 Puerto Rico 222.71 2015 up 3.3% falling
146 Liberia 217.08 2015 up 60.2% rising
147 Qatar 213.63 2015 up 172.2% rising
148 East Timor 190.92 2015 up 16.5% rising
149 Luxembourg 186.21 2015 up 2.1% rising
150 Cyprus 175.23 2015 down 13.6% falling
151 Trinidad and Tobago 162.85 2015 up 11.3% rising
152 Vanuatu 123.68 2015 up 28.6% rising
153 Gabon 123.16 2015 up 18.7% rising
154 Suriname 117.26 2015 down 0.6% rising
155 Mauritius 110.77 2015 down 7.4% flat
156 Singapore 107.96 2015 up 11.1% rising
157 Brunei 105.84 2015 up 20.5% rising
158 Belize 99.42 2015 up 23.3% rising
159 Bhutan 95.21 2015 down 13.1% flat
160 Hong Kong 73.04 2015 up 1.1% falling
161 New Caledonia 65.84 2015 down 3.5% falling
162 Cape Verde 52.33 2015 down 17.2% rising
163 Samoa 47.49 2015 up 29.9% rising
164 Bahrain 44.94 2015 up 14.2% rising
165 Comoros 42.87 2015 up 8.8% rising
166 Bahamas 34.43 2015 up 22.3% rising
167 Barbados 34.38 2015 up 10.9% falling
168 Malta 33.04 2015 down 12.8% falling
169 Solomon Islands 22 2015 up 11.1% rising
170 Saint Lucia 21.27 2015 up 46.0% rising
171 Tonga 20.71 2015 up 4.5% rising
172 French Polynesia 19.56 2015 down 0.1% rising
173 Equatorial Guinea 15.6 2015 up 15.9% rising
174 Antigua and Barbuda 12.13 2015 down 15.8% rising
175 Sao Tome and Principe 11.41 2015 up 60.5% rising
176 Dominica 10.53 2015 up 10.7% flat
177 Maldives 9.68 2015 up 95.6% rising
178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.35 2015 down 10.7% rising
179 Grenada 8.08 2015 up 20.4% rising
180 Aruba 6.47 2015 up 52.2% rising
181 Faroe Islands 5.88 2015 down 1.0% flat
182 Kiribati 5.87 2015 up 24.2% rising
183 Palau 5.27 2015 up 14.5% falling
184 Macao 5.03 2015 up 28.3% falling
185 Bermuda 4.89 2015 up 23.5% rising
186 Micronesia (country) 4.75 2015 down 53.2% volatile
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.7 2015 down 38.5% falling
188 Seychelles 4.54 2015 down 11.5% falling
189 United States Virgin Islands 4.39 2015 up 1.9% falling
190 Greenland 4.12 2015 up 0.5% rising
191 Cayman Islands 3.98 2015 up 58.2% rising
192 Cook Islands 2.97 2015 down 2.4% falling
193 British Virgin Islands 2.68 2015 down 1.0% falling
194 Guam 1.73 2015 up 20.4% rising
195 Gibraltar 1.7 2015 up 41.0% rising
196 Tuvalu 1.19 2015 up 6.8% rising
197 American Samoa 0.97 2015 up 1.7% rising
198 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.7326 2015 up 2,595.8% volatile
199 Niue 0.2989 2015 up 8.0% rising
200 Nauru 0.2352 2015 up 6.7% rising

About this data

Indicator
GHG emissions from food systems, by gas (Mt CO2 eq) - N2O
Source
Crippa, M., Solazzo, E., Guizzardi, D., Monforti-Ferrario, F., Tubiello, F.N. and Leip, A. EDGAR-FOOD data. Figshare, doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13476666 (2021)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
201 places, 5,226 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

GHG emissions from food systems disaggregated by gas are generated from EDGAR-FOOD, a global emission inventory of GHGs from the food systems. EDGAR-FOOD has been developed to aid the understanding of the activities underlying the energy demand and use, agriculture and land use change emissions associated with the production, distribution, consumption and disposal of food through the various stages and sectors of the composite global food system. These data were complemented with data from the FAOSTAT database on GHG emissions from land use related to agriculture (FAO, 2020). EDGAR-FOOD represents the first database consistently covering each stage of the food chain for all countries with yearly frequency for the period 1990-2015. Details regarding the methodology applied are available in Crippa et al. (2021).