Which has higher afolu — emissions, Americas or China, mainland?

Americas, at 38,745 kt against 14,181 kt in China, mainland as of 2023.

What is the difference in afolu — emissions between Americas and China, mainland?

24,564 kt, with Americas ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China, mainland?

34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as AFOLU — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Americas vs China, mainland: AFOLU — Emissions

Americas

38,745 kt

in 2023

China, mainland

14,181 kt

in 2023

Americas rank

5th

China, mainland rank

5th

AFOLU — Emissions over time

Americas
China, mainland

How they compare

Americas currently reports 38,745 kt against 14,181 kt in China, mainland, a difference of 24,564 kt.

That makes Americas's figure about 2.7 times China, mainland's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.

Americas ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 5th of 33 groups.

Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Americas	China, mainland	Difference	Ahead
1990s	32,953 kt	14,216 kt	18,737 kt	Americas
2000s	35,377 kt	14,194 kt	21,183 kt	Americas
2010s	36,377 kt	13,558 kt	22,819 kt	Americas
2020s	38,136 kt	13,990 kt	24,146 kt	Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher afolu — emissions, Americas or China, mainland?: Americas, at 38,745 kt against 14,181 kt in China, mainland as of 2023.
What is the difference in afolu — emissions between Americas and China, mainland?: 24,564 kt, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China, mainland?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Americas and China, mainland rank globally for afolu — emissions?: Americas ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 5th of 33 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as AFOLU — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Americas vs China, mainland: AFOLU — Emissions. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/afolu-emissions-ch4-fao-tier-1/americas/china-mainland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/afolu-emissions-ch4-fao-tier-1/americas/china-mainland/">Americas vs China, mainland: AFOLU — Emissions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: AFOLU — Emissions (CH4)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 290 places, 9,635 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf