Australia vs Northern America: Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O

Australia
42,813 kt
in 2023
Northern America
173,202 kt
in 2023
Australia rank
11th
Northern America rank
14th

Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O over time

  • Australia
  • Northern America
50.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k196119922023

How they compare

Northern America currently reports 173,202 kt against 42,813 kt in Australia, a difference of 130,389 kt.

That makes Northern America's figure about 4.0 times Australia's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 11th and Northern America ranks 14th of 225 countries.

Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Northern America Difference Ahead
1960s 32,032 kt 94,947 kt 62,916 kt Northern America
1970s 37,183 kt 128,367 kt 91,184 kt Northern America
1980s 34,457 kt 137,475 kt 103,019 kt Northern America
1990s 37,239 kt 156,262 kt 119,022 kt Northern America
2000s 35,940 kt 161,443 kt 125,502 kt Northern America
2010s 35,031 kt 171,664 kt 136,633 kt Northern America
2020s 38,355 kt 173,762 kt 135,407 kt Northern America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural soils — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, Australia or Northern America?
Northern America, at 173,202 kt against 42,813 kt in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural soils — emissions (co2eq) from n2o between Australia and Northern America?
130,389 kt, with Northern America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Northern America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and Northern America rank globally for agricultural soils — emissions (co2eq) from n2o?
Australia ranks 11th and Northern America ranks 14th of 225 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
279 places, 15,432 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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