Australia vs South America: Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O over time
- Australia
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 262,418 kt against 42,813 kt in Australia, a difference of 219,605 kt.
That makes South America's figure about 6.1 times Australia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 11th and South America ranks 11th of 225 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,032 kt | 88,639 kt | 56,607 kt | South America |
| 1970s | 37,183 kt | 114,726 kt | 77,544 kt | South America |
| 1980s | 34,457 kt | 139,703 kt | 105,246 kt | South America |
| 1990s | 37,239 kt | 162,365 kt | 125,126 kt | South America |
| 2000s | 35,940 kt | 198,702 kt | 162,761 kt | South America |
| 2010s | 35,031 kt | 227,920 kt | 192,889 kt | South America |
| 2020s | 38,355 kt | 260,091 kt | 221,736 kt | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural soils — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, Australia or South America?
- South America, at 262,418 kt against 42,813 kt in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural soils — emissions (co2eq) from n2o between Australia and South America?
- 219,605 kt, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and South America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Australia and South America rank globally for agricultural soils — emissions (co2eq) from n2o?
- Australia ranks 11th and South America ranks 11th 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
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