Africa vs China, mainland: Agricultural Soils — Indirect emissions

Africa
236.79 kt
in 2023
China, mainland
108.55 kt
in 2023
Africa rank
5th
China, mainland rank
3rd

Agricultural Soils — Indirect emissions over time

  • Africa
  • China, mainland
50100150200250196119922023

How they compare

Africa currently reports 236.79 kt against 108.55 kt in China, mainland, a difference of 128.24 kt.

That makes Africa's figure about 2.2 times China, mainland's.

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

Africa ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 3rd of 32 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa China, mainland Difference Ahead
1960s 69.43 kt 43.21 kt 26.22 kt Africa
1970s 81.69 kt 54.29 kt 27.39 kt Africa
1980s 96.15 kt 65.06 kt 31.08 kt Africa
1990s 115.15 kt 87.74 kt 27.41 kt Africa
2000s 149.09 kt 98.29 kt 50.8 kt Africa
2010s 196.35 kt 99.87 kt 96.48 kt Africa
2020s 230.14 kt 106.52 kt 123.62 kt Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural soils — indirect emissions, Africa or China, mainland?
Africa, at 236.79 kt against 108.55 kt in China, mainland as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural soils — indirect emissions between Africa and China, mainland?
128.24 kt, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China, mainland?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Africa and China, mainland rank globally for agricultural soils — indirect emissions?
Africa ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 3rd of 32 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Agricultural Soils — Indirect emissions (N2O). 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 — Indirect emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
248 places, 14,264 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