Which has higher drained organic soils — emissions, Albania or Uruguay?

Uruguay, at 0.0915 kt against 0.0724 kt in Albania as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Uruguay?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Albania vs Uruguay: Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O)

Albania

0.0724 kt

in 2024

Uruguay

0.0915 kt

in 2024

Albania rank

75th

Uruguay rank

73rd

Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) over time

Albania
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.0915 kt against 0.0724 kt in Albania, a difference of 0.0191 kt.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.3 times Albania's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.

Albania ranks 75th and Uruguay ranks 73rd of 221 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Albania	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.0755 kt	0.0888 kt	0.0133 kt	Uruguay
2000s	0.0754 kt	0.0894 kt	0.014 kt	Uruguay
2010s	0.0743 kt	0.0897 kt	0.0154 kt	Uruguay
2020s	0.0724 kt	0.0917 kt	0.0193 kt	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher drained organic soils — emissions, Albania or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 0.0915 kt against 0.0724 kt in Albania as of 2024.
What is the difference in drained organic soils — emissions between Albania and Uruguay?: 0.0191 kt, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Uruguay?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Albania and Uruguay rank globally for drained organic soils — emissions?: Albania ranks 75th and Uruguay ranks 73rd of 221 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O). 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

Albania vs Uruguay: Drained organic soils — Emissions. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 11 October 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/drained-organic-soils-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/albania/uruguay/

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/drained-organic-soils-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/albania/uruguay/">Albania vs Uruguay: Drained organic soils — Emissions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 274 places, 9,364 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.