Australia and New Zealand vs China, mainland: IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4

Australia and New Zealand
154,091 kt
in 2023
China, mainland
396,710 kt
in 2023
Australia and New Zealand rank
8th
China, mainland rank
5th

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • China, mainland
100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k196119922023

How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 396,710 kt against 154,091 kt in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 242,619 kt.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 2.6 times Australia and New Zealand's.

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

Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th and China, mainland ranks 5th of 225 countries.

China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand China, mainland Difference Ahead
1960s 104,735 kt 272,936 kt 168,201 kt China, mainland
1970s 122,700 kt 331,068 kt 208,368 kt China, mainland
1980s 112,367 kt 343,676 kt 231,308 kt China, mainland
1990s 140,539 kt 397,383 kt 256,844 kt China, mainland
2000s 140,833 kt 396,911 kt 256,078 kt China, mainland
2010s 129,789 kt 379,323 kt 249,534 kt China, mainland
2020s 116,803 kt 391,436 kt 274,632 kt China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher ipcc agriculture — emissions (co2eq) from ch4, Australia and New Zealand or China, mainland?
China, mainland, at 396,710 kt against 154,091 kt in Australia and New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in ipcc agriculture — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 between Australia and New Zealand and China, mainland?
242,619 kt, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and China, mainland?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and New Zealand and China, mainland rank globally for ipcc agriculture — emissions (co2eq) from ch4?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th and China, mainland ranks 5th of 225 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5). 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

Australia and New Zealand vs China, mainland: IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/ipcc-agriculture-emissions-co2eq-from-ch4-ar5-fao-tier-1/australia-and-new-zealand/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/ipcc-agriculture-emissions-co2eq-from-ch4-ar5-fao-tier-1/australia-and-new-zealand/china-mainland/">Australia and New Zealand vs China, mainland: IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
279 places, 15,374 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