Japan vs United States: Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC

Japan
480.18 kt
in 2020
United States
629.62 kt
in 2020
Japan rank
3rd
United States rank
1st

Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC over time

  • Japan
  • United States
0200400600800199020052020

How they compare

United States currently reports 629.62 kt against 480.18 kt in Japan, a difference of 149.44 kt.

That makes United States's figure about 1.3 times Japan's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 3rd and United States ranks 1st of 21 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan United States Difference Ahead
1990s 501.41 kt 657.97 kt 156.55 kt United States
2000s 477.17 kt 645.43 kt 168.26 kt United States
2010s 478.9 kt 624.33 kt 145.43 kt United States
2020s 480.18 kt 629.62 kt 149.44 kt United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice cultivation — emissions (ch4) — unfccc, Japan or United States?
United States, at 629.62 kt against 480.18 kt in Japan as of 2020.
What is the difference in rice cultivation — emissions (ch4) — unfccc between Japan and United States?
149.44 kt, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United States?
31 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Japan and United States rank globally for rice cultivation — emissions (ch4) — unfccc?
Japan ranks 3rd and United States ranks 1st of 21 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
26 places, 735 data points, 1990–2020
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