Brazil vs China, mainland: Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions

Brazil
134.2 kt
in 2050
China, mainland
487.69 kt
in 2050
Brazil rank
5th
China, mainland rank
2nd

Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions over time

  • Brazil
  • China, mainland
0100200300400500196120052050

How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 487.69 kt against 134.2 kt in Brazil, a difference of 353.49 kt.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 3.6 times Brazil's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 199 countries.

China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil China, mainland Difference Ahead
1960s 1.35 kt 25.88 kt 24.52 kt China, mainland
1970s 7.53 kt 87.51 kt 79.98 kt China, mainland
1980s 12.55 kt 230.06 kt 217.51 kt China, mainland
1990s 18.56 kt 339.52 kt 320.96 kt China, mainland
2000s 36.25 kt 408.96 kt 372.72 kt China, mainland
2010s 63.12 kt 467.79 kt 404.68 kt China, mainland
2020s 101.32 kt 392.17 kt 290.84 kt China, mainland
2030s 117.82 kt 472.3 kt 354.48 kt China, mainland
2050s 134.2 kt 487.69 kt 353.49 kt China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher synthetic fertilizers — direct emissions, Brazil or China, mainland?
China, mainland, at 487.69 kt against 134.2 kt in Brazil as of 2050.
What is the difference in synthetic fertilizers — direct emissions between Brazil and China, mainland?
353.49 kt, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China, mainland?
65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2050.
How do Brazil and China, mainland rank globally for synthetic fertilizers — direct emissions?
Brazil ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct 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

Brazil vs China, mainland: Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/synthetic-fertilizers-direct-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/brazil/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/synthetic-fertilizers-direct-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/brazil/china-mainland/">Brazil vs China, mainland: Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
251 places, 14,396 data points, 1961–2050
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