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AFOLU — Direct emissions (N2O) by country

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Countries reporting
213
Highest
1,249 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Guadeloupe
Median
4.68 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,204

What the numbers show

AFOLU — Direct emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 1,249 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Guadeloupe.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.68 kt, and the mean is 35.14 kt.

Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 154.8%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 83.3%).

AFOLU — Direct emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 1,249 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
2 China 857.67 kt 2023 down 6.1% rising
3 China, mainland 853.11 kt 2023 down 6.1% rising
4 India 637.17 kt 2023 up 17.4% rising
5 Brazil 504.03 kt 2023 up 24.0% rising
6 Pakistan 175.32 kt 2023 up 33.4% rising
7 Australia and New Zealand 162.41 kt 2023 up 10.8% flat
8 Indonesia 135.06 kt 2023 up 28.7% rising
9 Ethiopia 132.13 kt 2023 up 37.2% rising
10 Australia 129.39 kt 2023 up 17.4% flat
11 Argentina 113.21 kt 2023 up 8.6% rising
12 Russian Federation 102.67 kt 2023 up 29.7% falling
13 Mexico 99.89 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
14 Sudan (former) 83.08 kt 2011 up 8.3% rising
15 Canada 81.4 kt 2023 up 11.0% rising
16 Türkiye 81.24 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
17 Chad 77.91 kt 2023 up 79.3% volatile
18 Nigeria 76.04 kt 2023 up 15.0% rising
19 France 68.49 kt 2023 down 14.7% falling
20 Sudan 67.01 kt 2023 up 3.2% rising
21 United Republic of Tanzania 66.19 kt 2023 up 51.8% rising
22 Thailand 62.73 kt 2023 up 30.8% rising
23 Bangladesh 61.53 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
24 Viet Nam 58.65 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
25 Colombia 54.49 kt 2023 up 31.0% rising
26 Kenya 49.92 kt 2023 up 24.4% rising
27 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 47.58 kt 2023 up 14.5% rising
28 Germany 46.53 kt 2023 down 23.9% falling
29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 42.31 kt 2023 down 4.4% falling
30 Uzbekistan 40.94 kt 2023 up 38.4% rising
31 Poland 35.71 kt 2023 up 9.6% flat
32 Egypt 35.33 kt 2023 down 7.5% rising
33 Mali 35.24 kt 2023 up 47.6% rising
34 Niger 33.66 kt 2023 up 46.2% rising
35 Ukraine 33.03 kt 2023 down 14.8% falling
36 New Zealand 33.02 kt 2023 down 9.2% flat
36 Réunion 0.0061 kt 2023 up 1.7% volatile
37 Spain 32.36 kt 2023 down 16.2% falling
38 Uganda 30.58 kt 2023 up 24.6% rising
39 South Sudan 29.25 kt 2023 up 16.7% rising
40 Myanmar 28.8 kt 2023 down 28.6% rising
41 Philippines 28.3 kt 2023 up 10.0% rising
42 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 26.92 kt 2023 down 9.9% rising
43 Italy 24.7 kt 2023 down 10.8% falling
44 Paraguay 23.44 kt 2023 up 3.9% rising
45 Mongolia 23.38 kt 2023 up 56.6% rising
46 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 23.1 kt 2023 up 16.1% rising
47 Burkina Faso 22.26 kt 2023 up 7.2% rising
48 Kazakhstan 21.26 kt 2023 up 18.3% rising
49 Uruguay 21.08 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
50 Peru 20.8 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
52 Morocco 18.51 kt 2023 down 2.5% rising
53 Romania 18.09 kt 2023 up 7.8% falling
54 Japan 17.6 kt 2023 down 3.4% falling
55 Malawi 17.03 kt 2023 up 154.8% volatile
56 Turkmenistan 16.01 kt 2023 up 24.2% rising
57 Belarus 15.8 kt 2023 down 5.2% rising
58 Somalia 15.43 kt 2023 down 3.8% flat
59 Guinea 15.36 kt 2023 up 57.3% volatile
60 Algeria 15.16 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
61 Ireland 15.08 kt 2023 down 9.7% flat
62 Madagascar 14.45 kt 2023 down 11.2% flat
63 Saudi Arabia 13.97 kt 2023 up 57.8% rising
64 Republic of Korea 13.62 kt 2023 up 8.6% falling
65 Cameroon 13.25 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
66 Zambia 12.73 kt 2023 up 31.8% rising
67 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 12.5 kt 2023 down 7.7% falling
68 Angola 11.99 kt 2023 up 18.6% rising
69 Nepal 11.89 kt 2023 down 5.0% rising
70 Malaysia 11.84 kt 2023 down 16.3% rising
71 Zimbabwe 11.81 kt 2023 up 7.0% rising
72 Chile 11.7 kt 2023 down 11.1% rising
73 Senegal 11.05 kt 2023 up 23.5% rising
74 Afghanistan 10.85 kt 2023 down 3.5% rising
75 Guatemala 10.75 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
76 Iraq 10.67 kt 2023 up 1.1% rising
77 Ghana 10.38 kt 2023 up 53.4% rising
78 Cambodia 10.3 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
79 Belgium-Luxembourg 9.69 kt 1999 up 1.1% flat
80 Serbia and Montenegro 9.23 kt 2005 up 5.1% rising
81 Ecuador 9.03 kt 2023 down 26.3% rising
82 Nicaragua 9 kt 2023 up 23.8% rising
83 Hungary 8.93 kt 2023 down 10.6% rising
84 Denmark 8.8 kt 2023 down 4.7% falling
85 Yemen 8.77 kt 2023 up 2.5% rising
86 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.56 kt 2023 up 36.9% rising
87 Bulgaria 8.42 kt 2023 up 9.4% flat
88 Dominican Republic 8.4 kt 2023 up 21.7% rising
89 Mauritania 7.84 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
90 Azerbaijan 7.78 kt 2023 up 3.4% rising
91 Côte d'Ivoire 7.77 kt 2023 up 62.1% rising
92 Syrian Arab Republic 7.74 kt 2023 up 2.0% falling
93 Serbia 7.62 kt 2023 down 20.3% falling
94 Czechia 7.39 kt 2023 down 16.6% rising
95 Benin 7.31 kt 2023 up 62.6% rising
96 Greece 7.08 kt 2023 down 19.6% falling
97 Belgium 6.83 kt 2023 down 15.8% flat
98 Mozambique 6.81 kt 2023 up 25.4% rising
99 Cuba 6.61 kt 2023 down 23.6% falling
100 Honduras 6.4 kt 2023 up 12.4% rising
101 Tajikistan 6.26 kt 2023 up 46.9% rising
102 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.19 kt 2023 up 46.4% rising
103 Namibia 6.02 kt 2023 up 33.8% rising
104 Sweden 5.91 kt 2023 down 5.2% falling
105 Tunisia 5.8 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
106 Austria 5.61 kt 2023 down 9.2% falling
107 Costa Rica 4.86 kt 2023 up 30.2% rising
108 Kyrgyzstan 4.68 kt 2023 up 13.9% rising
109 Portugal 4.59 kt 2023 down 13.3% falling
110 China, Taiwan Province of 4.48 kt 2023 down 12.6% rising
111 Togo 4.47 kt 2023 up 51.9% rising
112 Finland 4.33 kt 2023 down 7.7% falling
113 Eritrea 4.29 kt 2023 up 4.1% rising
114 Lithuania 4.24 kt 2023 down 10.0% rising
115 Burundi 4.19 kt 2023 up 82.8% volatile
116 Norway 3.97 kt 2023 up 2.8% falling
117 Sri Lanka 3.86 kt 2023 down 4.3% rising
118 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3.6 kt 2023 down 35.7% volatile
119 Switzerland 3.59 kt 2023 down 6.5% falling
120 Haiti 3.57 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
121 Rwanda 3.45 kt 2023 down 0.8% rising
122 Libya 3.26 kt 2023 down 4.3% rising
123 Slovakia 3.25 kt 2023 down 3.1% flat
124 Panama 3.21 kt 2023 up 2.4% rising
125 Croatia 2.87 kt 2023 down 0.1% falling
126 Georgia 2.65 kt 2023 down 9.6% falling
127 Sierra Leone 2.56 kt 2023 up 16.7% rising
128 Latvia 2.49 kt 2023 up 10.6% rising
129 Republic of Moldova 2.48 kt 2023 up 29.2% falling
130 Israel 2.35 kt 2023 down 3.1% rising
131 El Salvador 2.12 kt 2023 down 24.4% falling
132 Jordan 1.93 kt 2023 up 27.9% rising
133 United Arab Emirates 1.93 kt 2023 up 13.0% rising
134 Melanesia 1.91 kt 2023 down 16.0% falling
135 Botswana 1.91 kt 2023 down 45.3% falling
136 Oman 1.89 kt 2023 up 20.4% rising
137 Guinea-Bissau 1.7 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
138 Albania 1.68 kt 2023 down 31.5% falling
139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.53 kt 2023 down 47.7% rising
140 Armenia 1.47 kt 2023 down 40.0% rising
141 Lebanon 1.42 kt 2023 up 2.1% rising
142 Estonia 1.28 kt 2023 up 5.7% flat
143 Slovenia 1.24 kt 2023 down 3.8% falling
144 Lesotho 1.18 kt 2023 down 17.9% falling
145 Eswatini 1.01 kt 2023 down 9.4% falling
146 Papua New Guinea 1 kt 2023 up 19.2% rising
147 Kuwait 0.9797 kt 2023 up 31.6% rising
148 Guyana 0.8822 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
149 North Macedonia 0.8479 kt 2023 down 22.3% falling
150 Qatar 0.7411 kt 2023 up 131.4% volatile
151 Timor-Leste 0.7016 kt 2023 up 18.4% rising
152 Gambia 0.6844 kt 2023 down 9.0% rising
153 Djibouti 0.6613 kt 2023 up 3.5% rising
154 Jamaica 0.6486 kt 2023 down 2.6% falling
155 Liberia 0.642 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
156 Congo 0.6395 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
157 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4944 kt 2023 down 4.4% rising
158 Fiji 0.4873 kt 2023 down 40.6% falling
159 Cyprus 0.4665 kt 2023 down 19.1% falling
160 Belize 0.4661 kt 2023 up 12.0% volatile
161 Palestine 0.4534 kt 2023 up 3.1% rising
162 Luxembourg 0.4447 kt 2023 down 16.4% rising
163 Gabon 0.4077 kt 2023 up 24.8% rising
164 Puerto Rico 0.388 kt 2023 down 21.6% falling
165 Iceland 0.387 kt 2023 down 5.1% falling
166 Suriname 0.3855 kt 2023 up 34.3% rising
167 Mauritius 0.2942 kt 2023 down 5.9% flat
168 Brunei Darussalam 0.2244 kt 2023 up 9.0% rising
169 Montenegro 0.2207 kt 2023 down 14.7% falling
170 Bhutan 0.2058 kt 2023 down 10.1% rising
171 Vanuatu 0.2002 kt 2023 down 45.7% falling
172 Polynesia 0.1968 kt 2023 down 12.7% rising
173 New Caledonia 0.1815 kt 2023 down 11.0% falling
174 Cabo Verde 0.1449 kt 2023 down 8.3% falling
175 Comoros 0.1157 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
176 Samoa 0.1012 kt 2023 down 23.4% rising
177 Barbados 0.0911 kt 2023 down 2.4% falling
178 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0741 kt 2023 up 22.3% flat
179 Micronesia 0.055 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
180 Bahrain 0.0521 kt 2023 down 47.2% rising
181 Tonga 0.0512 kt 2023 up 4.1% rising
182 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.0456 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
183 Solomon Islands 0.0435 kt 2023 down 5.8% rising
184 Malta 0.0432 kt 2023 down 27.4% falling
185 Singapore 0.0426 kt 2023 down 8.2% falling
186 Bahamas 0.0405 kt 2023 down 11.4% rising
187 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0387 kt 2023 up 25.2% rising
188 Saint Lucia 0.0349 kt 2023 up 7.7% falling
189 French Polynesia 0.0342 kt 2023 up 5.2% flat
190 Equatorial Guinea 0.0327 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
191 Dominica 0.027 kt 2023 down 14.0% falling
192 Grenada 0.0265 kt 2023 up 25.0% rising
193 Faroe Islands 0.0236 kt 2023 down 8.5% rising
194 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0186 kt 2023 down 12.3% falling
195 French Guiana 0.0167 kt 2023 up 30.5% volatile
196 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0144 kt 2023 down 13.8% falling
197 Seychelles 0.0115 kt 2023 up 59.7% falling
198 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0099 kt 2023 up 25.3% falling
199 Kiribati 0.0087 kt 2023 unchanged rising
200 China, Macao SAR 0.0084 kt 2023 up 12.0% rising
201 Cook Islands 0.0058 kt 2023 down 23.7% flat
202 Martinique 0.0052 kt 2023 down 1.9% volatile
203 Maldives 0.0037 kt 2023 down 7.5% volatile
204 Tuvalu 0.0031 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
205 Niue 0.0008 kt 2023 up 14.3% rising
206 Nauru 0.0006 kt 2023 up 20.0% rising
207 Tokelau 0.0005 kt 2023 up 150.0% rising
208 Greenland 0.0004 kt 2023 up 33.3% volatile
209 Bermuda 0.0002 kt 2023 down 75.0% volatile
210 Palau 0.0001 kt 2023 down 83.3% volatile
211 Aruba 0 kt 2023 — volatile
211 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2018 — flat
211 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 — volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
AFOLU — Direct emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
249 places, 8,204 data points, 1990–2023
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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