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Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC by country

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...

Countries reporting
52
Highest
911.66 kt
United States
Lowest
0.0149 kt
Liechtenstein
Median
11.87 kt
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,642

What the numbers show

Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 911.66 kt in United States; the lowest is 0.0149 kt in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.87 kt, and the mean is 43.5 kt.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 61,185.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 82.6%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 8.1%).

Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 911.66 kt 2020 down 2.6% rising
2 Russia 180.72 kt 2020 up 23.8% falling
2 Russian Federation 180.72 kt 2020 up 23.8% falling
4 Ukraine 84.35 kt 2020 up 52.3% rising
5 Turkey 81.53 kt 2020 up 60.3% rising
5 Türkiye 81.53 kt 2020 up 60.3% rising
7 France 80.75 kt 2020 down 6.9% falling
8 Canada 55.06 kt 2020 up 42.2% rising
9 Germany 47.13 kt 2020 down 4.2% falling
10 Kazakhstan 43.99 kt 2020 up 11.6% rising
11 Poland 42.84 kt 2020 up 5.1% falling
12 Spain 35.64 kt 2020 up 9.5% rising
13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 31.21 kt 2020 down 2.9% falling
13 United Kingdom 31.21 kt 2020 down 2.9% falling
15 Australia 30.96 kt 2020 up 4.3% rising
16 Belarus 29.27 kt 2020 down 0.5% flat
17 Italy 28.38 kt 2020 up 13.0% falling
18 Paraguay 23.48 kt 2015 up 45.8% rising
19 Romania 21.77 kt 2020 up 13.8% falling
20 New Zealand 21.61 kt 2020 up 12.3% rising
21 Ireland 17.43 kt 2020 up 6.6% falling
22 Mongolia 16.25 kt 2014 up 82.6% rising
23 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 14.46 kt 2020 down 2.6% falling
24 Malaysia 13.6 kt 2016 up 14.9% rising
25 Denmark 13.41 kt 2020 up 7.9% falling
26 Hungary 12.07 kt 2020 up 40.8% rising
27 Japan 11.66 kt 2020 down 4.4% falling
28 Finland 10.66 kt 2020 up 1.9% flat
29 Bulgaria 10.31 kt 2020 up 33.0% rising
30 Sweden 10.04 kt 2020 up 7.5% falling
31 Colombia 9.93 kt 2014 up 1.1% rising
32 Czechia 9.36 kt 2020 up 14.1% rising
33 Belgium 8.62 kt 2020 down 3.2% falling
34 Greece 8.01 kt 2020 down 7.3% falling
35 Lithuania 7.12 kt 2020 up 28.0% rising
36 Namibia 6.5 kt 2016 up 30.0% rising
37 Portugal 6.02 kt 2020 up 10.3% falling
38 Austria 5.64 kt 2020 up 5.8% falling
39 Norway 4.7 kt 2020 up 9.3% flat
40 Slovakia 3.73 kt 2020 up 23.2% rising
41 Switzerland 3.73 kt 2020 down 4.1% falling
42 Latvia 3.29 kt 2020 up 24.9% rising
43 Cambodia 3.17 kt 2016 up 11.2% rising
44 Croatia 2.84 kt 2020 down 2.7% falling
45 Estonia 1.99 kt 2020 up 30.9% rising
46 Slovenia 1.11 kt 2020 up 2.7% falling
47 Iceland 0.7043 kt 2020 down 0.8% rising
48 North Macedonia 0.64 kt 2014 up 3.1% flat
49 Luxembourg 0.5255 kt 2020 down 4.2% flat
50 Cyprus 0.3628 kt 2020 down 8.1% falling
51 Malta 0.0595 kt 2020 down 3.4% falling
52 Liechtenstein 0.0149 kt 2020 up 2.1% flat

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
57 places, 1,642 data points, 1990–2020
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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