Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Australia
Australia: Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC was 30.96 kt in 2020. ▲ Rising
Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Australia, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
In 2020, agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Australia stood at 30.96 kt.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Australia peaked at 37.89 kt in 2017 and was at its lowest, 27.66 kt, in 1995.
That places Australia 15th out of 52 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Australia, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 31.48 kt | — |
| 1991 | 30.82 kt | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 29.43 kt | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 29.46 kt | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 30.24 kt | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 27.66 kt | -8.5% |
| 1996 | 30.33 kt | +9.7% |
| 1997 | 31.88 kt | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 31.18 kt | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 32.21 kt | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 33.91 kt | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 33.03 kt | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 33.6 kt | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 28.88 kt | -14.1% |
| 2004 | 33.47 kt | +15.9% |
| 2005 | 32.86 kt | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 33.01 kt | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 28.04 kt | -15.1% |
| 2008 | 28.58 kt | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 30.3 kt | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 29.68 kt | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 32.75 kt | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 33.97 kt | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 33.18 kt | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 34.58 kt | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 33.27 kt | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 33.37 kt | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 37.89 kt | +13.5% |
| 2018 | 34.1 kt | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 30.99 kt | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 30.96 kt | -0.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 30.96 kt is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14.93 kt, 2.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Australia's 30.96 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 10.04 kt, 3.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.47 kt | 27.66 kt | 32.21 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.57 kt | 28.04 kt | 33.91 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.38 kt | 29.68 kt | 37.89 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.96 kt | 30.96 kt | 30.96 kt | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More climate change data for Australia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.30 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 118,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,162 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 84,416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,473 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,507 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.38 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Australia?
- Agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Australia was 30.96 kt in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 37.89 kt in 2017.
- What is the lowest agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.66 kt in 1995.
- How does Australia rank for agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc?
- Australia ranks 15th out of 52 countries with data for 2020.
- Is agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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