Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in France

France: Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC was 80.75 kt in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
80.75 kt
Change on year
down 4.6%
World rank
4th
of 48 countries
All-time high
95.21 kt
in 2000
All-time low
80.75 kt
in 2020
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in France, 1990–2020

0204060801001990200520201990: 93.7 kt1991: 94.5 kt1992: 92.6 kt1993: 90.4 kt1994: 88.8 kt1995: 89.8 kt1996: 91.5 kt1997: 92.6 kt1998: 93.2 kt1999: 94 kt2000: 95.2 kt2001: 94.1 kt2002: 92.8 kt2003: 88.2 kt2004: 91.3 kt2005: 88.9 kt2006: 87.7 kt2007: 89.6 kt2008: 90.2 kt2009: 88.6 kt2010: 86.7 kt2011: 85 kt2012: 86.6 kt2013: 85.7 kt2014: 88.8 kt2015: 87.7 kt2016: 85.5 kt2017: 87.7 kt2018: 85.2 kt2019: 84.7 kt2020: 80.7 kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

France recorded 80.75 kt for agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

That represents a change of down 4.6% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in France peaked at 95.21 kt in 2000 and was at its lowest, 80.75 kt, in 2020.

France ranks 4th of 48 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 92.11 kt 88.81 kt 94.48 kt 10
2000s 90.66 kt 87.74 kt 95.21 kt 10
2010s 86.36 kt 84.68 kt 88.76 kt 10
2020s 80.75 kt 80.75 kt 80.75 kt 1

Countries ranked near France

  1. 1 Russian Federation 180.72 kt compare
  2. 2 Ukraine 84.35 kt compare
  3. 3 Türkiye 81.53 kt compare
  4. 5 Canada 55.06 kt compare
  5. 6 Germany 47.13 kt compare
  6. 7 Kazakhstan 43.99 kt compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in France?
Agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in France was 80.75 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 France?
The highest recorded value was 95.21 kt in 2000.
What is the lowest agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in France?
The lowest recorded value was 80.75 kt in 2020.
How does France rank for agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc?
France ranks 4th out of 48 countries with data for 2020.
Is agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc rising or falling in France?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this France 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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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
53 places, 1,520 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