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

Iceland: Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC was 0.7043 kt in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.7043 kt
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
43rd
of 48 countries
All-time high
0.7758 kt
in 2008
All-time low
0.6612 kt
in 1992
Years of data
31
1990–2020

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

00.20.40.60.81990200520201990: 0.69 kt1991: 0.682 kt1992: 0.661 kt1993: 0.674 kt1994: 0.69 kt1995: 0.672 kt1996: 0.694 kt1997: 0.689 kt1998: 0.701 kt1999: 0.718 kt2000: 0.71 kt2001: 0.708 kt2002: 0.687 kt2003: 0.677 kt2004: 0.673 kt2005: 0.678 kt2006: 0.722 kt2007: 0.75 kt2008: 0.776 kt2009: 0.73 kt2010: 0.71 kt2011: 0.706 kt2012: 0.728 kt2013: 0.716 kt2014: 0.774 kt2015: 0.731 kt2016: 0.722 kt2017: 0.75 kt2018: 0.717 kt2019: 0.692 kt2020: 0.704 kt

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Iceland is 0.7043 kt, measured in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Iceland peaked at 0.7758 kt in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.6612 kt, in 1992.

That places Iceland 43rd out of 48 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6871 kt 0.6612 kt 0.7179 kt 10
2000s 0.7112 kt 0.6731 kt 0.7758 kt 10
2010s 0.7247 kt 0.6922 kt 0.7736 kt 10
2020s 0.7043 kt 0.7043 kt 0.7043 kt 1

Countries ranked near Iceland

  1. 40 Croatia 2.84 kt compare
  2. 41 Estonia 1.99 kt compare
  3. 42 Slovenia 1.11 kt compare
  4. 44 North Macedonia 0.64 kt compare
  5. 45 Luxembourg 0.5255 kt compare
  6. 46 Cyprus 0.3628 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 Iceland?
Agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Iceland was 0.7043 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 Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 0.7758 kt in 2008.
What is the lowest agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6612 kt in 1992.
How does Iceland rank for agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc?
Iceland ranks 43rd out of 48 countries with data for 2020.
Is agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc rising or falling in Iceland?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iceland 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