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

Malta: Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC was 0.0595 kt in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.0595 kt
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
51st
of 52 countries
All-time high
0.0843 kt
in 1998
All-time low
0.0584 kt
in 2016
Years of data
31
1990–2020

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

00.020.040.060.081990200520201990: 0.078 kt1991: 0.077 kt1992: 0.079 kt1993: 0.079 kt1994: 0.077 kt1995: 0.082 kt1996: 0.079 kt1997: 0.081 kt1998: 0.084 kt1999: 0.081 kt2000: 0.08 kt2001: 0.078 kt2002: 0.076 kt2003: 0.073 kt2004: 0.073 kt2005: 0.069 kt2006: 0.07 kt2007: 0.07 kt2008: 0.064 kt2009: 0.061 kt2010: 0.062 kt2011: 0.059 kt2012: 0.061 kt2013: 0.06 kt2014: 0.06 kt2015: 0.061 kt2016: 0.058 kt2017: 0.059 kt2018: 0.058 kt2019: 0.059 kt2020: 0.059 kt

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

Analysis

In 2020, agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Malta stood at 0.0595 kt.

The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Malta peaked at 0.0843 kt in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.0584 kt, in 2016.

That places Malta 51st out of 52 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Malta, year by year

Annual values for Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Malta, 1990 to 2020.
Year kt Change
1990 0.0782 kt —
1991 0.0771 kt -1.4%
1992 0.0793 kt +2.9%
1993 0.0793 kt +0.0%
1994 0.0774 kt -2.4%
1995 0.0819 kt +5.8%
1996 0.0789 kt -3.7%
1997 0.0812 kt +2.9%
1998 0.0843 kt +3.8%
1999 0.0805 kt -4.5%
2000 0.0803 kt -0.2%
2001 0.0784 kt -2.4%
2002 0.0763 kt -2.7%
2003 0.0726 kt -4.8%
2004 0.0735 kt +1.2%
2005 0.0687 kt -6.5%
2006 0.0697 kt +1.5%
2007 0.0697 kt +0.0%
2008 0.0637 kt -8.6%
2009 0.0611 kt -4.1%
2010 0.0616 kt +0.8%
2011 0.0594 kt -3.6%
2012 0.0613 kt +3.2%
2013 0.0605 kt -1.3%
2014 0.0601 kt -0.7%
2015 0.0607 kt +1.0%
2016 0.0584 kt -3.8%
2017 0.0585 kt +0.2%
2018 0.0584 kt -0.2%
2019 0.0587 kt +0.5%
2020 0.0595 kt +1.4%

Malta compared with similar countries

  • Malta's 0.0595 kt is below the median for high income countries, which is 10.04 kt, 1% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0798 kt 0.0771 kt 0.0843 kt 10
2000s 0.0714 kt 0.0611 kt 0.0803 kt 10
2010s 0.0598 kt 0.0584 kt 0.0616 kt 10
2020s 0.0595 kt 0.0595 kt 0.0595 kt 1

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 48 North Macedonia 0.64 kt compare
  2. 49 Luxembourg 0.5255 kt compare
  3. 50 Cyprus 0.3628 kt compare
  4. 52 Liechtenstein 0.0149 kt compare

See the full ranking of 57 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Malta?
Agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Malta was 0.0595 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 Malta?
The highest recorded value was 0.0843 kt in 1998.
What is the lowest agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0584 kt in 2016.
How does Malta rank for agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc?
Malta ranks 51st out of 52 countries with data for 2020.
Is agricultural soils — direct emissions (n2o) — unfccc rising or falling in Malta?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malta 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
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