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Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — 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
73
Highest
129,996 kt
Brazil
Lowest
2.65 kt
Albania
Median
2,874 kt
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,793

What the numbers show

Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 129,996 kt in Brazil; the lowest is 2.65 kt in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,874 kt, and the mean is 8,191 kt.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 49,055.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 1,987.5%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 98.3%).

Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 129,996 kt 2015 up 18.9% rising
2 Argentina 58,683 kt 2012 up 5.3% rising
3 Russian Federation 55,976 kt 2020 up 25.7% falling
4 Ukraine 28,319 kt 2020 up 55.4% rising
5 France 26,010 kt 2020 down 6.8% falling
6 Türkiye 24,356 kt 2020 up 61.1% rising
7 Canada 18,320 kt 2020 up 39.4% rising
8 Paraguay 17,050 kt 2012 up 158.7% rising
9 Germany 16,605 kt 2020 down 5.4% falling
10 Poland 13,996 kt 2020 up 5.3% falling
11 Mexico 13,299 kt 2013 down 38.3% falling
12 Kazakhstan 13,123 kt 2020 up 12.2% rising
13 Spain 11,030 kt 2020 up 9.7% rising
14 Australia 10,982 kt 2020 up 6.7% rising
15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10,358 kt 2020 down 2.9% falling
16 Kenya 10,165 kt 2010 up 32.2% volatile
17 Italy 9,622 kt 2020 up 13.0% falling
18 Malaysia 9,355 kt 2011 up 88.4% rising
19 Belarus 9,082 kt 2020 down 0.1% flat
20 Romania 7,591 kt 2020 up 13.9% falling
21 Uzbekistan 7,053 kt 2012 down 2.0% falling
22 New Zealand 7,010 kt 2020 up 11.0% rising
23 Ethiopia 6,717 kt 2013 up 89.2% rising
24 Japan 5,166 kt 2020 down 3.5% falling
25 Ireland 5,123 kt 2020 up 6.6% falling
26 Republic of Korea 4,834 kt 2016 up 4.9% flat
27 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4,362 kt 2020 down 2.0% falling
28 Chile 4,187 kt 2018 down 28.9% rising
29 Denmark 4,025 kt 2020 up 7.1% falling
30 Bulgaria 3,488 kt 2020 up 33.2% rising
31 Hungary 3,440 kt 2020 up 40.5% rising
32 Czechia 3,222 kt 2020 up 13.3% rising
33 Finland 3,172 kt 2020 up 1.1% flat
34 Ghana 3,016 kt 2006 up 48.6% rising
35 Sweden 2,913 kt 2020 up 7.0% falling
36 Belgium 2,899 kt 2020 down 3.4% falling
37 Greece 2,874 kt 2020 down 7.4% falling
38 Myanmar 2,700 kt 2005 up 24.3% rising
39 Tajikistan 2,385 kt 2010 up 50.0% flat
40 Lithuania 2,286 kt 2020 up 29.1% rising
41 Portugal 1,992 kt 2020 up 10.4% falling
42 Austria 1,781 kt 2020 up 5.5% falling
43 Jamaica 1,770 kt 2012 up 59.4% volatile
44 Azerbaijan 1,653 kt 2013 down 3.7% rising
45 Norway 1,449 kt 2020 up 9.0% flat
46 Kyrgyzstan 1,351 kt 2010 up 24.2% flat
47 Switzerland 1,341 kt 2020 down 4.9% falling
48 Haiti 1,166 kt 2000 up 36.2% rising
49 Slovakia 1,160 kt 2020 up 5.9% rising
50 Latvia 1,032 kt 2020 up 26.4% rising
51 Croatia 990.27 kt 2020 down 3.2% falling
52 Republic of Moldova 970.59 kt 2013 up 48.4% falling
53 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 943.4 kt 2004 up 95.6% rising
54 Georgia 940.75 kt 2013 down 29.0% falling
55 Israel 926.89 kt 2015 down 8.0% flat
56 Estonia 652.29 kt 2020 up 32.4% rising
57 North Macedonia 598.9 kt 2009 up 10.0% falling
58 Lebanon 437.25 kt 2013 down 37.7% falling
59 Slovenia 391.69 kt 2020 up 2.2% falling
60 Dominican Republic 368.35 kt 2010 down 84.4% volatile
61 Democratic Republic of the Congo 283.55 kt 2003 down 3.3% volatile
62 Iceland 220.11 kt 2020 down 1.1% rising
63 Luxembourg 180.01 kt 2020 down 3.6% flat
64 Belize 166.95 kt 2009 down 98.3% volatile
65 Guyana 153.7 kt 2004 unchanged flat
66 Cyprus 111.64 kt 2020 down 7.8% falling
67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 44.26 kt 2004 up 1,987.5% volatile
68 Malta 21.56 kt 2020 down 3.7% falling
69 Dominica 21.23 kt 2005 up 167.0% rising
70 Mauritius 18.55 kt 2013 down 84.3% falling
71 Palau 8.21 kt 2005 up 55.0% rising
72 Liechtenstein 5.24 kt 2020 up 1.6% falling
73 Albania 2.65 kt 2009 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,793 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

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