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Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC by country

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Countries reporting
78
Highest
281,211 kt
United States
Lowest
2.65 kt
Albania
Median
2,906 kt
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,937

What the numbers show

Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 281,211 kt in United States; the lowest is 2.65 kt in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,906 kt, and the mean is 12,446 kt.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 27 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 United States 281,211 kt 2020 down 2.7% rising
2 Brazil 129,996 kt 2015 up 18.9% rising
3 Argentina 58,683 kt 2012 up 5.3% rising
4 Russian Federation 55,976 kt 2020 up 25.7% falling
4 Russia 55,976 kt 2020 up 25.7% falling
6 Ukraine 28,319 kt 2020 up 55.4% rising
7 France 26,010 kt 2020 down 6.8% falling
8 Turkey 24,356 kt 2020 up 61.1% rising
8 Türkiye 24,356 kt 2020 up 61.1% rising
10 Canada 18,320 kt 2020 up 39.4% rising
11 Paraguay 17,050 kt 2012 up 158.7% rising
12 Germany 16,605 kt 2020 down 5.4% falling
13 Poland 13,996 kt 2020 up 5.3% falling
14 Mexico 13,299 kt 2013 down 38.3% falling
15 Kazakhstan 13,123 kt 2020 up 12.2% rising
16 Spain 11,030 kt 2020 up 9.7% rising
17 Australia 10,982 kt 2020 up 6.7% rising
18 United Kingdom 10,358 kt 2020 down 2.9% falling
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10,358 kt 2020 down 2.9% falling
20 Kenya 10,165 kt 2010 up 32.2% volatile
21 Italy 9,622 kt 2020 up 13.0% falling
22 Malaysia 9,355 kt 2011 up 88.4% rising
23 Belarus 9,082 kt 2020 down 0.1% flat
24 Romania 7,591 kt 2020 up 13.9% falling
25 Uzbekistan 7,053 kt 2012 down 2.0% falling
26 New Zealand 7,010 kt 2020 up 11.0% rising
27 Ethiopia 6,717 kt 2013 up 89.2% rising
28 Japan 5,166 kt 2020 down 3.5% falling
29 Ireland 5,123 kt 2020 up 6.6% falling
30 Republic of Korea 4,834 kt 2016 up 4.9% flat
31 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4,362 kt 2020 down 2.0% falling
32 Chile 4,187 kt 2018 down 28.9% rising
33 Denmark 4,025 kt 2020 up 7.1% falling
34 Bulgaria 3,488 kt 2020 up 33.2% rising
35 Hungary 3,440 kt 2020 up 40.5% rising
36 Czechia 3,222 kt 2020 up 13.3% rising
37 Finland 3,172 kt 2020 up 1.1% flat
38 Ghana 3,016 kt 2006 up 48.6% rising
39 Sweden 2,913 kt 2020 up 7.0% falling
40 Belgium 2,899 kt 2020 down 3.4% falling
41 Greece 2,874 kt 2020 down 7.4% falling
42 Myanmar 2,700 kt 2005 up 24.3% rising
43 Tajikistan 2,385 kt 2010 up 50.0% flat
44 Lithuania 2,286 kt 2020 up 29.1% rising
45 Portugal 1,992 kt 2020 up 10.4% falling
46 Austria 1,781 kt 2020 up 5.5% falling
47 Jamaica 1,770 kt 2012 up 59.4% volatile
48 Azerbaijan 1,653 kt 2013 down 3.7% rising
49 Norway 1,449 kt 2020 up 9.0% flat
50 Kyrgyzstan 1,351 kt 2010 up 24.2% flat
51 Switzerland 1,341 kt 2020 down 4.9% falling
52 Haiti 1,166 kt 2000 up 36.2% rising
53 Slovakia 1,160 kt 2020 up 5.9% rising
54 Latvia 1,032 kt 2020 up 26.4% rising
55 Croatia 990.27 kt 2020 down 3.2% falling
56 Republic of Moldova 970.59 kt 2013 up 48.4% falling
56 Moldova 970.59 kt 2013 up 48.4% falling
58 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 943.4 kt 2004 up 95.6% rising
59 Georgia 940.75 kt 2013 down 29.0% falling
60 Israel 926.89 kt 2015 down 8.0% flat
61 Estonia 652.29 kt 2020 up 32.4% rising
62 North Macedonia 598.9 kt 2009 up 10.0% falling
63 Lebanon 437.25 kt 2013 down 37.7% falling
64 Slovenia 391.69 kt 2020 up 2.2% falling
65 Dominican Republic 368.35 kt 2010 down 84.4% volatile
66 Democratic Republic of the Congo 283.55 kt 2003 down 3.3% volatile
67 Iceland 220.11 kt 2020 down 1.1% rising
68 Luxembourg 180.01 kt 2020 down 3.6% flat
69 Belize 166.95 kt 2009 down 98.3% volatile
70 Guyana 153.7 kt 2004 unchanged flat
71 Cyprus 111.64 kt 2020 down 7.8% falling
72 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 44.26 kt 2004 up 1,987.5% volatile
73 Malta 21.56 kt 2020 down 3.7% falling
74 Dominica 21.23 kt 2005 up 167.0% rising
75 Mauritius 18.55 kt 2013 down 84.3% falling
76 Palau 8.21 kt 2005 up 55.0% rising
77 Liechtenstein 5.24 kt 2020 up 1.6% falling
78 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.

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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
83 places, 1,937 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