Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O), per square kilometre by country

Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
187
Highest
0.0006 kt per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Aruba
Median
0.0001 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,244

What the numbers show

Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O), per square kilometre is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 0.0006 kt per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Aruba.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0001 kt per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 141.2%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 72.7%).

Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 18.8% rising
2 Ireland 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.3% rising
3 Denmark 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% falling
4 Pakistan 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 32.0% volatile
5 United Kingdom 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% rising
6 India 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 17.7% rising
7 Belgium 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.2% flat
8 Belarus 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.4% rising
9 Barbados 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.5% falling
10 Vietnam 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.6% volatile
11 Germany 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.2% rising
12 Dominican Republic 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.0% rising
13 Poland 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
14 Burundi 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 53.3% volatile
15 Luxembourg 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.7% rising
16 Lithuania 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.1% rising
17 Malawi 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 141.2% volatile
18 Uganda 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.4% volatile
19 Mauritius 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% rising
20 Rwanda 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% volatile
21 Lebanon 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% rising
22 New Zealand 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.5% rising
23 Hungary 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% rising
24 France 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 14.5% rising
25 Haiti 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% rising
26 Malta 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.3% rising
27 Uruguay 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% rising
28 Thailand 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 36.2% rising
29 Ethiopia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 38.0% rising
30 Faroe Islands 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% volatile
31 Turkey 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 23.2% rising
32 Israel 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% rising
33 El Salvador 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.0% rising
34 Estonia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
35 Azerbaijan 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% rising
36 Guatemala 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.3% rising
37 Costa Rica 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 28.5% rising
38 Czechia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 17.6% rising
39 Switzerland 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.5% flat
40 Serbia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 17.5% falling
41 Nepal 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.4% rising
42 Kenya 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.2% rising
43 Latvia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% rising
44 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.7% rising
45 China 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% rising
46 Bulgaria 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% falling
47 Philippines 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% rising
48 Uzbekistan 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 37.3% rising
49 Nigeria 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.3% volatile
50 Indonesia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 19.6% volatile
51 Burkina Faso 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% volatile
52 Palestine 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
53 Italy 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.1% falling
54 Romania 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% falling
55 Togo 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 55.1% volatile
56 Moldova 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 30.9% falling
57 Grenada 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 25.9% rising
58 Ukraine 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.2% flat
59 Nicaragua 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 23.5% rising
60 Gambia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.7% rising
61 Tuvalu 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
62 Slovakia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.5% rising
63 Sri Lanka 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% rising
64 Bahrain 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 50.3% volatile
65 Qatar 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 126.1% volatile
66 Austria 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% falling
67 Chad 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 80.8% volatile
68 Comoros 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% rising
69 Spain 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.6% rising
70 Benin 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 63.3% volatile
71 Guinea 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 57.3% volatile
72 Greece 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.1% falling
73 Tonga 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
74 Albania 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 29.8% rising
75 Slovenia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.5% falling
76 Cuba 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.1% falling
77 Brazil 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 24.4% rising
78 Jamaica 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% flat
79 Eswatini 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.1% rising
80 Senegal 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 23.2% rising
81 Paraguay 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
82 Honduras 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.2% rising
83 Guinea-Bissau 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
84 Kuwait 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 31.6% volatile
85 Saint Lucia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.1% falling
86 Singapore 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.5% volatile
87 Croatia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% falling
88 Armenia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 41.5% rising
89 Mexico 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% rising
90 South Sudan 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% rising
91 Portugal 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.1% falling
92 Cambodia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 29.4% rising
93 Japan 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.1% falling
94 Colombia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 27.8% rising
95 Malaysia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 12.8% volatile
96 United States 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% rising
97 Ghana 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 54.0% volatile
98 Syria 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
99 Brunei 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.5% volatile
100 Morocco 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% rising
101 Puerto Rico 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.5% falling
102 Panama 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% rising
103 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.9% rising
104 Argentina 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
105 Cyprus 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 22.6% rising
106 Lesotho 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.8% rising
107 Finland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% rising
108 Tajikistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 52.2% rising
109 Tunisia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% rising
110 Georgia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% falling
111 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 28.0% falling
112 Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% rising
113 Egypt 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.0% rising
114 Eritrea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
115 Myanmar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 27.5% rising
116 Dominica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.3% rising
117 Ecuador 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 27.5% rising
118 Sierra Leone 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% volatile
119 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 14.0% volatile
120 Turkmenistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 25.2% rising
121 North Macedonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 21.0% falling
122 East Timor 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.9% rising
123 Samoa 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.4% rising
124 Zimbabwe 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% rising
125 Mali 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 48.6% volatile
126 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% volatile
127 Djibouti 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% rising
128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 48.1% rising
129 South Africa 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% rising
130 Sweden 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
131 Niger 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 45.4% volatile
132 Cameroon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% rising
133 Laos 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 39.7% rising
134 Somalia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.6% rising
135 Fiji 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 37.7% rising
136 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 61.6% volatile
137 Iraq 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% rising
138 Madagascar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 12.8% rising
139 Jordan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 27.2% rising
140 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.1% rising
141 Mongolia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 27.3% volatile
142 Belize 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% volatile
143 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.5% rising
144 Isle of Man 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
145 Nauru 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
146 Zambia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 27.7% volatile
147 Norway 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
148 Seychelles 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 65.6% rising
149 Yemen 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
150 Afghanistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% rising
151 Australia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 17.8% rising
152 Peru 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
153 Chile 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.3% rising
154 Montenegro 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 17.0% falling
155 Vanuatu 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 46.0% rising
156 Maldives 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% volatile
157 Central African Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.8% volatile
158 Canada 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.3% rising
159 New Caledonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.0% falling
160 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.5% volatile
161 French Polynesia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% rising
162 Angola 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 16.0% rising
163 Mauritania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% rising
164 Mozambique 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 29.2% rising
165 Kiribati 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.6% rising
166 Iceland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.6% rising
167 Russia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 25.4% falling
168 Namibia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% rising
169 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 60.3% volatile
170 Kazakhstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 16.4% rising
171 Algeria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.1% rising
172 Oman 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.4% volatile
173 Guyana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.4% rising
174 Liberia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% rising
175 Bhutan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.4% rising
176 Bermuda 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 72.7% volatile
177 Bahamas 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% rising
178 Botswana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 43.7% rising
179 Suriname 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 30.7% rising
180 Congo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% volatile
181 Libya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% rising
182 Gabon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 27.4% volatile
183 Solomon Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.9% rising
184 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.0% rising
185 Palau 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 71.4% volatile
186 Greenland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 25.0% volatile
187 Aruba 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile

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

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Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
203 places, 11,244 data points, 1961–2023
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Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.