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Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) — 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
78
Highest
1,061 kt
United States
Lowest
0.01 kt
Albania
Median
10.97 kt
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,937

What the numbers show

Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 1,061 kt in United States; the lowest is 0.01 kt in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.97 kt, and the mean is 46.97 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 (N2O) — UNFCCC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 1,061 kt 2020 down 2.7% rising
2 Brazil 490.55 kt 2015 up 18.9% rising
3 Argentina 221.45 kt 2012 up 5.3% rising
4 Russian Federation 211.23 kt 2020 up 25.7% falling
4 Russia 211.23 kt 2020 up 25.7% falling
6 Ukraine 106.86 kt 2020 up 55.4% rising
7 France 98.15 kt 2020 down 6.8% falling
8 Turkey 91.91 kt 2020 up 61.1% rising
8 Türkiye 91.91 kt 2020 up 61.1% rising
10 Canada 69.13 kt 2020 up 39.4% rising
11 Paraguay 64.34 kt 2012 up 158.7% rising
12 Germany 62.66 kt 2020 down 5.4% falling
13 Poland 52.82 kt 2020 up 5.3% falling
14 Mexico 50.18 kt 2013 down 38.3% falling
15 Kazakhstan 49.52 kt 2020 up 12.2% rising
16 Spain 41.62 kt 2020 up 9.7% rising
17 Australia 41.44 kt 2020 up 6.7% rising
18 United Kingdom 39.09 kt 2020 down 2.9% falling
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 39.09 kt 2020 down 2.9% falling
20 Kenya 38.36 kt 2010 up 32.2% volatile
21 Italy 36.31 kt 2020 up 13.0% falling
22 Malaysia 35.3 kt 2011 up 88.4% rising
23 Belarus 34.27 kt 2020 down 0.1% flat
24 Romania 28.65 kt 2020 up 13.9% falling
25 Uzbekistan 26.62 kt 2012 down 2.0% falling
26 New Zealand 26.45 kt 2020 up 11.0% rising
27 Ethiopia 25.35 kt 2013 up 89.2% rising
28 Japan 19.49 kt 2020 down 3.5% falling
29 Ireland 19.33 kt 2020 up 6.6% falling
30 Republic of Korea 18.24 kt 2016 up 4.9% flat
31 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 16.46 kt 2020 down 2.0% falling
32 Chile 15.8 kt 2018 down 28.9% rising
33 Denmark 15.19 kt 2020 up 7.1% falling
34 Bulgaria 13.16 kt 2020 up 33.2% rising
35 Hungary 12.98 kt 2020 up 40.5% rising
36 Czechia 12.16 kt 2020 up 13.3% rising
37 Finland 11.97 kt 2020 up 1.1% flat
38 Ghana 11.38 kt 2006 up 48.6% rising
39 Sweden 10.99 kt 2020 up 7.0% falling
40 Belgium 10.94 kt 2020 down 3.4% falling
41 Greece 10.84 kt 2020 down 7.4% falling
42 Myanmar 10.19 kt 2005 up 24.3% rising
43 Tajikistan 9 kt 2010 up 50.0% flat
44 Lithuania 8.63 kt 2020 up 29.1% rising
45 Portugal 7.52 kt 2020 up 10.4% falling
46 Austria 6.72 kt 2020 up 5.5% falling
47 Jamaica 6.68 kt 2012 up 59.4% volatile
48 Azerbaijan 6.24 kt 2013 down 3.7% rising
49 Norway 5.47 kt 2020 up 9.0% flat
50 Kyrgyzstan 5.1 kt 2010 up 24.2% flat
51 Switzerland 5.06 kt 2020 down 4.9% falling
52 Haiti 4.4 kt 2000 up 36.2% rising
53 Slovakia 4.38 kt 2020 up 5.9% rising
54 Latvia 3.9 kt 2020 up 26.4% rising
55 Croatia 3.74 kt 2020 down 3.2% falling
56 Republic of Moldova 3.66 kt 2013 up 48.4% falling
56 Moldova 3.66 kt 2013 up 48.4% falling
58 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.56 kt 2004 up 95.6% rising
59 Georgia 3.55 kt 2013 down 29.0% falling
60 Israel 3.5 kt 2015 down 8.0% flat
61 Estonia 2.46 kt 2020 up 32.4% rising
62 North Macedonia 2.26 kt 2009 up 10.0% falling
63 Lebanon 1.65 kt 2013 down 37.7% falling
64 Slovenia 1.48 kt 2020 up 2.2% falling
65 Dominican Republic 1.39 kt 2010 down 84.4% volatile
66 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.07 kt 2003 down 3.3% volatile
67 Iceland 0.8306 kt 2020 down 1.1% rising
68 Luxembourg 0.6793 kt 2020 down 3.6% flat
69 Belize 0.63 kt 2009 down 98.3% volatile
70 Guyana 0.58 kt 2004 unchanged flat
71 Cyprus 0.4213 kt 2020 down 7.8% falling
72 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.167 kt 2004 up 1,987.5% volatile
73 Malta 0.0813 kt 2020 down 3.7% falling
74 Dominica 0.0801 kt 2005 up 167.0% rising
75 Mauritius 0.07 kt 2013 down 84.3% falling
76 Palau 0.031 kt 2005 up 55.0% rising
77 Liechtenstein 0.0198 kt 2020 up 2.1% falling
78 Albania 0.01 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 (N2O) — 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
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