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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
73
Highest
490.55 kt
Brazil
Lowest
0.01 kt
Albania
Median
10.84 kt
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,793

What the numbers show

Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 490.55 kt in Brazil; the lowest is 0.01 kt in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.84 kt, and the mean is 30.91 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 (N2O) — UNFCCC: full country ranking

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

About this data

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
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