Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Iceland

Iceland: Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC was 0.8306 kt in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.8306 kt
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
67th
of 78 countries
All-time high
0.9222 kt
in 2008
All-time low
0.7924 kt
in 1992
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Iceland, 1990–2020

00.20.40.60.811990200520201990: 0.834 kt1991: 0.821 kt1992: 0.792 kt1993: 0.808 kt1994: 0.825 kt1995: 0.802 kt1996: 0.829 kt1997: 0.821 kt1998: 0.835 kt1999: 0.856 kt2000: 0.846 kt2001: 0.842 kt2002: 0.815 kt2003: 0.802 kt2004: 0.794 kt2005: 0.8 kt2006: 0.855 kt2007: 0.89 kt2008: 0.922 kt2009: 0.866 kt2010: 0.84 kt2011: 0.836 kt2012: 0.863 kt2013: 0.846 kt2014: 0.92 kt2015: 0.867 kt2016: 0.856 kt2017: 0.89 kt2018: 0.848 kt2019: 0.816 kt2020: 0.831 kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

The most recent figure for agricultural soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Iceland is 0.8306 kt, measured in 2020.

That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, agricultural soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Iceland peaked at 0.9222 kt in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.7924 kt, in 1992.

Iceland ranks 67th of 78 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Iceland, year by year

Annual values for Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Iceland, 1990 to 2020.
Year kt Change
1990 0.8339 kt —
1991 0.8214 kt -1.5%
1992 0.7924 kt -3.5%
1993 0.8078 kt +1.9%
1994 0.8254 kt +2.2%
1995 0.8019 kt -2.8%
1996 0.8288 kt +3.4%
1997 0.8209 kt -1.0%
1998 0.8352 kt +1.7%
1999 0.8561 kt +2.5%
2000 0.8455 kt -1.2%
2001 0.8421 kt -0.4%
2002 0.8153 kt -3.2%
2003 0.8017 kt -1.7%
2004 0.7945 kt -0.9%
2005 0.7996 kt +0.6%
2006 0.8551 kt +6.9%
2007 0.8905 kt +4.1%
2008 0.9222 kt +3.6%
2009 0.8658 kt -6.1%
2010 0.8401 kt -3.0%
2011 0.8355 kt -0.5%
2012 0.8625 kt +3.2%
2013 0.8459 kt -1.9%
2014 0.9196 kt +8.7%
2015 0.8668 kt -5.7%
2016 0.8558 kt -1.3%
2017 0.8902 kt +4.0%
2018 0.848 kt -4.7%
2019 0.8162 kt -3.7%
2020 0.8306 kt +1.8%

Iceland compared with similar countries

  • Iceland's 0.8306 kt is below the median for high income countries, which is 10.99 kt, 8% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
  • Iceland's 0.8306 kt is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.84 kt, 8% of the median. (43 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8224 kt 0.7924 kt 0.8561 kt 10
2000s 0.8432 kt 0.7945 kt 0.9222 kt 10
2010s 0.8581 kt 0.8162 kt 0.9196 kt 10
2020s 0.8306 kt 0.8306 kt 0.8306 kt 1

Countries ranked near Iceland

  1. 64 Slovenia 1.48 kt compare
  2. 65 Dominican Republic 1.39 kt compare
  3. 66 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.07 kt compare
  4. 68 Luxembourg 0.6793 kt compare
  5. 69 Belize 0.63 kt compare
  6. 70 Guyana 0.58 kt compare

See the full ranking of 83 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is agricultural soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Iceland?
Agricultural soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Iceland was 0.8306 kt in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest agricultural soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 0.9222 kt in 2008.
What is the lowest agricultural soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7924 kt in 1992.
How does Iceland rank for agricultural soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc?
Iceland ranks 67th out of 78 countries with data for 2020.
Is agricultural soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc rising or falling in Iceland?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iceland data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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