All Crops — Crop residues (Emissions N2O) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at...
What the numbers show
All Crops — Crop residues (Emissions N2O) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 224.02 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.6723 kt, and the mean is 5.3 kt.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Yugoslav SFR (up 24.1%), and the largest decrease in Guadeloupe (down 100.0%).
All Crops — Crop residues (Emissions N2O): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 224.02 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 2 | China | 102.39 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 102.07 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 10.27 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 4 | India | 85.03 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 9.35 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 49.04 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 7.3 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 6 | USSR | 44.91 kt | 1991 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 7 | Argentina | 31.35 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.13 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 26.88 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 8 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.93 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 9 | Indonesia | 19.49 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2.34 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 10 | Canada | 15.88 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.12 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 11 | France | 15.3 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.82 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Nigeria | 14.27 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 12 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.64 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 14.25 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 14 | Australia and New Zealand | 14.15 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 14 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.45 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Myanmar | 13.93 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 0.6426 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 13.9 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 0.0652 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 17 | Pakistan | 10.79 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 17 | Melanesia | 0.0117 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 18 | Germany | 10.56 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 19 | Ukraine | 10.47 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 9.55 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 7.92 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 7.76 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 7.47 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 24 | Egypt | 6.55 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 25 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.48 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 26 | Italy | 5.05 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 4.89 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 4.84 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 29 | Cambodia | 4.81 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 4.69 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 31 | Nepal | 4.28 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 31 | Caribbean | 0.9759 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 32 | South Africa | 4.04 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.9495 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 33 | Yugoslav SFR | 3.95 kt | 1991 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 0.0055 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Romania | 3.75 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 35 | Paraguay | 3.45 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Niger | 3.1 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Hungary | 3.09 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 38 | Madagascar | 2.45 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 39 | Czechoslovakia | 2.42 kt | 1992 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 40 | Morocco | 2.42 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 2.38 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 42 | Sudan (former) | 2.34 kt | 2011 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 43 | Uganda | 2.29 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 2.25 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Colombia | 2.24 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 46 | Denmark | 2.24 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 47 | Mali | 2.19 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Iraq | 2.13 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 2.07 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 50 | Kenya | 2.05 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 2.01 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Japan | 1.98 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 53 | Belarus | 1.96 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 54 | Sudan | 1.94 kt | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 55 | Serbia | 1.89 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 56 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.87 kt | 2005 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 57 | Malawi | 1.87 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Czechia | 1.81 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 59 | Algeria | 1.61 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 60 | Mozambique | 1.6 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Guinea | 1.57 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 1.49 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 1.36 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 64 | Zambia | 1.3 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 1.24 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 66 | Chile | 1.2 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 67 | Greece | 1.19 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 68 | Republic of Korea | 1.13 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 69 | Sweden | 1.12 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 70 | Cameroon | 1.08 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Ghana | 1.08 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Austria | 1.08 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 73 | Ethiopia PDR | 1.02 kt | 1992 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 0.9943 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 75 | Chad | 0.9785 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 0.9713 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9641 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Finland | 0.9518 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 79 | Senegal | 0.8979 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Angola | 0.8877 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Benin | 0.8505 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Slovakia | 0.7911 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 83 | Malaysia | 0.7668 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 84 | Belgium | 0.7526 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 85 | Croatia | 0.7218 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 0.7169 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 87 | Guatemala | 0.6786 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 88 | Rwanda | 0.666 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Lithuania | 0.6578 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 90 | Sierra Leone | 0.6534 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 91 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.6009 kt | 1999 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 92 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.6002 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 0.5864 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 0.5787 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 95 | Togo | 0.5505 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Ireland | 0.5001 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 97 | El Salvador | 0.4948 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4667 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 0.4457 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 100 | Yemen | 0.4424 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 101 | Cuba | 0.3791 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 102 | Latvia | 0.3666 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 103 | South Sudan | 0.3499 kt | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 104 | Norway | 0.3366 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 0.3273 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 106 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.3236 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3142 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 108 | Liberia | 0.2896 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 109 | Honduras | 0.287 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 110 | Burundi | 0.2837 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Switzerland | 0.272 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 112 | Somalia | 0.2685 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 113 | Haiti | 0.2643 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 114 | Eritrea | 0.2642 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 115 | Portugal | 0.2572 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 116 | Tajikistan | 0.2516 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 117 | New Zealand | 0.2499 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 118 | Estonia | 0.1975 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 0.168 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 120 | Guyana | 0.1619 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 121 | Panama | 0.1553 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 122 | Georgia | 0.1515 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 0.1476 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1466 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 125 | Albania | 0.142 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 126 | Armenia | 0.1265 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 127 | Gambia | 0.1264 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Slovenia | 0.124 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 129 | Mauritania | 0.1178 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 130 | Libya | 0.1144 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 131 | Israel | 0.104 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 132 | Lebanon | 0.0986 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 133 | Bhutan | 0.0915 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 0.0907 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 135 | Namibia | 0.0853 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 136 | Suriname | 0.0594 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 137 | Lesotho | 0.0512 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 138 | Botswana | 0.05 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Mongolia | 0.0378 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 140 | Luxembourg | 0.0353 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 141 | Jordan | 0.0268 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Eswatini | 0.026 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 143 | Cyprus | 0.0245 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 144 | Belize | 0.0225 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Palestine | 0.022 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 146 | Congo | 0.017 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 147 | Gabon | 0.0167 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Oman | 0.0087 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Réunion | 0.0081 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 150 | French Guiana | 0.0077 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Kuwait | 0.0052 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Fiji | 0.0049 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 152 | Montenegro | 0.0049 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Comoros | 0.0044 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 155 | Malta | 0.0043 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0038 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0027 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 158 | New Caledonia | 0.0018 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Qatar | 0.0017 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Djibouti | 0.0016 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Jamaica | 0.0015 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0015 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 0.0009 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 164 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0008 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Mauritius | 0.0008 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 166 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0007 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Iceland | 0.0005 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 0.0003 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Puerto Rico | 0.0002 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0002 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Bahamas | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 171 | Barbados | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Dominica | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Faroe Islands | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 171 | Grenada | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 171 | French Polynesia | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Maldives | 0 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Guadeloupe | 0 kt | 1977 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 758.17 kt
- Asia 324.06 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 500.26 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 81.29 kt
- Annex I countries 257.89 kt
- Americas 233.6 kt
- Southern Asia 125.08 kt
- Northern America 124.73 kt
- Middle Africa 4.96 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 111.09 kt
- Europe 110.8 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 108.86 kt
- United States of America 108.85 kt
- Eastern Asia 107.87 kt
- South America 96.16 kt
- Africa 75.56 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 1.46 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 66.65 kt
- Sub-Saharan Africa 64.15 kt
- European Union (27) 62.27 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 56.71 kt
- Eastern Europe 55.6 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 46.9 kt
- Western Africa 29.05 kt
- Western Europe 28.6 kt
- Eastern Africa 25.89 kt
- Western Asia 16.96 kt
- Southern Europe 14.75 kt
- Oceania 14.16 kt
- Northern Europe 11.85 kt
- Central America 11.73 kt
- Northern Africa 11.41 kt
- Central Asia 7.48 kt
- Southern Africa 4.25 kt
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at Tier 1 following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 2006).