All Crops — Crops total (Emissions CH4) — UNFCCC 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 — Crops total (Emissions CH4) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 172.5 kt in Brazil; the lowest is 0.01 kt in Hungary.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8088 kt, and the mean is 9.75 kt.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17,250.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 426.3%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 71.4%).
All Crops — Crops total (Emissions CH4) — UNFCCC (UNFCCC CH4): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 172.5 kt | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 135.7 kt | 2003 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 3 | Mexico | 37.39 kt | 2013 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 20.92 kt | 2020 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 5 | Argentina | 6.49 kt | 2012 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 6.29 kt | 2004 | up 196.9% | rising |
| 7 | Australia | 5.73 kt | 2020 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 8 | Türkiye | 5.3 kt | 2020 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 9 | Kenya | 5 kt | 2010 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Guyana | 4.38 kt | 2004 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Japan | 2.56 kt | 2020 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 12 | Canada | 1.63 kt | 2020 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Portugal | 1.31 kt | 2020 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 14 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.3 kt | 2004 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 15 | Malaysia | 1.25 kt | 2011 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 16 | France | 1.13 kt | 2020 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 17 | Poland | 1.11 kt | 2020 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 1.1 kt | 2016 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 0.9696 kt | 2020 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 20 | Greece | 0.9238 kt | 2020 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 0.81 kt | 2006 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Spain | 0.8088 kt | 2020 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 23 | New Zealand | 0.799 kt | 2020 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 0.7 kt | 2016 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 25 | Italy | 0.5993 kt | 2020 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 26 | Haiti | 0.37 kt | 2000 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Georgia | 0.35 kt | 2013 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 0.34 kt | 2009 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 29 | Central African Republic | 0.3 kt | 2010 | down 41.2% | rising |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2705 kt | 2010 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 31 | Jamaica | 0.24 kt | 2012 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 32 | Azerbaijan | 0.22 kt | 2012 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 33 | Denmark | 0.1538 kt | 2020 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 34 | Palau | 0.12 kt | 1999 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Norway | 0.1151 kt | 2020 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Mauritius | 0.08 kt | 2013 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 37 | Finland | 0.0689 kt | 2020 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 38 | Albania | 0.04 kt | 2009 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Myanmar | 0.0282 kt | 2005 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 40 | Belize | 0.02 kt | 2009 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Austria | 0.0168 kt | 2020 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 42 | Cyprus | 0.0158 kt | 2020 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Hungary | 0.01 kt | 2020 | up 426.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 17.06 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).