All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) by country
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What the numbers show
All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 1.91 million kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Réunion.
The median across all reporting countries is 8,004 kt, and the mean is 55,373 kt.
Over the past decade 123 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in French Guiana (up 1,267.9%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 63.8%).
All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 1.91 million kt | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 2 | China (People’s Republic of) | 1.52 million kt | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 1.50 million kt | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 4 | India | 861,376 kt | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 581,046 kt | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 6 | Indonesia | 463,638 kt | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 446,174 kt | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 224,791 kt | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 219,953 kt | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 10 | Nigeria | 200,123 kt | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 11 | Australia | 185,445 kt | 2023 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 12 | Iraq | 150,488 kt | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 148,691 kt | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 123,856 kt | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 122,504 kt | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 116,371 kt | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 105,920 kt | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 95,702 kt | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 19 | Sudan (former) | 93,042 kt | 2011 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 89,865 kt | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 21 | Colombia | 89,301 kt | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 79,309 kt | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 23 | South Africa | 78,740 kt | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 24 | Chad | 73,211 kt | 2023 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 25 | Sudan | 68,027 kt | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 26 | Myanmar | 64,931 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 27 | Algeria | 64,032 kt | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 28 | France | 63,801 kt | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 29 | Germany | 56,379 kt | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 53,072 kt | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 31 | Ukraine | 51,413 kt | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 32 | Angola | 50,268 kt | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 33 | Kenya | 49,976 kt | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 48,219 kt | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 35 | Egypt | 47,562 kt | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 36 | Mongolia | 45,042 kt | 2023 | up 94.1% | volatile |
| 37 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 43,804 kt | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 38 | Poland | 43,441 kt | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 39 | Spain | 43,406 kt | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 40 | Italy | 40,498 kt | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 41 | Kuwait | 36,874 kt | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 42 | Uganda | 36,086 kt | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 43 | Republic of Korea | 35,242 kt | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 34,848 kt | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 45 | New Zealand | 34,508 kt | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 46 | South Sudan | 34,092 kt | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 47 | Mozambique | 32,013 kt | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 48 | Peru | 31,317 kt | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 49 | Mali | 30,580 kt | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 50 | Oman | 30,143 kt | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 51 | Japan | 28,839 kt | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 52 | Morocco | 28,180 kt | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 53 | Malaysia | 27,764 kt | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 54 | Zambia | 27,595 kt | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 55 | Niger | 27,577 kt | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 56 | Libya | 26,602 kt | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 57 | Madagascar | 26,374 kt | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 58 | Uruguay | 25,963 kt | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 59 | Cambodia | 25,846 kt | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 60 | Paraguay | 25,778 kt | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 61 | Somalia | 25,470 kt | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 62 | Nepal | 22,834 kt | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 63 | Turkmenistan | 22,726 kt | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 64 | Guinea | 22,575 kt | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 65 | Bahrain | 22,474 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 66 | Ecuador | 21,499 kt | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 67 | Burkina Faso | 21,468 kt | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 68 | Qatar | 21,186 kt | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 69 | Romania | 21,030 kt | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 70 | Cameroon | 20,625 kt | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 71 | Chile | 19,290 kt | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 72 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 19,274 kt | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 73 | Central African Republic | 18,976 kt | 2023 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 74 | Ghana | 18,742 kt | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 75 | Belarus | 18,340 kt | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 76 | Ireland | 17,716 kt | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 77 | Guatemala | 17,665 kt | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 78 | Afghanistan | 16,278 kt | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 79 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 15,770 kt | 1999 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 80 | Congo | 15,588 kt | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 81 | China, Taiwan Province of | 14,591 kt | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 82 | Gabon | 14,150 kt | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 83 | Zimbabwe | 13,143 kt | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 84 | Czechia | 11,999 kt | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 11,981 kt | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 86 | Cuba | 11,947 kt | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 11,894 kt | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 11,832 kt | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 89 | Belgium | 11,608 kt | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 90 | Senegal | 11,269 kt | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 91 | Yemen | 11,234 kt | 2023 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 10,700 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 93 | Greece | 10,343 kt | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 94 | Portugal | 10,273 kt | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 95 | Denmark | 10,112 kt | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 96 | Botswana | 9,690 kt | 2023 | up 63.4% | flat |
| 97 | Honduras | 9,378 kt | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 98 | Mauritania | 9,251 kt | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 99 | Hungary | 9,053 kt | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 100 | Austria | 8,981 kt | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 101 | Haiti | 8,784 kt | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 102 | Serbia and Montenegro | 8,537 kt | 2005 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 8,348 kt | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 104 | Malawi | 8,213 kt | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 105 | Israel | 8,073 kt | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 8,050 kt | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 107 | Tunisia | 8,004 kt | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 108 | Norway | 7,952 kt | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,788 kt | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 110 | Benin | 7,600 kt | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 111 | Sweden | 7,547 kt | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 112 | Serbia | 6,531 kt | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 113 | Namibia | 6,437 kt | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 6,222 kt | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 115 | Switzerland | 5,944 kt | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 116 | Togo | 5,727 kt | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 117 | Finland | 5,570 kt | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 118 | Jordan | 5,501 kt | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | 5,490 kt | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 120 | Slovak Republic | 5,451 kt | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 121 | Singapore | 5,428 kt | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,418 kt | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4,983 kt | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 124 | Burundi | 4,907 kt | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 125 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 4,790 kt | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 126 | Eritrea | 4,723 kt | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 127 | Rwanda | 4,633 kt | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 128 | Panama | 4,208 kt | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 3,794 kt | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Lebanon | 3,712 kt | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 131 | Guyana | 3,407 kt | 2023 | up 76.8% | rising |
| 132 | Croatia | 3,125 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 133 | Georgia | 3,051 kt | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 134 | El Salvador | 3,005 kt | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 135 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,755 kt | 2023 | down 63.8% | rising |
| 136 | Lithuania | 2,715 kt | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 137 | Liberia | 2,470 kt | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 138 | Slovenia | 2,392 kt | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 139 | Albania | 2,267 kt | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 140 | Latvia | 2,192 kt | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 141 | Cyprus | 2,078 kt | 2023 | up 168.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,047 kt | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 143 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,763 kt | 2023 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 144 | Estonia | 1,686 kt | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 145 | Armenia | 1,532 kt | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 1,513 kt | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 147 | Lesotho | 1,469 kt | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 148 | Gambia | 1,416 kt | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 149 | Djibouti | 1,190 kt | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 150 | Eswatini | 1,113 kt | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 151 | Bhutan | 1,097 kt | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 152 | Suriname | 884.97 kt | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 153 | Fiji | 852.42 kt | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 154 | Jamaica | 751.44 kt | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 155 | Montenegro | 608.39 kt | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 156 | Iceland | 578.43 kt | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 157 | Belize | 557.06 kt | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 158 | Luxembourg | 547.05 kt | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 159 | Mauritius | 538.32 kt | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 405.93 kt | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 161 | Comoros | 381.65 kt | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 162 | Bahamas | 330.36 kt | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 307.08 kt | 2023 | down 31.5% | flat |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 274.94 kt | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 165 | Palestine, State of | 204.46 kt | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 166 | New Caledonia | 163.19 kt | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 167 | Malta | 160.69 kt | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 168 | Maldives | 155.29 kt | 2023 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 169 | Samoa | 154.01 kt | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 170 | Barbados | 152.84 kt | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 171 | Tonga | 103 kt | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 172 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 78.96 kt | 2010 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 173 | Seychelles | 69.68 kt | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 65.46 kt | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 58.28 kt | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 176 | Dominica | 57.3 kt | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | 56.8 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 178 | Grenada | 52.55 kt | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 179 | China, Macao SAR | 48.31 kt | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.11 kt | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 36.83 kt | 2023 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 182 | Palau | 31.92 kt | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 31.71 kt | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 184 | Kiribati | 29.32 kt | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 185 | Andorra | 26.21 kt | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 186 | Faroe Islands | 23.69 kt | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 187 | Marshall Islands | 23.44 kt | 2023 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Aruba | 20.5 kt | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 15.48 kt | 2023 | down 20.9% | flat |
| 190 | Monaco | 12.63 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 191 | San Marino | 9.98 kt | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 192 | Liechtenstein | 7.58 kt | 2023 | up 51.1% | falling |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 7.11 kt | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.8 kt | 2023 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 195 | British Virgin Islands | 4.72 kt | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 196 | Anguilla | 2.62 kt | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 197 | French Guiana | 2.03 kt | 2023 | up 1,267.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Nauru | 1.92 kt | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 199 | Niue | 1.4 kt | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 200 | Tokelau | 1.24 kt | 2023 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 201 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 1.18 kt | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 202 | Holy See | 0.147 kt | 2023 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 203 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0168 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Gibraltar | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Greenland | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Isle of Man | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 204 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Guadeloupe | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Martinique | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Mayotte | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Montserrat | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Réunion | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Non-Annex I countries 7.18 million kt
- Annex I countries 2.25 million kt
- Americas 2.15 million kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.66 million kt
- Türkiye 103,001 kt
- Eastern Asia 1.65 million kt
- Africa 1.44 million kt
- Southern Asia 1.39 million kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.24 million kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.00 million kt
- South America 997,120 kt
- Northern America 907,826 kt
About this data
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