Crop Residues — Direct emissions (N2O) by country
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What the numbers show
Crop Residues — Direct emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 182.88 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.49 kt, and the mean is 4.48 kt.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Yugoslav SFR (up 24.1%), and the largest decrease in Guadeloupe (down 100.0%).
Crop Residues — Direct emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 182.88 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 2 | China (People’s Republic of) | 83.59 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 83.32 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 4 | India | 69.41 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 40.03 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 6 | USSR | 36.66 kt | 1991 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 7 | Argentina | 25.59 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 21.95 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 9 | Indonesia | 15.91 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 10 | Canada | 12.97 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 11 | France | 12.49 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 12 | Nigeria | 11.65 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 11.63 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 14 | Australia and New Zealand | 11.55 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 15 | Myanmar | 11.37 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 11.34 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 17 | Pakistan | 8.81 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 8.62 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 19 | Ukraine | 8.54 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 7.8 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 6.46 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 6.34 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 6.1 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 24 | Egypt | 5.35 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 25 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4.47 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 26 | Italy | 4.12 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 3.99 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 3.95 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 29 | Cambodia | 3.93 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 3.83 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 31 | Nepal | 3.49 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 32 | South Africa | 3.3 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 33 | Yugoslav SFR | 3.23 kt | 1991 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 34 | Romania | 3.06 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 35 | Paraguay | 2.82 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Niger | 2.53 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Hungary | 2.52 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 38 | Madagascar | 2 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 39 | Czechoslovakia | 1.98 kt | 1992 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 40 | Morocco | 1.97 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 1.94 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 42 | Sudan (former) | 1.91 kt | 2011 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 43 | Uganda | 1.87 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 1.84 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Colombia | 1.83 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 46 | Denmark | 1.83 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 47 | Mali | 1.79 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Iraq | 1.74 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 1.69 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 50 | Kenya | 1.68 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 1.64 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Japan | 1.61 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 53 | Belarus | 1.6 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 54 | Sudan | 1.58 kt | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 55 | Serbia | 1.54 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 56 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.53 kt | 2005 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 57 | Malawi | 1.52 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Czechia | 1.48 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 59 | Algeria | 1.31 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 60 | Mozambique | 1.31 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Guinea | 1.28 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 1.22 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 1.11 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 64 | Zambia | 1.06 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 1.01 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 66 | Chile | 0.9796 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 67 | Greece | 0.9702 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 68 | Republic of Korea | 0.922 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 69 | Sweden | 0.9168 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 70 | Cameroon | 0.8843 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Ghana | 0.884 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Austria | 0.8827 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 73 | Ethiopia PDR | 0.8318 kt | 1992 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 0.8117 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 75 | Chad | 0.7988 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 0.7929 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 0.787 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Finland | 0.777 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 79 | Senegal | 0.7329 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Angola | 0.7246 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Benin | 0.6943 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Slovak Republic | 0.6458 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 83 | Malaysia | 0.6259 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 84 | Belgium | 0.6143 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 85 | Croatia | 0.5893 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 0.5853 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 87 | Guatemala | 0.554 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 88 | Rwanda | 0.5437 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Lithuania | 0.537 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 90 | Sierra Leone | 0.5334 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 91 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.4906 kt | 1999 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 92 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.49 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 0.4787 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 0.4724 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 95 | Togo | 0.4494 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Ireland | 0.4082 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 97 | El Salvador | 0.4039 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.381 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 99 | Yemen | 0.3611 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 100 | Cuba | 0.3095 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 101 | Latvia | 0.2993 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 102 | South Sudan | 0.2857 kt | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 103 | Norway | 0.2748 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 0.2672 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 105 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.2641 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2565 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 107 | Liberia | 0.2364 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 108 | Honduras | 0.2343 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 109 | Burundi | 0.2316 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Switzerland | 0.2221 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 111 | Somalia | 0.2192 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 112 | Haiti | 0.2158 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 113 | Eritrea | 0.2156 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 114 | Portugal | 0.21 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 0.2054 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 116 | New Zealand | 0.204 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 0.1933 kt | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 118 | Estonia | 0.1612 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 0.1371 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 120 | Guyana | 0.1321 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 121 | Panama | 0.1268 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 122 | Georgia | 0.1237 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 0.1205 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1197 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 125 | Albania | 0.1159 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 126 | Armenia | 0.1032 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 126 | Gambia | 0.1032 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Slovenia | 0.1012 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 129 | Mauritania | 0.0962 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 130 | Libya | 0.0934 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 131 | Israel | 0.0849 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 132 | Lebanon | 0.0805 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 133 | Bhutan | 0.0747 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 0.074 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 135 | Namibia | 0.0696 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 136 | Suriname | 0.0485 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 137 | Lesotho | 0.0418 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 138 | Botswana | 0.0408 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Mongolia | 0.0308 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 140 | Luxembourg | 0.0288 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 141 | Jordan | 0.0219 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Eswatini | 0.0212 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 143 | Cyprus | 0.02 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 144 | Belize | 0.0183 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Palestine | 0.018 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 146 | Congo | 0.0139 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 147 | Gabon | 0.0136 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Oman | 0.0071 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Réunion | 0.0066 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 150 | French Guiana | 0.0063 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Kuwait | 0.0043 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Fiji | 0.004 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 152 | Montenegro | 0.004 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Comoros | 0.0036 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 155 | Malta | 0.0035 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0031 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0022 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 158 | New Caledonia | 0.0015 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Qatar | 0.0014 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Djibouti | 0.0013 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Jamaica | 0.0013 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0012 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0007 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Mauritius | 0.0007 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 0.0007 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0005 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Iceland | 0.0004 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 | — | rising |
| 171 | Bahamas | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 171 | Barbados | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Dominica | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Grenada | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 171 | French Polynesia | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 176 | Bahrain | 0 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 176 | Faroe Islands | 0 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 0 kt | 1979 | — | flat |
| 176 | Maldives | 0 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Guadeloupe | 0 kt | 1977 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 176 | 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.
- Asia 264.54 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 408.38 kt
- Southern Asia 102.11 kt
- Annex I countries 210.52 kt
- Europe 90.45 kt
- Americas 190.69 kt
- Northern America 101.82 kt
- Eastern Asia 88.06 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 90.68 kt
- South America 78.5 kt
- United States of America 88.86 kt
- European Union (27) 50.83 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