Crop Residues — Direct emissions (N2O), per square kilometre by country

Crop Residues — Direct emissions (N2O) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
159
Highest
0.0001 kt per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
French Polynesia
Median
0 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,247

What the numbers show

Crop Residues — Direct emissions (N2O), per square kilometre is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 0.0001 kt per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in French Polynesia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0 kt per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 1,250.0%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).

Crop Residues — Direct emissions (N2O), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% rising
2 Denmark 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.1% rising
3 Hungary 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.4% rising
4 India 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.7% rising
5 Germany 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% rising
6 Serbia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 23.5% rising
7 France 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.5% rising
8 Burundi 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 307.8% volatile
9 Ukraine 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.5% rising
10 Czechia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
11 Belgium 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.3% rising
12 Philippines 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.1% rising
13 Bulgaria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% rising
14 Lithuania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 34.6% rising
15 Poland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 26.5% falling
16 Cambodia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 30.8% volatile
17 Slovakia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 29.3% rising
18 Thailand 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.8% rising
19 Romania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% rising
20 Nepal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
21 Sri Lanka 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% rising
22 Rwanda 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% volatile
23 Pakistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 27.8% rising
24 China 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.6% rising
25 Austria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% rising
26 Italy 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.1% flat
27 Croatia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
28 Myanmar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.5% rising
29 Luxembourg 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.1% falling
30 Malawi 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% rising
31 Togo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 43.9% volatile
32 Latvia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 36.6% rising
33 Paraguay 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.5% volatile
34 Azerbaijan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
35 El Salvador 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.8% rising
36 Nigeria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% rising
37 Sierra Leone 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 26.0% rising
38 Indonesia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% rising
39 Benin 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 95.9% volatile
40 Brazil 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 62.8% volatile
41 Belarus 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% falling
42 Argentina 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 12.1% volatile
43 Japan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% falling
44 Uruguay 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.8% volatile
45 Guinea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 50.2% volatile
46 Estonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% rising
47 Ireland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 21.2% rising
48 Slovenia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 36.8% rising
49 Spain 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 49.2% rising
50 Ghana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 80.4% volatile
51 Lebanon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% rising
52 Greece 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 30.3% flat
53 Albania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.7% falling
54 Uganda 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.4% rising
55 Burkina Faso 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% rising
56 Gambia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 30.8% volatile
57 Haiti 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 34.1% rising
58 North Macedonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.5% falling
59 Dominican Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 27.0% rising
60 Senegal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 207.9% volatile
61 Egypt 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
62 Guatemala 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.3% rising
63 Switzerland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% rising
64 Ethiopia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 24.4% rising
65 Uzbekistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 12.1% rising
67 Morocco 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 39.5% rising
68 Mexico 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
69 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% rising
70 South Africa 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 42.1% rising
71 Israel 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 23.7% rising
72 Armenia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 43.9% flat
73 Iraq 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 26.6% rising
74 Madagascar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 57.6% rising
75 Tajikistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
76 Kenya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% rising
77 Sweden 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.6% rising
78 Palestine, State of 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.6% flat
79 Ecuador 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.8% rising
80 Finland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 26.0% rising
81 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% rising
82 Afghanistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.6% rising
83 Comoros 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 45.5% falling
84 Cameroon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 18.0% volatile
85 Portugal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 26.0% falling
86 Mali 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 39.3% volatile
87 Nicaragua 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.9% rising
88 Kazakhstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% rising
89 Australia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 57.2% rising
90 Panama 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 28.1% rising
91 Cyprus 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% falling
92 Honduras 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.3% rising
93 Canada 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.7% rising
94 Belize 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 58.4% volatile
95 Malaysia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.5% rising
96 Lesotho 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 19.2% falling
97 Niger 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% volatile
98 Georgia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.7% falling
99 Liberia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% rising
100 Zambia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 55.7% volatile
101 Mozambique 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 44.6% volatile
102 Eswatini 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 24.3% flat
103 Colombia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 24.5% rising
104 Zimbabwe 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% rising
105 Tunisia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 58.6% rising
106 Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.9% rising
107 Peru 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% rising
108 Guyana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
109 Turkmenistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% rising
110 Eritrea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
111 Cuba 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 67.7% rising
112 New Zealand 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.8% rising
113 Malta 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 93.8% falling
114 Angola 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 49.8% volatile
115 Chile 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 32.5% rising
116 Chad 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% volatile
117 South Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% flat
118 Norway 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.8% rising
119 Algeria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.3% rising
120 Costa Rica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 63.0% falling
121 Bhutan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 56.8% rising
122 Mauritius 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
123 Grenada 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
124 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
125 Kuwait 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 21.1% volatile
126 Yemen 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 42.4% falling
127 Suriname 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.6% rising
128 Jordan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% volatile
129 Djibouti 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 390.9% volatile
130 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 43.8% volatile
131 Montenegro 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.8% volatile
132 Dominica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
133 Somalia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.1% falling
134 Mauritania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 49.8% rising
135 Central African Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 135.0% rising
136 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 31.8% volatile
137 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Fiji 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% falling
139 Jamaica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.7% falling
140 Puerto Rico 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
141 Mongolia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.4% falling
142 Oman 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 256.9% volatile
143 Vanuatu 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 350.0% volatile
144 Faroe Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
145 Botswana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 173.3% volatile
146 Qatar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 68.4% volatile
147 Namibia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 64.6% rising
148 Libya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 26.9% rising
149 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1,250.0% volatile
150 Gabon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.2% volatile
151 Solomon Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.3% volatile
152 New Caledonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 33.3% volatile
153 Congo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% rising
154 Iceland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 496.5% volatile
155 Bahamas 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
156 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.0% volatile
157 Barbados 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
157 Maldives 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
157 French Polynesia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Crop Residues — Direct emissions (N2O) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Crop Residues — Direct emissions (N2O) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Crop Residues — Direct emissions (N2O), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
164 places, 9,247 data points, 1961–2023
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Crop Residues — Direct emissions (N2O) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.