Cropland organic soils — Emissions (CO2) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.
Countries reporting
222
Highest
226,758 kt
Indonesia
Lowest
0 kt
Netherlands Antilles (former)
Median
0 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,364
What the numbers show
Cropland organic soils — Emissions (CO2) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 226,758 kt in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 kt in Netherlands Antilles (former).
The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt, and the mean is 3,528 kt.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in French Guiana (up 64.1%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 100.0%).
Cropland organic soils — Emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 226,758 kt | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 2 | OECD | 167,145 kt | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 47,911 kt | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus, Republic of | 39,137 kt | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 5 | Canada | 35,130 kt | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 6 | Malaysia | 29,817 kt | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 7 | Poland, Republic of | 22,402 kt | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | 21,850 kt | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 9 | Ukraine | 18,225 kt | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 16,339 kt | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 11 | Germany | 16,062 kt | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 12 | Myanmar | 12,675 kt | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 13 | Finland | 12,309 kt | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania, Republic of | 8,500 kt | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 15 | Sweden | 8,302 kt | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 16 | Zambia | 6,876 kt | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 17 | Uganda | 5,520 kt | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | Hungary | 5,196 kt | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 19 | France | 4,735 kt | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 20 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 4,610 kt | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 21 | India | 4,539 kt | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 22 | Estonia, Republic of | 4,528 kt | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 23 | Latvia, Republic of | 4,169 kt | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 24 | Japan | 4,092 kt | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 25 | Madagascar | 3,426 kt | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 26 | Mongolia | 2,932 kt | 2024 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 27 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2,857 kt | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 28 | Guyana | 2,787 kt | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 29 | Congo, Republic of | 2,742 kt | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 30 | China (People’s Republic of) | 2,674 kt | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 30 | China, mainland | 2,674 kt | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 30 | Mayotte | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 30 | Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 30 | Cook Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 30 | Montserrat, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 30 | Niue | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 30 | Tokelau | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,608 kt | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 33 | Burundi | 2,368 kt | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 34 | Denmark | 2,001 kt | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 35 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,959 kt | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 36 | Norway | 1,859 kt | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 37 | Nepal | 1,803 kt | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 38 | Australia | 1,712 kt | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 39 | Sudan (former) | 1,574 kt | 2011 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 40 | Cameroon | 1,525 kt | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 41 | South Sudan, Republic of | 1,520 kt | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 42 | Rwanda | 1,518 kt | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 43 | Argentina | 1,171 kt | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 44 | Greece | 1,147 kt | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 1,028 kt | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 853.09 kt | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 47 | Thailand | 843.62 kt | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 48 | Malawi | 809.28 kt | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 49 | Ireland | 693.29 kt | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 50 | Italy | 672.21 kt | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 51 | Panama | 631.78 kt | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 52 | Botswana | 620.04 kt | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 53 | Guinea | 609.56 kt | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 54 | Gabon | 604.5 kt | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 55 | Suriname | 592.06 kt | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 550.93 kt | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 57 | Colombia | 487.9 kt | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 58 | Romania | 483.89 kt | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 59 | Switzerland | 461.82 kt | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 60 | Spain | 324.67 kt | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 61 | Angola | 272.42 kt | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 62 | Brunei Darussalam | 250.86 kt | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 63 | New Zealand | 246.96 kt | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 64 | Czech Republic | 202.97 kt | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 65 | Portugal | 197.34 kt | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 66 | Jamaica | 170.55 kt | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 67 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 160.49 kt | 1999 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 68 | South Africa | 153.38 kt | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 69 | Belgium | 144.88 kt | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 70 | Peru | 134.42 kt | 2024 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 71 | Slovenia, Republic of | 131.72 kt | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 72 | Liberia | 114.75 kt | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 73 | Austria | 100.58 kt | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 74 | Albania | 99.88 kt | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 75 | Belize | 74.49 kt | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 76 | Fiji, Republic of | 73.53 kt | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 77 | Ghana | 73.24 kt | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 78 | Ecuador | 72.27 kt | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Uruguay | 69.95 kt | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 80 | Kenya | 59.09 kt | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 81 | Central African Republic | 55.24 kt | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 82 | Slovak Republic | 55.11 kt | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 83 | Puerto Rico | 54.6 kt | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.86 kt | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 43.33 kt | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 86 | Brazil | 42.9 kt | 2024 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 87 | French Guiana | 39.72 kt | 2024 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Serbia and Montenegro | 37.28 kt | 2005 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 89 | Montenegro | 18.57 kt | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 16.16 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 91 | Faroe Islands | 11.46 kt | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 92 | Croatia, Republic of | 9.19 kt | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 93 | Eritrea, The State of | 8.05 kt | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Luxembourg | 2.6 kt | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 95 | Serbia, Republic of | 2.41 kt | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 96 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 1.49 kt | 2024 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 97 | Eswatini, Kingdom of | 1.47 kt | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 98 | Isle of Man | 1.25 kt | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 99 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 1.12 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea, Republic of | 0.6581 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 0.6452 kt | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 102 | Mexico | 0.5642 kt | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Andorra, Principality of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | United Arab Emirates | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Armenia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | American Samoa | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Benin | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Bahamas, The | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Bermuda | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Barbados | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Bhutan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Channel Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Comoros, Union of the | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Cuba | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Cyprus | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Djibouti | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Dominica | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Dominican Republic | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Algeria | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Egypt | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Georgia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Gibraltar | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Gambia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 103 | Grenada | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Greenland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Guatemala | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Guam | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Honduras | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Haiti | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Iraq | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Iceland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Israel | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Jordan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Cambodia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Kiribati | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Kuwait | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Lebanon | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Libya | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | St. Lucia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Liechtenstein | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Lesotho, Kingdom of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Morocco | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Monaco | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Maldives | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Marshall Islands, Republic of the | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Mali | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Malta | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Mozambique, Republic of | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 103 | Mauritania, Islamic Republic of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Mauritius | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Namibia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | New Caledonia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Niger | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Nigeria | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Nauru, Republic of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Oman | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Pakistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Philippines | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Palau, Republic of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Paraguay | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Palestine | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | French Polynesia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Qatar | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Sudan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Senegal | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Singapore | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | El Salvador | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | San Marino, Republic of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Somalia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Seychelles | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Chad | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Togo | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Tonga | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Tunisia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Tuvalu | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Uzbekistan, Republic of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | British Virgin Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Vanuatu | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Samoa | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Yemen, Republic of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Guadeloupe | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Martinique | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Western Sahara | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | St. Pierre and Miquelon | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Norfolk Island | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Pitcairn Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Holy See | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Réunion | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | China, Macao SAR | 0 kt | 2024 | — | flat |
| 103 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 0 kt | 2010 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 655,440 kt
- Asia 307,514 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 373,445 kt
- South-eastern Asia 274,137 kt
- Annex I countries 281,996 kt
- Europe 206,828 kt
- Eastern Europe 134,827 kt
- European Union (27) 96,255 kt
- Americas 77,716 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 71,312 kt
- Northern America 69,376 kt
- Northern Europe 44,983 kt
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.