Drained organic soils (CO2) — Emissions in World

World: Drained organic soils (CO2) — Emissions was 830,201 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
830,201 kt
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
1st
of 12 groups
All-time high
830,403 kt
in 2021
All-time low
750,897 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Drained organic soils (CO2) — Emissions in World, 1990–2023

0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1990200620231990: 750.9k kt1991: 750.9k kt1992: 750.9k kt1993: 751.3k kt1994: 751.0k kt1995: 756.6k kt1996: 755.7k kt1997: 757.1k kt1998: 760.7k kt1999: 766.0k kt2000: 769.0k kt2001: 769.2k kt2002: 770.9k kt2003: 772.8k kt2004: 775.4k kt2005: 780.1k kt2006: 785.5k kt2007: 791.6k kt2008: 795.6k kt2009: 798.6k kt2010: 804.2k kt2011: 809.0k kt2012: 812.8k kt2013: 814.0k kt2014: 817.1k kt2015: 817.0k kt2016: 819.7k kt2017: 821.0k kt2018: 824.7k kt2019: 827.2k kt2020: 829.8k kt2021: 830.4k kt2022: 830.2k kt2023: 830.2k kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

In 2023, drained organic soils (co2) — emissions in World stood at 830,201 kt.

The figure is up 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils (co2) — emissions in World peaked at 830,403 kt in 2021 and was at its lowest, 750,897 kt, in 1990.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 755,112 kt 750,897 kt 766,018 kt 10
2000s 780,875 kt 769,038 kt 798,629 kt 10
2010s 816,667 kt 804,244 kt 827,167 kt 10
2020s 830,154 kt 829,813 kt 830,403 kt 4

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 OECD 257,740 kt compare
  2. 2 Indonesia 241,354 kt compare
  3. 3 Russian Federation 53,142 kt compare
  4. 4 Belarus, Republic of 42,203 kt compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils (co2) — emissions in World?
Drained organic soils (co2) — emissions in World was 830,201 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils (co2) — emissions recorded in World?
The highest recorded value was 830,403 kt in 2021.
What is the lowest drained organic soils (co2) — emissions recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 750,897 kt in 1990.
How does World rank for drained organic soils (co2) — emissions?
World ranks 1st out of 12 groups with data for 2023.
Is drained organic soils (co2) — emissions rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this World data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils (CO2) — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Drained organic soils (CO2) — Emissions (CO2)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
275 places, 9,129 data points, 1990–2023
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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