Drained organic soils — Emissions in Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa: Drained organic soils — Emissions was 49,818 kt in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
49,818 kt
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
15th
of 31 groups
All-time high
50,723 kt
in 2012
All-time low
40,303 kt
in 1994
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Drained organic soils — Emissions in Eastern Africa, 1990–2024

020.0k40.0k60.0k1990200720241990: 40.3k kt1991: 40.3k kt1992: 40.3k kt1993: 40.3k kt1994: 40.3k kt1995: 40.6k kt1996: 40.6k kt1997: 40.6k kt1998: 40.7k kt1999: 40.9k kt2000: 41.0k kt2001: 41.0k kt2002: 41.0k kt2003: 41.0k kt2004: 41.0k kt2005: 41.0k kt2006: 41.0k kt2007: 41.0k kt2008: 41.0k kt2009: 41.0k kt2010: 41.1k kt2011: 41.1k kt2012: 50.7k kt2013: 50.7k kt2014: 50.5k kt2015: 50.5k kt2016: 50.3k kt2017: 50.2k kt2018: 50.1k kt2019: 50.0k kt2020: 50.0k kt2021: 49.8k kt2022: 49.8k kt2023: 49.8k kt2024: 49.8k kt

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for drained organic soils — emissions in Eastern Africa is 49,818 kt, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — emissions in Eastern Africa peaked at 50,723 kt in 2012 and was at its lowest, 40,303 kt, in 1994.

Eastern Africa ranks 15th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Drained organic soils — Emissions in Eastern Africa, year by year

Annual values for Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2) in Eastern Africa, 1990 to 2024.
Year kt Change
1990 40,305 kt
1991 40,305 kt +0.0%
1992 40,305 kt +0.0%
1993 40,305 kt -0.0%
1994 40,303 kt -0.0%
1995 40,586 kt +0.7%
1996 40,572 kt -0.0%
1997 40,610 kt +0.1%
1998 40,702 kt +0.2%
1999 40,915 kt +0.5%
2000 40,975 kt +0.1%
2001 40,986 kt +0.0%
2002 41,044 kt +0.1%
2003 40,997 kt -0.1%
2004 40,992 kt -0.0%
2005 41,033 kt +0.1%
2006 41,039 kt +0.0%
2007 41,012 kt -0.1%
2008 41,028 kt +0.0%
2009 41,034 kt +0.0%
2010 41,055 kt +0.1%
2011 41,071 kt +0.0%
2012 50,723 kt +23.5%
2013 50,653 kt -0.1%
2014 50,517 kt -0.3%
2015 50,516 kt -0.0%
2016 50,329 kt -0.4%
2017 50,246 kt -0.2%
2018 50,132 kt -0.2%
2019 49,971 kt -0.3%
2020 49,953 kt -0.0%
2021 49,846 kt -0.2%
2022 49,818 kt -0.1%
2023 49,818 kt +0.0%
2024 49,818 kt +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 40,491 kt 40,303 kt 40,915 kt 10
2000s 41,014 kt 40,975 kt 41,044 kt 10
2010s 48,521 kt 41,055 kt 50,723 kt 10
2020s 49,850 kt 49,818 kt 49,953 kt 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Africa

  1. 12 Ukraine 19,358 kt compare
  2. 13 Bangladesh 17,384 kt compare
  3. 14 Zambia 14,565 kt compare
  4. 15 Finland 14,036 kt compare
  5. 16 Myanmar 14,024 kt compare
  6. 17 Ireland 10,800 kt compare
  7. 18 Sweden 9,838 kt compare

See the full ranking of 274 places →

More climate change data for Eastern Africa

All data for Eastern Africa →

Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — emissions in Eastern Africa?
Drained organic soils — emissions in Eastern Africa was 49,818 kt in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils — emissions recorded in Eastern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 50,723 kt in 2012.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — emissions recorded in Eastern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 40,303 kt in 1994.
How does Eastern Africa rank for drained organic soils — emissions?
Eastern Africa ranks 15th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
Is drained organic soils — emissions rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Drained organic soils — Emissions in Eastern Africa. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/drained-organic-soils-emissions-co2-fao-tier-1/eastern-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/drained-organic-soils-emissions-co2-fao-tier-1/eastern-africa/">Drained organic soils — Emissions in Eastern Africa</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
274 places, 9,364 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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.