Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre by country
Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2) 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
94
Highest
0.2079 kt per square kilometre
Belarus
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Guinea-Bissau
Median
0.0044 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,347
What the numbers show
Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 0.2079 kt per square kilometre in Belarus; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0044 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0247 kt per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Namibia (up 57.6%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 100.0%).
Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre (square): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 0.2079 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 2 | Faroe Islands | 0.1725 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 3 | Ireland | 0.1568 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 4 | Lithuania | 0.1544 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 0.1337 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 6 | Indonesia | 0.1275 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 7 | Estonia | 0.1223 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 8 | Burundi | 0.1199 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 9 | Malaysia | 0.0959 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 10 | Poland | 0.0924 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 11 | Latvia | 0.084 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 12 | Germany | 0.0788 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 13 | Rwanda | 0.0663 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 14 | Hungary | 0.061 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 15 | Denmark | 0.0581 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 16 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0488 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 17 | Finland | 0.0462 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 18 | Isle of Man | 0.0357 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Ukraine | 0.0334 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 20 | Uganda | 0.0292 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Sweden | 0.0242 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 22 | Jamaica | 0.0224 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 23 | Myanmar | 0.0215 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 24 | Switzerland | 0.0202 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 0.0197 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 26 | Zambia | 0.0196 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | Nepal | 0.0165 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 28 | Guyana | 0.0155 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 29 | Norway | 0.0149 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 30 | South Sudan | 0.0148 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 31 | Mongolia | 0.0142 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 32 | Japan | 0.0117 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 33 | France | 0.0107 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 0.0101 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 35 | Greece | 0.0098 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 36 | New Zealand | 0.0093 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 37 | Panama | 0.0091 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 38 | Congo | 0.0089 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 39 | Malawi | 0.0089 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 40 | Slovenia | 0.0081 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 41 | Belize | 0.0077 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 42 | Madagascar | 0.0075 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 43 | Iceland | 0.0073 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 44 | Puerto Rico | 0.0069 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 45 | Belgium | 0.0066 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 0.0049 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 47 | Fiji | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 48 | Canada | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 49 | Suriname | 0.0043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 50 | Albania | 0.0039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 51 | Austria | 0.0037 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 52 | Czechia | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 53 | Cameroon | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 54 | Guinea | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 55 | Portugal | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 56 | Gabon | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 57 | Italy | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 58 | Romania | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 59 | Thailand | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 61 | Argentina | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 63 | India | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 65 | Chile | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 66 | Montenegro | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 67 | Slovakia | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 68 | Liberia | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 69 | Botswana | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 70 | Uruguay | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 71 | Spain | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 73 | China | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 74 | South Africa | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 75 | Australia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 76 | Ghana | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 77 | Ecuador | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Angola | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 80 | Kenya | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 81 | Eswatini | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 82 | Croatia | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 83 | Peru | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 84 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 85 | Eritrea | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 86 | Brazil | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 87 | Serbia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 88 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 89 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Namibia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 92 | Mexico | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Mozambique | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 93 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0064 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2) 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.
Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Drained organic soils — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2) 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.