Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC in United States of America

United States of America: Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC was 5,236 kt in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
5,236 kt
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
5th
of 5 groups
All-time high
5,589 kt
in 1990
All-time low
5,229 kt
in 2015
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC in United States of America, 1990–2020

02.0k4.0k6.0k1990200520201990: 5.6k kt1991: 5.6k kt1992: 5.6k kt1993: 5.6k kt1994: 5.6k kt1995: 5.6k kt1996: 5.6k kt1997: 5.5k kt1998: 5.5k kt1999: 5.5k kt2000: 5.5k kt2001: 5.5k kt2002: 5.5k kt2003: 5.4k kt2004: 5.4k kt2005: 5.4k kt2006: 5.4k kt2007: 5.3k kt2008: 5.3k kt2009: 5.3k kt2010: 5.3k kt2011: 5.3k kt2012: 5.3k kt2013: 5.3k kt2014: 5.3k kt2015: 5.2k kt2016: 5.2k kt2017: 5.2k kt2018: 5.2k kt2019: 5.2k kt2020: 5.2k kt

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

Analysis

United States of America recorded 5,236 kt for drained organic soils — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc in 2020.

The figure is down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc in United States of America peaked at 5,589 kt in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5,229 kt, in 2015.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC in United States of America, 1990 to 2020.
Year kt Change
1990 5,589 kt
1991 5,550 kt -0.7%
1992 5,552 kt +0.0%
1993 5,567 kt +0.3%
1994 5,587 kt +0.4%
1995 5,569 kt -0.3%
1996 5,564 kt -0.1%
1997 5,527 kt -0.7%
1998 5,502 kt -0.4%
1999 5,523 kt +0.4%
2000 5,507 kt -0.3%
2001 5,513 kt +0.1%
2002 5,528 kt +0.3%
2003 5,396 kt -2.4%
2004 5,432 kt +0.7%
2005 5,436 kt +0.1%
2006 5,409 kt -0.5%
2007 5,322 kt -1.6%
2008 5,318 kt -0.1%
2009 5,305 kt -0.3%
2010 5,309 kt +0.1%
2011 5,315 kt +0.1%
2012 5,314 kt -0.0%
2013 5,285 kt -0.5%
2014 5,272 kt -0.2%
2015 5,229 kt -0.8%
2016 5,231 kt +0.1%
2017 5,234 kt +0.0%
2018 5,236 kt +0.0%
2019 5,236 kt +0.0%
2020 5,236 kt +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 5,553 kt 5,502 kt 5,589 kt 10
2000s 5,417 kt 5,305 kt 5,528 kt 10
2010s 5,266 kt 5,229 kt 5,315 kt 10
2020s 5,236 kt 5,236 kt 5,236 kt 1

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 2 Russian Federation 14,266 kt compare
  2. 3 Belarus 3,344 kt compare
  3. 4 Germany 3,294 kt compare
  4. 5 Poland 3,070 kt compare
  5. 6 Colombia 1,770 kt compare
  6. 7 Ukraine 1,571 kt compare
  7. 8 Lithuania 1,482 kt compare

See the full ranking of 39 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc in United States of America?
Drained organic soils — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc in United States of America was 5,236 kt in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 5,589 kt in 1990.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 5,229 kt in 2015.
How does United States of America rank for drained organic soils — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc?
United States of America ranks 5th out of 5 groups with data for 2020.
Is drained organic soils — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United States of America data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
39 places, 1,163 data points, 1990–2020
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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