Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) 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
116
Highest
167.36 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Mozambique
Median
0.2493 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,399
What the numbers show
Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 116 countries. The highest value is 167.36 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Mozambique.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2493 kt, and the mean is 4.36 kt.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Namibia (up 60.0%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 100.0%).
Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 167.36 kt | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 2 | Indonesia | 38.14 kt | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 37.52 kt | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 4 | Belarus | 29.79 kt | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 5 | Canada | 27.07 kt | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 20 kt | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 7 | Germany | 19.53 kt | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 18.74 kt | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 9 | Mongolia | 15.83 kt | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 10 | Ukraine | 13.66 kt | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 11 | Finland | 9.91 kt | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 12 | Ireland | 7.53 kt | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 13 | Sweden | 6.95 kt | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 6.83 kt | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5.02 kt | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 16 | Malaysia | 4.94 kt | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 17 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 3.93 kt | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 18 | Melanesia | 3.91 kt | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 3.9 kt | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 20 | Norway | 3.85 kt | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 21 | France | 3.84 kt | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 22 | Hungary | 3.81 kt | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 23 | Latvia | 3.69 kt | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 24 | Estonia | 3.69 kt | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 25 | Japan | 2.98 kt | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 26 | China | 2.77 kt | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 26 | China, mainland | 2.77 kt | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 28 | Zambia | 2.77 kt | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 2.73 kt | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 30 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.7 kt | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 31 | Myanmar | 2.24 kt | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 32 | Argentina | 2.21 kt | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 33 | Sudan (former) | 2.05 kt | 2011 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 34 | South Sudan | 1.98 kt | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 35 | Denmark | 1.64 kt | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 36 | Australia | 1.59 kt | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 1.12 kt | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 38 | New Zealand | 1.11 kt | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 39 | Uganda | 0.9863 kt | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 40 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.8326 kt | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 41 | Greece | 0.8042 kt | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 42 | India | 0.7557 kt | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 0.753 kt | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 44 | Nepal | 0.7472 kt | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 45 | Chile | 0.7381 kt | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 46 | Madagascar | 0.7313 kt | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 47 | Viet Nam | 0.5866 kt | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 48 | Burundi | 0.5721 kt | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 49 | Switzerland | 0.5656 kt | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 50 | Guyana | 0.5373 kt | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 51 | Iceland | 0.525 kt | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 52 | Congo | 0.4853 kt | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 53 | Italy | 0.4814 kt | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 54 | Romania | 0.3668 kt | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 55 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.3607 kt | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 56 | Rwanda | 0.348 kt | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 57 | Spain | 0.2739 kt | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 58 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.2595 kt | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 59 | Cameroon | 0.2391 kt | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 60 | Austria | 0.2181 kt | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 0.2118 kt | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 62 | Czechia | 0.1892 kt | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 63 | Thailand | 0.1733 kt | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 64 | South Africa | 0.1729 kt | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 65 | Faroe Islands | 0.1687 kt | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Portugal | 0.1554 kt | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 67 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.1471 kt | 1999 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 68 | Belgium | 0.1378 kt | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 69 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1361 kt | 2024 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 70 | Malawi | 0.1299 kt | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 71 | Colombia | 0.1271 kt | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 72 | Guinea | 0.1179 kt | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 73 | Suriname | 0.1116 kt | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 74 | Slovenia | 0.1072 kt | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 75 | Panama | 0.1071 kt | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 76 | Brazil | 0.1056 kt | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 77 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.1043 kt | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 78 | Botswana | 0.0978 kt | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 79 | Gabon | 0.0944 kt | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 80 | Uruguay | 0.0915 kt | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 81 | Kenya | 0.0795 kt | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 82 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0734 kt | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 83 | Albania | 0.0724 kt | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0724 kt | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 85 | Angola | 0.0608 kt | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 86 | Caribbean | 0.0521 kt | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 87 | Slovakia | 0.0461 kt | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 88 | Jamaica | 0.0423 kt | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 89 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0404 kt | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 90 | Belize | 0.034 kt | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 91 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.0263 kt | 2005 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 92 | Peru | 0.0227 kt | 2024 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 93 | Liberia | 0.0189 kt | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 94 | Isle of Man | 0.0145 kt | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 0.0142 kt | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 96 | Montenegro | 0.0131 kt | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 97 | Ecuador | 0.0128 kt | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Fiji | 0.0127 kt | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 99 | Ghana | 0.0123 kt | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 100 | Puerto Rico | 0.0098 kt | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 101 | Central African Republic | 0.009 kt | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 102 | French Guiana | 0.0073 kt | 2024 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 103 | Croatia | 0.0066 kt | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 0.0049 kt | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 105 | Kazakhstan | 0.0038 kt | 2024 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 106 | Luxembourg | 0.0031 kt | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 107 | Türkiye | 0.0022 kt | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Serbia | 0.0017 kt | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Eswatini | 0.0017 kt | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 110 | Eritrea | 0.0013 kt | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Namibia | 0.0008 kt | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 112 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Mexico | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Solomon Islands | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Mozambique | 0 kt | 2024 | 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 348.87 kt
- Annex I countries 259.67 kt
- Europe 201.14 kt
- Eastern Europe 106.27 kt
- European Union (27) 96.01 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 89.2 kt
- Asia 72.26 kt
- Northern Europe 63.56 kt
- Americas 57.56 kt
- Northern America 49.2 kt
- South-eastern Asia 46.13 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 32.47 kt
- Western Europe 29.32 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 24.72 kt
- United States of America 22.13 kt
- Eastern Asia 21.68 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 15.47 kt
- Africa 11.29 kt
- Eastern Africa 9.55 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 8.58 kt
- South America 8.15 kt
- Oceania 6.61 kt
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 4.65 kt
- Southern Asia 4.45 kt
- Southern Europe 1.99 kt
- Middle Africa 0.9621 kt
- Western Africa 0.5098 kt
- Southern Africa 0.2732 kt
- Central America 0.1604 kt
- Central Asia 0.0038 kt
- Western Asia 0.0022 kt
- Northern Africa 0 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.