Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) in Guyana
Guyana: Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) was 0.5373 kt in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drained organic soils — Emissions in Guyana, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
In 2024, drained organic soils — emissions in Guyana stood at 0.5373 kt. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drained organic soils — emissions in Guyana peaked at 0.5373 kt in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2398 kt, in 1990.
That places Guyana 47th out of 221 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) in Guyana, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.2398 kt | — |
| 1991 | 0.2398 kt | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.2398 kt | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.3446 kt | +43.7% |
| 1994 | 0.3444 kt | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.398 kt | +15.6% |
| 1996 | 0.43 kt | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 0.4392 kt | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 0.4412 kt | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.4611 kt | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 0.463 kt | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.4663 kt | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.4676 kt | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.467 kt | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.5257 kt | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 0.5249 kt | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.524 kt | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.5233 kt | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.5229 kt | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5227 kt | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5215 kt | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5205 kt | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5183 kt | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.518 kt | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5172 kt | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.5157 kt | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5158 kt | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5157 kt | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5158 kt | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5112 kt | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.5113 kt | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5204 kt | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.5373 kt | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.5373 kt | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5373 kt | +0.0% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 0.5373 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0082 kt, 65.5× the median. (74 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) in Guyana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +43.7% | 0.2398 kt | 0.3446 kt |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3578 kt | 0.2398 kt | 0.4611 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5007 kt | 0.463 kt | 0.5257 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.517 kt | 0.5112 kt | 0.5215 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5287 kt | 0.5113 kt | 0.5373 kt | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More climate change data for Guyana
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 13.90 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 466.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 157.3 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 308.81 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.5936 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 11.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,013 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 121.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 891.52 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.4587 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drained organic soils — emissions in Guyana?
- Drained organic soils — emissions in Guyana was 0.5373 kt in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest drained organic soils — emissions recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5373 kt in 2022.
- What is the lowest drained organic soils — emissions recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2398 kt in 1990.
- How does Guyana rank for drained organic soils — emissions?
- Guyana ranks 47th out of 221 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drained organic soils — emissions rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.