Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Latvia
Latvia: Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC was 0.9192 kt in 2020. ▼ Falling
Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Latvia, 1992–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 0.9192 kt for drained organic soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in 2020.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drained organic soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Latvia peaked at 1.49 kt in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.9089 kt, in 2016.
Latvia ranks 16th of 33 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.41 kt | 1.33 kt | 1.49 kt | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.12 kt | 0.9727 kt | 1.31 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.928 kt | 0.9089 kt | 0.9621 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9192 kt | 0.9192 kt | 0.9192 kt | 1 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More climate change data for Latvia
- Share co2 vs population 0.0091 (2100)
- Population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Population, total 1.85 million (2025)
- Urban population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Urban population 1.27 million (2025)
- Urban population 68.6% (2025)
- Co2 emissions vs gdp 3.45 (2024)
- Cumulative co emissions 980.75 million (2024)
- Co emissions per capita 3.45 (2024)
- Co2 per capita vs renewable electricity 3.45 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drained organic soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Latvia?
- Drained organic soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Latvia was 0.9192 kt in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest drained organic soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.49 kt in 1992.
- What is the lowest drained organic soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9089 kt in 2016.
- How does Latvia rank for drained organic soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc?
- Latvia ranks 16th out of 33 countries with data for 2020.
- Is drained organic soils — emissions (n2o) — unfccc rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC. 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.