Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (CO2eq) in United States of America

United States of America: Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (CO2eq) was 5,863 kt in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
5,863 kt
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
14th
of 32 groups
All-time high
5,863 kt
in 2022
All-time low
5,766 kt
in 1994
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (CO2eq) in United States of America, 1990–2023

02.0k4.0k6.0k1990200620231990: 5.8k kt1991: 5.8k kt1992: 5.8k kt1993: 5.8k kt1994: 5.8k kt1995: 5.8k kt1996: 5.8k kt1997: 5.8k kt1998: 5.8k kt1999: 5.8k kt2000: 5.8k kt2001: 5.8k kt2002: 5.8k kt2003: 5.8k kt2004: 5.8k kt2005: 5.8k kt2006: 5.8k kt2007: 5.8k kt2008: 5.8k kt2009: 5.8k kt2010: 5.8k kt2011: 5.9k kt2012: 5.8k kt2013: 5.8k kt2014: 5.8k kt2015: 5.8k kt2016: 5.8k kt2017: 5.8k kt2018: 5.9k kt2019: 5.9k kt2020: 5.9k kt2021: 5.9k kt2022: 5.9k kt2023: 5.9k kt

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

Analysis

United States of America recorded 5,863 kt for drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) in United States of America peaked at 5,863 kt in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5,766 kt, in 1994.

United States of America ranks 14th of 32 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (CO2eq) in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) in United States of America, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 5,781 kt
1991 5,781 kt +0.0%
1992 5,781 kt +0.0%
1993 5,774 kt -0.1%
1994 5,766 kt -0.1%
1995 5,805 kt +0.7%
1996 5,804 kt -0.0%
1997 5,806 kt +0.0%
1998 5,813 kt +0.1%
1999 5,823 kt +0.2%
2000 5,841 kt +0.3%
2001 5,845 kt +0.1%
2002 5,848 kt +0.1%
2003 5,850 kt +0.0%
2004 5,849 kt -0.0%
2005 5,846 kt -0.0%
2006 5,845 kt -0.0%
2007 5,844 kt -0.0%
2008 5,844 kt -0.0%
2009 5,845 kt +0.0%
2010 5,848 kt +0.1%
2011 5,850 kt +0.0%
2012 5,849 kt -0.0%
2013 5,842 kt -0.1%
2014 5,838 kt -0.1%
2015 5,836 kt -0.0%
2016 5,827 kt -0.1%
2017 5,829 kt +0.0%
2018 5,852 kt +0.4%
2019 5,858 kt +0.1%
2020 5,859 kt +0.0%
2021 5,862 kt +0.1%
2022 5,863 kt +0.0%
2023 5,863 kt +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 5,793 kt 5,766 kt 5,823 kt 10
2000s 5,846 kt 5,841 kt 5,850 kt 10
2010s 5,843 kt 5,827 kt 5,858 kt 10
2020s 5,862 kt 5,859 kt 5,863 kt 4

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 19.45 kt compare
  2. 11 Finland 2,627 kt compare
  3. 12 Ireland 1,996 kt compare
  4. 12 Türkiye 0.583 kt compare
  5. 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 kt
  6. 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 kt
  7. 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 kt
  8. 13 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 kt
  9. 13 Sweden 1,842 kt compare
  10. 13 Syrian Arab Republic 0 kt
  11. 13 Timor-Leste 0 kt
  12. 13 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 kt
  13. 13 Micronesia 0 kt
  14. 13 Polynesia 0 kt
  15. 14 Lithuania 1,809 kt compare
  16. 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,331 kt compare
  17. 16 Malaysia 1,310 kt compare
  18. 17 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1,042 kt compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) in United States of America?
Drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) in United States of America was 5,863 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 5,863 kt in 2022.
What is the lowest drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 5,766 kt in 1994.
How does United States of America rank for drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq)?
United States of America ranks 14th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
Is drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
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 (N2O) — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
275 places, 9,129 data points, 1990–2023
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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