Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC in United States
United States: Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC was 5,236 kt in 2020. ▼ Falling
Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC in United States, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc in United States is 5,236 kt, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc in United States peaked at 5,589 kt in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5,229 kt, in 2015.
That places United States 3rd out of 37 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC in United States, year by year
| 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% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 5,236 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 77.27 kt, 67.8× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More climate change data for United States
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 274,482 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60,922 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 213,560 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 229.89 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 7,627 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 107,381 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 89,068 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 18,313 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 336.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 654.05 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc in United States?
- Drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc in United States was 5,236 kt in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 5,589 kt in 1990.
- What is the lowest drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,229 kt in 2015.
- How does United States rank for drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc?
- United States ranks 3rd out of 37 countries with data for 2020.
- Is drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions (co2eq) (ar5) — unfccc rising or falling in United States?
- 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 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) — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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