Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions in Americas

Americas: Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions was 57.56 kt in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
57.56 kt
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
8th
of 32 groups
All-time high
57.56 kt
in 2022
All-time low
55.05 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions in Americas, 1990–2023

02040601990200620231990: 55.1 kt1991: 55.1 kt1992: 55.1 kt1993: 55.1 kt1994: 55.1 kt1995: 55.7 kt1996: 55.7 kt1997: 55.8 kt1998: 56 kt1999: 56.4 kt2000: 56.6 kt2001: 56.7 kt2002: 56.8 kt2003: 56.8 kt2004: 57 kt2005: 56.9 kt2006: 56.8 kt2007: 56.7 kt2008: 56.7 kt2009: 56.7 kt2010: 56.7 kt2011: 56.8 kt2012: 56.8 kt2013: 56.8 kt2014: 56.8 kt2015: 56.8 kt2016: 56.8 kt2017: 56.9 kt2018: 57.2 kt2019: 57.4 kt2020: 57.4 kt2021: 57.5 kt2022: 57.6 kt2023: 57.6 kt

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

Analysis

Americas recorded 57.56 kt for drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions in Americas peaked at 57.56 kt in 2022 and was at its lowest, 55.05 kt, in 1990.

Americas ranks 8th of 32 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions in Americas, year by year

Annual values for Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (N2O) in Americas, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 55.05 kt
1991 55.05 kt +0.0%
1992 55.05 kt +0.0%
1993 55.14 kt +0.2%
1994 55.11 kt -0.1%
1995 55.66 kt +1.0%
1996 55.74 kt +0.1%
1997 55.82 kt +0.1%
1998 56.04 kt +0.4%
1999 56.36 kt +0.6%
2000 56.63 kt +0.5%
2001 56.72 kt +0.2%
2002 56.79 kt +0.1%
2003 56.8 kt +0.0%
2004 56.98 kt +0.3%
2005 56.9 kt -0.1%
2006 56.82 kt -0.1%
2007 56.73 kt -0.2%
2008 56.7 kt -0.0%
2009 56.7 kt -0.0%
2010 56.74 kt +0.1%
2011 56.78 kt +0.1%
2012 56.79 kt +0.0%
2013 56.79 kt -0.0%
2014 56.8 kt +0.0%
2015 56.8 kt +0.0%
2016 56.85 kt +0.1%
2017 56.92 kt +0.1%
2018 57.25 kt +0.6%
2019 57.39 kt +0.3%
2020 57.45 kt +0.1%
2021 57.48 kt +0.1%
2022 57.56 kt +0.1%
2023 57.56 kt +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 55.5 kt 55.05 kt 56.36 kt 10
2000s 56.78 kt 56.63 kt 56.98 kt 10
2010s 56.91 kt 56.74 kt 57.39 kt 10
2020s 57.51 kt 57.45 kt 57.56 kt 4

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 5 Canada 27.07 kt compare
  2. 6 Poland 20 kt compare
  3. 7 Germany 19.53 kt compare
  4. 8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18.74 kt compare
  5. 9 Mongolia 15.83 kt compare
  6. 10 Ukraine 13.66 kt compare
  7. 11 Finland 9.91 kt compare

See the full ranking of 275 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions in Americas?
Drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions in Americas was 57.56 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 57.56 kt in 2022.
What is the lowest drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 55.05 kt in 1990.
How does Americas rank for drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions?
Americas ranks 8th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
Is drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Americas data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (N2O)
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