Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions was 0.2732 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions in Southern Africa, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 0.2732 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 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions in Southern Africa peaked at 0.2732 kt in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2306 kt, in 1990.
Southern Africa ranks 26th of 32 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.2306 kt | — |
| 1991 | 0.2306 kt | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.2306 kt | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.2306 kt | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.2306 kt | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.2314 kt | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.2325 kt | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.234 kt | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.2387 kt | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2483 kt | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2527 kt | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.2534 kt | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2575 kt | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.265 kt | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.2701 kt | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.2711 kt | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.2699 kt | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.2705 kt | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2708 kt | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.2711 kt | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.271 kt | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2707 kt | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.2707 kt | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2703 kt | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2694 kt | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2694 kt | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2706 kt | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.2712 kt | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2713 kt | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2723 kt | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.2728 kt | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2726 kt | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2732 kt | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.2732 kt | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2338 kt | 0.2306 kt | 0.2483 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2652 kt | 0.2527 kt | 0.2711 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2707 kt | 0.2694 kt | 0.2723 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.273 kt | 0.2726 kt | 0.2732 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 23 Estonia 3.69 kt compare
- 24 Japan 2.98 kt compare
- 25 China 2.77 kt compare
- 25 China, mainland 2.77 kt compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 0.3607 kt compare
- 27 Zambia 2.77 kt compare
- 28 Bangladesh 2.73 kt compare
- 29 Australia and New Zealand 2.7 kt compare
More climate change data for Southern Africa
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 48,717 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 16,474 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 32,243 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 62.17 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,152 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 5,709 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 5,306 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 402.74 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 20.02 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 14.38 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions in Southern Africa?
- Drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions in Southern Africa was 0.2732 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2732 kt in 2022.
- What is the lowest drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2306 kt in 1990.
- How does Southern Africa rank for drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions?
- Southern Africa ranks 26th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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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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