Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions in World

World: Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions was 348.87 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
348.87 kt
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
1st
of 32 regions
All-time high
348.87 kt
in 2022
All-time low
332.37 kt
in 1994
Years of data
34
1990–2023

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

01002003001990200620231990: 332.5 kt1991: 332.5 kt1992: 332.5 kt1993: 332.5 kt1994: 332.4 kt1995: 334.1 kt1996: 333.7 kt1997: 333.9 kt1998: 334.9 kt1999: 336.9 kt2000: 338.1 kt2001: 338.1 kt2002: 338.2 kt2003: 338.2 kt2004: 338.6 kt2005: 339.3 kt2006: 340 kt2007: 340.8 kt2008: 341.2 kt2009: 341.6 kt2010: 342.8 kt2011: 344 kt2012: 344.9 kt2013: 345 kt2014: 345.4 kt2015: 345.4 kt2016: 345.6 kt2017: 345.8 kt2018: 347.4 kt2019: 348.1 kt2020: 348.7 kt2021: 348.8 kt2022: 348.9 kt2023: 348.9 kt

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

Analysis

In 2023, drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions in World stood at 348.87 kt. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

The figure is up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions in World peaked at 348.87 kt in 2022 and was at its lowest, 332.37 kt, in 1994.

That places World 1st out of 32 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Drained organic soils (N2O) — Emissions (N2O) in World, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 332.5 kt
1991 332.5 kt +0.0%
1992 332.5 kt +0.0%
1993 332.5 kt -0.0%
1994 332.37 kt -0.0%
1995 334.08 kt +0.5%
1996 333.75 kt -0.1%
1997 333.89 kt +0.0%
1998 334.94 kt +0.3%
1999 336.88 kt +0.6%
2000 338.14 kt +0.4%
2001 338.15 kt +0.0%
2002 338.23 kt +0.0%
2003 338.24 kt +0.0%
2004 338.6 kt +0.1%
2005 339.34 kt +0.2%
2006 340.02 kt +0.2%
2007 340.79 kt +0.2%
2008 341.18 kt +0.1%
2009 341.55 kt +0.1%
2010 342.78 kt +0.4%
2011 344.01 kt +0.4%
2012 344.86 kt +0.2%
2013 345.04 kt +0.1%
2014 345.37 kt +0.1%
2015 345.36 kt -0.0%
2016 345.55 kt +0.1%
2017 345.81 kt +0.1%
2018 347.42 kt +0.5%
2019 348.06 kt +0.2%
2020 348.75 kt +0.2%
2021 348.77 kt +0.0%
2022 348.87 kt +0.0%
2023 348.87 kt +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 333.59 kt 332.37 kt 336.88 kt 10
2000s 339.42 kt 338.14 kt 341.55 kt 10
2010s 345.43 kt 342.78 kt 348.06 kt 10
2020s 348.81 kt 348.75 kt 348.87 kt 4

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 OECD 167.36 kt compare
  2. 2 Indonesia 38.14 kt compare
  3. 3 Russian Federation 37.52 kt compare
  4. 4 Belarus 29.79 kt compare

See the full ranking of 275 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions in World?
Drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions in World was 348.87 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions recorded in World?
The highest recorded value was 348.87 kt in 2022.
What is the lowest drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 332.37 kt in 1994.
How does World rank for drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions?
World ranks 1st out of 32 regions with data for 2023.
Is drained organic soils (n2o) — emissions rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this World 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