Emissions from crops β€” Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre by country

Emissions from crops β€” Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
160
Highest
0.009 kt per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Singapore
Median
0 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,200

What the numbers show

Emissions from crops β€” Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 0.009 kt per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0003 kt per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 210,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 100.0%).

Emissions from crops β€” Emissions, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 0.009 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
2 Philippines 0.0055 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
3 Thailand 0.0035 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% rising
4 Cambodia 0.0032 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% rising
5 Sri Lanka 0.002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% rising
6 India 0.0017 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
7 Gambia 0.0016 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% volatile
8 Myanmar 0.0016 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
9 Indonesia 0.0012 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.0% rising
10 Nepal 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% rising
11 Guinea 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 43.0% volatile
12 Dominican Republic 0.0011 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 17.2% rising
13 Sierra Leone 0.0009 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 36.7% rising
14 Japan 0.0008 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% falling
15 Pakistan 0.0007 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 29.7% rising
16 Madagascar 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 103.6% rising
17 Burundi 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 760.9% volatile
18 Nigeria 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 51.3% volatile
19 China 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% falling
20 Italy 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.6% rising
21 Malaysia 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% flat
22 Guinea-Bissau 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.9% rising
23 Ecuador 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.9% volatile
24 Uruguay 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 14.6% volatile
25 Haiti 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.0% rising
26 Burkina Faso 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 51.6% volatile
27 Guyana 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% rising
28 Egypt 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.2% rising
29 Portugal 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.1% falling
30 Senegal 0.0002 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 256.7% volatile
31 Rwanda 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 56.0% volatile
32 Colombia 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% rising
33 Ghana 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 64.4% volatile
34 Cuba 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 76.7% flat
35 Greece 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.5% rising
36 Malawi 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
37 Suriname 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 14.5% rising
38 Uganda 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 78.8% volatile
39 Benin 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 59.3% volatile
40 Peru 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% rising
41 Paraguay 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 56.1% volatile
42 Togo 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% volatile
43 Spain 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 49.0% rising
44 Mali 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 41.2% volatile
45 Bulgaria 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.5% falling
46 Mozambique 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.6% volatile
47 Hungary 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 27.1% falling
48 El Salvador 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.4% falling
49 North Macedonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 29.8% falling
50 Romania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 26.0% falling
51 Serbia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% falling
52 Guatemala 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 26.9% rising
53 Liberia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.0% rising
54 Afghanistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 35.4% falling
55 Mauritius 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 57.3% falling
56 Cameroon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% volatile
57 Bhutan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 56.1% falling
58 Argentina 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.3% rising
59 Ukraine 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 39.2% rising
60 France 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 28.5% flat
61 Comoros 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 119.2% volatile
62 Nicaragua 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% rising
63 Uzbekistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.5% volatile
64 Tajikistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% falling
65 Puerto Rico 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 210,400.0% volatile
66 Panama 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% falling
67 Mauritania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 110.0% volatile
68 Brazil 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 17.3% falling
69 Poland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 52.1% rising
70 Eswatini 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.2% falling
71 Azerbaijan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% rising
72 Fiji 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% falling
73 Slovak Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.3% rising
74 Lithuania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 36.5% rising
75 Kenya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% rising
76 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% rising
77 Croatia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.6% falling
78 Ethiopia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 28.4% rising
79 Angola 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 34.8% rising
80 Denmark 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.4% volatile
81 Czechia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.6% rising
82 Lesotho 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 40.5% falling
83 Kazakhstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% rising
84 Honduras 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% rising
85 Germany 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.2% rising
86 Solomon Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.0% volatile
87 Belgium 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.6% flat
88 Mexico 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.5% falling
89 Morocco 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.9% rising
90 Costa Rica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 73.6% falling
91 Turkmenistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 59.0% falling
92 Chad 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.6% volatile
93 Austria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
94 Belize 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.3% rising
95 Zambia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 47.3% rising
96 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 84.6% volatile
97 Latvia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 42.2% volatile
98 Albania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.1% volatile
99 Slovenia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% falling
100 Barbados 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 59.0% volatile
101 South Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 436.4% volatile
102 Iraq 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 89.8% rising
103 South Africa 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.8% falling
104 Zimbabwe 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 30.8% rising
105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 44.0% flat
106 Belarus 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% volatile
107 Chile 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.1% falling
108 Central African Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 340.9% volatile
109 Luxembourg 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.1% rising
110 Lebanon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.9% falling
111 Estonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 42.2% rising
112 Israel 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.1% falling
113 Grenada 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
114 Australia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 38.5% rising
115 Georgia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 42.4% falling
116 Switzerland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% flat
117 Armenia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 31.9% falling
118 State of Palestine 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.2% falling
119 Niger 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 39.0% rising
120 Tunisia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 50.7% falling
121 Canada 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
122 Jamaica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 67.7% volatile
123 Cyprus 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 82.7% volatile
124 Sweden 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 58.5% rising
125 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.0% volatile
126 Dominica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
127 Ireland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% falling
128 Algeria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% falling
129 Finland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% flat
130 Somalia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.5% volatile
131 Eritrea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% falling
132 Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.4% falling
133 Congo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% falling
134 Gabon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% rising
135 Bahamas 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% rising
136 New Zealand 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.3% falling
137 Vanuatu 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.9% rising
138 Maldives 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% volatile
139 Yemen 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 38.8% rising
140 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% rising
141 Botswana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 19.4% volatile
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
143 Mongolia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.8% falling
144 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
145 Kuwait 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 62.5% volatile
146 Namibia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 165.4% rising
147 Norway 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 17.8% volatile
148 Montenegro 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% volatile
149 Jordan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 43.3% volatile
150 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 79.9% volatile
151 Libya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 32.0% flat
152 New Caledonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 70.4% volatile
153 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2,500.0% volatile
154 French Polynesia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
155 Qatar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% volatile
156 Oman 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.1% volatile
157 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt per square kilometre 2006 down 100.0% falling
157 Saint Lucia 0 kt per square kilometre 1980 down 100.0% volatile
157 Malta 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% rising
157 Singapore 0 kt per square kilometre 1992 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Emissions from crops β€” Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Emissions from crops β€” Emissions (CH4) Γ· Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Emissions from crops β€” Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
163 places, 9,200 data points, 1961–2023
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Emissions from crops β€” Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.