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.
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- World 0.0002 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
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)
Computed from
- Emissions from crops β Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
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.