Emissions from livestock — Emissions Share (N2O) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.
Countries reporting
213
Highest
97.12 %
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Lowest
1.08 %
Singapore
Median
40.16 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,121
What the numbers show
Emissions from livestock — Emissions Share (N2O) is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 97.12 % in Micronesia (Federated States of); the lowest is 1.08 % in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 40.16 %, and the mean is 43.45 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 90.
Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Bahamas (up 65.5%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 74.3%).
Emissions from livestock — Emissions Share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 97.12 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Niue | 91.67 % | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 3 | Chad | 90.64 % | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 4 | Niger | 89.5 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 5 | Somalia | 89.3 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 6 | Mauritania | 88.33 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 7 | Eritrea | 88.25 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 8 | Tuvalu | 88.24 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 9 | Tokelau | 87.5 % | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 10 | Djibouti | 84.78 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Vanuatu | 84.69 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 12 | East Timor | 83.21 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 12 | Timor-Leste | 83.21 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 82.87 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 15 | Sudan | 79.1 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 77.36 % | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 17 | Mali | 77.13 % | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 18 | Uganda | 76.9 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 19 | Dominica | 76.87 % | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 76.26 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 75.04 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 75 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 23 | New Zealand | 74.82 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 24 | Tonga | 74.52 % | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 74.12 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 26 | Polynesia | 73.84 % | 2023 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 27 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 72.53 % | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 28 | Haiti | 71.89 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 29 | Samoa | 71.65 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 70.99 % | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 69.72 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 32 | Tajikistan | 69.69 % | 2023 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 33 | Colombia | 69.56 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.08 % | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 35 | Lesotho | 67.88 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 36 | Cuba | 67.81 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 37 | United Republic of Tanzania | 67.49 % | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 38 | Guinea | 66.51 % | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 39 | Paraguay | 65.53 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 64.78 % | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 41 | Burundi | 64.46 % | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 42 | Grenada | 64.42 % | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 43 | Barbados | 64.29 % | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 44 | Peru | 63.65 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 45 | Cameroon | 63.11 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 46 | Yemen | 62.91 % | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 47 | Eswatini | 61.6 % | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 48 | Caribbean | 61.49 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 49 | Sudan (former) | 61.45 % | 2011 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 50 | Togo | 61.38 % | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 51 | Senegal | 61.12 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 52 | Ecuador | 60.83 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 53 | Fiji | 60.67 % | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 54 | Panama | 60.42 % | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 55 | Madagascar | 60.38 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 60.06 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 57 | Nigeria | 60.04 % | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 58 | Malawi | 59.58 % | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 59 | Benin | 59.5 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 60 | Argentina | 59.21 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 61 | Brazil | 58.83 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 62 | Libya | 58.39 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 63 | Rwanda | 57.77 % | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 64 | Armenia | 57.73 % | 2023 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 64 | Namibia | 57.73 % | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 66 | Morocco | 57.71 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 67 | Cabo Verde | 57.65 % | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 68 | Mexico | 57.34 % | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 69 | Comoros | 57.25 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 70 | Mongolia | 57.2 % | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 56.66 % | 2023 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 72 | Jamaica | 56.33 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 73 | Gambia | 55.79 % | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 74 | Algeria | 55.73 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 55.7 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 54.7 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 54.07 % | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 78 | Tunisia | 53.77 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 53.72 % | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 80 | Pakistan | 52.86 % | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 81 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52.09 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 82 | Albania | 51.9 % | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 83 | South Sudan | 50.55 % | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 84 | Saint Lucia | 50.53 % | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 85 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.45 % | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 86 | Switzerland | 50.24 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 87 | Honduras | 49.26 % | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 88 | Antigua and Barbuda | 49.21 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 89 | Guatemala | 48.57 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 90 | El Salvador | 48.52 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 91 | Syria | 48.38 % | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 91 | Syrian Arab Republic | 48.38 % | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 93 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 47.94 % | 2023 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 94 | Ireland | 47.58 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 95 | Ghana | 47.54 % | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 96 | Cote d'Ivoire | 46.75 % | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 96 | Côte d'Ivoire | 46.75 % | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 98 | Montenegro | 45.82 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 99 | Nepal | 45.15 % | 2023 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 100 | Cook Islands | 44.44 % | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 101 | Kiribati | 44.15 % | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 102 | Oman | 43.73 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 103 | Solomon Islands | 43.14 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 104 | South Africa | 41.26 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 105 | Portugal | 40.87 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 106 | Luxembourg | 40.36 % | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 40.16 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 108 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 39.56 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 109 | Spain | 39.07 % | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 110 | Myanmar | 38.86 % | 2023 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 111 | Slovenia | 38.37 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 112 | Lebanon | 38.28 % | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 113 | Denmark | 38.25 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 114 | Nauru | 38.1 % | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 114 | Nauru | 38.1 % | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 38.05 % | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 117 | Mauritius | 37.94 % | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 118 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 37.35 % | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 119 | Austria | 35.92 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 119 | Turkey | 35.92 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 119 | Türkiye | 35.92 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 122 | Indonesia | 35.88 % | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 123 | Greece | 34.82 % | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 124 | Italy | 34.3 % | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 125 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 34.14 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 126 | France | 34 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 127 | Laos | 33.8 % | 2023 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 127 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 33.8 % | 2023 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 129 | Micronesia | 33.74 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 130 | United Kingdom | 33.71 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 130 | Georgia | 33.71 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 130 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 33.71 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 133 | Cyprus | 33.66 % | 2023 | down 28.8% | flat |
| 134 | Bangladesh | 33.37 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 135 | Malta | 33.29 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 136 | Australia and New Zealand | 33.21 % | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 137 | Iraq | 32.5 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 138 | Bhutan | 31.09 % | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 139 | Liberia | 30.66 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 140 | Jordan | 30.24 % | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 141 | Saudi Arabia | 30.18 % | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 142 | Chile | 30.06 % | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 143 | Cambodia | 29.34 % | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 144 | Serbia and Montenegro | 28.62 % | 2005 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 145 | Iceland | 28.48 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 146 | OECD | 28.31 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 147 | Australia | 28.11 % | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 148 | Qatar | 28 % | 2023 | up 58.6% | falling |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27.67 % | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 150 | Romania | 27.32 % | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 151 | Kuwait | 27.14 % | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 152 | India | 26.88 % | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 153 | Guyana | 26.66 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 154 | Germany | 26.25 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 155 | Moldova | 26.23 % | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 155 | Republic of Moldova | 26.23 % | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 157 | United Arab Emirates | 26.05 % | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 158 | China, mainland | 25.99 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 159 | Israel | 25.88 % | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 160 | China | 25.82 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 161 | Philippines | 25.18 % | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 162 | Vietnam | 24.96 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 162 | Viet Nam | 24.96 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 164 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 24.22 % | 1999 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 165 | Serbia | 23.79 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 166 | United States | 23.41 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 167 | Republic of Korea | 23.17 % | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 168 | Bahamas | 23.14 % | 2023 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 169 | Melanesia | 22.26 % | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 170 | Belgium | 22.13 % | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 171 | Belize | 20.7 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 172 | Norway | 19.79 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 173 | Malaysia | 19.56 % | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 174 | Japan | 19.47 % | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 175 | Central African Republic | 18.94 % | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.37 % | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 177 | Russia | 18.1 % | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 177 | Russian Federation | 18.1 % | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 179 | Croatia | 17.49 % | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 180 | Egypt | 17.25 % | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 181 | Hungary | 17.19 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 182 | Belarus | 17.04 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 183 | Poland | 16.95 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 184 | Gabon | 16.25 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 185 | Angola | 16.14 % | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 186 | Sri Lanka | 16 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 187 | Suriname | 15.76 % | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 188 | Brunei | 15.49 % | 2023 | down 73.6% | rising |
| 188 | Brunei Darussalam | 15.49 % | 2023 | down 73.6% | rising |
| 190 | Sweden | 14.18 % | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 191 | Czechia | 13.84 % | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 192 | Zambia | 13.6 % | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 193 | Thailand | 13.57 % | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 194 | China, Taiwan Province of | 13.53 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 195 | Canada | 12.77 % | 2023 | down 25.9% | flat |
| 196 | Latvia | 12.33 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 197 | Ukraine | 12.29 % | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 198 | Bulgaria | 12.28 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 199 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.2 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 200 | Papua New Guinea | 12.02 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 201 | Congo | 11.77 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 202 | Seychelles | 10.68 % | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 203 | Estonia | 10.29 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 204 | Mozambique | 9.89 % | 2023 | up 57.0% | flat |
| 205 | Slovakia | 9.24 % | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 206 | Finland | 8.76 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 207 | Bahrain | 8.69 % | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 208 | Lithuania | 8.61 % | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 209 | Botswana | 7.19 % | 2023 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 210 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.49 % | 2023 | up 58.7% | falling |
| 211 | China, Macao SAR | 4.81 % | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 212 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 4.44 % | 2023 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 213 | Singapore | 1.08 % | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Africa 66.77 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 62.53 %
- Eastern Africa 59.95 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 59.87 %
- South America 59.28 %
- Central America 56.74 %
- Africa 54.7 %
- Central Asia 53.97 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 53.95 %
- Northern Africa 53.28 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 53.25 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 48.77 %
- Americas 43.14 %
- Non-Annex I countries 41.51 %
- Middle Africa 38.15 %
- Western Asia 37.5 %
- World 36.92 %
- Southern Africa 35.61 %
- Southern Europe 35.24 %
- Oceania 33.03 %
- Southern Asia 32.52 %
- Western Europe 31.09 %
- Asia 30.39 %
- South-Eastern Asia 28.65 %
- Northern Europe 27.29 %
- European Union (27) 27.2 %
- Eastern Asia 26.44 %
- Annex I countries 25.05 %
- Europe 24.58 %
- United States of America 23.41 %
- Northern America 21.42 %
- Eastern Europe 17.29 %
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.