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Emissions on agricultural land — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) by country

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...

Countries reporting
205
Highest
784,220 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Réunion
Median
3,263 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,129

What the numbers show

Emissions on agricultural land — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 784,220 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Réunion.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,263 kt, and the mean is 25,697 kt.

Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in French Guiana (up 1,267.9%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 72.3%).

Emissions on agricultural land — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 784,220 kt 2023 up 4.3% falling
2 India 596,693 kt 2023 up 7.7% rising
3 Brazil 417,921 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
4 China 408,389 kt 2023 up 4.5% flat
5 China, mainland 405,871 kt 2023 up 4.6% flat
6 Pakistan 172,887 kt 2023 up 36.1% rising
7 Indonesia 165,298 kt 2023 up 13.1% falling
8 Australia and New Zealand 154,325 kt 2023 up 26.4% falling
8 Türkiye 27,395 kt 2023 up 25.4% rising
9 Australia 125,442 kt 2023 up 39.2% falling
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,377 kt 2023 down 16.0% flat
10 Argentina 94,460 kt 2023 up 3.6% flat
11 Ethiopia 90,188 kt 2023 up 29.9% rising
12 Sudan (former) 75,848 kt 2011 up 12.4% rising
13 Mexico 70,990 kt 2023 up 11.0% rising
14 Bangladesh 68,732 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
15 Chad 67,841 kt 2023 up 73.0% rising
16 Thailand 61,913 kt 2023 down 4.6% flat
16 Timor-Leste 890.25 kt 2023 up 25.3% rising
17 Nigeria 57,600 kt 2023 up 22.4% rising
18 Philippines 56,313 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
19 Russian Federation 56,177 kt 2023 down 8.3% falling
20 Colombia 55,746 kt 2023 up 24.3% rising
21 Myanmar 55,645 kt 2023 down 19.3% rising
22 Sudan 52,776 kt 2023 up 1.8% flat
23 France 42,054 kt 2023 down 12.8% falling
24 Kenya 36,253 kt 2023 up 25.5% rising
25 Germany 32,873 kt 2023 down 14.7% falling
26 South Sudan 30,573 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 30,109 kt 2023 down 1.5% falling
28 Canada 29,442 kt 2023 up 2.8% flat
29 New Zealand 28,883 kt 2023 down 9.9% flat
30 Uzbekistan 28,134 kt 2023 up 38.7% rising
31 Mali 27,609 kt 2023 up 44.8% rising
32 Spain 26,295 kt 2023 up 4.3% rising
33 Angola 25,205 kt 2023 down 13.2% flat
34 Niger 24,976 kt 2023 up 45.8% rising
35 Paraguay 23,571 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
36 Italy 22,665 kt 2023 down 2.1% falling
37 Cambodia 22,389 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
38 Uruguay 21,578 kt 2023 up 0.0% flat
39 Peru 20,471 kt 2023 up 4.4% rising
40 Uganda 19,908 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
41 Zambia 19,908 kt 2023 down 17.1% rising
42 Mongolia 19,678 kt 2023 up 60.7% rising
43 Madagascar 19,365 kt 2023 up 14.5% flat
44 South Africa 18,378 kt 2023 down 5.9% falling
45 Guinea 18,215 kt 2023 up 37.8% rising
46 Somalia 18,011 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
47 Central African Republic 17,438 kt 2023 down 18.3% rising
48 Nepal 17,247 kt 2023 down 22.9% rising
49 Poland 16,730 kt 2023 up 0.9% falling
50 Kazakhstan 16,547 kt 2023 up 13.4% falling
51 Japan 16,183 kt 2023 down 5.9% falling
52 Burkina Faso 16,099 kt 2023 up 14.1% rising
53 Ireland 15,870 kt 2023 down 2.1% flat
54 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 12,925 kt 2023 down 7.8% falling
55 Egypt 12,457 kt 2023 down 31.7% falling
56 Afghanistan 12,256 kt 2023 down 3.1% rising
57 Mozambique 12,066 kt 2023 down 15.5% rising
58 Republic of Korea 11,451 kt 2023 up 3.7% flat
59 Belarus 10,127 kt 2023 down 4.7% falling
60 Nicaragua 10,062 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
61 Belgium-Luxembourg 9,244 kt 1999 up 0.2% flat
62 Ecuador 8,738 kt 2023 down 24.9% falling
63 Senegal 8,573 kt 2023 up 19.9% rising
64 Cameroon 8,388 kt 2023 down 0.6% rising
65 Romania 8,300 kt 2023 down 9.4% falling
66 Algeria 8,276 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
67 Ukraine 8,151 kt 2023 down 46.3% volatile
68 Morocco 8,026 kt 2023 down 0.5% rising
69 Botswana 7,868 kt 2023 up 68.1% falling
70 Mauritania 7,667 kt 2023 up 16.0% rising
71 Turkmenistan 7,653 kt 2023 up 10.0% rising
72 Zimbabwe 7,608 kt 2023 down 3.5% flat
73 Guatemala 7,579 kt 2023 up 17.9% rising
74 Saudi Arabia 7,312 kt 2023 up 122.4% rising
75 Dominican Republic 7,226 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
76 Cuba 6,967 kt 2023 down 24.9% falling
77 Ghana 6,639 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
78 Belgium 6,418 kt 2023 down 7.3% falling
79 Denmark 6,323 kt 2023 down 8.7% falling
80 Chile 5,805 kt 2023 down 4.7% falling
81 Yemen 5,702 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
82 Honduras 5,631 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
83 Tajikistan 5,583 kt 2023 up 18.5% rising
84 Sri Lanka 5,410 kt 2023 down 2.9% flat
85 Malaysia 5,226 kt 2023 down 28.6% falling
86 Namibia 5,170 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
87 Austria 5,102 kt 2023 down 6.4% falling
88 Portugal 5,058 kt 2023 down 0.2% falling
89 Malawi 4,900 kt 2023 up 77.4% rising
90 Serbia and Montenegro 4,795 kt 2005 down 36.5% falling
91 Kyrgyzstan 4,441 kt 2023 up 23.2% rising
92 Iraq 4,306 kt 2023 down 17.0% rising
93 Greece 4,286 kt 2023 down 14.6% falling
94 Switzerland 4,279 kt 2023 down 5.1% falling
95 Azerbaijan 4,074 kt 2023 down 10.2% rising
96 Benin 4,057 kt 2023 up 25.8% rising
97 Costa Rica 4,027 kt 2023 up 51.5% flat
98 Haiti 3,497 kt 2023 up 3.9% rising
99 Sweden 3,462 kt 2023 down 12.5% falling
100 Eritrea 3,430 kt 2023 up 4.9% rising
101 Czechia 3,263 kt 2023 down 1.1% falling
102 Sierra Leone 3,107 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
103 Serbia 3,069 kt 2023 down 19.6% falling
104 Norway 2,779 kt 2023 down 1.6% falling
105 Hungary 2,758 kt 2023 up 1.2% falling
106 Panama 2,733 kt 2023 down 8.4% rising
107 China, Taiwan Province of 2,491 kt 2023 down 12.3% falling
108 Tunisia 2,341 kt 2023 down 6.4% flat
109 Burundi 2,312 kt 2023 up 73.4% volatile
110 Finland 2,235 kt 2023 down 15.6% falling
111 Togo 1,958 kt 2023 up 19.6% rising
112 Libya 1,932 kt 2023 up 5.1% rising
113 Bulgaria 1,880 kt 2023 down 7.0% falling
114 Rwanda 1,848 kt 2023 up 4.5% rising
115 Lithuania 1,753 kt 2023 down 21.4% falling
116 United Arab Emirates 1,683 kt 2023 up 29.5% rising
117 Congo 1,538 kt 2023 down 15.0% rising
118 Guyana 1,515 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
119 El Salvador 1,465 kt 2023 down 11.8% falling
120 Albania 1,451 kt 2023 down 37.6% falling
121 Oman 1,357 kt 2023 up 21.3% rising
122 Guinea-Bissau 1,291 kt 2023 down 10.9% rising
123 Croatia 1,270 kt 2023 down 21.0% falling
124 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,241 kt 2023 down 28.4% falling
125 Papua New Guinea 1,221 kt 2023 up 10.4% volatile
126 Georgia 1,169 kt 2023 down 24.3% falling
127 Slovakia 1,098 kt 2023 down 17.1% falling
128 Slovenia 1,093 kt 2023 down 6.0% falling
129 Latvia 1,030 kt 2023 down 12.5% falling
130 Gambia 899.14 kt 2023 down 11.2% rising
131 Lesotho 802.99 kt 2023 down 14.9% falling
132 Israel 799.95 kt 2023 up 16.6% rising
133 Jordan 762.3 kt 2023 up 18.5% rising
134 Estonia 689.56 kt 2023 down 9.1% falling
135 Armenia 677.97 kt 2023 down 20.5% rising
136 North Macedonia 664.2 kt 2023 down 31.2% falling
137 Eswatini 632 kt 2023 down 15.0% falling
138 Djibouti 534.6 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
139 Suriname 471.15 kt 2023 down 13.6% falling
140 Luxembourg 455.65 kt 2023 down 2.1% flat
141 Puerto Rico 406.99 kt 2023 down 12.4% falling
142 Fiji 401.11 kt 2023 down 43.4% falling
143 Bhutan 389.49 kt 2023 down 16.1% flat
144 Qatar 378.29 kt 2023 up 78.1% volatile
145 Jamaica 365.32 kt 2023 down 6.5% falling
146 Iceland 340.09 kt 2023 up 0.2% falling
147 Liberia 297.53 kt 2023 up 3.4% volatile
148 Lebanon 282.09 kt 2023 up 0.8% rising
149 Montenegro 280.76 kt 2023 down 17.7% falling
150 Kuwait 280.16 kt 2023 up 42.3% rising
151 Belize 261.13 kt 2023 down 12.1% rising
152 Gabon 259.57 kt 2023 down 10.5% rising
153 Vanuatu 210.99 kt 2023 down 43.1% falling
154 Palestine, State of 205.96 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
155 New Caledonia 163.22 kt 2023 down 10.8% falling
156 Cyprus 132.14 kt 2023 down 30.9% rising
157 Samoa 116.22 kt 2023 down 29.4% rising
158 Trinidad and Tobago 104.97 kt 2023 down 3.5% falling
159 Comoros 74.79 kt 2023 up 1.7% falling
160 Tonga 65.88 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
161 Solomon Islands 63.95 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
162 Malta 61.25 kt 2023 down 13.9% falling
163 French Polynesia 31.86 kt 2023 up 4.9% falling
164 Dominica 28.92 kt 2023 up 0.5% rising
165 Barbados 28.29 kt 2023 down 0.3% falling
166 Bahrain 27.88 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
167 Faroe Islands 27.5 kt 2023 up 18.4% rising
168 China, Hong Kong SAR 25.73 kt 2023 down 25.2% falling
169 Brunei Darussalam 22.98 kt 2023 down 4.2% volatile
170 Saint Lucia 22.96 kt 2023 down 2.0% falling
171 Mauritius 21.21 kt 2023 down 20.4% falling
172 Grenada 16.96 kt 2023 up 21.7% rising
173 Bahamas 16.59 kt 2023 down 72.3% volatile
174 Antigua and Barbuda 13.76 kt 2023 down 18.6% falling
175 Equatorial Guinea 13.73 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
176 Cook Islands 10.91 kt 2023 down 26.8% flat
177 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.33 kt 2023 down 29.8% falling
178 Kiribati 7.14 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
179 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.58 kt 2023 up 2.7% falling
180 Tuvalu 6.28 kt 2023 up 5.1% rising
181 Sao Tome and Principe 5.85 kt 2023 up 22.4% flat
182 French Guiana 2.03 kt 2023 up 1,267.9% volatile
183 Singapore 1.98 kt 2023 down 15.4% volatile
184 Seychelles 1.98 kt 2023 up 30.9% falling
185 Greenland 1.38 kt 2023 up 58.0% volatile
186 Niue 1.32 kt 2023 up 6.6% rising
187 Naoero 1.28 kt 2023 up 0.9% rising
188 Tokelau 0.9856 kt 2023 up 131.6% rising
189 China, Macao SAR 0.4592 kt 2023 up 12.3% rising
190 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0896 kt 2023 up 77.8% volatile
191 American Samoa 0.0448 kt 2023 down 11.1% falling
192 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0364 kt 2023 down 13.3% volatile
193 Maldives 0.0028 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
194 Cayman Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
194 Gibraltar 0 kt 2023 — volatile
194 Liechtenstein 0 kt 2023 — volatile
194 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
194 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 — volatile
194 Martinique 0 kt 2023 — volatile
194 Mayotte 0 kt 2023 — volatile
194 Montserrat 0 kt 2023 — volatile
194 Réunion 0 kt 2023 — 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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Indicator
Emissions on agricultural land — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
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