Emissions on agricultural land — Emissions Share (CH4) 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
185
Highest
100 %
Mayotte
Lowest
0 %
Turks and Caicos Islands
Median
47.1 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,018
What the numbers show
Emissions on agricultural land — Emissions Share (CH4) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Mayotte; the lowest is 0 % in Turks and Caicos Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 47.1 %, and the mean is 46.8 %.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 194.1%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 74.3%).
Emissions on agricultural land — Emissions Share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayotte | 100 % | 1999 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Niue | 94.39 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 3 | Chad | 92.66 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 91.9 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 5 | Paraguay | 91.44 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 6 | Niger | 90.57 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | Mali | 90.29 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 8 | South Sudan | 89.68 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 9 | Ireland | 89.58 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 10 | Tuvalu | 88.3 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 11 | Cambodia | 86.62 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 12 | Myanmar | 85.7 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 13 | Nicaragua | 85.05 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | New Zealand | 83.7 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 83.29 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 16 | Uruguay | 83.11 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 17 | Mauritania | 82.87 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 18 | Sudan (former) | 81.52 % | 2011 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 19 | Botswana | 81.19 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 20 | Argentina | 81.17 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 21 | Guinea | 80.69 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 22 | Namibia | 80.31 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 23 | Tokelau | 79.82 % | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 24 | Sudan | 77.58 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 25 | Pakistan | 76.91 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 76.48 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 27 | Senegal | 76.08 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 28 | Nepal | 75.53 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 29 | Samoa | 75.47 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 75.29 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 74.99 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 73.62 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 33 | Madagascar | 73.43 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 34 | Eritrea | 72.61 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 35 | Kenya | 72.54 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 36 | Zambia | 72.14 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 37 | Switzerland | 71.98 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 38 | Brazil | 71.93 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 39 | Philippines | 71.01 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 40 | Somalia | 70.71 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 41 | Cook Islands | 70.48 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 42 | Australia and New Zealand | 70.16 % | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 43 | Tajikistan | 69.35 % | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 44 | India | 69.27 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 45 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 68.74 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 46 | Vanuatu | 68.71 % | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 47 | Australia | 67.64 % | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 48 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 67.06 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 49 | Naoero | 66.67 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 50 | France | 65.91 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 65.37 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 52 | Panama | 64.95 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 64.73 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 54 | Thailand | 64.69 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 55 | Lithuania | 64.56 % | 2023 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 56 | Albania | 64.01 % | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 57 | Tonga | 63.96 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 58 | Gambia | 63.49 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 59 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.08 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 60 | Denmark | 62.53 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 61 | Colombia | 62.42 % | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 60.75 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 63 | Spain | 60.58 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 64 | Honduras | 60.05 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 65 | Malawi | 59.66 % | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 66 | Iceland | 58.79 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 67 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 58.62 % | 1999 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 68 | Cuba | 58.32 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 69 | Germany | 58.31 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 57.88 % | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 57.02 % | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 72 | Austria | 56.81 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 73 | Eswatini | 56.77 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 74 | Sierra Leone | 56.59 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 75 | Serbia and Montenegro | 56.16 % | 2005 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 76 | Japan | 56.12 % | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 77 | Italy | 55.97 % | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 78 | Belgium | 55.29 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 79 | Belarus | 55.22 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 80 | Uganda | 55.17 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 81 | Lesotho | 54.65 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 82 | Benin | 53.38 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 83 | Suriname | 53.24 % | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 53.01 % | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 85 | Yemen | 50.75 % | 2023 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 50.57 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 87 | Dominica | 50.47 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 88 | Angola | 50.14 % | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 89 | Portugal | 49.24 % | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 90 | El Salvador | 48.76 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 91 | Jamaica | 48.62 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 92 | Mexico | 47.74 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 93 | Burundi | 47.1 % | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 94 | Fiji | 47.06 % | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 95 | Latvia | 46.99 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 95 | Serbia | 46.99 % | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 97 | Belize | 46.88 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 98 | Montenegro | 46.15 % | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 99 | Sweden | 45.87 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 100 | Slovenia | 45.7 % | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 101 | Djibouti | 44.93 % | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 102 | Guyana | 44.47 % | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 103 | Armenia | 44.26 % | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 43.9 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 105 | Mongolia | 43.69 % | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 106 | Guatemala | 42.91 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 107 | Greece | 41.44 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 108 | OECD | 41.03 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 109 | Estonia | 40.9 % | 2023 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 110 | Cameroon | 40.67 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 111 | Ecuador | 40.65 % | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 111 | Croatia | 40.65 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 113 | Finland | 40.12 % | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 114 | Rwanda | 39.89 % | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 115 | Haiti | 39.81 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 116 | Romania | 39.46 % | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 39.39 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 118 | Poland | 38.51 % | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 119 | Georgia | 38.32 % | 2023 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 120 | Malta | 38.12 % | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 121 | Mozambique | 37.69 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 122 | Indonesia | 35.65 % | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 123 | Bhutan | 35.52 % | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 124 | Ghana | 35.42 % | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 125 | Norway | 34.95 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 34.32 % | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 127 | Togo | 34.19 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 34.01 % | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 33.68 % | 2023 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 130 | Republic of Korea | 32.49 % | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 131 | Grenada | 32.28 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 32.19 % | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 133 | Hungary | 30.46 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 134 | Chile | 30.09 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 135 | Tunisia | 29.25 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 136 | Nigeria | 28.78 % | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 137 | Morocco | 28.48 % | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 138 | Czechia | 27.19 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 139 | China, mainland | 26.97 % | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 140 | China (People’s Republic of) | 26.8 % | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 141 | Egypt | 26.19 % | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 142 | Kiribati | 24.35 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 143 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.23 % | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 144 | Canada | 23.77 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 145 | South Africa | 23.34 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 146 | Solomon Islands | 23.26 % | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.9 % | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 148 | Bulgaria | 22.52 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 149 | Slovak Republic | 20.15 % | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 150 | Comoros | 19.6 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 151 | Malaysia | 18.82 % | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 152 | Barbados | 18.51 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 153 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.88 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 154 | China, Taiwan Province of | 17.07 % | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 155 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.9 % | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 156 | Ukraine | 15.85 % | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 157 | Jordan | 13.86 % | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 158 | Algeria | 12.93 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 159 | Russian Federation | 12.59 % | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 160 | Liberia | 12.04 % | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 161 | Israel | 9.91 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 162 | Congo | 9.87 % | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.94 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 164 | Lebanon | 7.6 % | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 165 | Libya | 7.26 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Saudi Arabia | 6.9 % | 2023 | up 96.6% | rising |
| 167 | Cyprus | 6.36 % | 2023 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 168 | Bahamas | 5.02 % | 2023 | down 71.3% | falling |
| 169 | United Arab Emirates | 4.83 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 170 | Oman | 4.5 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 171 | Mauritius | 3.94 % | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 172 | Iraq | 2.86 % | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Seychelles | 2.84 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.11 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 175 | Gabon | 1.83 % | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 176 | Qatar | 1.79 % | 2023 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.3 % | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 178 | China, Macao SAR | 0.95 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 179 | Kuwait | 0.76 % | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 180 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.54 % | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.5 % | 2023 | up 194.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Bahrain | 0.12 % | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 183 | Singapore | 0.04 % | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Maldives | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South America 71.34 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 69.59 %
- Eastern Africa 69.45 %
- Oceania 69.39 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 68.35 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 67.98 %
- Southern Asia 64.73 %
- Northern Europe 64.68 %
- Western Europe 62.51 %
- European Union (27) 53.86 %
- Africa 53.62 %
- Southern Europe 53.28 %
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.