Emissions on agricultural land — 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
187
Highest
104.13 %
Iceland
Lowest
0 %
Turks and Caicos Islands
Median
75.07 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,018
What the numbers show
Emissions on agricultural land — Emissions Share (N2O) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 104.13 % in Iceland; the lowest is 0 % in Turks and Caicos Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 75.07 %, and the mean is 68.69 %.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 51.3%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 73.5%).
Emissions on agricultural land — Emissions Share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 104.13 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 2 | Mayotte | 100 % | 1999 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Chad | 97.68 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 4 | South Sudan | 96.69 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 5 | Uruguay | 95.42 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 6 | New Zealand | 95.12 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 7 | Mali | 94.91 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 8 | Niger | 94.81 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Ireland | 94.44 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 10 | Argentina | 93.36 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 11 | Paraguay | 93.33 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Mauritania | 93.07 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 13 | Mongolia | 92.48 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 14 | Belarus | 92 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 15 | Angola | 91.94 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 16 | Namibia | 91.82 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 17 | Niue | 91.67 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 91.66 % | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Sudan (former) | 91.5 % | 2011 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 20 | Eritrea | 91.46 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 21 | Guinea | 91.39 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 22 | Tajikistan | 91.17 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 23 | Latvia | 91.16 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 91.05 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 25 | Brazil | 91 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 90.77 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 27 | Kyrgyzstan | 90.76 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 28 | Kenya | 90.27 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | Malawi | 90.27 % | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 30 | Sudan | 90.04 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 31 | Somalia | 89.83 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 32 | Australia and New Zealand | 89.76 % | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 33 | Estonia | 89.51 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 34 | Australia | 89.1 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 35 | Grenada | 88.96 % | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 36 | Pakistan | 88.73 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 37 | Zambia | 88.39 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 88.18 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 39 | Central African Republic | 88.15 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 88.06 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 87.52 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 42 | Tokelau | 87.5 % | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 43 | Belize | 87.18 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 44 | Senegal | 87.07 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 45 | Botswana | 86.85 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 46 | Guyana | 86.44 % | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 47 | Tuvalu | 86.27 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 48 | Uganda | 85.92 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 49 | Djibouti | 85.76 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 85.75 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 85.18 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 52 | Benin | 85.17 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 53 | Vanuatu | 85.14 % | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 84.86 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 55 | Denmark | 84.83 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 56 | Colombia | 84.5 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 57 | Burundi | 84.34 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 58 | Cameroon | 84.27 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 59 | Madagascar | 84.24 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 60 | Hungary | 84.15 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 61 | Honduras | 84.02 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 62 | Togo | 83.84 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 63 | Suriname | 83.75 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 83.47 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 65 | Mexico | 83.37 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 83.11 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 67 | Bangladesh | 83.09 % | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 68 | Peru | 83.01 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 69 | Panama | 82.7 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 82.6 % | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 81.8 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 72 | Morocco | 81.78 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 73 | Ukraine | 81.01 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 74 | France | 80.96 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 75 | Gambia | 80.91 % | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 76 | Indonesia | 80.9 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 77 | Ghana | 80.21 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 79.94 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 79 | Dominica | 79.74 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 80 | Cambodia | 79.61 % | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 81 | Myanmar | 79.34 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 82 | Congo | 78.9 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 83 | Thailand | 78.43 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 84 | Albania | 78.28 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 85 | Serbia | 77.86 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 77.2 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 87 | Ecuador | 76.87 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 88 | Nepal | 76.39 % | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 89 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 76.25 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 90 | Rwanda | 76.23 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 91 | Tonga | 76.09 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 92 | Eswatini | 76.05 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 93 | El Salvador | 75.68 % | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 94 | Serbia and Montenegro | 75.07 % | 2005 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 95 | Armenia | 75.06 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 96 | Haiti | 74.63 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 97 | Fiji | 74.59 % | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 98 | Lesotho | 74.25 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 99 | India | 73.86 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 100 | Cuba | 73.43 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 101 | Guatemala | 72.8 % | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 102 | Samoa | 72.43 % | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 103 | Canada | 72.28 % | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 104 | Spain | 71.9 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 105 | OECD | 71.8 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 106 | Tunisia | 71.09 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 107 | South Africa | 70.94 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 108 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 70.5 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 109 | Switzerland | 70.38 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 110 | Sweden | 70.32 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 111 | Nigeria | 70.22 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 112 | Greece | 69.85 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 113 | Germany | 69.46 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 114 | Slovenia | 69.13 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 115 | Italy | 68.88 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 116 | Romania | 68.51 % | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 117 | Poland | 67.99 % | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 118 | Barbados | 66.65 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 119 | Portugal | 66.59 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 120 | Luxembourg | 65.9 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 121 | Malaysia | 65.55 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 122 | Lithuania | 65.35 % | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 123 | Jamaica | 65.16 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 65.13 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 125 | Finland | 65 % | 2023 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 126 | Yemen | 64.99 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 127 | Norway | 64.63 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 128 | Algeria | 64.55 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 129 | Austria | 64.08 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 130 | Libya | 63.96 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 131 | China, mainland | 63.87 % | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 132 | China | 63.41 % | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 133 | Sri Lanka | 62.94 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 134 | Saint Lucia | 62.57 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 135 | Comoros | 60.02 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 136 | Russian Federation | 59.92 % | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 137 | Egypt | 57.64 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 138 | Philippines | 57.05 % | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 139 | Malta | 56.94 % | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 140 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 56.8 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55.98 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 142 | Sao Tome and Principe | 55.68 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 143 | Mozambique | 55.64 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 144 | Cyprus | 54.21 % | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 145 | Montenegro | 53.57 % | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 146 | Mauritius | 53.54 % | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 147 | Croatia | 52.01 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 148 | Chile | 51.97 % | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 149 | Iraq | 50.85 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 150 | Liberia | 50.01 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 151 | Oman | 49.46 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 152 | Antigua and Barbuda | 49.21 % | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 48.97 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 154 | Lebanon | 48.58 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 155 | Georgia | 47.78 % | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 156 | Czechia | 46.96 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 157 | Gabon | 46.33 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 158 | Japan | 46.17 % | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 159 | Cook Islands | 45.56 % | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 160 | Kiribati | 45.28 % | 2023 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 161 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.24 % | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 162 | Jordan | 43.35 % | 2023 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 163 | Saudi Arabia | 43.32 % | 2023 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 164 | Naoero | 42.86 % | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 165 | Bahamas | 37.51 % | 2023 | down 44.2% | flat |
| 166 | Slovakia | 37.38 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 167 | Republic of Korea | 36.21 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 168 | Bhutan | 35.81 % | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 169 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 35.52 % | 1999 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 170 | Belgium | 34.09 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 171 | Israel | 33.83 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 172 | China, Taiwan Province of | 30.45 % | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 173 | Qatar | 28.98 % | 2023 | up 51.3% | falling |
| 174 | United Arab Emirates | 28.92 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 175 | Kuwait | 28.63 % | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 22.61 % | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 177 | Brunei Darussalam | 18.15 % | 2023 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 178 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.65 % | 2023 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 179 | Seychelles | 11.41 % | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Bahrain | 8.73 % | 2023 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 181 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 5.06 % | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 182 | China, Macao SAR | 4.81 % | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 183 | Maldives | 2.31 % | 2023 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Singapore | 1.09 % | 2023 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 185 | Palau | 0.19 % | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Aruba | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 186 | 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.
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 97.46 %
- Oceania 89.61 %
- South America 89.61 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 90.53 %
- Middle Africa 90.28 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 89.41 %
- Timor-Leste 90.16 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 87.25 %
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 89.53 %
- Eastern Africa 85.96 %
- United Republic of Tanzania 88.04 %
- Central Asia 85.87 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 86.76 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 85.45 %
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 85.23 %
- Africa 83.98 %
- Republic of Moldova 84.58 %
- Central America 82.82 %
- Melanesia 83.77 %
- Western Africa 82.5 %
- Polynesia 82.9 %
- Americas 79.39 %
- Côte d'Ivoire 77.83 %
- Türkiye 71.87 %
- Southern Africa 77.06 %
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 71.36 %
- Northern Europe 76.86 %
- Asia 69.59 %
- Non-Annex I countries 76.62 %
- Viet Nam 67.64 %
- Southern Asia 75.86 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 67.3 %
- World 75.18 %
- Syrian Arab Republic 65.83 %
- Northern Africa 74.64 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 59.51 %
- South-Eastern Asia 74.32 %
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 58.39 %
- Annex I countries 71.46 %
- Micronesia 34.12 %
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.