Grassland organic soils — Area by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.
Countries reporting
114
Highest
4.25 million ha
OECD
Lowest
0 ha
Guinea-Bissau
Median
6,307 ha
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,364
What the numbers show
Grassland organic soils — Area is currently reported for 114 countries. The highest value is 4.25 million ha in OECD; the lowest is 0 ha in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 6,307 ha, and the mean is 101,889 ha.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Solomon Islands (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 28.0%).
Grassland organic soils — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 4.25 million ha | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.18 million ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | Mongolia | 921,606 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 35,877 ha | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 4 | Germany | 553,573 ha | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 5 | Ireland | 502,050 ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 6 | Indonesia | 421,980 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 6 | Melanesia | 8,155 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 281,911 ha | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 7,046 ha | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 8 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 279,824 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 782.62 ha | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 251,006 ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 595.28 ha | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 10 | Sudan (former) | 229,945 ha | 2011 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 358.18 ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 11 | South Sudan | 221,985 ha | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 301.57 ha | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 12 | Zambia | 218,458 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 12 | Türkiye | 7.08 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 201,553 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Australia and New Zealand | 176,078 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Norway | 175,200 ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 16 | Argentina | 155,542 ha | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 17 | Canada | 155,269 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 146,705 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 19 | New Zealand | 117,220 ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Finland | 83,100 ha | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 21 | Sweden | 74,537 ha | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 22 | China | 59,424 ha | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 22 | China, mainland | 59,424 ha | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 24 | Australia | 58,858 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 25 | Lithuania | 55,810 ha | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 26 | Ukraine | 54,263 ha | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 26 | Caribbean | 2,322 ha | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 27 | France | 52,350 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 428.13 ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 28 | Latvia | 50,611 ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 29 | Malaysia | 50,424 ha | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 30 | Myanmar | 40,764 ha | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 31 | Iceland | 37,666 ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 32 | Estonia | 33,590 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 30,170 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 28,710 ha | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 35 | Madagascar | 26,538 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Chile | 25,085 ha | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 37 | Nepal | 21,881 ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 38 | Burundi | 21,623 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 39 | Hungary | 19,162 ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 40 | Switzerland | 16,094 ha | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 41 | Denmark | 15,652 ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 42 | South Africa | 15,584 ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 43 | Guyana | 14,754 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 44 | Faroe Islands | 12,685 ha | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 45 | Brazil | 12,609 ha | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 10,684 ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 47 | Austria | 9,950 ha | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 48 | Japan | 9,822 ha | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 49 | Uganda | 9,735 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 50 | Congo | 8,355 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 51 | India | 8,081 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 52 | Papua New Guinea | 7,943 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 53 | Colombia | 6,666 ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 54 | Uruguay | 6,619 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 55 | Greece | 5,995 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 56 | Thailand | 5,639 ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 5,306 ha | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 58 | Rwanda | 3,550 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 3,480 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 60 | Kenya | 3,363 ha | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 61 | Guinea | 3,316 ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 62 | Czechia | 3,082 ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 63 | Belize | 2,896 ha | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 64 | Belgium | 2,836 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 65 | Suriname | 2,761 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 66 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 2,742 ha | 1999 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 67 | Romania | 2,658 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,553 ha | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 69 | Portugal | 2,517 ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 70 | Angola | 2,435 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 71 | Jamaica | 2,129 ha | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 72 | Slovenia | 1,620 ha | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 73 | Panama | 1,444 ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 74 | Italy | 1,079 ha | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 75 | Isle of Man | 919.39 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 894.13 ha | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 77 | Malawi | 770.68 ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 78 | Cameroon | 717.09 ha | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 79 | Slovakia | 486.76 ha | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 80 | Botswana | 364.85 ha | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 314.71 ha | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 82 | Albania | 294.8 ha | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 83 | Brunei Darussalam | 270.91 ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 84 | Peru | 264.25 ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 85 | Gabon | 239.74 ha | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 86 | Ecuador | 217.97 ha | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Fiji | 209.91 ha | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 88 | Puerto Rico | 192.84 ha | 2024 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 184.73 ha | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 90 | Liberia | 164.48 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 91 | Ghana | 160.52 ha | 2024 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 92 | French Guiana | 157.43 ha | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 93 | Namibia | 106.11 ha | 2024 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 94 | Eswatini | 94.04 ha | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 85.7 ha | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 96 | Central African Republic | 69.53 ha | 2024 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 97 | Croatia | 13.21 ha | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 98 | Eritrea | 8.25 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Serbia | 5.58 ha | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 100 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4.95 ha | 2005 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 1.68 ha | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 102 | Mexico | 0.5785 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.4273 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 7.46 million ha
- Asia 1.58 million ha
- Annex I countries 5.03 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 666,653 ha
- Europe 3.84 million ha
- Non-Annex I countries 2.43 million ha
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 30,887 ha
- Northern Europe 2.22 million ha
- Middle Africa 12,413 ha
- European Union (27) 1.96 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.61 million ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.45 million ha
- Americas 1.25 million ha
- Eastern Asia 991,154 ha
- Western Europe 836,443 ha
- Eastern Europe 763,112 ha
- Northern America 728,565 ha
- Africa 603,249 ha
- United States of America 573,296 ha
- Eastern Africa 570,618 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 519,861 ha
- South America 511,546 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 387,875 ha
- Oceania 184,232 ha
- Southern Asia 70,817 ha
- Southern Europe 19,382 ha
- Southern Africa 16,149 ha
- Central America 5,549 ha
- Western Africa 4,069 ha
- Central Asia 184.73 ha
- Western Asia 7.08 ha
- Northern Africa 0 ha
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.