Grassland organic soils — Emissions (CO2) 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
113
Highest
90,594 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Guinea-Bissau
Median
191.11 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,364
What the numbers show
Grassland organic soils — Emissions (CO2) is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 90,594 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 191.11 kt, and the mean is 2,323 kt.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Solomon Islands (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 27.7%).
Grassland organic soils — Emissions (CO2): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 90,594 kt | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 23,685 kt | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | Mongolia | 19,262 kt | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,260 kt | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 4 | Indonesia | 14,596 kt | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 11,487 kt | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 6 | Ireland | 10,107 kt | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 6 | Melanesia | 252.2 kt | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 7 | Sudan (former) | 8,094 kt | 2011 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 202.49 kt | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 8 | South Sudan | 7,814 kt | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 27.55 kt | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 9 | Zambia | 7,690 kt | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 20.91 kt | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 10 | Poland | 5,887 kt | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 7.36 kt | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 11 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 5,503 kt | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6.3 kt | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 5,231 kt | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 12 | Türkiye | 0.1375 kt | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 4,212 kt | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Argentina | 4,043 kt | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 15 | Norway | 3,556 kt | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 16 | Australia and New Zealand | 3,342 kt | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Canada | 3,218 kt | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 3,066 kt | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 19 | New Zealand | 2,193 kt | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Finland | 1,727 kt | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 21 | Malaysia | 1,704 kt | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 22 | Sweden | 1,535 kt | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 23 | Myanmar | 1,350 kt | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 24 | China | 1,241 kt | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 24 | China, mainland | 1,241 kt | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 26 | Lithuania | 1,165 kt | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 26 | Caribbean | 78.94 kt | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 27 | Australia | 1,149 kt | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14.82 kt | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 28 | Ukraine | 1,133 kt | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 29 | Latvia | 1,057 kt | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 1,046 kt | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 31 | France | 1,041 kt | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 927.25 kt | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 33 | Madagascar | 917.14 kt | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 34 | Iceland | 735 kt | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 35 | Burundi | 712.01 kt | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 36 | Estonia | 696.63 kt | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 37 | Nepal | 563.22 kt | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 38 | Guyana | 496.35 kt | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 39 | Chile | 489.39 kt | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 40 | Brazil | 443.85 kt | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 41 | Hungary | 375.4 kt | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 363.75 kt | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 43 | South Africa | 351.68 kt | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 44 | Uganda | 338.67 kt | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 45 | Switzerland | 336.31 kt | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 46 | Denmark | 323.95 kt | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 47 | Congo | 294.11 kt | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 48 | India | 269.72 kt | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 245.48 kt | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 50 | Colombia | 234.63 kt | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 51 | Faroe Islands | 224.88 kt | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 52 | Austria | 207.71 kt | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 53 | Thailand | 198.03 kt | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 54 | Japan | 191.11 kt | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 55 | Uruguay | 121.34 kt | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 56 | Rwanda | 118.74 kt | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 57 | Greece | 111.49 kt | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 58 | Guinea | 110.08 kt | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 59 | Spain | 104.32 kt | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 60 | Belize | 101.41 kt | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 61 | Suriname | 93.94 kt | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 62 | Angola | 85.73 kt | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 63 | Jamaica | 72.55 kt | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 64 | Kenya | 70.26 kt | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 68.47 kt | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 66 | Czechia | 64.41 kt | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 67 | Belgium | 57.81 kt | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 68 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 55.67 kt | 1999 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.07 kt | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 70 | Romania | 53.02 kt | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 71 | Portugal | 46.55 kt | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 72 | Panama | 46.3 kt | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 73 | Slovenia | 32.09 kt | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 30.88 kt | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 75 | Malawi | 27.13 kt | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 76 | Cameroon | 25.24 kt | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 77 | Italy | 20.96 kt | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 78 | Isle of Man | 19.11 kt | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 79 | Botswana | 12.84 kt | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 11.08 kt | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 81 | Slovakia | 10.17 kt | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 82 | Peru | 9.3 kt | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 83 | Brunei Darussalam | 8.88 kt | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 84 | Gabon | 8.27 kt | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 85 | Ecuador | 7.67 kt | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Fiji | 6.66 kt | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 87 | Puerto Rico | 6.39 kt | 2024 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 88 | Liberia | 5.79 kt | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 89 | Albania | 5.64 kt | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 90 | French Guiana | 5.45 kt | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 91 | Ghana | 4.95 kt | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 3.86 kt | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 93 | Namibia | 3.73 kt | 2024 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 94 | Central African Republic | 2.45 kt | 2024 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 95 | Eswatini | 1.83 kt | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 96 | Luxembourg | 1.79 kt | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 97 | Eritrea | 0.2905 kt | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Croatia | 0.2568 kt | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 99 | Serbia | 0.1084 kt | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 100 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.0961 kt | 2005 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 0.059 kt | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 102 | Mexico | 0.0204 kt | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 174,760 kt
- Asia 40,830 kt
- Annex I countries 106,581 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 22,988 kt
- Europe 78,447 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 68,180 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 1,023 kt
- Northern Europe 44,832 kt
- Middle Africa 436.7 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 43,010 kt
- European Union (27) 40,394 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 37,481 kt
- Americas 31,071 kt
- Africa 20,818 kt
- Eastern Asia 20,700 kt
- Eastern Africa 19,875 kt
- Northern America 19,152 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 17,884 kt
- Western Europe 17,344 kt
- United States of America 15,934 kt
- Eastern Europe 15,896 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 13,224 kt
- South America 11,651 kt
- Oceania 3,594 kt
- Southern Asia 2,242 kt
- Southern Europe 374.5 kt
- Southern Africa 370.08 kt
- Central America 189.68 kt
- Western Africa 135.64 kt
- Central Asia 3.86 kt
- Western Asia 0.1375 kt
- Northern Africa 0 kt
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.