Grassland organic soils — Emissions in Middle Africa

Middle Africa: Grassland organic soils — Emissions was 0.0975 kt in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.0975 kt
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
5th
of 22 regions
All-time high
0.1097 kt
in 1995
All-time low
0.0945 kt
in 2009
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Grassland organic soils — Emissions in Middle Africa, 1990–2024

00.0250.050.0750.11990200720241990: 0.109 kt1991: 0.109 kt1992: 0.109 kt1993: 0.109 kt1994: 0.109 kt1995: 0.11 kt1996: 0.108 kt1997: 0.107 kt1998: 0.107 kt1999: 0.106 kt2000: 0.103 kt2001: 0.097 kt2002: 0.097 kt2003: 0.096 kt2004: 0.096 kt2005: 0.096 kt2006: 0.096 kt2007: 0.095 kt2008: 0.095 kt2009: 0.095 kt2010: 0.095 kt2011: 0.096 kt2012: 0.097 kt2013: 0.097 kt2014: 0.098 kt2015: 0.098 kt2016: 0.099 kt2017: 0.099 kt2018: 0.099 kt2019: 0.097 kt2020: 0.096 kt2021: 0.097 kt2022: 0.098 kt2023: 0.098 kt2024: 0.098 kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

Middle Africa recorded 0.0975 kt for grassland organic soils — emissions in 2024.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland organic soils — emissions in Middle Africa peaked at 0.1097 kt in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.0945 kt, in 2009.

Middle Africa ranks 5th of 22 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.

Grassland organic soils — Emissions in Middle Africa, year by year

Annual values for Grassland organic soils — Emissions (N2O) in Middle Africa, 1990 to 2024.
Year kt Change
1990 0.1093 kt
1991 0.1093 kt +0.0%
1992 0.1093 kt +0.0%
1993 0.1093 kt +0.0%
1994 0.1093 kt +0.0%
1995 0.1097 kt +0.4%
1996 0.1079 kt -1.6%
1997 0.1068 kt -1.0%
1998 0.1075 kt +0.7%
1999 0.106 kt -1.4%
2000 0.1032 kt -2.6%
2001 0.0972 kt -5.8%
2002 0.0965 kt -0.7%
2003 0.0956 kt -0.9%
2004 0.0956 kt +0.0%
2005 0.0956 kt +0.0%
2006 0.0958 kt +0.2%
2007 0.0948 kt -1.0%
2008 0.0949 kt +0.1%
2009 0.0945 kt -0.4%
2010 0.0953 kt +0.8%
2011 0.0959 kt +0.6%
2012 0.0968 kt +0.9%
2013 0.0971 kt +0.3%
2014 0.0975 kt +0.4%
2015 0.0975 kt +0.0%
2016 0.0985 kt +1.0%
2017 0.0988 kt +0.3%
2018 0.0987 kt -0.1%
2019 0.0967 kt -2.0%
2020 0.0963 kt -0.4%
2021 0.0971 kt +0.8%
2022 0.0975 kt +0.4%
2023 0.0975 kt +0.0%
2024 0.0975 kt +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.1084 kt 0.106 kt 0.1097 kt 10
2000s 0.0964 kt 0.0945 kt 0.1032 kt 10
2010s 0.0973 kt 0.0953 kt 0.0988 kt 10
2020s 0.0972 kt 0.0963 kt 0.0975 kt 5

Countries ranked near Middle Africa

  1. 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16.91 kt compare
  2. 3 Mongolia 13.76 kt compare
  3. 4 Germany 8.2 kt compare
  4. 5 Ireland 7.04 kt compare
  5. 6 Poland 4.2 kt compare
  6. 7 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 3.93 kt compare
  7. 8 Russian Federation 3.73 kt compare
  8. 8 Viet Nam 0.0061 kt compare

See the full ranking of 274 places →

More climate change data for Middle Africa

All data for Middle Africa →

Frequently asked questions

What is grassland organic soils — emissions in Middle Africa?
Grassland organic soils — emissions in Middle Africa was 0.0975 kt in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland organic soils — emissions recorded in Middle Africa?
The highest recorded value was 0.1097 kt in 1995.
What is the lowest grassland organic soils — emissions recorded in Middle Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0945 kt in 2009.
How does Middle Africa rank for grassland organic soils — emissions?
Middle Africa ranks 5th out of 22 regions with data for 2024.
Is grassland organic soils — emissions rising or falling in Middle Africa?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland organic soils — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Grassland organic soils — Emissions in Middle Africa. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/grassland-organic-soils-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/middle-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/grassland-organic-soils-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/middle-africa/">Grassland organic soils — Emissions in Middle Africa</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Grassland organic soils — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
274 places, 9,364 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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.