How does Switzerland rank for ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre?

Switzerland ranks 20th out of 201 countries with data for 2023.

Is ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre rising or falling in Switzerland?

Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Switzerland

Name: IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Switzerland
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Switzerland: IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre was 0.0038 kt per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.0038 kt per square kilometre

Change on year

down 0.5%

World rank

20th

of 201 countries

All-time high

0.0055 kt per square kilometre

in 1980

All-time low

0.0038 kt per square kilometre

in 2023

Years of data

1961–2023

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Switzerland, 1961–2023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per square kilometre.

Analysis

In 2023, ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in Switzerland stood at 0.0038 kt per square kilometre. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in Switzerland peaked at 0.0055 kt per square kilometre in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.0038 kt per square kilometre, in 2023.

Switzerland ranks 20th of 201 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Switzerland, year by year

Annual values for IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Switzerland, 1961 to 2023.
Year	kt per square kilometre	Change
1961	0.005 kt per square kilometre	—
1962	0.005 kt per square kilometre	+0.5%
1963	0.0049 kt per square kilometre	-3.1%
1964	0.0048 kt per square kilometre	-1.0%
1965	0.005 kt per square kilometre	+4.4%
1966	0.005 kt per square kilometre	+0.1%
1967	0.0051 kt per square kilometre	+1.8%
1968	0.0052 kt per square kilometre	+1.6%
1969	0.0052 kt per square kilometre	-0.5%
1970	0.0052 kt per square kilometre	+0.6%
1971	0.005 kt per square kilometre	-3.1%
1972	0.0051 kt per square kilometre	+0.9%
1973	0.0053 kt per square kilometre	+3.8%
1974	0.0054 kt per square kilometre	+1.8%
1975	0.0053 kt per square kilometre	-0.9%
1976	0.0054 kt per square kilometre	+1.5%
1977	0.0054 kt per square kilometre	+0.0%
1978	0.0054 kt per square kilometre	+0.7%
1979	0.0055 kt per square kilometre	+0.2%
1980	0.0055 kt per square kilometre	+0.0%
1981	0.0053 kt per square kilometre	-3.4%
1982	0.0052 kt per square kilometre	-0.7%
1983	0.0052 kt per square kilometre	-0.2%
1984	0.0052 kt per square kilometre	-0.4%
1985	0.0051 kt per square kilometre	-1.3%
1986	0.0051 kt per square kilometre	-1.1%
1987	0.005 kt per square kilometre	-2.3%
1988	0.0049 kt per square kilometre	-0.6%
1989	0.005 kt per square kilometre	+0.4%
1990	0.0049 kt per square kilometre	-0.5%
1991	0.0049 kt per square kilometre	-1.1%
1992	0.0048 kt per square kilometre	-2.1%
1993	0.0047 kt per square kilometre	-1.9%
1994	0.0047 kt per square kilometre	+0.3%
1995	0.0046 kt per square kilometre	-1.6%
1996	0.0046 kt per square kilometre	-0.5%
1997	0.0044 kt per square kilometre	-3.6%
1998	0.0044 kt per square kilometre	-1.0%
1999	0.0043 kt per square kilometre	-2.3%
2000	0.0042 kt per square kilometre	-1.2%
2001	0.0043 kt per square kilometre	+1.1%
2002	0.0042 kt per square kilometre	-1.0%
2003	0.0042 kt per square kilometre	-1.8%
2004	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	-1.8%
2005	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	+0.9%
2006	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	+0.5%
2007	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	-0.3%
2008	0.0042 kt per square kilometre	+1.8%
2009	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	-1.5%
2010	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	-0.2%
2011	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	-0.7%
2012	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	-0.8%
2013	0.004 kt per square kilometre	-0.8%
2014	0.004 kt per square kilometre	-0.0%
2015	0.004 kt per square kilometre	-1.1%
2016	0.004 kt per square kilometre	-0.6%
2017	0.004 kt per square kilometre	-0.6%
2018	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	-0.1%
2019	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	-1.9%
2020	0.0038 kt per square kilometre	-0.6%
2021	0.0038 kt per square kilometre	-0.0%
2022	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	+0.2%
2023	0.0038 kt per square kilometre	-0.5%

Switzerland compared with similar countries

Switzerland's 0.0038 kt per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0006 kt per square kilometre, 6.2× the median. (78 countries reporting)
Switzerland's 0.0038 kt per square kilometre is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0009 kt per square kilometre, 4.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.005 kt per square kilometre	0.0048 kt per square kilometre	0.0052 kt per square kilometre	9
1970s	0.0053 kt per square kilometre	0.005 kt per square kilometre	0.0055 kt per square kilometre	10
1980s	0.0051 kt per square kilometre	0.0049 kt per square kilometre	0.0055 kt per square kilometre	10
1990s	0.0046 kt per square kilometre	0.0043 kt per square kilometre	0.0049 kt per square kilometre	10
2000s	0.0042 kt per square kilometre	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	0.0043 kt per square kilometre	10
2010s	0.004 kt per square kilometre	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	10
2020s	0.0038 kt per square kilometre	0.0038 kt per square kilometre	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	4

Countries ranked near Switzerland

17 Thailand 0.0042 kt per square kilometre compare
18 Nepal 0.0041 kt per square kilometre compare
19 New Zealand 0.0039 kt per square kilometre compare
21 Uganda 0.0035 kt per square kilometre compare
22 Germany 0.0033 kt per square kilometre compare
23 Tonga 0.0033 kt per square kilometre compare

See the full ranking of 203 places →

More climate change data for Switzerland

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 72.47 million kg (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 6,008 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,192 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,816 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4.5 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions 171.99 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 476.97 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 472.94 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4.03 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.78 kt (2050)

All data for Switzerland →

Frequently asked questions

What is ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in Switzerland?: Ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in Switzerland was 0.0038 kt per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre recorded in Switzerland?: The highest recorded value was 0.0055 kt per square kilometre in 1980.
What is the lowest ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre recorded in Switzerland?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0038 kt per square kilometre in 2023.
How does Switzerland rank for ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre?: Switzerland ranks 20th out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
Is ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre rising or falling in Switzerland?: Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Switzerland data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Switzerland. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 21 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/ipcc-agriculture-emissions-ch4-per-square-kilometre/switzerland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/ipcc-agriculture-emissions-ch4-per-square-kilometre/switzerland/">IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Switzerland</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator: IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre
Unit: kt per square kilometre
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 203 places, 11,186 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 20 September 2026

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.