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IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
90
Highest
40,238 kt
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.0272 kt
Palau
Median
201.79 kt
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
2,031

What the numbers show

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 40,238 kt in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.0272 kt in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 201.79 kt, and the mean is 1,452 kt.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Dominica (up 229.6%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 95.8%).

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sierra Leone 40,238 kt 2005 up 9.3% rising
2 China 22,238 kt 2014 up 8.4% rising
3 India 14,423 kt 2016 down 1.3% flat
4 Brazil 12,888 kt 2015 up 4.3% rising
5 Indonesia 2,928 kt 2016 — falling
6 Argentina 2,351 kt 2012 down 17.1% falling
7 Ethiopia 2,194 kt 2013 up 39.4% rising
8 Australia 2,080 kt 2020 down 6.3% falling
9 Mexico 1,951 kt 2013 up 2.1% flat
10 Russian Federation 1,811 kt 2020 down 0.8% falling
11 Türkiye 1,560 kt 2020 up 64.0% rising
12 France 1,487 kt 2020 down 6.0% falling
13 Germany 1,266 kt 2020 down 1.6% falling
14 New Zealand 1,219 kt 2020 up 3.1% rising
15 Myanmar 1,109 kt 2005 up 15.1% rising
16 Canada 1,104 kt 2020 down 4.5% flat
17 Colombia 1,096 kt 2014 up 0.6% rising
18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,006 kt 2010 down 29.0% falling
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 997.71 kt 2020 down 1.4% falling
20 Spain 951 kt 2020 up 4.5% flat
21 Kazakhstan 929.43 kt 2020 up 34.6% rising
22 Japan 883.53 kt 2020 down 4.0% falling
23 Paraguay 855.73 kt 2015 up 45.9% rising
24 Kenya 815 kt 2010 up 31.2% rising
25 Italy 771.16 kt 2020 up 0.1% falling
26 Uruguay 734.1 kt 2017 down 3.9% rising
27 Cambodia 645.15 kt 2016 up 16.5% rising
28 Uzbekistan 616.48 kt 2012 up 69.6% rising
29 Ireland 568.1 kt 2020 up 17.1% rising
30 Poland 566.66 kt 2020 up 6.3% falling
31 Republic of Korea 547.63 kt 2016 down 8.0% falling
32 Peru 544.59 kt 2014 down 5.9% rising
33 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 496.15 kt 2004 up 12.3% rising
34 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 475.41 kt 2020 up 1.8% falling
35 Madagascar 470.9 kt 2010 up 65.8% rising
36 Ukraine 340.66 kt 2020 down 25.8% volatile
37 Romania 335.83 kt 2020 down 1.8% falling
38 Belarus 335.71 kt 2020 up 0.0% falling
39 Chad 312.27 kt 2003 down 1.3% flat
40 Mongolia 288.95 kt 2006 up 4.5% rising
41 Chile 263.6 kt 2016 down 9.7% falling
42 Denmark 236.47 kt 2020 down 1.5% flat
43 Dominican Republic 220.91 kt 2010 up 57.7% rising
44 Namibia 217.7 kt 2016 down 14.3% falling
45 Belgium 209.05 kt 2020 down 1.0% falling
46 Azerbaijan 194.52 kt 2013 up 19.4% rising
47 Tajikistan 189.94 kt 2014 up 95.8% rising
48 Portugal 178.54 kt 2020 up 4.7% falling
49 Greece 175.83 kt 2020 down 11.8% falling
50 Austria 171.5 kt 2020 down 2.8% falling
51 Malaysia 167.11 kt 2016 up 1.4% flat
52 Ghana 166.38 kt 2019 up 21.2% rising
53 Haiti 158.86 kt 2000 up 39.3% rising
54 Switzerland 152.9 kt 2020 down 4.8% falling
55 Czechia 137.75 kt 2020 up 0.8% falling
56 Kyrgyzstan 133.03 kt 2010 up 32.0% rising
57 Sweden 128.11 kt 2020 down 3.4% falling
58 Hungary 110.18 kt 2020 up 16.2% falling
59 Norway 103.99 kt 2020 down 1.2% falling
60 Finland 101.03 kt 2020 down 1.5% flat
61 Bulgaria 77.61 kt 2020 down 3.2% falling
62 Georgia 70.31 kt 2013 down 13.2% flat
63 Lithuania 67.08 kt 2020 down 13.7% falling
64 Armenia 62.22 kt 2014 up 35.5% rising
65 Albania 53.7 kt 2009 down 3.3% rising
66 Croatia 53.66 kt 2020 down 17.3% falling
67 Slovenia 46.91 kt 2020 up 3.1% flat
68 Guyana 44.63 kt 2004 up 8.7% rising
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 43 kt 2014 up 5.3% falling
70 Slovakia 42.13 kt 2020 down 9.0% falling
71 Israel 40.32 kt 2015 down 3.6% falling
72 Latvia 37.79 kt 2020 up 9.8% falling
73 North Macedonia 31.36 kt 2014 up 6.4% falling
74 Togo 31.23 kt 2005 up 15.8% rising
75 Republic of Moldova 28.37 kt 2013 down 36.4% falling
76 Estonia 27.46 kt 2020 up 9.3% falling
77 Luxembourg 18.66 kt 2020 up 7.2% rising
78 Lebanon 14.55 kt 2013 up 120.5% rising
79 Cyprus 14.24 kt 2020 up 10.8% flat
80 Iceland 13.9 kt 2020 down 3.4% flat
81 Jamaica 12.87 kt 2012 unchanged volatile
82 Montenegro 9.27 kt 2011 down 22.3% falling
83 Belize 5.77 kt 2009 up 73.0% rising
84 Malta 1.58 kt 2020 down 7.7% falling
85 Mauritius 1.04 kt 2013 down 70.7% falling
86 Dominica 0.7795 kt 2005 up 229.6% rising
87 Liechtenstein 0.6873 kt 2020 up 5.0% rising
88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.243 kt 2004 down 79.5% volatile
89 Nauru 0.0275 kt 2010 down 53.4% volatile
90 Palau 0.0272 kt 2005 down 95.8% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
96 places, 2,031 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf