IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in Brazil

Brazil: IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC was 12,888 kt in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
12,888 kt
Change on year
up 1.5%
World rank
4th
of 97 countries
All-time high
12,888 kt
in 2015
All-time low
9,186 kt
in 1990
Years of data
26
1990–2015

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in Brazil, 1990–2015

05.0k10.0k15.0k1990200220151990: 9.2k kt1991: 9.5k kt1992: 9.6k kt1993: 9.7k kt1994: 9.9k kt1995: 10.1k kt1996: 9.7k kt1997: 9.9k kt1998: 10.0k kt1999: 10.1k kt2000: 10.4k kt2001: 10.8k kt2002: 11.1k kt2003: 11.7k kt2004: 12.2k kt2005: 12.4k kt2006: 12.3k kt2007: 11.7k kt2008: 12.0k kt2009: 12.2k kt2010: 12.4k kt2011: 12.7k kt2012: 12.5k kt2013: 12.6k kt2014: 12.7k kt2015: 12.9k kt

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

Analysis

Brazil recorded 12,888 kt for ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in Brazil peaked at 12,888 kt in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9,186 kt, in 1990.

That places Brazil 4th out of 97 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in Brazil, 1990 to 2015.
Year kt Change
1990 9,186 kt —
1991 9,474 kt +3.1%
1992 9,639 kt +1.7%
1993 9,681 kt +0.4%
1994 9,865 kt +1.9%
1995 10,058 kt +2.0%
1996 9,742 kt -3.1%
1997 9,888 kt +1.5%
1998 9,964 kt +0.8%
1999 10,112 kt +1.5%
2000 10,382 kt +2.7%
2001 10,758 kt +3.6%
2002 11,121 kt +3.4%
2003 11,667 kt +4.9%
2004 12,196 kt +4.5%
2005 12,358 kt +1.3%
2006 12,293 kt -0.5%
2007 11,707 kt -4.8%
2008 11,955 kt +2.1%
2009 12,166 kt +1.8%
2010 12,416 kt +2.0%
2011 12,660 kt +2.0%
2012 12,512 kt -1.2%
2013 12,614 kt +0.8%
2014 12,692 kt +0.6%
2015 12,888 kt +1.5%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 12,888 kt is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 207.72 kt, 62.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 12,888 kt is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 263.6 kt, 48.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 9,761 kt 9,186 kt 10,112 kt 10
2000s 11,660 kt 10,382 kt 12,358 kt 10
2010s 12,630 kt 12,416 kt 12,888 kt 6

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 1 Sierra Leone 40,238 kt compare
  2. 2 China 22,238 kt compare
  3. 3 India 14,423 kt compare
  4. 5 United States 10,036 kt compare
  5. 6 Indonesia 2,928 kt compare
  6. 7 Argentina 2,351 kt compare

See the full ranking of 102 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in Brazil?
Ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in Brazil was 12,888 kt in 2015, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4) — unfccc recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 12,888 kt in 2015.
What is the lowest ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4) — unfccc recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 9,186 kt in 1990.
How does Brazil rank for ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4) — unfccc?
Brazil ranks 4th out of 97 countries with data for 2015.
Is ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4) — unfccc rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
102 places, 2,180 data points, 1990–2020
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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