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IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — 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
1.13 million kt
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.7616 kt
Palau
Median
5,650 kt
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
2,031

What the numbers show

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 1.13 million kt in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.7616 kt in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 5,650 kt, and the mean is 40,662 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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sierra Leone 1.13 million kt 2005 up 9.3% rising
2 China 622,667 kt 2014 up 8.4% rising
3 India 403,839 kt 2016 down 1.3% flat
4 Brazil 360,850 kt 2015 up 4.3% rising
5 Indonesia 81,981 kt 2016 — falling
6 Argentina 65,832 kt 2012 down 17.1% falling
7 Ethiopia 61,428 kt 2013 up 39.4% rising
8 Australia 58,238 kt 2020 down 6.3% falling
9 Mexico 54,619 kt 2013 up 2.1% flat
10 Russian Federation 50,701 kt 2020 down 0.8% falling
11 Türkiye 43,688 kt 2020 up 64.0% rising
12 France 41,626 kt 2020 down 6.0% falling
13 Germany 35,449 kt 2020 down 1.6% falling
14 New Zealand 34,129 kt 2020 up 3.1% rising
15 Myanmar 31,054 kt 2005 up 15.1% rising
16 Canada 30,922 kt 2020 down 4.5% flat
17 Colombia 30,698 kt 2014 up 0.6% rising
18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 28,168 kt 2010 down 29.0% falling
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 27,936 kt 2020 down 1.4% falling
20 Spain 26,628 kt 2020 up 4.5% flat
21 Kazakhstan 26,024 kt 2020 up 34.6% rising
22 Japan 24,739 kt 2020 down 4.0% falling
23 Paraguay 23,960 kt 2015 up 45.9% rising
24 Kenya 22,820 kt 2010 up 31.2% rising
25 Italy 21,592 kt 2020 up 0.1% falling
26 Uruguay 20,555 kt 2017 down 3.9% rising
27 Cambodia 18,064 kt 2016 up 16.5% rising
28 Uzbekistan 17,261 kt 2012 up 69.6% rising
29 Ireland 15,907 kt 2020 up 17.1% rising
30 Poland 15,866 kt 2020 up 6.3% falling
31 Republic of Korea 15,334 kt 2016 down 8.0% falling
32 Peru 15,248 kt 2014 down 5.9% rising
33 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13,892 kt 2004 up 12.3% rising
34 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 13,312 kt 2020 up 1.8% falling
35 Madagascar 13,185 kt 2010 up 65.8% rising
36 Ukraine 9,539 kt 2020 down 25.8% volatile
37 Romania 9,403 kt 2020 down 1.8% falling
38 Belarus 9,400 kt 2020 up 0.0% falling
39 Chad 8,744 kt 2003 down 1.3% flat
40 Mongolia 8,091 kt 2006 up 4.5% rising
41 Chile 7,381 kt 2016 down 9.7% falling
42 Denmark 6,621 kt 2020 down 1.5% flat
43 Dominican Republic 6,185 kt 2010 up 57.7% rising
44 Namibia 6,096 kt 2016 down 14.3% falling
45 Belgium 5,853 kt 2020 down 1.0% falling
46 Azerbaijan 5,447 kt 2013 up 19.4% rising
47 Tajikistan 5,318 kt 2014 up 95.8% rising
48 Portugal 4,999 kt 2020 up 4.7% falling
49 Greece 4,923 kt 2020 down 11.8% falling
50 Austria 4,802 kt 2020 down 2.8% falling
51 Malaysia 4,679 kt 2016 up 1.4% flat
52 Ghana 4,659 kt 2019 up 21.2% rising
53 Haiti 4,448 kt 2000 up 39.3% rising
54 Switzerland 4,281 kt 2020 down 4.8% falling
55 Czechia 3,857 kt 2020 up 0.8% falling
56 Kyrgyzstan 3,725 kt 2010 up 32.0% rising
57 Sweden 3,587 kt 2020 down 3.4% falling
58 Hungary 3,085 kt 2020 up 16.2% falling
59 Norway 2,912 kt 2020 down 1.2% falling
60 Finland 2,829 kt 2020 down 1.5% flat
61 Bulgaria 2,173 kt 2020 down 3.2% falling
62 Georgia 1,969 kt 2013 down 13.2% flat
63 Lithuania 1,878 kt 2020 down 13.7% falling
64 Armenia 1,742 kt 2014 up 35.5% rising
65 Albania 1,504 kt 2009 down 3.3% rising
66 Croatia 1,503 kt 2020 down 17.3% falling
67 Slovenia 1,314 kt 2020 up 3.1% flat
68 Guyana 1,250 kt 2004 up 8.7% rising
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,204 kt 2014 up 5.3% falling
70 Slovakia 1,180 kt 2020 down 9.0% falling
71 Israel 1,129 kt 2015 down 3.6% falling
72 Latvia 1,058 kt 2020 up 9.8% falling
73 North Macedonia 878.08 kt 2014 up 6.4% falling
74 Togo 874.44 kt 2005 up 15.8% rising
75 Republic of Moldova 794.31 kt 2013 down 36.4% falling
76 Estonia 768.88 kt 2020 up 9.3% falling
77 Luxembourg 522.45 kt 2020 up 7.2% rising
78 Lebanon 407.4 kt 2013 up 120.5% rising
79 Cyprus 398.73 kt 2020 up 10.8% flat
80 Iceland 389.18 kt 2020 down 3.4% flat
81 Jamaica 360.36 kt 2012 unchanged volatile
82 Montenegro 259.56 kt 2011 down 22.3% falling
83 Belize 161.56 kt 2009 up 73.0% rising
84 Malta 44.27 kt 2020 down 7.7% falling
85 Mauritius 29.12 kt 2013 down 70.7% falling
86 Dominica 21.83 kt 2005 up 229.6% rising
87 Liechtenstein 19.25 kt 2020 up 5.0% rising
88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.8 kt 2004 down 79.5% volatile
89 Nauru 0.77 kt 2010 down 53.4% volatile
90 Palau 0.7616 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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — 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