IPPU — Emissions Share in Iceland
Iceland: IPPU — Emissions Share was 0.71 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
IPPU — Emissions Share in Iceland, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 0.71 % for ippu — emissions share in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ippu — emissions share in Iceland peaked at 0.71 % in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.29 %, in 1992.
Iceland ranks 15th of 139 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
IPPU — Emissions Share in Iceland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.34 % | — |
| 1991 | 0.32 % | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.29 % | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 0.37 % | +27.6% |
| 1994 | 0.35 % | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 0.38 % | +8.6% |
| 1996 | 0.38 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.37 % | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.35 % | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 0.36 % | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.36 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.57 % | +58.3% |
| 2002 | 0.63 % | +10.5% |
| 2003 | 0.6 % | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.61 % | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.57 % | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 0.53 % | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 0.55 % | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 0.51 % | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 0.56 % | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 0.57 % | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.62 % | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 0.71 % | +14.5% |
| 2013 | 0.68 % | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 0.57 % | -16.2% |
| 2015 | 0.61 % | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 0.58 % | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 0.56 % | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 0.57 % | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.57 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6 % | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.69 % | +15.0% |
| 2022 | 0.7 % | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.71 % | +1.4% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 0.71 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1 %, 7.1× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 0.71 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.075 %, 9.5× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where IPPU — Emissions Share in Iceland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +58.3% | 0.36 % | 0.57 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.351 % | 0.29 % | 0.38 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.549 % | 0.36 % | 0.63 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.604 % | 0.56 % | 0.71 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.675 % | 0.6 % | 0.71 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More climate change data for Iceland
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 16.80 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 462.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 110.24 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 352.21 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 12.58 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 92.86 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 92.86 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.3504 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) 92.72 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ippu — emissions share in Iceland?
- Ippu — emissions share in Iceland was 0.71 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ippu — emissions share recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.71 % in 2012.
- What is the lowest ippu — emissions share recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.29 % in 1992.
- How does Iceland rank for ippu — emissions share?
- Iceland ranks 15th out of 139 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ippu — emissions share rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of IPPU — Emissions Share (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.