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Land-use change — Emissions (CH4) 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
234
Highest
2,404 kt
Indonesia
Lowest
0 kt
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Median
0 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,993

What the numbers show

Land-use change — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 234 countries. The highest value is 2,404 kt in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 kt in Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt, and the mean is 18.45 kt.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 712.1%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).

Land-use change — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 2,404 kt 2023 up 36.5% volatile
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 420.66 kt 2023 down 34.4% falling
3 Zambia 262.34 kt 2023 down 34.6% rising
4 Brazil 193.16 kt 2023 up 202.1% volatile
5 Angola 189.34 kt 2023 down 43.4% falling
6 Myanmar 185.69 kt 2023 down 8.0% falling
7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 169.44 kt 2023 up 480.2% volatile
8 Mozambique 63.97 kt 2023 down 54.5% rising
9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 61.85 kt 2023 up 119.4% volatile
10 United Republic of Tanzania 50.58 kt 2023 down 47.2% rising
11 Thailand 40.38 kt 2023 up 80.1% falling
12 Sudan (former) 34.19 kt 2011 up 31.6% volatile
13 South Sudan 30.91 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
14 Cambodia 25.84 kt 2023 down 52.4% flat
15 Nepal 24.85 kt 2023 up 9.2% volatile
16 Malaysia 16 kt 2023 down 77.0% volatile
17 India 15.17 kt 2023 down 56.1% volatile
18 Honduras 12.1 kt 2023 up 76.8% volatile
19 Cameroon 11.93 kt 2023 down 25.8% volatile
20 OECD 11.88 kt 2023 down 44.6% volatile
21 Chad 11.49 kt 2023 down 54.4% flat
22 Mexico 9.68 kt 2023 down 47.7% volatile
23 Nicaragua 7.57 kt 2023 up 261.2% volatile
24 Madagascar 6.9 kt 2023 down 26.3% rising
25 Nigeria 6.51 kt 2023 down 22.5% volatile
26 Congo 5.52 kt 2023 up 3.0% falling
27 Malawi 3.53 kt 2023 down 56.8% rising
28 Colombia 3.37 kt 2023 up 13.2% volatile
28 Réunion 0 kt 2023 — flat
29 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.15 kt 2023 down 34.2% volatile
30 Ethiopia 3.07 kt 2023 down 62.1% flat
31 Argentina 2.45 kt 2023 down 85.8% volatile
33 Viet Nam 2.35 kt 2023 down 91.9% volatile
34 Australia 2.19 kt 2023 down 25.9% volatile
34 Australia and New Zealand 2.19 kt 2023 down 25.9% volatile
36 Peru 2.18 kt 2023 up 5.4% volatile
37 Belize 2.17 kt 2023 down 26.1% volatile
38 Cuba 2.11 kt 2023 up 129.9% volatile
39 Paraguay 2.08 kt 2023 down 70.7% volatile
40 Guatemala 1.86 kt 2023 down 62.1% volatile
41 Liberia 1.46 kt 2023 down 15.1% volatile
42 Melanesia 1.35 kt 2023 up 24.0% volatile
43 Papua New Guinea 1.25 kt 2023 up 15.2% volatile
44 Guinea-Bissau 1.17 kt 2023 down 84.1% volatile
45 Guinea 0.9577 kt 2023 down 83.6% volatile
46 Bangladesh 0.9218 kt 2023 down 85.5% volatile
47 Ghana 0.8112 kt 2023 up 136.4% volatile
48 Gabon 0.7313 kt 2023 down 0.4% falling
49 Senegal 0.5189 kt 2023 down 84.5% volatile
50 Sierra Leone 0.4788 kt 2023 down 32.6% volatile
51 Guyana 0.4415 kt 2023 up 151.6% volatile
52 Philippines 0.378 kt 2023 up 6.8% volatile
53 Bahamas 0.3145 kt 2023 down 79.7% volatile
54 Benin 0.3006 kt 2023 down 58.9% volatile
54 Côte d'Ivoire 0.3006 kt 2023 down 47.7% volatile
56 Uganda 0.2021 kt 2023 down 66.1% volatile
57 Togo 0.1942 kt 2023 up 305.4% volatile
58 Suriname 0.1941 kt 2023 up 712.1% volatile
59 Panama 0.1117 kt 2023 up 281.2% volatile
59 Timor-Leste 0.1117 kt 2023 — volatile
61 Fiji 0.0852 kt 2023 — volatile
62 Costa Rica 0.0532 kt 2023 down 94.2% volatile
63 Ecuador 0.0266 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
64 Bhutan 0.024 kt 2023 down 57.1% volatile
65 French Guiana 0.0239 kt 2023 up 350.9% volatile
66 Equatorial Guinea 0.0133 kt 2023 — volatile
67 New Caledonia 0.0107 kt 2023 — volatile
68 Dominican Republic 0.008 kt 2023 down 57.0% volatile
69 China 0.0053 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
69 Sudan 0.0053 kt 2023 up 96.3% volatile
69 El Salvador 0.0053 kt 2023 down 98.7% volatile
69 China, mainland 0.0053 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
69 Brunei Darussalam 0.0053 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Aruba 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Afghanistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Albania 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Andorra 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 United Arab Emirates 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Armenia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Austria 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Azerbaijan 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Burundi 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Belgium 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Burkina Faso 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Bulgaria 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Bahrain 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Belarus 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Bermuda 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Barbados 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Botswana 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Canada 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Switzerland 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Chile 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Comoros 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
74 Cayman Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Cyprus 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Czechia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Germany 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Djibouti 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Dominica 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Denmark 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Algeria 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Egypt 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Eritrea 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Spain 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Estonia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Finland 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 France 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Faroe Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Georgia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Gibraltar 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Gambia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Greece 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Grenada 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Greenland 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Guam 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Croatia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Haiti 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Hungary 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Isle of Man 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Ireland 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Iraq 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Iceland 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Israel 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Italy 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Jamaica 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Jordan 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Japan 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Kazakhstan 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Kenya 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Kiribati 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Kuwait 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Lebanon 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Libya 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Saint Lucia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Sri Lanka 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Lesotho 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Lithuania 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Luxembourg 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Latvia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Morocco 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Maldives 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 North Macedonia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Mali 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
74 Malta 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Montenegro 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Mongolia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Mauritania 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Mauritius 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Namibia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Niger 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Norway 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Nauru 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 New Zealand 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Oman 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Pakistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Palau 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Poland 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Puerto Rico 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Portugal 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Palestine 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 French Polynesia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Qatar 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Romania 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Rwanda 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Saudi Arabia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Singapore 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Somalia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Serbia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Slovakia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Slovenia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Sweden 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Eswatini 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Seychelles 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Tajikistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Turkmenistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Tonga 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
74 Tunisia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Tuvalu 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Ukraine 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Uruguay 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Uzbekistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 British Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Vanuatu 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Samoa 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Yemen 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Zimbabwe 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Martinique 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Mayotte 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Western Sahara 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Anguilla 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Cook Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Montserrat 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Niue 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Tokelau 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Micronesia 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Serbia and Montenegro 0 kt 2005 — flat
74 Norfolk Island 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Cabo Verde 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Pitcairn 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Polynesia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Republic of Korea 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Republic of Moldova 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Russian Federation 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Syrian Arab Republic 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Türkiye 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 kt 1999 — flat
74 China, Taiwan Province of 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 China, Macao SAR 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 kt 2010 — flat
74 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kt 2023 — flat
74 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Land-use change — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
271 places, 8,993 data points, 1990–2023
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