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Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) 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
86
Highest
67,309 kt
Indonesia
Lowest
0 kt
Samoa
Median
12.88 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,993

What the numbers show

Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 67,309 kt in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 kt in Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.88 kt, and the mean is 1,268 kt.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 712.1%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).

Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 67,309 kt 2023 up 36.5% volatile
2 Central African Republic 8,016 kt 2023 down 24.1% rising
3 Zambia 7,345 kt 2023 down 34.6% rising
4 Brazil 5,408 kt 2023 up 202.1% volatile
5 Angola 5,302 kt 2023 down 43.4% falling
6 Myanmar 5,199 kt 2023 down 8.0% falling
7 Mozambique 1,791 kt 2023 down 54.5% rising
8 Thailand 1,131 kt 2023 up 80.1% falling
9 Sudan (former) 957.36 kt 2011 up 31.6% volatile
10 South Sudan 865.47 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
11 Cambodia 723.44 kt 2023 down 52.4% flat
12 Nepal 695.67 kt 2023 up 9.2% volatile
13 Malaysia 448.13 kt 2023 down 77.0% volatile
14 India 424.89 kt 2023 down 56.1% volatile
15 Honduras 338.85 kt 2023 up 76.8% volatile
16 Cameroon 333.96 kt 2023 down 25.8% volatile
17 OECD 332.75 kt 2023 down 44.6% volatile
18 Chad 321.66 kt 2023 down 54.4% flat
19 Mexico 271.11 kt 2023 down 47.7% volatile
20 Nicaragua 212.05 kt 2023 up 261.2% volatile
21 Madagascar 193.32 kt 2023 down 26.3% rising
22 Nigeria 182.31 kt 2023 down 22.5% volatile
23 Congo 154.64 kt 2023 up 3.0% falling
24 Malawi 98.94 kt 2023 down 56.8% rising
25 Colombia 94.41 kt 2023 up 13.2% volatile
26 Ethiopia 85.94 kt 2023 down 62.1% flat
27 Argentina 68.59 kt 2023 down 85.8% volatile
27 Mayotte 0 kt 2023 — volatile
27 Montserrat 0 kt 2023 — volatile
28 Australia 61.2 kt 2023 down 25.9% volatile
28 Australia and New Zealand 61.2 kt 2023 down 25.9% volatile
30 Peru 61 kt 2023 up 5.4% volatile
31 Belize 60.83 kt 2023 down 26.1% volatile
32 Cuba 59.15 kt 2023 up 129.9% volatile
33 Paraguay 58.36 kt 2023 down 70.7% volatile
34 Guatemala 52.18 kt 2023 down 62.1% volatile
35 Liberia 40.88 kt 2023 down 15.1% volatile
36 Papua New Guinea 35.08 kt 2023 up 15.2% volatile
37 Guinea-Bissau 32.63 kt 2023 down 84.1% volatile
38 Guinea 26.82 kt 2023 down 83.6% volatile
39 Bangladesh 25.81 kt 2023 down 85.5% volatile
40 Ghana 22.71 kt 2023 up 136.4% volatile
41 Gabon 20.48 kt 2023 down 0.4% falling
42 Senegal 14.53 kt 2023 down 84.5% volatile
43 Sierra Leone 13.41 kt 2023 down 32.6% volatile
44 Guyana 12.36 kt 2023 up 151.6% volatile
45 Philippines 10.58 kt 2023 up 6.8% volatile
46 Bahamas 8.81 kt 2023 down 79.7% volatile
47 Benin 8.42 kt 2023 down 58.9% volatile
48 Uganda 5.66 kt 2023 down 66.1% volatile
49 Togo 5.44 kt 2023 up 305.4% volatile
50 Suriname 5.43 kt 2023 up 712.1% volatile
51 Panama 3.13 kt 2023 up 281.2% volatile
52 Fiji 2.39 kt 2023 — volatile
53 Costa Rica 1.49 kt 2023 down 94.2% volatile
54 Ecuador 0.7448 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
55 Bhutan 0.672 kt 2023 down 57.1% volatile
56 French Guiana 0.6692 kt 2023 up 350.9% volatile
57 Equatorial Guinea 0.3724 kt 2023 — volatile
57 South Africa 0.3724 kt 2023 down 37.6% volatile
59 New Caledonia 0.2996 kt 2023 — volatile
60 Dominican Republic 0.224 kt 2023 down 57.0% volatile
61 China 0.1484 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
61 Sudan 0.1484 kt 2023 up 96.3% volatile
61 El Salvador 0.1484 kt 2023 down 98.7% volatile
61 China, mainland 0.1484 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
61 Brunei Darussalam 0.1484 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Burundi 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Burkina Faso 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Comoros 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
66 Cayman Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Gambia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Grenada 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Haiti 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Jamaica 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Kenya 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Sri Lanka 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Mali 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
66 Puerto Rico 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 French Polynesia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Singapore 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
66 Vanuatu 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Samoa 0 kt 2023 — volatile

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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About this data

Indicator
Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
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