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Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (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
84
Highest
6,927 kt
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 kt
Montserrat
Median
11.13 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,993

What the numbers show

Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 6,927 kt in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 kt in Montserrat.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.13 kt, and the mean is 420.34 kt.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 704.5%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).

Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Central African Republic 6,927 kt 2023 down 24.1% rising
2 Zambia 6,347 kt 2023 down 34.6% rising
3 Brazil 4,674 kt 2023 up 202.1% flat
4 Angola 4,581 kt 2023 down 43.4% rising
5 Myanmar 3,592 kt 2023 down 8.1% rising
6 Mozambique 1,548 kt 2023 down 54.5% rising
7 Thailand 977.11 kt 2023 up 80.1% volatile
8 Sudan (former) 827.28 kt 2011 up 31.6% flat
9 South Sudan 747.88 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
10 Cambodia 625.16 kt 2023 down 52.4% rising
11 Nepal 601.15 kt 2023 up 9.2% volatile
12 Indonesia 550.06 kt 2023 up 66.7% volatile
13 India 367.16 kt 2023 down 56.1% volatile
14 Honduras 292.82 kt 2023 up 76.8% volatile
15 Cameroon 288.58 kt 2023 down 25.8% falling
16 OECD 287.55 kt 2023 down 44.6% volatile
17 Chad 277.96 kt 2023 down 54.4% rising
18 Mexico 234.26 kt 2023 down 47.7% volatile
19 Nicaragua 183.25 kt 2023 up 261.1% volatile
20 Madagascar 167.06 kt 2023 down 26.3% rising
21 Nigeria 157.54 kt 2023 down 22.5% volatile
22 Congo 133.64 kt 2023 up 3.0% rising
23 Malawi 85.49 kt 2023 down 56.8% volatile
24 Colombia 81.59 kt 2023 up 13.2% volatile
25 Ethiopia 74.25 kt 2023 down 62.1% rising
26 Argentina 59.28 kt 2023 down 85.8% volatile
27 Australia 52.89 kt 2023 down 25.9% volatile
27 Australia and New Zealand 52.89 kt 2023 down 25.9% volatile
29 Peru 52.71 kt 2023 up 5.4% volatile
30 Belize 52.55 kt 2023 down 26.1% volatile
31 Cuba 51.12 kt 2023 up 129.9% volatile
32 Paraguay 50.43 kt 2023 down 70.7% volatile
33 Guatemala 45.08 kt 2023 down 62.1% volatile
34 Liberia 35.32 kt 2023 down 15.1% volatile
35 Papua New Guinea 30.32 kt 2023 up 15.2% volatile
36 Guinea-Bissau 28.2 kt 2023 down 84.1% volatile
37 Guinea 23.16 kt 2023 down 83.6% falling
38 Bangladesh 22.31 kt 2023 down 85.5% volatile
39 Ghana 19.64 kt 2023 up 136.7% volatile
40 Gabon 17.7 kt 2023 down 0.3% rising
41 Senegal 12.56 kt 2023 down 84.5% volatile
42 Sierra Leone 11.58 kt 2023 down 32.6% volatile
43 Guyana 10.68 kt 2023 up 151.9% volatile
44 Philippines 9.14 kt 2023 up 6.8% volatile
45 Bahamas 7.61 kt 2023 down 79.7% volatile
46 Benin 7.26 kt 2023 down 59.0% volatile
47 Uganda 4.9 kt 2023 down 66.0% volatile
48 Suriname 4.69 kt 2023 up 704.5% volatile
48 Togo 4.69 kt 2023 up 302.3% volatile
50 Malaysia 3.55 kt 2023 down 83.3% volatile
51 Panama 2.7 kt 2023 up 277.8% volatile
52 Fiji 2.07 kt 2023 — volatile
53 Costa Rica 1.3 kt 2023 down 94.2% volatile
54 Ecuador 0.636 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
55 Bhutan 0.583 kt 2023 down 56.9% volatile
55 French Guiana 0.583 kt 2023 up 340.0% volatile
57 Equatorial Guinea 0.318 kt 2023 — volatile
57 South Africa 0.318 kt 2023 down 36.8% volatile
59 New Caledonia 0.265 kt 2023 — volatile
60 Dominican Republic 0.1855 kt 2023 down 58.8% volatile
61 China 0.1325 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
61 Sudan 0.1325 kt 2023 up 150.0% volatile
61 El Salvador 0.1325 kt 2023 down 98.6% volatile
61 China, mainland 0.1325 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
61 Brunei Darussalam 0.1325 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 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 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
66 Mayotte 0 kt 2023 — volatile
66 Montserrat 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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Indicator
Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (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