Land-use change — Emissions Share (N2O) by country
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.
Countries reporting
92
Highest
100 %
Mayotte
Lowest
0 %
Polynesia
Median
0.475 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,422
What the numbers show
Land-use change — Emissions Share (N2O) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Mayotte; the lowest is 0 % in Polynesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.475 %, and the mean is 5.17 %.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 477.4%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).
Land-use change — Emissions Share (N2O): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayotte | 100 % | 1999 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 46.78 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 38.83 % | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 4 | Zambia | 31.75 % | 2023 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 5 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 27.81 % | 2023 | up 238.3% | falling |
| 6 | Laos | 22.95 % | 2023 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 6 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 22.95 % | 2023 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 8 | Angola | 20.77 % | 2023 | down 35.2% | flat |
| 9 | Myanmar | 20.05 % | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 10 | Belize | 19.38 % | 2023 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Bahamas | 12.97 % | 2023 | down 68.3% | falling |
| 12 | Cambodia | 10.79 % | 2023 | down 42.4% | flat |
| 13 | Honduras | 9.52 % | 2023 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Nepal | 9.16 % | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Mozambique | 9.11 % | 2023 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 16 | Congo | 7.83 % | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 17 | Liberia | 6.62 % | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 5.02 % | 2023 | up 174.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Cameroon | 4.66 % | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 20 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.13 % | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 21 | South Sudan | 3.89 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 22 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.74 % | 2023 | down 80.6% | falling |
| 23 | Thailand | 3.25 % | 2023 | up 49.8% | flat |
| 24 | Gabon | 2.81 % | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 25 | Madagascar | 2.42 % | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 26 | Brazil | 2.39 % | 2023 | up 143.9% | falling |
| 27 | Sudan (former) | 1.89 % | 2011 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 28 | Suriname | 1.79 % | 2023 | up 477.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Guyana | 1.7 % | 2023 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Papua New Guinea | 1.66 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Cuba | 1.61 % | 2023 | up 182.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Melanesia | 1.46 % | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Malawi | 1.3 % | 2023 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 34 | East Timor | 1.03 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Timor-Leste | 1.03 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Chad | 0.95 % | 2023 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 0.9 % | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Fiji | 0.89 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Guatemala | 0.89 % | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Indonesia | 0.78 % | 2023 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.68 % | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.62 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Peru | 0.6 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Caribbean | 0.58 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 45 | Paraguay | 0.56 % | 2023 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Mexico | 0.55 % | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Nigeria | 0.4 % | 2023 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Colombia | 0.37 % | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Guinea | 0.34 % | 2023 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Ghana | 0.33 % | 2023 | up 106.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Bhutan | 0.29 % | 2023 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Benin | 0.23 % | 2023 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Togo | 0.23 % | 2023 | up 228.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Senegal | 0.22 % | 2023 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Panama | 0.2 % | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Vietnam | 0.19 % | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Viet Nam | 0.19 % | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.18 % | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.18 % | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Argentina | 0.14 % | 2023 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Ethiopia | 0.14 % | 2023 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 62 | India | 0.12 % | 2023 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 0.08 % | 2023 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 0.06 % | 2023 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Australia | 0.05 % | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Philippines | 0.05 % | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.05 % | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 0.04 % | 2023 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Uganda | 0.04 % | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 68 | OECD | 0.04 % | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Brunei | 0.03 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.03 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Ecuador | 0.02 % | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 0.01 % | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 74 | El Salvador | 0.01 % | 2023 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Burundi | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Comoros | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Gambia | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Haiti | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Jamaica | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Mali | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Sudan | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Solomon Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | United States | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Vanuatu | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Samoa | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | South Africa | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Polynesia | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 22.21 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 8.98 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 6.78 %
- Africa 6.43 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 6.34 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 5.74 %
- Eastern Africa 5.08 %
- South-eastern Asia 3.88 %
- South America 2.8 %
- Non-Annex I countries 2.41 %
- World 1.74 %
- Americas 1.46 %
- Central America 1.38 %
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 1.15 %
- Asia 0.65 %
- Western Africa 0.28 %
- Southern Asia 0.23 %
- Oceania 0.07 %
- Annex I countries 0.01 %
- Northern America 0 %
- Northern Africa 0 %
- Southern Africa 0 %
- United States of America 0 %
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.