LULUCF — 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
209
Highest
100 %
Mayotte
Lowest
0 %
Netherlands Antilles (former)
Median
0 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,018

What the numbers show

LULUCF — Emissions Share (N2O) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Mayotte; the lowest is 0 % in Netherlands Antilles (former).

The median across all reporting countries is 0 %, and the mean is 2.48 %.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 17,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).

LULUCF — Emissions Share: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mayotte 100 % 1999 unchanged flat
2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 40.23 % 2023 up 41.9% falling
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 39.16 % 2023 down 21.6% rising
4 Mozambique 38.55 % 2023 down 26.8% rising
5 Zambia 34.64 % 2023 down 25.5% rising
6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 28.92 % 2023 up 227.5% falling
7 Myanmar 24.99 % 2023 up 5.4% falling
8 Angola 21.33 % 2023 down 35.1% flat
9 Belize 19.38 % 2023 down 27.0% volatile
10 Cambodia 15.98 % 2023 down 59.1% falling
11 Bahamas 14.01 % 2023 down 65.8% falling
12 Canada 11.99 % 2023 up 768.8% volatile
13 Honduras 10.03 % 2023 up 41.9% volatile
14 Nepal 9.47 % 2023 up 8.4% volatile
15 Chile 9.36 % 2023 up 2,825.0% volatile
16 Congo 7.83 % 2023 up 16.5% falling
17 Liberia 6.62 % 2023 down 21.5% volatile
18 United Republic of Tanzania 6.45 % 2023 down 55.9% falling
19 Bhutan 5.7 % 2023 up 85.1% volatile
20 Nicaragua 5.04 % 2023 up 171.0% volatile
21 Madagascar 4.88 % 2023 down 15.0% rising
22 Cameroon 4.7 % 2023 down 27.5% falling
23 Thailand 4.65 % 2023 up 63.7% rising
24 South Sudan 3.96 % 2023 up 12.2% rising
25 Guinea-Bissau 3.74 % 2023 down 80.6% falling
26 Gabon 2.81 % 2023 up 5.6% falling
27 Papua New Guinea 2.46 % 2023 up 33.0% volatile
28 Brazil 2.42 % 2023 up 142.0% falling
29 Melanesia 2.12 % 2023 up 53.6% volatile
30 Mexico 2.09 % 2023 down 32.8% volatile
31 Cuba 2.05 % 2023 up 236.1% volatile
32 Sudan (former) 1.9 % 2011 up 14.5% volatile
33 Guyana 1.89 % 2023 up 125.0% volatile
34 Suriname 1.79 % 2023 up 477.4% volatile
35 Greece 1.78 % 2023 up 17,700.0% volatile
36 Russian Federation 1.49 % 2023 down 24.7% falling
37 Malawi 1.46 % 2023 down 80.2% volatile
38 Timor-Leste 1.37 % 2023 volatile
39 OECD 1.26 % 2023 up 129.1% volatile
40 Chad 0.96 % 2023 down 72.2% volatile
41 Guatemala 0.94 % 2023 down 68.1% volatile
42 Sierra Leone 0.92 % 2023 down 31.9% volatile
43 Fiji 0.89 % 2023 volatile
43 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.89 % 2023 down 21.2% volatile
45 Eswatini 0.88 % 2023 down 66.7% volatile
46 Caribbean 0.86 % 2023 up 34.4% falling
47 Indonesia 0.82 % 2023 up 41.4% volatile
48 Viet Nam 0.81 % 2023 down 3.6% volatile
49 Ethiopia 0.8 % 2023 down 32.2% falling
50 Paraguay 0.74 % 2023 down 74.7% volatile
51 Peru 0.7 % 2023 down 5.4% volatile
52 Equatorial Guinea 0.62 % 2023 volatile
53 Portugal 0.58 % 2023 down 38.9% volatile
54 India 0.49 % 2023 down 56.6% volatile
55 Australia 0.45 % 2023 down 79.5% volatile
56 Algeria 0.43 % 2023 up 290.9% volatile
57 Dominican Republic 0.42 % 2023 up 223.1% volatile
58 Nigeria 0.4 % 2023 down 32.2% volatile
58 Australia and New Zealand 0.4 % 2023 down 77.9% volatile
60 Colombia 0.39 % 2023 down 13.3% volatile
60 Zimbabwe 0.39 % 2023 down 82.7% flat
62 Spain 0.36 % 2023 up 1,100.0% volatile
63 Guinea 0.34 % 2023 down 86.8% volatile
64 Ghana 0.33 % 2023 up 106.2% volatile
65 Georgia 0.24 % 2023 up 71.4% volatile
66 Benin 0.23 % 2023 down 69.7% volatile
66 Togo 0.23 % 2023 up 228.6% volatile
68 Argentina 0.22 % 2023 down 84.3% volatile
68 Senegal 0.22 % 2023 down 87.1% volatile
70 Panama 0.2 % 2023 up 233.3% volatile
71 Côte d'Ivoire 0.18 % 2023 down 52.6% volatile
72 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.16 % 2023 down 71.4% volatile
73 Philippines 0.14 % 2023 down 6.7% volatile
74 Ecuador 0.09 % 2023 up 350.0% volatile
75 Bangladesh 0.08 % 2023 down 88.1% volatile
75 Rwanda 0.08 % 2023 down 42.9% volatile
75 Tunisia 0.08 % 2023 down 11.1% volatile
78 China 0.07 % 2023 up 75.0% falling
78 Costa Rica 0.07 % 2023 down 95.7% volatile
78 Syrian Arab Republic 0.07 % 2023 up 600.0% volatile
78 China, mainland 0.07 % 2023 up 75.0% falling
82 Albania 0.06 % 2023 volatile
82 Armenia 0.06 % 2023 volatile
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.06 % 2023 up 50.0% volatile
82 Ukraine 0.06 % 2023 down 76.0% volatile
86 Italy 0.05 % 2023 up 150.0% volatile
86 Uganda 0.05 % 2023 down 70.6% volatile
88 Malaysia 0.04 % 2023 down 82.6% volatile
89 Brunei Darussalam 0.03 % 2023 volatile
90 France 0.02 % 2023 volatile
90 Japan 0.02 % 2023 unchanged volatile
90 Kazakhstan 0.02 % 2023 volatile
90 Morocco 0.02 % 2023 volatile
90 Namibia 0.02 % 2023 volatile
90 El Salvador 0.02 % 2023 down 98.6% volatile
96 Haiti 0.01 % 2023 volatile
96 Kenya 0.01 % 2023 volatile
96 North Macedonia 0.01 % 2023 volatile
96 New Zealand 0.01 % 2023 unchanged volatile
96 Sudan 0.01 % 2023 volatile
96 Uruguay 0.01 % 2023 volatile
96 Republic of Korea 0.01 % 2023 down 66.7% volatile
96 Türkiye 0.01 % 2023 unchanged volatile
104 Aruba 0 % 2023 flat
104 Afghanistan 0 % 2023 volatile
104 United Arab Emirates 0 % 2023 flat
104 Antigua and Barbuda 0 % 2023 flat
104 Austria 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
104 Azerbaijan 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Burundi 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
104 Belgium 0 % 2023 flat
104 Burkina Faso 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Bulgaria 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Bahrain 0 % 2023 flat
104 Belarus 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
104 Barbados 0 % 2023 flat
104 Botswana 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Switzerland 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Comoros 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
104 Cyprus 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Czechia 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Germany 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Djibouti 0 % 2023 flat
104 Dominica 0 % 2023 flat
104 Denmark 0 % 2023 flat
104 Egypt 0 % 2023 flat
104 Eritrea 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Estonia 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Finland 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Gambia 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Grenada 0 % 2023 flat
104 Croatia 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Hungary 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Ireland 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Iraq 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Iceland 0 % 2023 flat
104 Israel 0 % 2023 flat
104 Jamaica 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Jordan 0 % 2023 flat
104 Kyrgyzstan 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Kiribati 0 % 2023 flat
104 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 % 2023 flat
104 Kuwait 0 % 2023 flat
104 Lebanon 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Libya 0 % 2023 flat
104 Saint Lucia 0 % 2023 flat
104 Sri Lanka 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Lesotho 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Lithuania 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Luxembourg 0 % 2023 flat
104 Latvia 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
104 Maldives 0 % 2023 flat
104 Marshall Islands 0 % 2023 flat
104 Mali 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
104 Malta 0 % 2023 flat
104 Montenegro 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Mongolia 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Mauritania 0 % 2023 flat
104 Mauritius 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Niger 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Norway 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Nauru 0 % 2023 flat
104 Oman 0 % 2023 flat
104 Pakistan 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Palau 0 % 2023 flat
104 Poland 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Qatar 0 % 2023 flat
104 Romania 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
104 Saudi Arabia 0 % 2023 flat
104 Singapore 0 % 2023 flat
104 Solomon Islands 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Somalia 0 % 2023 flat
104 Serbia 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Sao Tome and Principe 0 % 2023 flat
104 Slovakia 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Slovenia 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
104 Sweden 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Seychelles 0 % 2023 flat
104 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Tajikistan 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Turkmenistan 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Tonga 0 % 2023 flat
104 Trinidad and Tobago 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Tuvalu 0 % 2023 flat
104 Uzbekistan 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 % 2023 flat
104 British Virgin Islands 0 % 2023 flat
104 Vanuatu 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Samoa 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Yemen 0 % 2023 flat
104 Anguilla 0 % 2023 flat
104 Cook Islands 0 % 2023 flat
104 Niue 0 % 2023 flat
104 Tokelau 0 % 2023 flat
104 Micronesia 0 % 2023 flat
104 Serbia and Montenegro 0 % 2005 down 100.0% volatile
104 Cabo Verde 0 % 2023 flat
104 Polynesia 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 % 2023 flat
104 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
104 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 % 2023 volatile
104 Republic of Moldova 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
104 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 % 1999 flat
104 China, Taiwan Province of 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
104 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 % 2023 flat
104 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 % 2023 flat
104 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 % 2023 flat
104 China, Macao SAR 0 % 2023 flat
104 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 % 2010 flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
LULUCF — Emissions Share (N2O)
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
243 places, 8,018 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.