Manure left on Pasture — Direct emissions (N2O) by country
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What the numbers show
Manure left on Pasture — Direct emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 225 countries. The highest value is 446.28 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0.0001 kt in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.82 kt, and the mean is 17.61 kt.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 22.6%), and the largest decrease in Serbia and Montenegro (down 38.4%).
Manure left on Pasture — Direct emissions (N2O): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 446.28 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 2 | Brazil | 332.44 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 3 | China | 275.23 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 274.11 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 5 | India | 240.17 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 6 | Australia and New Zealand | 122.94 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 7 | United States | 108.56 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 8 | Argentina | 90.78 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 90.69 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 80.26 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 11 | Sudan (former) | 76.93 kt | 2011 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Pakistan | 74.93 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 13 | USSR | 69.89 kt | 1991 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 14 | Mexico | 67.81 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 15 | Nigeria | 62.39 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 16 | Sudan | 61.48 kt | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 17 | Ethiopia PDR | 52.5 kt | 1992 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 50.09 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 19 | United Republic of Tanzania | 47.93 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 20 | Kenya | 45.94 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 21 | Chad | 45.03 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Turkey | 42.69 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 22 | Türkiye | 42.69 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 24 | Indonesia | 37.35 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 34.53 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 32.39 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 32.24 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 28 | Somalia | 31.39 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 29 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 31.16 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 30 | Mali | 30.22 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Niger | 28.89 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 32 | South Sudan | 27.66 kt | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 26.39 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 25.42 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 35 | Paraguay | 24.24 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 36 | Uganda | 23.7 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Madagascar | 21.74 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 38 | Myanmar | 20.55 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 39 | Egypt | 20.32 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 40 | Caribbean | 19.75 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 41 | Uruguay | 19.6 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 42 | Vietnam | 19.32 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 42 | Viet Nam | 19.32 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 44 | Canada | 18.11 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 16.92 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 46 | Morocco | 15.92 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 47 | Peru | 14.59 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 48 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 14.48 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 49 | Algeria | 14.19 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 50 | Russia | 14.05 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 50 | Russian Federation | 14.05 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 52 | Cameroon | 13.86 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 13.76 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 54 | Senegal | 13.58 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 55 | Angola | 12.44 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 56 | Central African Republic | 12.35 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Philippines | 12.28 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 58 | Syria | 11.91 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 58 | Syrian Arab Republic | 11.91 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 60 | United Kingdom | 11.84 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 60 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.84 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 62 | Yemen | 11.61 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 63 | France | 11.56 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 64 | Ecuador | 11.12 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 65 | Guinea | 10.78 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Mauritania | 10.54 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 67 | Iraq | 10.01 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 68 | Chile | 9.44 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 69 | Mongolia | 9.37 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 70 | Thailand | 8.79 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 71 | Nepal | 8.78 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 8.22 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 73 | Spain | 8.22 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 74 | Uzbekistan | 7.83 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 75 | Cuba | 7.4 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 76 | Zambia | 7.36 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 7.29 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 78 | Germany | 7.17 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 79 | Mozambique | 6.99 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 80 | Benin | 6.89 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 6.8 kt | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 6.45 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 83 | Ghana | 6.37 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Guatemala | 6.29 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 85 | Tunisia | 6.21 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 86 | Eritrea | 5.35 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 87 | Botswana | 5.31 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 88 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.1 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 89 | Italy | 5.02 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 90 | Turkmenistan | 4.94 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 91 | Namibia | 4.77 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 92 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.69 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.69 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 4.66 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Japan | 4.59 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 96 | Ireland | 4.41 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 97 | Yugoslav SFR | 4.38 kt | 1991 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 98 | Libya | 4.26 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 99 | Republic of Korea | 4.25 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 100 | Laos | 4.16 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 100 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.16 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 102 | Cambodia | 4 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 103 | Malawi | 3.83 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Haiti | 3.72 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 105 | Honduras | 3.57 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 106 | Greece | 3.4 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 107 | Rwanda | 3.32 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 108 | Ukraine | 3.14 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Georgia | 3 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 110 | Romania | 2.9 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 111 | El Salvador | 2.87 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 112 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2.82 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 113 | Panama | 2.82 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 114 | Togo | 2.74 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Malaysia | 2.7 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 116 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.34 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 117 | Poland | 2.07 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 118 | Lesotho | 1.94 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 119 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.91 kt | 1999 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.89 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 1.83 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 1.82 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 123 | Melanesia | 1.73 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 124 | Burundi | 1.7 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 125 | Czechoslovakia | 1.69 kt | 1992 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 126 | Armenia | 1.63 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 127 | Belarus | 1.49 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 128 | Sierra Leone | 1.46 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Israel | 1.45 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 130 | United Arab Emirates | 1.43 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Portugal | 1.38 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 132 | Jordan | 1.36 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 133 | Eswatini | 1.35 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | 1.32 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 135 | Belgium | 1.32 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.25 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 137 | Kuwait | 1.24 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Albania | 1.18 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 139 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.14 kt | 2005 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 140 | Norway | 1.12 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 141 | Serbia | 1.11 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 142 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.11 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 143 | Switzerland | 1.1 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 144 | Austria | 1.1 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 145 | Gambia | 1.08 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 146 | Oman | 0.9292 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Sweden | 0.9096 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 148 | Fiji | 0.8555 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 149 | Denmark | 0.8405 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 150 | Djibouti | 0.7847 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 151 | Lebanon | 0.7588 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 152 | Puerto Rico | 0.752 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 153 | Bulgaria | 0.7486 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Congo | 0.7259 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Reunion | 0.6871 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Réunion | 0.6871 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Jamaica | 0.6678 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5782 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 159 | Finland | 0.5268 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 160 | Hungary | 0.5213 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 161 | Croatia | 0.496 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 162 | Palestine | 0.4758 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 162 | Palestine | 0.4758 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 164 | Lithuania | 0.4753 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 165 | North Macedonia | 0.4631 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 166 | Czechia | 0.461 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 167 | Liberia | 0.4282 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 168 | Moldova | 0.3827 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 168 | Republic of Moldova | 0.3827 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 0.3792 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 171 | East Timor | 0.3367 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 171 | Timor-Leste | 0.3367 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 173 | Guyana | 0.3326 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 174 | Brunei | 0.2781 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2781 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Slovenia | 0.2603 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 177 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2601 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 178 | Slovakia | 0.2319 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 179 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2313 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 180 | New Caledonia | 0.2274 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 181 | Cyprus | 0.2269 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 182 | Latvia | 0.2176 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 183 | Mauritius | 0.1893 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 184 | Iceland | 0.1869 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 185 | Gabon | 0.1851 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 186 | Bhutan | 0.1772 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 187 | Suriname | 0.1758 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 188 | Belize | 0.1519 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 189 | Comoros | 0.1452 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 190 | Guadeloupe | 0.1448 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 191 | Estonia | 0.1415 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 192 | Polynesia | 0.1355 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 193 | Qatar | 0.1349 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Montenegro | 0.1325 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 195 | Barbados | 0.0963 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 196 | Cabo Verde | 0.0954 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 197 | Luxembourg | 0.0938 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 198 | Samoa | 0.0753 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 199 | Bahamas | 0.063 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 200 | Micronesia | 0.0518 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.0511 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 202 | Bahrain | 0.045 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 203 | Martinique | 0.0402 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 204 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0386 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 205 | Tonga | 0.0354 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 206 | Solomon Islands | 0.0352 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 207 | Saint Lucia | 0.0325 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 208 | Singapore | 0.0311 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 209 | Dominica | 0.0278 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 210 | French Guiana | 0.0272 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 211 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0259 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 212 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0246 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 213 | French Polynesia | 0.0232 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 214 | Grenada | 0.0206 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 215 | Seychelles | 0.0201 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 216 | Faroe Islands | 0.017 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 217 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0163 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 218 | China, Macao SAR | 0.0151 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 219 | Malta | 0.015 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 220 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0149 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 221 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.0041 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 222 | Cook Islands | 0.0012 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 223 | Kiribati | 0.0007 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 224 | Niue | 0.0003 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 225 | Tuvalu | 0.0001 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2,690 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 2,300 kt
- Asia 930.68 kt
- Americas 838.14 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 797.38 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 711.48 kt
- Africa 702.44 kt
- South America 598.48 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 574.53 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 538.01 kt
- Southern Asia 399.08 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 397.99 kt
- Annex I countries 388.78 kt
- Eastern Africa 298.24 kt
- Eastern Asia 296.26 kt
- Western Africa 207.82 kt
- Northern America 126.67 kt
- Oceania 124.85 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 109.79 kt
- United States of America 108.56 kt
- Western Asia 100.84 kt
- Europe 93.61 kt
- Central America 93.24 kt
- Middle Africa 89.74 kt
- Northern Africa 60.89 kt
- European Union (27) 57.05 kt
- Southern Africa 45.75 kt
- Eastern Europe 26 kt
- Central Asia 24.7 kt
- Western Europe 24.68 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 24.42 kt
- Southern Europe 22.25 kt
- Northern Europe 20.69 kt
About this data
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