Manure Management — Direct emissions (N2O) by country
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What the numbers show
Manure Management — Direct emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 180.16 kt in China; the lowest is 0.0002 kt in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3801 kt, and the mean is 3.96 kt.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 30.1%), and the largest decrease in Serbia and Montenegro (down 34.5%).
Manure Management — Direct emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 180.16 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 179.12 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 3 | OECD | 107.04 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 4 | USSR | 55.41 kt | 1991 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 17.88 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 6 | India | 17.42 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 7 | Myanmar | 16.9 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 16.63 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 16.56 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 13.28 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 11 | Philippines | 9.4 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 12 | Mozambique | 9.01 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 13 | France | 7.58 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 6.78 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 15 | Thailand | 6.75 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 16 | Pakistan | 6.62 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Australia and New Zealand | 6.16 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 5.95 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 19 | Canada | 5.75 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 20 | Nigeria | 5.59 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Australia | 5.17 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 22 | Uganda | 4.93 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4.45 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 4.02 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 3.85 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Spain | 3.82 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 27 | Republic of Korea | 3.79 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 28 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3.72 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 29 | Cambodia | 3.68 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 3.68 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 31 | Poland | 3.55 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 32 | Japan | 3.53 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 3.47 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.45 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 35 | Italy | 3.32 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 36 | Yugoslav SFR | 2.79 kt | 1991 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 36 | Réunion | 0.1048 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 38 | Mongolia | 2.62 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 39 | Czechoslovakia | 2.19 kt | 1992 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 40 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.16 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 41 | Ireland | 2.16 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 42 | Colombia | 2.12 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 2.11 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 44 | Romania | 2.01 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 45 | Belarus | 1.85 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 46 | Angola | 1.76 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Peru | 1.75 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 48 | Guatemala | 1.74 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 49 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.7 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 50 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.61 kt | 1999 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 51 | Cameroon | 1.58 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Malaysia | 1.48 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 53 | Argentina | 1.45 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 54 | Turkmenistan | 1.4 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 55 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.39 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 56 | Madagascar | 1.36 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 57 | Chile | 1.34 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.26 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Belgium | 1.15 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 60 | Denmark | 1.15 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 61 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.15 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 62 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.1 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 63 | Ecuador | 1.04 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 64 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.03 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 65 | Kenya | 1.02 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Türkiye | 0.9992 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 67 | New Zealand | 0.9973 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 0.9746 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 69 | Sudan (former) | 0.9345 kt | 2011 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Ghana | 0.9202 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Rwanda | 0.9183 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 0.909 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Cuba | 0.8454 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 74 | Austria | 0.8263 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 75 | Togo | 0.8157 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.8135 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.8078 kt | 2005 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 78 | Switzerland | 0.7845 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 79 | Afghanistan | 0.7803 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 0.7789 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 81 | Serbia | 0.7774 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 82 | Hungary | 0.7092 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 83 | Sudan | 0.7004 kt | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 84 | Nepal | 0.6997 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 85 | Czechia | 0.699 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 86 | Zambia | 0.6858 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Portugal | 0.6837 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.6548 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 89 | Sweden | 0.6354 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 90 | Melanesia | 0.6117 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 91 | Ethiopia PDR | 0.5976 kt | 1992 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 92 | Haiti | 0.5971 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 93 | Malawi | 0.5803 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Chad | 0.5522 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Greece | 0.5473 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 96 | Norway | 0.5153 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 97 | Paraguay | 0.5133 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 98 | Benin | 0.5029 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 99 | Senegal | 0.4854 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Mali | 0.4337 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 101 | Albania | 0.4264 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 0.4193 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Finland | 0.4129 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 104 | Honduras | 0.4114 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 105 | Egypt | 0.4056 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 106 | Lithuania | 0.4046 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 107 | Morocco | 0.3801 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 108 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3728 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 109 | Niger | 0.3626 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 109 | South Sudan | 0.3626 kt | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3617 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 0.3551 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 113 | Croatia | 0.335 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 114 | Somalia | 0.3326 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 115 | Algeria | 0.331 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Republic of Moldova | 0.3245 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 117 | Slovakia | 0.2969 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 118 | El Salvador | 0.2673 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 0.2638 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 120 | Georgia | 0.2619 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 121 | Burundi | 0.258 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 0.2475 kt | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 123 | Timor-Leste | 0.2467 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2257 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 125 | Iraq | 0.2231 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2176 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Panama | 0.2055 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 128 | Yemen | 0.2054 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Guinea | 0.2039 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Latvia | 0.1812 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 131 | Tunisia | 0.1788 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 132 | Israel | 0.1785 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 133 | Liberia | 0.1775 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Slovenia | 0.1767 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 135 | Uruguay | 0.1628 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 136 | Cyprus | 0.1593 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 137 | North Macedonia | 0.1482 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 0.1452 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 139 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.1387 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Fiji | 0.138 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 141 | Azerbaijan | 0.1375 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 142 | Gabon | 0.1304 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 143 | Mauritania | 0.1249 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 144 | Namibia | 0.1234 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 145 | Estonia | 0.1151 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 146 | Cabo Verde | 0.1121 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Kuwait | 0.1084 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Lesotho | 0.1061 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0917 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Armenia | 0.0904 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 151 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.087 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Libya | 0.0847 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 153 | Polynesia | 0.0843 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 154 | Congo | 0.0696 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Montenegro | 0.0652 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | 0.065 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 157 | Eritrea | 0.0639 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 158 | Botswana | 0.0622 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 0.0605 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 160 | Jamaica | 0.0554 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 161 | Jordan | 0.0546 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Lebanon | 0.0528 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 0.0519 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 164 | Eswatini | 0.051 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 165 | Suriname | 0.0488 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 166 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0481 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Samoa | 0.0449 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 168 | Guyana | 0.0442 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 169 | Iceland | 0.0421 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 170 | Sierra Leone | 0.0419 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Barbados | 0.0365 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 172 | New Caledonia | 0.0343 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 173 | Gambia | 0.0309 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 174 | Bahamas | 0.0225 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 175 | Belize | 0.0197 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 175 | Tonga | 0.0197 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 177 | Micronesia | 0.0184 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Mauritius | 0.0165 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Guadeloupe | 0.0156 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 180 | Solomon Islands | 0.0147 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 181 | Malta | 0.0145 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 182 | Bhutan | 0.0143 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0136 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Oman | 0.0126 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Lucia | 0.0124 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 185 | Palestine | 0.0124 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 187 | French Polynesia | 0.0105 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 188 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.0104 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 189 | Singapore | 0.0095 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Djibouti | 0.0082 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 191 | Seychelles | 0.008 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Kiribati | 0.0076 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 193 | French Guiana | 0.0075 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 194 | Qatar | 0.007 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0063 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 196 | Martinique | 0.0059 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 197 | Cook Islands | 0.0057 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 198 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.0049 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 199 | China, Macao SAR | 0.0046 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 200 | Dominica | 0.0043 kt | 2050 | — | flat |
| 200 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0043 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 202 | Grenada | 0.004 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 203 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0037 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0028 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 204 | Tuvalu | 0.0028 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 206 | Comoros | 0.0024 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 206 | Faroe Islands | 0.0024 kt | 2050 | — | falling |
| 208 | Bahrain | 0.0015 kt | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 209 | Niue | 0.0005 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 210 | Nauru | 0.0004 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
| 211 | Tokelau | 0.0002 kt | 2050 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 514.23 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 396.68 kt
- Asia 312.67 kt
- Eastern Asia 191.19 kt
- Annex I countries 117.53 kt
- Americas 83.02 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 79.16 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 76.52 kt
- Europe 66.25 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 60.35 kt
- Africa 45.41 kt
- Northern America 42.29 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