Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC 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...
What the numbers show
Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 421,075 kt in Indonesia; the lowest is -3,088 kt in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 705.23 kt, and the mean is 18,804 kt.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 136.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 221.6%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 99.2%).
Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 421,075 kt | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 287,665 kt | 2015 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 79,675 kt | 2020 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 4 | Paraguay | 45,181 kt | 2015 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 37,394 kt | 2020 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 6 | Malaysia | 17,801 kt | 2016 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 7 | South Africa | 14,524 kt | 2015 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 8 | Namibia | 9,769 kt | 2016 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 9,594 kt | 2015 | up 163.8% | volatile |
| 10 | France | 6,833 kt | 2020 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 5,526 kt | 2020 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 12 | Sweden | 2,316 kt | 2020 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 2,205 kt | 2020 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 13 | Russia | 2,205 kt | 2020 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 15 | Norway | 2,062 kt | 2020 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 1,948 kt | 2020 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Japan | 1,650 kt | 2020 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 1,508 kt | 2020 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,508 kt | 2020 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 20 | Türkiye | 1,247 kt | 2020 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 20 | Turkey | 1,247 kt | 2020 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 1,208 kt | 2020 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Romania | 986.86 kt | 2020 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 24 | Finland | 906.78 kt | 2020 | down 50.8% | rising |
| 25 | Latvia | 877.48 kt | 2020 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 26 | Belgium | 705.23 kt | 2020 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 27 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 661.41 kt | 2020 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 28 | Spain | 536.72 kt | 2020 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 29 | Austria | 458.28 kt | 2020 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 30 | Estonia | 406.71 kt | 2020 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Ecuador | 358.12 kt | 2017 | down 99.2% | falling |
| 32 | Poland | 324.65 kt | 2020 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Portugal | 277.23 kt | 2020 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Switzerland | 208.6 kt | 2020 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 35 | Lithuania | 193.05 kt | 2020 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 36 | Czechia | 165.82 kt | 2020 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 37 | Slovenia | 159.22 kt | 2020 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 38 | Hungary | 158.97 kt | 2020 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 115.8 kt | 2020 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Ireland | 95.28 kt | 2020 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 41 | New Zealand | 84.87 kt | 2020 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Denmark | 76.68 kt | 2020 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Slovakia | 64.99 kt | 2020 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 44 | Ukraine | 53.48 kt | 2020 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Greece | 46.16 kt | 2020 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 46 | Croatia | 26.74 kt | 2020 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 14.38 kt | 2020 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 48 | Liechtenstein | 5.23 kt | 2020 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 49 | Cyprus | 0.5763 kt | 2020 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Iceland | 0.2557 kt | 2020 | up 221.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Belarus | -3,088 kt | 2020 | down 29.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Non-Annex I countries 421,075 kt
- Annex I countries 148,094 kt
- World 148,094 kt
- United States of America 79,675 kt
- European Union (27) 19,563 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