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Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that leaches) (Synthetic fertilizers) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at...

Countries reporting
200
Highest
110.48 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Niue
Median
0.1855 kt
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
14,463

What the numbers show

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that leaches) (Synthetic fertilizers) is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 110.48 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1855 kt, and the mean is 3.41 kt.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 163.9%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 100.0%).

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that leaches): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 110.48 kt 2050 — volatile
2 China, mainland 109.73 kt 2050 — volatile
3 OECD 104.04 kt 2050 — rising
4 India 97.89 kt 2050 — volatile
4 Türkiye 6.1 kt 2050 — volatile
5 Brazil 30.19 kt 2050 — volatile
5 Viet Nam 4.8 kt 2050 — volatile
6 USSR 27.5 kt 1991 down 7.2% volatile
7 Pakistan 22.34 kt 2050 — volatile
8 Indonesia 13.2 kt 2050 — volatile
9 Canada 8.02 kt 2050 — volatile
10 France 7.9 kt 2050 — rising
11 Bangladesh 7.24 kt 2050 — volatile
12 Mexico 7 kt 2050 — rising
13 Egypt 6.46 kt 2050 — rising
14 Argentina 6.3 kt 2050 — volatile
15 Germany 6.02 kt 2050 — falling
16 Russian Federation 5.67 kt 2050 — rising
16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0408 kt 2050 — volatile
17 Thailand 5.59 kt 2050 — volatile
18 Australia and New Zealand 4.99 kt 2050 — volatile
19 Australia 4.59 kt 2050 — volatile
19 Timor-Leste 0.0002 kt 2050 — volatile
20 Philippines 4.34 kt 2050 — volatile
21 Poland 3.71 kt 2050 — rising
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.56 kt 2050 — rising
23 Uzbekistan 3.44 kt 2050 — rising
24 Spain 3.34 kt 2050 — rising
25 Italy 2.8 kt 2050 — flat
26 South Africa 2.54 kt 2050 — rising
27 Ukraine 2.43 kt 2050 — volatile
28 Iraq 2.38 kt 2050 — volatile
29 Belarus 2.28 kt 2050 — rising
30 Morocco 2.23 kt 2050 — volatile
31 Malaysia 2.2 kt 2050 — volatile
32 Nigeria 2.15 kt 2050 — volatile
33 Colombia 2.05 kt 2050 — volatile
33 Cabo Verde 0.0005 kt 2023 up 66.7% volatile
34 Ethiopia 1.65 kt 2050 — volatile
35 Malawi 1.47 kt 2050 — volatile
36 Serbia 1.44 kt 2050 — rising
37 Turkmenistan 1.42 kt 2050 — volatile
38 Peru 1.4 kt 2050 — volatile
39 Japan 1.19 kt 2050 — falling
40 Sri Lanka 1.16 kt 2050 — volatile
41 Ireland 1.13 kt 2050 — rising
42 Chile 1.08 kt 2050 — volatile
43 Zambia 1.07 kt 2050 — volatile
44 Yugoslav SFR 1.02 kt 1991 down 39.6% rising
45 Hungary 1.01 kt 2050 — falling
46 Republic of Korea 1 kt 2050 — falling
47 Uruguay 0.9981 kt 2050 — volatile
48 Czechoslovakia 0.99 kt 1992 down 55.8% rising
49 Serbia and Montenegro 0.9792 kt 2005 up 114.7% rising
50 Kenya 0.9771 kt 2050 — volatile
51 Romania 0.9476 kt 2050 — volatile
52 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.9376 kt 2050 — falling
53 Croatia 0.9033 kt 2050 — rising
54 Guatemala 0.8787 kt 2050 — volatile
55 Tunisia 0.8546 kt 2050 — volatile
56 Czechia 0.785 kt 2050 — rising
57 Greece 0.7772 kt 2050 — falling
58 Ecuador 0.7723 kt 2050 — volatile
59 China, Taiwan Province of 0.7476 kt 2050 — falling
60 Mali 0.7399 kt 2050 — volatile
61 Paraguay 0.6908 kt 2050 — volatile
62 Denmark 0.6523 kt 2050 — falling
63 Zimbabwe 0.631 kt 2050 — rising
64 Bulgaria 0.6229 kt 2050 — falling
65 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.6046 kt 1999 down 10.0% rising
66 Sweden 0.5671 kt 2050 — falling
67 El Salvador 0.5502 kt 2050 — rising
68 Myanmar 0.5338 kt 2050 — volatile
69 Norway 0.5205 kt 2050 — rising
70 Finland 0.518 kt 2050 — flat
71 Belgium 0.5074 kt 2050 — falling
72 Saudi Arabia 0.4757 kt 2050 — volatile
73 Honduras 0.4275 kt 2050 — volatile
74 Lithuania 0.4269 kt 2050 — rising
75 Sudan 0.426 kt 2023 up 163.9% volatile
76 Burkina Faso 0.4196 kt 2050 — volatile
77 New Zealand 0.4 kt 2050 — volatile
78 Costa Rica 0.3828 kt 2050 — rising
79 Austria 0.3557 kt 2050 — falling
80 Dominican Republic 0.353 kt 2050 — volatile
81 Nicaragua 0.3469 kt 2050 — volatile
82 Portugal 0.3299 kt 2050 — falling
83 Cameroon 0.3183 kt 2050 — volatile
84 Sudan (former) 0.3096 kt 2011 up 25.1% rising
85 Slovakia 0.2962 kt 2050 — rising
86 Mozambique 0.289 kt 2050 — volatile
87 Afghanistan 0.2801 kt 2050 — volatile
88 Somalia 0.2711 kt 2050 — volatile
89 Algeria 0.2705 kt 2050 — rising
90 Libya 0.2697 kt 2050 — volatile
91 Switzerland 0.2562 kt 2050 — rising
92 Cuba 0.2477 kt 2050 — volatile
93 Yemen 0.2268 kt 2050 — volatile
94 Ghana 0.2257 kt 2050 — volatile
95 Cambodia 0.2207 kt 2050 — volatile
96 Armenia 0.2038 kt 2050 — volatile
97 Israel 0.1906 kt 2050 — rising
98 Senegal 0.1869 kt 2050 — volatile
99 Kazakhstan 0.1841 kt 2050 — volatile
100 Kyrgyzstan 0.1772 kt 2050 — rising
101 Albania 0.1693 kt 2050 — volatile
102 Niger 0.1624 kt 2050 — volatile
103 Latvia 0.1524 kt 2050 — rising
104 Angola 0.15 kt 2050 — volatile
105 Georgia 0.1373 kt 2050 — falling
106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.136 kt 2050 — volatile
107 Panama 0.1303 kt 2050 — rising
108 Madagascar 0.1302 kt 2050 — volatile
109 Azerbaijan 0.1174 kt 2050 — volatile
110 Ethiopia PDR 0.1064 kt 1992 up 110.3% volatile
111 Slovenia 0.1021 kt 2050 — falling
112 North Macedonia 0.0924 kt 2050 — rising
113 Chad 0.0877 kt 2050 — volatile
114 Uganda 0.0805 kt 2050 — volatile
115 Estonia 0.0785 kt 2050 — rising
116 United Arab Emirates 0.0723 kt 2050 — volatile
117 Lebanon 0.0698 kt 2050 — rising
118 Papua New Guinea 0.0671 kt 2050 — volatile
119 Guinea 0.063 kt 2050 — volatile
120 Botswana 0.062 kt 2023 down 20.2% volatile
121 Iceland 0.0594 kt 2050 — falling
122 Tajikistan 0.0553 kt 2050 — volatile
123 Liberia 0.0546 kt 2050 — volatile
124 Jordan 0.0536 kt 2050 — volatile
125 Nepal 0.0528 kt 2050 — volatile
126 Rwanda 0.0516 kt 2050 — volatile
127 Guyana 0.0491 kt 2050 — rising
128 Luxembourg 0.0482 kt 2050 — falling
129 Eswatini 0.0368 kt 2050 — rising
130 Mongolia 0.0347 kt 2050 — volatile
131 Palestine 0.0333 kt 2050 — falling
132 Mauritius 0.0322 kt 2050 — falling
133 Suriname 0.0299 kt 2050 — volatile
134 Burundi 0.028 kt 2050 — volatile
135 Haiti 0.0278 kt 2050 — volatile
136 Fiji 0.0266 kt 2050 — falling
137 Gambia 0.0258 kt 2050 — volatile
138 Trinidad and Tobago 0.025 kt 2050 — falling
139 Cyprus 0.0234 kt 2050 — falling
140 Lesotho 0.0232 kt 2050 — volatile
141 Jamaica 0.0222 kt 2050 — falling
142 Belize 0.0205 kt 2050 — volatile
143 Namibia 0.02 kt 2050 — volatile
144 Oman 0.018 kt 2050 — volatile
145 Mauritania 0.0179 kt 2050 — volatile
146 Sierra Leone 0.0129 kt 2050 — volatile
147 Bhutan 0.0095 kt 2050 — volatile
147 Guinea-Bissau 0.0095 kt 2023 down 2.1% volatile
149 Puerto Rico 0.0089 kt 2050 — rising
150 Montenegro 0.008 kt 2050 — rising
151 Eritrea 0.0074 kt 2050 — volatile
152 Gabon 0.0053 kt 2050 — volatile
153 Barbados 0.005 kt 2050 — volatile
154 Benin 0.0047 kt 2050 — volatile
155 Central African Republic 0.0042 kt 2050 — volatile
155 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0042 kt 2050 — falling
157 New Caledonia 0.004 kt 2050 — volatile
158 French Guiana 0.0037 kt 2023 up 27.6% volatile
159 Bahrain 0.0035 kt 2050 — volatile
160 Togo 0.0028 kt 2050 — volatile
161 Kuwait 0.0023 kt 2050 — volatile
161 Qatar 0.0023 kt 2050 — volatile
163 Malta 0.0022 kt 2050 — rising
164 Dominica 0.0017 kt 2050 — volatile
164 French Polynesia 0.0017 kt 2050 — volatile
164 Martinique 0.0017 kt 2050 — volatile
167 Bahamas 0.0016 kt 2021 down 36.0% volatile
168 Faroe Islands 0.0015 kt 2050 — volatile
169 Réunion 0.0014 kt 2023 up 7.7% volatile
170 Equatorial Guinea 0.0011 kt 2050 — volatile
170 Saint Lucia 0.0011 kt 2023 up 57.1% volatile
172 Brunei Darussalam 0.0009 kt 2050 — volatile
173 Congo 0.0008 kt 2050 — volatile
174 Maldives 0.0007 kt 2050 — volatile
175 Grenada 0.0005 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
175 Greenland 0.0005 kt 2050 — volatile
175 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0005 kt 2023 up 150.0% volatile
178 Comoros 0.0004 kt 2023 — volatile
179 Seychelles 0.0003 kt 2050 — volatile
179 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0003 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
181 Djibouti 0.0002 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
182 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
182 Palau 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
182 Singapore 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
182 Samoa 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
182 Cook Islands 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
187 Aruba 0 kt 2023 — volatile
187 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt 2050 — volatile
187 Bermuda 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
187 Kiribati 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
187 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
187 South Sudan 0 kt 2050 — volatile
187 Tonga 0 kt 2050 — volatile
187 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 — volatile
187 Niue 0 kt 2023 — volatile

Regions and income groups

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

Relationships involving this indicator

Comparisons with other indicators across countries. Each was re-measured with population and national income held constant, so a relationship that only reflected country size is not listed here.

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Indicator
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that leaches) (Synthetic fertilizers)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
252 places, 14,463 data points, 1961–2050
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at Tier 1 following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 2006).