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Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that volatilises) (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
194
Highest
49.1 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Cook Islands
Median
0.0839 kt
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
14,463

What the numbers show

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that volatilises) (Synthetic fertilizers) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 49.1 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Cook Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0839 kt, and the mean is 1.54 kt.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 164.0%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 49.1 kt 2050 — volatile
2 China, mainland 48.77 kt 2050 — volatile
3 OECD 46.24 kt 2050 — rising
4 India 43.51 kt 2050 — volatile
5 Brazil 13.42 kt 2050 — volatile
6 USSR 12.22 kt 1991 down 7.2% volatile
7 Pakistan 9.93 kt 2050 — volatile
8 Indonesia 5.87 kt 2050 — volatile
9 Canada 3.56 kt 2050 — volatile
10 France 3.51 kt 2050 — rising
11 Bangladesh 3.22 kt 2050 — volatile
12 Mexico 3.11 kt 2050 — rising
13 Egypt 2.87 kt 2050 — rising
14 Argentina 2.8 kt 2050 — volatile
15 Germany 2.68 kt 2050 — falling
16 Russian Federation 2.52 kt 2050 — rising
17 Thailand 2.48 kt 2050 — volatile
18 Australia and New Zealand 2.22 kt 2050 — volatile
19 Australia 2.04 kt 2050 — volatile
20 Philippines 1.93 kt 2050 — volatile
21 Poland 1.65 kt 2050 — rising
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.58 kt 2050 — rising
23 Uzbekistan 1.53 kt 2050 — rising
24 Spain 1.48 kt 2050 — rising
25 Italy 1.24 kt 2050 — flat
26 South Africa 1.13 kt 2050 — rising
27 Ukraine 1.08 kt 2050 — volatile
28 Iraq 1.06 kt 2050 — volatile
29 Belarus 1.01 kt 2050 — rising
30 Morocco 0.9905 kt 2050 — volatile
31 Malaysia 0.9771 kt 2050 — volatile
32 Nigeria 0.9561 kt 2050 — volatile
33 Colombia 0.9098 kt 2050 — volatile
34 Ethiopia 0.7352 kt 2050 — volatile
35 Malawi 0.6522 kt 2050 — volatile
36 Serbia 0.638 kt 2050 — rising
37 Turkmenistan 0.6302 kt 2050 — volatile
38 Peru 0.6239 kt 2050 — volatile
39 Japan 0.5306 kt 2050 — falling
40 Sri Lanka 0.514 kt 2050 — volatile
41 Ireland 0.503 kt 2050 — rising
42 Chile 0.4811 kt 2050 — volatile
43 Zambia 0.4764 kt 2050 — volatile
44 Yugoslav SFR 0.4526 kt 1991 down 39.6% rising
45 Hungary 0.448 kt 2050 — falling
46 Republic of Korea 0.4462 kt 2050 — falling
47 Uruguay 0.4436 kt 2050 — volatile
48 Czechoslovakia 0.44 kt 1992 down 55.8% rising
49 Serbia and Montenegro 0.4352 kt 2005 up 114.7% rising
50 Kenya 0.4343 kt 2050 — volatile
51 Romania 0.4212 kt 2050 — volatile
52 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.4167 kt 2050 — falling
53 Croatia 0.4015 kt 2050 — rising
54 Guatemala 0.3906 kt 2050 — volatile
55 Tunisia 0.3798 kt 2050 — volatile
56 Czechia 0.3489 kt 2050 — rising
57 Greece 0.3454 kt 2050 — falling
58 Ecuador 0.3433 kt 2050 — volatile
59 China, Taiwan Province of 0.3323 kt 2050 — falling
60 Mali 0.3288 kt 2050 — volatile
61 Paraguay 0.307 kt 2050 — volatile
62 Denmark 0.2899 kt 2050 — falling
63 Zimbabwe 0.2804 kt 2050 — rising
64 Bulgaria 0.2768 kt 2050 — falling
65 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.2687 kt 1999 down 10.0% rising
66 Sweden 0.2521 kt 2050 — falling
67 El Salvador 0.2445 kt 2050 — rising
68 Myanmar 0.2373 kt 2050 — volatile
69 Norway 0.2313 kt 2050 — rising
70 Finland 0.2302 kt 2050 — flat
71 Belgium 0.2255 kt 2050 — falling
72 Saudi Arabia 0.2114 kt 2050 — volatile
73 Honduras 0.19 kt 2050 — volatile
74 Lithuania 0.1897 kt 2050 — rising
75 Sudan 0.1893 kt 2023 up 164.0% volatile
76 Burkina Faso 0.1865 kt 2050 — volatile
77 New Zealand 0.1778 kt 2050 — volatile
78 Costa Rica 0.1702 kt 2050 — rising
79 Austria 0.1581 kt 2050 — falling
80 Dominican Republic 0.1569 kt 2050 — volatile
81 Nicaragua 0.1542 kt 2050 — volatile
82 Portugal 0.1466 kt 2050 — falling
83 Cameroon 0.1415 kt 2050 — volatile
84 Sudan (former) 0.1376 kt 2011 up 25.1% rising
85 Slovakia 0.1316 kt 2050 — rising
86 Mozambique 0.1285 kt 2050 — volatile
87 Afghanistan 0.1245 kt 2050 — volatile
88 Somalia 0.1205 kt 2050 — volatile
89 Algeria 0.1202 kt 2050 — rising
90 Libya 0.1198 kt 2050 — volatile
91 Switzerland 0.1139 kt 2050 — rising
92 Cuba 0.1101 kt 2050 — volatile
93 Yemen 0.1008 kt 2050 — volatile
94 Ghana 0.1003 kt 2050 — volatile
95 Cambodia 0.0981 kt 2050 — volatile
96 Armenia 0.0906 kt 2050 — volatile
97 Israel 0.0847 kt 2050 — rising
98 Senegal 0.0831 kt 2050 — volatile
99 Kazakhstan 0.0818 kt 2050 — volatile
100 Kyrgyzstan 0.0787 kt 2050 — rising
101 Albania 0.0752 kt 2050 — volatile
102 Niger 0.0722 kt 2050 — volatile
103 Latvia 0.0677 kt 2050 — rising
104 Angola 0.0667 kt 2050 — volatile
105 Georgia 0.061 kt 2050 — falling
106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0605 kt 2050 — volatile
107 Madagascar 0.0579 kt 2050 — volatile
107 Panama 0.0579 kt 2050 — rising
109 Azerbaijan 0.0522 kt 2050 — volatile
110 Ethiopia PDR 0.0473 kt 1992 up 110.2% volatile
111 Slovenia 0.0454 kt 2050 — falling
112 North Macedonia 0.0411 kt 2050 — rising
113 Chad 0.039 kt 2050 — volatile
114 Uganda 0.0358 kt 2050 — volatile
115 Estonia 0.0349 kt 2050 — rising
116 United Arab Emirates 0.0321 kt 2050 — volatile
117 Lebanon 0.031 kt 2050 — rising
118 Papua New Guinea 0.0298 kt 2050 — volatile
119 Guinea 0.028 kt 2050 — volatile
120 Botswana 0.0276 kt 2023 down 20.0% volatile
121 Iceland 0.0264 kt 2050 — falling
122 Tajikistan 0.0246 kt 2050 — volatile
123 Liberia 0.0243 kt 2050 — volatile
124 Jordan 0.0238 kt 2050 — volatile
125 Nepal 0.0235 kt 2050 — volatile
126 Rwanda 0.0229 kt 2050 — volatile
127 Guyana 0.0218 kt 2050 — rising
128 Luxembourg 0.0214 kt 2050 — falling
129 Eswatini 0.0163 kt 2050 — rising
130 Mongolia 0.0154 kt 2050 — volatile
131 Palestine, State of 0.0148 kt 2050 — falling
132 Mauritius 0.0143 kt 2050 — falling
133 Suriname 0.0133 kt 2050 — volatile
134 Burundi 0.0124 kt 2050 — volatile
134 Haiti 0.0124 kt 2050 — volatile
136 Fiji 0.0118 kt 2050 — falling
137 Gambia 0.0115 kt 2050 — volatile
138 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0111 kt 2050 — falling
139 Cyprus 0.0104 kt 2050 — falling
140 Lesotho 0.0103 kt 2050 — volatile
141 Jamaica 0.0099 kt 2050 — falling
142 Belize 0.0091 kt 2050 — volatile
143 Namibia 0.0089 kt 2050 — volatile
144 Oman 0.008 kt 2050 — volatile
145 Mauritania 0.0079 kt 2050 — volatile
146 Sierra Leone 0.0057 kt 2050 — volatile
147 Bhutan 0.0042 kt 2050 — volatile
147 Guinea-Bissau 0.0042 kt 2023 down 2.3% volatile
149 Puerto Rico 0.0039 kt 2050 — rising
150 Montenegro 0.0036 kt 2050 — rising
151 Eritrea 0.0033 kt 2050 — volatile
152 Gabon 0.0024 kt 2050 — volatile
153 Barbados 0.0022 kt 2050 — volatile
154 Benin 0.0021 kt 2050 — volatile
155 Central African Republic 0.0019 kt 2050 — volatile
155 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0019 kt 2050 — falling
157 New Caledonia 0.0018 kt 2050 — volatile
158 French Guiana 0.0017 kt 2023 up 30.8% volatile
159 Bahrain 0.0015 kt 2050 — volatile
160 Togo 0.0012 kt 2050 — volatile
161 Kuwait 0.001 kt 2050 — volatile
161 Malta 0.001 kt 2050 — rising
161 Qatar 0.001 kt 2050 — volatile
164 French Polynesia 0.0008 kt 2050 — volatile
165 Bahamas 0.0007 kt 2021 down 36.4% volatile
165 Dominica 0.0007 kt 2050 — volatile
165 Faroe Islands 0.0007 kt 2050 — volatile
165 Martinique 0.0007 kt 2050 — volatile
169 Réunion 0.0006 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
170 Equatorial Guinea 0.0005 kt 2050 — volatile
170 Saint Lucia 0.0005 kt 2023 up 66.7% volatile
172 Congo 0.0004 kt 2050 — volatile
172 Brunei Darussalam 0.0004 kt 2050 — volatile
174 Maldives 0.0003 kt 2050 — volatile
175 Comoros 0.0002 kt 2023 — volatile
175 Grenada 0.0002 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
175 Greenland 0.0002 kt 2050 — volatile
175 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0002 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
175 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0002 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
180 Djibouti 0.0001 kt 2023 — volatile
180 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
180 Palau 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
180 Singapore 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
180 Seychelles 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
185 Aruba 0 kt 2023 — volatile
185 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt 2050 — volatile
185 Bermuda 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
185 Kiribati 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
185 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
185 South Sudan 0 kt 2050 — volatile
185 Tonga 0 kt 2050 — volatile
185 Samoa 0 kt 2050 — volatile
185 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 — volatile
185 Cook Islands 0 kt 2050 — volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that volatilises) (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).