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Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Direct emissions N2O) 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
216
Highest
491.03 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Niue
Median
0.8029 kt
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
14,463

What the numbers show

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Direct emissions N2O) is currently reported for 216 countries. The highest value is 491.03 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8029 kt, and the mean is 14.3 kt.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 163.9%), and the largest decrease in Kiribati (down 100.0%).

Nutrient nitrogen N: Synthetic fertilizers (Direct): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 491.03 kt 2050 — volatile
2 China, mainland 487.69 kt 2050 — volatile
3 OECD 462.38 kt 2050 — rising
4 India 435.07 kt 2050 — volatile
5 Brazil 134.2 kt 2050 — volatile
6 USSR 122.23 kt 1991 down 7.2% volatile
7 Pakistan 99.28 kt 2050 — volatile
8 Indonesia 58.67 kt 2050 — volatile
9 Canada 35.64 kt 2050 — volatile
10 France 35.12 kt 2050 — rising
11 Bangladesh 32.2 kt 2050 — volatile
12 Mexico 31.13 kt 2050 — rising
13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 30.15 kt 2050 — volatile
14 Egypt 28.73 kt 2050 — rising
15 Argentina 28.01 kt 2050 — volatile
16 Türkiye 27.13 kt 2050 — volatile
17 Germany 26.77 kt 2050 — falling
18 Russian Federation 25.21 kt 2050 — rising
19 Thailand 24.83 kt 2050 — volatile
20 Australia and New Zealand 22.17 kt 2050 — volatile
21 Viet Nam 21.31 kt 2050 — volatile
22 Australia 20.39 kt 2050 — volatile
23 Philippines 19.31 kt 2050 — volatile
24 Poland 16.47 kt 2050 — rising
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.84 kt 2050 — rising
26 Uzbekistan 15.31 kt 2050 — rising
27 Spain 14.85 kt 2050 — rising
28 Italy 12.44 kt 2050 — flat
29 South Africa 11.27 kt 2050 — rising
30 Ukraine 10.8 kt 2050 — volatile
31 Iraq 10.57 kt 2050 — volatile
32 Belarus 10.13 kt 2050 — rising
33 Morocco 9.91 kt 2050 — volatile
34 Malaysia 9.77 kt 2050 — volatile
35 Nigeria 9.56 kt 2050 — volatile
36 Colombia 9.1 kt 2050 — volatile
37 Ethiopia 7.35 kt 2050 — volatile
38 Syrian Arab Republic 7.21 kt 2050 — volatile
39 Malawi 6.52 kt 2050 — volatile
40 Serbia 6.38 kt 2050 — rising
41 Turkmenistan 6.3 kt 2050 — volatile
42 Peru 6.24 kt 2050 — volatile
43 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5.65 kt 2050 — volatile
44 Japan 5.31 kt 2050 — falling
45 Sri Lanka 5.14 kt 2050 — volatile
46 Ireland 5.03 kt 2050 — rising
47 Chile 4.81 kt 2050 — volatile
48 Zambia 4.76 kt 2050 — volatile
49 Yugoslav SFR 4.53 kt 1991 down 39.6% rising
50 Hungary 4.48 kt 2050 — falling
51 Republic of Korea 4.46 kt 2050 — falling
52 Uruguay 4.44 kt 2050 — volatile
53 Czechoslovakia 4.4 kt 1992 down 55.8% rising
54 Serbia and Montenegro 4.35 kt 2005 up 114.7% rising
55 Kenya 4.34 kt 2050 — volatile
56 Romania 4.21 kt 2050 — volatile
57 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4.17 kt 2050 — falling
58 Croatia 4.01 kt 2050 — rising
59 United Republic of Tanzania 3.99 kt 2050 — volatile
60 Guatemala 3.91 kt 2050 — volatile
61 Tunisia 3.8 kt 2050 — volatile
62 Czechia 3.49 kt 2050 — rising
63 Greece 3.45 kt 2050 — falling
64 Ecuador 3.43 kt 2050 — volatile
65 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3.33 kt 2050 — volatile
66 China, Taiwan Province of 3.32 kt 2050 — falling
67 Mali 3.29 kt 2050 — volatile
68 Caribbean 3.08 kt 2050 — falling
69 Paraguay 3.07 kt 2050 — volatile
70 Denmark 2.9 kt 2050 — falling
71 Zimbabwe 2.8 kt 2050 — rising
72 Bulgaria 2.77 kt 2050 — falling
73 Belgium-Luxembourg 2.69 kt 1999 down 10.0% rising
74 Sweden 2.52 kt 2050 — falling
75 El Salvador 2.45 kt 2050 — rising
76 Myanmar 2.37 kt 2050 — volatile
77 Norway 2.31 kt 2050 — rising
78 Finland 2.3 kt 2050 — flat
79 Belgium 2.26 kt 2050 — falling
80 Saudi Arabia 2.11 kt 2050 — volatile
81 Honduras 1.9 kt 2050 — volatile
82 Lithuania 1.9 kt 2050 — rising
83 Sudan 1.89 kt 2023 up 163.9% volatile
84 Burkina Faso 1.87 kt 2050 — volatile
85 New Zealand 1.78 kt 2050 — volatile
86 Costa Rica 1.7 kt 2050 — rising
87 Austria 1.58 kt 2050 — falling
88 Dominican Republic 1.57 kt 2050 — volatile
89 Nicaragua 1.54 kt 2050 — volatile
90 Portugal 1.47 kt 2050 — falling
91 Cameroon 1.41 kt 2050 — volatile
92 Sudan (former) 1.38 kt 2011 up 25.1% rising
93 Slovakia 1.32 kt 2050 — rising
94 Mozambique 1.28 kt 2050 — volatile
95 Afghanistan 1.24 kt 2050 — volatile
96 Somalia 1.21 kt 2050 — volatile
97 Algeria 1.2 kt 2050 — rising
98 Libya 1.2 kt 2050 — volatile
99 Switzerland 1.14 kt 2050 — rising
100 Cuba 1.1 kt 2050 — volatile
101 Yemen 1.01 kt 2050 — volatile
102 Ghana 1 kt 2050 — volatile
103 Cambodia 0.981 kt 2050 — volatile
104 Côte d'Ivoire 0.9572 kt 2050 — volatile
105 Armenia 0.9056 kt 2050 — volatile
106 Israel 0.8469 kt 2050 — rising
107 Senegal 0.8308 kt 2050 — volatile
108 Kazakhstan 0.8182 kt 2050 — volatile
109 Kyrgyzstan 0.7875 kt 2050 — rising
110 Albania 0.7524 kt 2050 — volatile
111 Niger 0.7219 kt 2050 — volatile
112 Latvia 0.6772 kt 2050 — rising
113 Angola 0.6666 kt 2050 — volatile
114 Georgia 0.6101 kt 2050 — falling
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6046 kt 2050 — volatile
116 Panama 0.5791 kt 2050 — rising
117 Madagascar 0.5789 kt 2050 — volatile
118 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.5776 kt 2050 — volatile
119 Azerbaijan 0.5218 kt 2050 — volatile
120 Ethiopia PDR 0.473 kt 1992 up 110.5% volatile
121 Slovenia 0.4539 kt 2050 — falling
122 Melanesia 0.4341 kt 2050 — rising
123 North Macedonia 0.4108 kt 2050 — rising
124 Chad 0.39 kt 2050 — volatile
125 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.3699 kt 2050 — volatile
126 Uganda 0.358 kt 2050 — volatile
127 Estonia 0.3489 kt 2050 — rising
128 Republic of Moldova 0.3401 kt 2050 — volatile
129 United Arab Emirates 0.3213 kt 2050 — volatile
130 Lebanon 0.3103 kt 2050 — rising
131 Papua New Guinea 0.2981 kt 2050 — volatile
132 Guinea 0.2799 kt 2050 — volatile
133 Botswana 0.2757 kt 2023 down 20.2% volatile
134 Iceland 0.2641 kt 2050 — falling
135 Tajikistan 0.2458 kt 2050 — volatile
136 Liberia 0.2425 kt 2050 — volatile
137 Jordan 0.2383 kt 2050 — volatile
138 Nepal 0.2347 kt 2050 — volatile
139 Rwanda 0.2292 kt 2050 — volatile
140 Guyana 0.2184 kt 2050 — rising
141 Luxembourg 0.2143 kt 2050 — falling
142 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.1814 kt 2050 — volatile
143 Eswatini 0.1633 kt 2050 — rising
144 Mongolia 0.154 kt 2050 — volatile
145 Palestine 0.1482 kt 2050 — falling
146 Mauritius 0.1432 kt 2050 — falling
147 Suriname 0.1328 kt 2050 — volatile
148 Burundi 0.1245 kt 2050 — volatile
149 Haiti 0.1236 kt 2050 — volatile
150 Fiji 0.1184 kt 2050 — falling
151 Gambia 0.1146 kt 2050 — volatile
152 Trinidad and Tobago 0.111 kt 2050 — falling
153 Cyprus 0.1042 kt 2050 — falling
154 Lesotho 0.1029 kt 2050 — volatile
155 Jamaica 0.0989 kt 2050 — falling
156 Belize 0.0911 kt 2050 — volatile
157 Namibia 0.0887 kt 2050 — volatile
158 Oman 0.0801 kt 2050 — volatile
159 Mauritania 0.0794 kt 2050 — volatile
160 Sierra Leone 0.0573 kt 2050 — volatile
161 Bhutan 0.0424 kt 2050 — volatile
162 Guinea-Bissau 0.0423 kt 2023 down 1.6% volatile
163 Puerto Rico 0.0393 kt 2050 — rising
164 Montenegro 0.0356 kt 2050 — rising
165 Eritrea 0.033 kt 2050 — volatile
166 Gabon 0.0238 kt 2050 — volatile
167 Barbados 0.0224 kt 2050 — volatile
168 Benin 0.021 kt 2050 — volatile
169 Central African Republic 0.0188 kt 2050 — volatile
170 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0186 kt 2050 — falling
171 New Caledonia 0.0176 kt 2050 — volatile
172 French Guiana 0.0167 kt 2023 up 30.5% volatile
173 Bahrain 0.0155 kt 2050 — volatile
174 Togo 0.0124 kt 2050 — volatile
175 Kuwait 0.0101 kt 2050 — volatile
175 Qatar 0.0101 kt 2050 — volatile
177 Malta 0.0096 kt 2050 — rising
178 Polynesia 0.0083 kt 2050 — volatile
179 French Polynesia 0.0076 kt 2050 — volatile
180 Dominica 0.0074 kt 2050 — volatile
180 Martinique 0.0074 kt 2050 — volatile
182 Bahamas 0.0071 kt 2021 down 34.9% volatile
183 Faroe Islands 0.0065 kt 2050 — volatile
184 Réunion 0.0061 kt 2023 up 1.7% volatile
185 Saint Lucia 0.0049 kt 2023 up 53.1% volatile
186 Equatorial Guinea 0.0047 kt 2050 — volatile
187 Brunei Darussalam 0.0041 kt 2050 — volatile
188 Congo 0.0036 kt 2050 — volatile
189 Maldives 0.0033 kt 2050 — volatile
190 Greenland 0.0023 kt 2050 — volatile
191 Grenada 0.0022 kt 2023 up 4.8% volatile
192 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0021 kt 2023 up 90.9% volatile
192 Cabo Verde 0.0021 kt 2023 up 50.0% volatile
194 Comoros 0.0017 kt 2023 — volatile
195 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0015 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
196 Seychelles 0.0014 kt 2050 — volatile
197 Micronesia 0.0012 kt 2050 — volatile
198 Djibouti 0.0008 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
199 Singapore 0.0007 kt 2050 — volatile
199 Timor-Leste 0.0007 kt 2050 — volatile
201 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0006 kt 2050 — volatile
201 Palau 0.0006 kt 2050 — volatile
201 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.0006 kt 2050 — volatile
204 Cook Islands 0.0004 kt 2050 — volatile
205 Samoa 0.0003 kt 2050 — volatile
206 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0002 kt 2050 — volatile
206 Bermuda 0.0002 kt 2023 down 75.0% volatile
208 Aruba 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 Kiribati 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
208 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
208 South Sudan 0 kt 2050 — volatile
208 Tonga 0 kt 2050 — volatile
208 Tuvalu 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% falling
208 Vanuatu 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 — volatile
208 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.

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Indicator
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Direct emissions N2O)
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).