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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
200
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 200 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 15.05 kt.

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