Petroleum products — Emissions in Brazil
Brazil: Petroleum products — Emissions was 9.28 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Petroleum products — Emissions in Brazil, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 9.28 kt for petroleum products — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, petroleum products — emissions in Brazil peaked at 9.28 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.97 kt, in 1990.
That places Brazil 4th out of 143 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Petroleum products — Emissions in Brazil, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.97 kt | — |
| 1991 | 4.14 kt | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 4.25 kt | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 4.7 kt | +10.5% |
| 1994 | 4.93 kt | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 5.25 kt | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 5.5 kt | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 5.72 kt | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 5.55 kt | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 5.76 kt | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 5.59 kt | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 6.12 kt | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 6.02 kt | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 6.08 kt | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 6.01 kt | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 5.97 kt | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 6.05 kt | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 6.43 kt | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 7.17 kt | +11.5% |
| 2009 | 6.95 kt | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 7.28 kt | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 7.14 kt | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 7.42 kt | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 7.42 kt | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 7.79 kt | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 7.97 kt | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 6.6 kt | -17.2% |
| 2017 | 8.4 kt | +27.3% |
| 2018 | 8.41 kt | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8.62 kt | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 8.85 kt | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 8.61 kt | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 9.01 kt | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 9.28 kt | +3.0% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 9.28 kt is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0523 kt, 177.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 9.28 kt is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0323 kt, 286.8× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Petroleum products — Emissions in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +27.3% | 6.6 kt | 8.4 kt |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.98 kt | 3.97 kt | 5.76 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.24 kt | 5.59 kt | 7.17 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.71 kt | 6.6 kt | 8.62 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.94 kt | 8.61 kt | 9.28 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 1 OECD 51.82 kt compare
- 2 China 22.01 kt compare
- 2 Türkiye 3.78 kt compare
- 3 China, mainland 21.45 kt compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.61 kt compare
- 5 Japan 4.93 kt compare
- 6 Canada 4.77 kt compare
- 6 Viet Nam 0.4652 kt compare
- 7 Argentina 4.1 kt compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.336 kt compare
More climate change data for Brazil
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 8.54 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 564,343 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 124,669 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 439,674 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 470.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 15,703 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 67,360 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60,554 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 6,806 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 228.5 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is petroleum products — emissions in Brazil?
- Petroleum products — emissions in Brazil was 9.28 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest petroleum products — emissions recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 9.28 kt in 2023.
- What is the lowest petroleum products — emissions recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.97 kt in 1990.
- How does Brazil rank for petroleum products — emissions?
- Brazil ranks 4th out of 143 countries with data for 2023.
- Is petroleum products — emissions rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Petroleum products — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Energy use in agriculture contains data on energy used in agriculture (including forestry, aquaculture and fisheries), for instance to operate machinery, irrigate, heat stables, operate aquaculture ponds and fishing vessels, and related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It also includes on-farm use of, and related GHG emissions from, electricity and heat generated off-farm. Data are available by country and regional groups with global coverage and are updated annually.