Potatoes — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O) by country

Name: Potatoes — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

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

164

Highest

3.04 kt

USSR

Lowest

0 kt

Faroe Islands

Median

0.0177 kt

Years covered

1961–2050

Data points

11,587

What the numbers show

Potatoes — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 3.04 kt in USSR; the lowest is 0 kt in Faroe Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0177 kt, and the mean is 0.1298 kt.

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 84.6%), and the largest decrease in Czechoslovakia (down 22.4%).

Potatoes — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	USSR	3.04 kt	1991	down 11.4%	falling
2	China	2.74 kt	2050	—	rising
3	China, mainland	2.74 kt	2050	—	rising
3	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.1645 kt	2050	—	volatile
4	OECD	2.64 kt	2050	—	falling
4	Türkiye	0.1418 kt	2050	—	rising
5	India	1.76 kt	2050	—	volatile
6	Russian Federation	0.7825 kt	2050	—	falling
6	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	0.1244 kt	2050	—	volatile
7	Ukraine	0.6543 kt	2050	—	falling
7	United Republic of Tanzania	0.0834 kt	2050	—	volatile
8	Bangladesh	0.3217 kt	2050	—	volatile
8	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.0768 kt	2050	—	rising
9	Belarus	0.3197 kt	2050	—	falling
9	Syrian Arab Republic	0.0334 kt	2050	—	volatile
10	Poland	0.3176 kt	2050	—	volatile
10	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.0311 kt	2050	—	rising
11	Canada	0.2565 kt	2050	—	rising
11	Viet Nam	0.0297 kt	2050	—	volatile
12	Germany	0.2476 kt	2050	—	volatile
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0178 kt	2050	—	volatile
13	Pakistan	0.2138 kt	2050	—	volatile
13	Republic of Moldova	0.0176 kt	2050	—	falling
14	Malawi	0.1916 kt	2050	—	volatile
15	Kenya	0.1898 kt	2050	—	volatile
15	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.0026 kt	2050	—	falling
16	France	0.1476 kt	2050	—	falling
16	Timor-Leste	0.0004 kt	2050	—	volatile
17	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	0.1457 kt	2050	—	rising
17	Melanesia	0.0003 kt	2050	—	rising
18	Peru	0.1397 kt	2050	—	rising
18	Polynesia	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
19	Brazil	0.1371 kt	2050	—	rising
20	Nigeria	0.136 kt	2050	—	volatile
21	Yugoslav SFR	0.135 kt	1991	down 4.4%	falling
22	Romania	0.1338 kt	2050	—	falling
23	Egypt	0.1324 kt	2050	—	volatile
24	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	0.1287 kt	2050	—	falling
25	Nepal	0.1204 kt	2050	—	volatile
26	Colombia	0.1174 kt	2050	—	rising
27	Uganda	0.1043 kt	2050	—	volatile
28	Rwanda	0.1025 kt	2050	—	volatile
29	Kazakhstan	0.102 kt	2050	—	flat
30	Czechoslovakia	0.0957 kt	1992	down 22.4%	falling
31	Angola	0.0882 kt	2050	—	volatile
31	Caribbean	0.0137 kt	2050	—	rising
32	Indonesia	0.0809 kt	2050	—	volatile
32	Cabo Verde	0.0003 kt	2050	—	volatile
33	Mexico	0.079 kt	2050	—	rising
34	Algeria	0.0753 kt	2050	—	volatile
35	South Africa	0.0721 kt	2050	—	rising
36	Iraq	0.0719 kt	2050	—	volatile
37	Ethiopia	0.0712 kt	2050	—	rising
38	Belgium-Luxembourg	0.0699 kt	1999	up 67.2%	rising
39	Argentina	0.0661 kt	2050	—	falling
40	Spain	0.0633 kt	2050	—	falling
41	Morocco	0.063 kt	2050	—	rising
42	Belgium	0.0626 kt	2050	—	rising
43	Australia and New Zealand	0.0585 kt	2050	—	rising
44	Kyrgyzstan	0.0524 kt	2050	—	rising
45	Serbia and Montenegro	0.0493 kt	2005	down 8.7%	falling
46	Japan	0.0481 kt	2050	—	falling
47	Italy	0.0465 kt	2050	—	volatile
48	Australia	0.0442 kt	2050	—	rising
49	Azerbaijan	0.0437 kt	2050	—	rising
50	Chile	0.0419 kt	2050	—	falling
51	Afghanistan	0.0416 kt	2050	—	volatile
52	Uzbekistan	0.0391 kt	2050	—	rising
53	Myanmar	0.0373 kt	2050	—	volatile
54	Denmark	0.0346 kt	2050	—	rising
55	Saudi Arabia	0.0345 kt	2050	—	volatile
56	Madagascar	0.0335 kt	2050	—	rising
57	Ecuador	0.0331 kt	2050	—	flat
58	Serbia	0.0329 kt	2050	—	falling
59	Greece	0.0263 kt	2050	—	falling
60	Guatemala	0.0262 kt	2050	—	volatile
61	Lithuania	0.0261 kt	2050	—	volatile
62	Republic of Korea	0.0232 kt	2050	—	falling
63	Israel	0.0229 kt	2050	—	volatile
64	Sudan	0.0227 kt	2023	up 84.6%	rising
65	Ethiopia PDR	0.0223 kt	1992	up 12.6%	rising
66	Tajikistan	0.0221 kt	2050	—	rising
67	Czechia	0.0218 kt	2050	—	falling
68	Cameroon	0.0213 kt	2050	—	volatile
68	Yemen	0.0213 kt	2050	—	volatile
70	Latvia	0.0212 kt	2050	—	volatile
71	Sweden	0.0208 kt	2050	—	falling
72	Portugal	0.019 kt	2050	—	falling
73	Finland	0.018 kt	2050	—	falling
74	Austria	0.0168 kt	2050	—	volatile
75	Armenia	0.0166 kt	2050	—	falling
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0164 kt	2050	—	falling
77	Zimbabwe	0.0161 kt	2050	—	volatile
78	Hungary	0.0158 kt	2050	—	volatile
78	Libya	0.0158 kt	2050	—	rising
80	Tunisia	0.015 kt	2050	—	rising
81	Lebanon	0.0148 kt	2050	—	volatile
82	Georgia	0.0144 kt	2050	—	falling
83	New Zealand	0.0143 kt	2050	—	rising
84	Sudan (former)	0.0121 kt	2011	up 36.0%	volatile
85	Bulgaria	0.0118 kt	2050	—	falling
86	Thailand	0.011 kt	2050	—	volatile
87	Chad	0.0101 kt	2050	—	volatile
88	Switzerland	0.0099 kt	2050	—	falling
89	Ireland	0.0093 kt	2050	—	volatile
89	Slovakia	0.0093 kt	2050	—	volatile
91	Mozambique	0.0089 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	Croatia	0.0086 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	Norway	0.0086 kt	2050	—	falling
94	Cuba	0.0085 kt	2050	—	rising
95	Turkmenistan	0.0084 kt	2050	—	volatile
96	Jordan	0.0079 kt	2050	—	volatile
97	Mali	0.0074 kt	2050	—	volatile
98	Philippines	0.0065 kt	2050	—	volatile
99	Estonia	0.0061 kt	2050	—	volatile
99	North Macedonia	0.0061 kt	2050	—	flat
101	Burundi	0.006 kt	2050	—	volatile
101	Sri Lanka	0.006 kt	2050	—	rising
103	Mongolia	0.0055 kt	2050	—	volatile
104	Lesotho	0.0052 kt	2050	—	volatile
105	Uruguay	0.0051 kt	2050	—	falling
106	Albania	0.0047 kt	2050	—	rising
107	Bhutan	0.0044 kt	2050	—	rising
108	Costa Rica	0.0042 kt	2050	—	rising
109	Niger	0.004 kt	2050	—	volatile
110	Cyprus	0.0038 kt	2050	—	falling
111	Slovenia	0.0036 kt	2050	—	falling
112	Nicaragua	0.003 kt	2050	—	volatile
113	Dominican Republic	0.0029 kt	2050	—	rising
114	Palestine	0.0025 kt	2050	—	rising
115	Montenegro	0.0024 kt	2050	—	volatile
116	Honduras	0.0022 kt	2050	—	volatile
116	Panama	0.0022 kt	2050	—	rising
118	Eswatini	0.0019 kt	2050	—	rising
119	Haiti	0.0017 kt	2050	—	volatile
120	China, Taiwan Province of	0.0016 kt	2050	—	rising
121	Guinea	0.0015 kt	2050	—	volatile
121	Zambia	0.0015 kt	2050	—	volatile
123	Burkina Faso	0.0013 kt	2050	—	volatile
123	Eritrea	0.0013 kt	2050	—	volatile
125	Kuwait	0.001 kt	2050	—	volatile
126	Congo	0.0006 kt	2050	—	volatile
126	Jamaica	0.0006 kt	2050	—	falling
126	Mauritius	0.0006 kt	2050	—	rising
126	Namibia	0.0006 kt	2050	—	rising
126	Senegal	0.0006 kt	2050	—	volatile
126	Réunion	0.0006 kt	2050	—	volatile
132	Luxembourg	0.0005 kt	2050	—	falling
132	Malta	0.0005 kt	2050	—	falling
132	Oman	0.0005 kt	2050	—	volatile
132	El Salvador	0.0005 kt	2050	—	rising
136	Botswana	0.0004 kt	2023	up 33.3%	rising
136	Iceland	0.0004 kt	2050	—	falling
138	Mauritania	0.0003 kt	2050	—	volatile
139	United Arab Emirates	0.0002 kt	2050	—	volatile
139	Central African Republic	0.0002 kt	2050	—	volatile
141	Belize	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
141	New Caledonia	0.0001 kt	2050	—	falling
141	Papua New Guinea	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
141	Paraguay	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
141	French Polynesia	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
146	Comoros	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
146	Fiji	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
146	Faroe Islands	0 kt	2050	—	rising

Regions and income groups

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

World 12.96 kt
Asia 6.4 kt
Non-Annex I countries 8.54 kt
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.29 kt
Annex I countries 4.41 kt
Europe 3.42 kt
Eastern Asia 2.95 kt
Middle Africa 0.1384 kt
Southern Asia 2.63 kt
Eastern Europe 2.28 kt
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.11 kt
Americas 1.6 kt
Africa 1.48 kt
European Union (27) 1.44 kt
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.34 kt
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.18 kt
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.08 kt
Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.0154 kt
Northern America 0.8197 kt
Eastern Africa 0.8112 kt
Latin America and the Caribbean 0.7793 kt
South America 0.6483 kt
Western Europe 0.6306 kt
United States of America 0.5632 kt
Western Asia 0.4313 kt
Northern Africa 0.3014 kt
Northern Europe 0.2739 kt
Southern Europe 0.2303 kt
Central Asia 0.224 kt
South-Eastern Asia 0.1684 kt
Western Africa 0.1514 kt
Central America 0.1173 kt
Southern Africa 0.0798 kt
Oceania 0.0588 kt

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Indicator: Potatoes — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 204 places, 11,587 data points, 1961–2050
Last refreshed: 13 August 2026