Potatoes — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O) by country

Name: Potatoes — Crop residues (Indirect 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

156

Highest

0.6832 kt

USSR

Lowest

0 kt

Paraguay

Median

0.0047 kt

Years covered

1961–2050

Data points

11,587

What the numbers show

Potatoes — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O) is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 0.6832 kt in USSR; the lowest is 0 kt in Paraguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0047 kt, and the mean is 0.0307 kt.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 82.1%), and the largest decrease in Czechoslovakia (down 22.7%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	USSR	0.6832 kt	1991	down 11.4%	falling
2	China	0.6174 kt	2050	—	rising
3	China, mainland	0.617 kt	2050	—	rising
4	OECD	0.5933 kt	2050	—	falling
5	India	0.3957 kt	2050	—	volatile
6	Russian Federation	0.1761 kt	2050	—	falling
7	Ukraine	0.1472 kt	2050	—	falling
8	Bangladesh	0.0724 kt	2050	—	volatile
9	Belarus	0.0719 kt	2050	—	falling
10	Poland	0.0715 kt	2050	—	volatile
11	Canada	0.0577 kt	2050	—	rising
12	Germany	0.0557 kt	2050	—	volatile
13	Pakistan	0.0481 kt	2050	—	volatile
14	Malawi	0.0431 kt	2050	—	volatile
15	Kenya	0.0427 kt	2050	—	volatile
16	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.037 kt	2050	—	volatile
17	France	0.0332 kt	2050	—	falling
18	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	0.0328 kt	2050	—	rising
19	Türkiye	0.0319 kt	2050	—	rising
20	Peru	0.0314 kt	2050	—	rising
21	Brazil	0.0308 kt	2050	—	rising
22	Nigeria	0.0306 kt	2050	—	volatile
23	Yugoslav SFR	0.0304 kt	1991	down 4.4%	falling
24	Romania	0.0301 kt	2050	—	falling
25	Egypt	0.0298 kt	2050	—	volatile
26	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	0.029 kt	2050	—	falling
27	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	0.028 kt	2050	—	volatile
28	Nepal	0.0271 kt	2050	—	volatile
29	Colombia	0.0264 kt	2050	—	rising
30	Uganda	0.0235 kt	2050	—	volatile
31	Rwanda	0.0231 kt	2050	—	volatile
32	Kazakhstan	0.023 kt	2050	—	flat
33	Czechoslovakia	0.0215 kt	1992	down 22.7%	falling
34	Angola	0.0198 kt	2050	—	volatile
35	United Republic of Tanzania	0.0188 kt	2050	—	volatile
36	Indonesia	0.0182 kt	2050	—	volatile
37	Mexico	0.0178 kt	2050	—	rising
38	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.0173 kt	2050	—	rising
39	Algeria	0.0169 kt	2050	—	volatile
40	Iraq	0.0162 kt	2050	—	volatile
40	South Africa	0.0162 kt	2050	—	rising
42	Ethiopia	0.016 kt	2050	—	rising
43	Belgium-Luxembourg	0.0157 kt	1999	up 67.0%	rising
44	Argentina	0.0149 kt	2050	—	falling
45	Spain	0.0142 kt	2050	—	falling
45	Morocco	0.0142 kt	2050	—	rising
47	Belgium	0.0141 kt	2050	—	rising
48	Australia and New Zealand	0.0132 kt	2050	—	rising
49	Kyrgyzstan	0.0118 kt	2050	—	rising
50	Serbia and Montenegro	0.0111 kt	2005	down 9.0%	falling
51	Japan	0.0108 kt	2050	—	falling
52	Italy	0.0105 kt	2050	—	volatile
53	Australia	0.0099 kt	2050	—	rising
54	Azerbaijan	0.0098 kt	2050	—	rising
55	Afghanistan	0.0094 kt	2050	—	volatile
55	Chile	0.0094 kt	2050	—	falling
57	Uzbekistan	0.0088 kt	2050	—	rising
58	Myanmar	0.0084 kt	2050	—	volatile
59	Denmark	0.0078 kt	2050	—	rising
59	Saudi Arabia	0.0078 kt	2050	—	volatile
61	Madagascar	0.0075 kt	2050	—	rising
61	Syrian Arab Republic	0.0075 kt	2050	—	volatile
63	Ecuador	0.0074 kt	2050	—	flat
63	Serbia	0.0074 kt	2050	—	falling
65	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.007 kt	2050	—	rising
66	Viet Nam	0.0067 kt	2050	—	volatile
67	Greece	0.0059 kt	2050	—	falling
67	Guatemala	0.0059 kt	2050	—	volatile
67	Lithuania	0.0059 kt	2050	—	volatile
70	Israel	0.0052 kt	2050	—	volatile
70	Republic of Korea	0.0052 kt	2050	—	falling
72	Sudan	0.0051 kt	2023	up 82.1%	rising
73	Tajikistan	0.005 kt	2050	—	rising
73	Ethiopia PDR	0.005 kt	1992	up 11.1%	rising
75	Czechia	0.0049 kt	2050	—	falling
76	Cameroon	0.0048 kt	2050	—	volatile
76	Latvia	0.0048 kt	2050	—	volatile
76	Yemen	0.0048 kt	2050	—	volatile
79	Sweden	0.0047 kt	2050	—	falling
80	Portugal	0.0043 kt	2050	—	falling
81	Finland	0.004 kt	2050	—	falling
81	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.004 kt	2050	—	volatile
81	Republic of Moldova	0.004 kt	2050	—	falling
84	Austria	0.0038 kt	2050	—	volatile
85	Armenia	0.0037 kt	2050	—	falling
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0037 kt	2050	—	falling
87	Hungary	0.0036 kt	2050	—	volatile
87	Libya	0.0036 kt	2050	—	rising
87	Zimbabwe	0.0036 kt	2050	—	volatile
90	Tunisia	0.0034 kt	2050	—	rising
91	Lebanon	0.0033 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	Georgia	0.0032 kt	2050	—	falling
92	New Zealand	0.0032 kt	2050	—	rising
94	Caribbean	0.0031 kt	2050	—	rising
95	Sudan (former)	0.0027 kt	2011	up 35.0%	volatile
96	Bulgaria	0.0026 kt	2050	—	falling
97	Thailand	0.0025 kt	2050	—	volatile
98	Chad	0.0023 kt	2050	—	volatile
99	Switzerland	0.0022 kt	2050	—	falling
100	Ireland	0.0021 kt	2050	—	volatile
100	Slovakia	0.0021 kt	2050	—	volatile
102	Mozambique	0.002 kt	2050	—	volatile
103	Cuba	0.0019 kt	2050	—	flat
103	Croatia	0.0019 kt	2050	—	volatile
103	Norway	0.0019 kt	2050	—	falling
103	Turkmenistan	0.0019 kt	2050	—	volatile
107	Jordan	0.0018 kt	2050	—	volatile
108	Mali	0.0017 kt	2050	—	volatile
109	Philippines	0.0015 kt	2050	—	volatile
110	Estonia	0.0014 kt	2050	—	volatile
110	North Macedonia	0.0014 kt	2050	—	flat
112	Burundi	0.0013 kt	2050	—	volatile
112	Sri Lanka	0.0013 kt	2050	—	rising
114	Lesotho	0.0012 kt	2050	—	volatile
114	Mongolia	0.0012 kt	2050	—	volatile
116	Albania	0.0011 kt	2050	—	rising
116	Uruguay	0.0011 kt	2050	—	falling
118	Bhutan	0.001 kt	2050	—	rising
119	Costa Rica	0.0009 kt	2050	—	rising
119	Cyprus	0.0009 kt	2050	—	falling
119	Niger	0.0009 kt	2050	—	volatile
122	Slovenia	0.0008 kt	2050	—	falling
123	Nicaragua	0.0007 kt	2050	—	volatile
124	Dominican Republic	0.0006 kt	2050	—	rising
124	Palestine	0.0006 kt	2050	—	rising
124	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.0006 kt	2050	—	volatile
127	Honduras	0.0005 kt	2050	—	volatile
127	Montenegro	0.0005 kt	2050	—	volatile
127	Panama	0.0005 kt	2050	—	rising
130	Haiti	0.0004 kt	2050	—	volatile
130	Eswatini	0.0004 kt	2050	—	rising
130	China, Taiwan Province of	0.0004 kt	2050	—	rising
133	Burkina Faso	0.0003 kt	2050	—	volatile
133	Eritrea	0.0003 kt	2050	—	volatile
133	Guinea	0.0003 kt	2050	—	volatile
133	Zambia	0.0003 kt	2050	—	volatile
137	Kuwait	0.0002 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	United Arab Emirates	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	Botswana	0.0001 kt	2023	unchanged	flat
138	Congo	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	Iceland	0.0001 kt	2050	—	rising
138	Jamaica	0.0001 kt	2050	—	falling
138	Luxembourg	0.0001 kt	2050	—	falling
138	Malta	0.0001 kt	2050	—	falling
138	Mauritania	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	Mauritius	0.0001 kt	2050	—	rising
138	Namibia	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	Oman	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	Senegal	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	El Salvador	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	Timor-Leste	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	Cabo Verde	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	Melanesia	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	Réunion	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
155	Central African Republic	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
155	Paraguay	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.

World 2.92 kt
Non-Annex I countries 1.92 kt
Asia 1.44 kt
Annex I countries 0.9926 kt
Europe 0.7693 kt
Eastern Asia 0.6627 kt
Southern Asia 0.592 kt
Eastern Europe 0.5139 kt
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.4756 kt
Americas 0.3598 kt
Africa 0.3335 kt
European Union (27) 0.3237 kt
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.3011 kt
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.2898 kt
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.2657 kt
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.2436 kt
Northern America 0.1844 kt
Eastern Africa 0.1825 kt
Latin America and the Caribbean 0.1753 kt
South America 0.1459 kt
Western Europe 0.1419 kt
United States of America 0.1267 kt
Western Asia 0.097 kt
Northern Africa 0.0678 kt
Northern Europe 0.0616 kt
Southern Europe 0.0518 kt
Central Asia 0.0504 kt
South-eastern Asia 0.0379 kt
Western Africa 0.0341 kt
Middle Africa 0.0311 kt
Central America 0.0264 kt
Southern Africa 0.0179 kt
Oceania 0.0132 kt
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 0.0035 kt

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Indicator: Potatoes — Crop residues (Indirect 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: 24 October 2026