Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre by country
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
111
Highest
0.0089 kt per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Mauritius
Median
0 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
6,585
What the numbers show
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 0.0089 kt per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Mauritius.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0004 kt per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 871.5%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 0.0089 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 2 | Philippines | 0.0054 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 3 | Vietnam | 0.004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 4 | Thailand | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 5 | Cambodia | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 7 | India | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 8 | Gambia | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Myanmar | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 10 | Indonesia | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 12 | Guinea | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Nepal | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 14 | Japan | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 15 | Sierra Leone | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 16 | Pakistan | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 17 | Madagascar | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.2% | rising |
| 18 | Burundi | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 871.5% | volatile |
| 19 | China | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 20 | Nigeria | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 21 | East Timor | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Laos | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 23 | Italy | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 24 | Malaysia | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 26 | Ecuador | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Uruguay | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Haiti | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 29 | Guyana | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Egypt | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 32 | Portugal | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 33 | Senegal | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 267.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 35 | Cuba | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.5% | rising |
| 36 | Ghana | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Greece | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 38 | Rwanda | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Suriname | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 40 | Peru | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 41 | Uganda | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 43 | Paraguay | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Malawi | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 45 | Spain | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.7% | rising |
| 46 | Mali | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Brunei | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 48 | United States | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 49 | Turkey | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 51 | Benin | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Mozambique | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Liberia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 54 | Bulgaria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 55 | Bhutan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.8% | flat |
| 56 | Afghanistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 57 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Togo | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Mauritania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Cameroon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 64 | Panama | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 65 | Argentina | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 66 | Fiji | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 68 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Brazil | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 70 | France | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 71 | Comoros | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 73 | Chad | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.7% | falling |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Angola | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Ethiopia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Hungary | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 81 | South Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 82 | Chile | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 83 | Kenya | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Zambia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Morocco | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 86 | Central African Republic | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 410.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Belize | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 88 | Guatemala | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 89 | Russia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 90 | Romania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Honduras | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.1% | flat |
| 92 | Niger | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 93 | Iraq | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.4% | rising |
| 94 | Mexico | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 95 | El Salvador | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Australia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Eswatini | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Ukraine | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.9% | falling |
| 99 | Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 100 | Congo | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 101 | South Africa | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 102 | Somalia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Papua New Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 104 | Gabon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Zimbabwe | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Syria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 1996 | unchanged | volatile |
| 108 | Algeria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Albania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 1995 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 109 | Jamaica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Mauritius | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0002 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Rice Cultivation — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.