Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...
What the numbers show
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 18 countries. The highest value is 603.55 kt in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.8065 kt in Hungary.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.94 kt, and the mean is 71.72 kt.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 748.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 270.2%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 72.5%).
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 603.55 kt | 2012 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 2 | Japan | 480.18 kt | 2020 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 3 | Italy | 63.28 kt | 2020 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 24.38 kt | 2020 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 5 | Colombia | 24.13 kt | 2014 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 6 | Paraguay | 23.84 kt | 2015 | up 270.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 21.48 kt | 2020 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 8 | Spain | 16.74 kt | 2020 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 10.46 kt | 2020 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 5.42 kt | 2020 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 11 | Portugal | 4.56 kt | 2020 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 4.45 kt | 2020 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Ukraine | 3.32 kt | 2020 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 14 | France | 1.53 kt | 2020 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 15 | North Macedonia | 1.21 kt | 2014 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 16 | Romania | 0.8495 kt | 2020 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Australia | 0.8271 kt | 2020 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Hungary | 0.8065 kt | 2020 | up 49.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1,268 kt
- Annex I countries 1,246 kt
- United States of America 629.62 kt
- European Union (27) 97.64 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 21.48 kt
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf