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Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) by country

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Countries reporting
115
Highest
137,145 kt
China (People’s Republic of)
Lowest
0 kt
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
224.97 kt
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
9,899

What the numbers show

Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 115 countries. The highest value is 137,145 kt in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 0 kt in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 224.97 kt, and the mean is 6,650 kt.

Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 75.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China (People’s Republic of) 137,145 kt 2050 — falling
2 China, mainland 135,860 kt 2050 — falling
3 India 100,647 kt 2050 — rising
4 Indonesia 74,324 kt 2050 — rising
5 Myanmar 43,658 kt 2050 — rising
6 Philippines 40,521 kt 2050 — rising
7 OECD 34,592 kt 2050 — falling
8 Bangladesh 30,209 kt 2050 — rising
9 Thailand 26,939 kt 2050 — rising
10 Cambodia 18,975 kt 2050 — rising
11 Nigeria 14,692 kt 2050 — volatile
12 Pakistan 10,508 kt 2050 — rising
13 Madagascar 8,024 kt 2050 — rising
14 Egypt 7,840 kt 2050 — rising
15 Japan 7,004 kt 2050 — falling
16 Brazil 5,021 kt 2050 — falling
17 USSR 4,699 kt 1991 down 5.5% rising
18 Nepal 4,399 kt 2050 — rising
19 Colombia 4,340 kt 2050 — rising
20 Republic of Korea 4,219 kt 2050 — falling
21 Malaysia 3,543 kt 2050 — rising
22 Peru 3,320 kt 2050 — volatile
23 Italy 3,210 kt 2050 — rising
24 Guinea 3,052 kt 2050 — volatile
25 Argentina 2,821 kt 2050 — rising
26 Ecuador 2,345 kt 2050 — rising
27 Burkina Faso 2,313 kt 2050 — volatile
28 Sri Lanka 2,061 kt 2050 — rising
29 Russian Federation 2,049 kt 2050 — rising
30 Dominican Republic 1,834 kt 2050 — rising
31 Uruguay 1,725 kt 2050 — volatile
32 Spain 1,539 kt 2050 — rising
33 Mali 1,514 kt 2050 — volatile
34 Cuba 1,500 kt 2050 — rising
35 Iraq 1,485 kt 2050 — rising
36 Mozambique 1,476 kt 2050 — volatile
37 China, Taiwan Province of 1,286 kt 2050 — falling
38 Sierra Leone 1,195 kt 2050 — rising
39 Afghanistan 1,157 kt 2050 — falling
40 Australia 1,008 kt 2050 — volatile
40 Australia and New Zealand 1,008 kt 2050 — volatile
42 Guyana 883.44 kt 2050 — rising
43 Senegal 633.04 kt 2050 — volatile
44 Ghana 620.71 kt 2050 — volatile
45 Uganda 596.73 kt 2050 — volatile
46 Kazakhstan 525.95 kt 2050 — rising
47 Suriname 469.9 kt 2050 — rising
48 Portugal 353.52 kt 2050 — falling
49 Greece 334.31 kt 2050 — rising
50 Uzbekistan 326.09 kt 2050 — volatile
51 Haiti 283.32 kt 2050 — rising
52 Mauritania 273.8 kt 2050 — volatile
53 Turkmenistan 269.35 kt 2050 — falling
54 Paraguay 266.62 kt 2050 — volatile
55 France 264.07 kt 2050 — falling
56 Chad 241.34 kt 2050 — volatile
57 Malawi 225.88 kt 2050 — volatile
58 Guinea-Bissau 224.97 kt 2050 — rising
59 Ukraine 221.89 kt 2050 — falling
60 Mexico 203.02 kt 2050 — volatile
61 Gambia 196.28 kt 2050 — volatile
62 Cameroon 187.59 kt 2050 — volatile
63 Chile 157.33 kt 2050 — falling
64 Liberia 123.44 kt 2050 — rising
65 South Sudan 118.66 kt 2023 up 75.0% rising
66 Burundi 118.06 kt 2050 — volatile
67 Rwanda 106.56 kt 2050 — volatile
68 Benin 105.74 kt 2050 — volatile
69 Tajikistan 104.06 kt 2050 — flat
70 Central African Republic 91.39 kt 2050 — volatile
71 Angola 88.62 kt 2050 — volatile
72 Bhutan 84.37 kt 2050 — falling
73 Niger 81.32 kt 2050 — rising
74 French Guiana 74.51 kt 2050 — volatile
75 Morocco 68.85 kt 2050 — rising
76 Yugoslav SFR 68.15 kt 1991 down 1.1% rising
77 Nicaragua 64.95 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
78 Kenya 61 kt 2050 — volatile
79 Costa Rica 57.86 kt 2050 — falling
80 Zambia 54 kt 2050 — volatile
81 Panama 46.7 kt 2050 — falling
82 Romania 44.58 kt 2050 — volatile
83 Bulgaria 40.82 kt 2050 — falling
84 Kyrgyzstan 36.86 kt 2050 — rising
85 Ethiopia 29.42 kt 2050 — volatile
86 Comoros 28.24 kt 2050 — volatile
87 Togo 27.1 kt 2050 — volatile
88 Sudan (former) 26.34 kt 2011 up 9.1% volatile
89 North Macedonia 25.66 kt 2050 — falling
90 Somalia 20.38 kt 2050 — volatile
91 Hungary 20.1 kt 2050 — volatile
92 Sudan 19.53 kt 2023 down 34.1% falling
93 Fiji 19.15 kt 2050 — falling
94 Azerbaijan 11.78 kt 2050 — rising
95 Trinidad and Tobago 11.03 kt 2050 — volatile
96 Honduras 9.25 kt 2050 — falling
97 Guatemala 9.09 kt 2050 — falling
98 South Africa 8.07 kt 2050 — falling
99 Brunei Darussalam 5.71 kt 2050 — volatile
100 El Salvador 5.54 kt 2050 — volatile
101 Solomon Islands 5.34 kt 2050 — volatile
102 Algeria 4.45 kt 2050 — volatile
103 Congo 3.09 kt 2050 — volatile
104 Belize 3.06 kt 2050 — rising
105 Zimbabwe 2.83 kt 2050 — volatile
106 Papua New Guinea 2.26 kt 2050 — falling
107 Gabon 1.25 kt 2050 — rising
108 Réunion 0.4312 kt 2050 — volatile
109 Eswatini 0.3164 kt 2050 — volatile
110 Jamaica 0.028 kt 2050 — volatile
111 Albania 0 kt 1995 down 100.0% falling
111 Mauritius 0 kt 2050 — volatile
111 Puerto Rico 0 kt 2050 — volatile
111 Saudi Arabia 0 kt 2050 — volatile
111 China, Hong Kong SAR 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.

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Indicator
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
163 places, 9,899 data points, 1961–2050
Last refreshed

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