How does Philippines rank for rice cultivation — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per capita?

Philippines ranks 7th out of 111 countries with data for 2023.

Is rice cultivation — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per capita rising or falling in Philippines?

Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita in Philippines

Name: Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita in Philippines
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Philippines: Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita was 0.0004 kt per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.0004 kt per person

Change on year

down 0.6%

World rank

7th

of 111 countries

All-time high

0.001 kt per person

in 1961

All-time low

0.0004 kt per person

in 1998

Years of data

1961–2023

Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita in Philippines, 1961–2023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per person.

Analysis

In 2023, rice cultivation — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per capita in Philippines stood at 0.0004 kt per person.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rice cultivation — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per capita in Philippines peaked at 0.001 kt per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 kt per person, in 1998.

That places Philippines 7th out of 111 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita in Philippines, year by year

Annual values for Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita in Philippines, 1961 to 2023.
Year	kt per person	Change
1961	0.001 kt per person	—
1962	0.001 kt per person	-3.7%
1963	0.0009 kt per person	-5.4%
1964	0.0009 kt per person	+0.5%
1965	0.0009 kt per person	-5.8%
1966	0.0009 kt per person	-3.4%
1967	0.0009 kt per person	+3.6%
1968	0.0009 kt per person	-2.0%
1969	0.0008 kt per person	-6.8%
1970	0.0008 kt per person	-2.6%
1971	0.0008 kt per person	+1.9%
1972	0.0008 kt per person	-6.3%
1973	0.0008 kt per person	+8.0%
1974	0.0008 kt per person	+0.8%
1975	0.0008 kt per person	-1.1%
1976	0.0008 kt per person	-3.4%
1977	0.0008 kt per person	-3.7%
1978	0.0007 kt per person	-3.8%
1979	0.0007 kt per person	-0.6%
1980	0.0007 kt per person	-7.3%
1981	0.0007 kt per person	-3.0%
1982	0.0006 kt per person	-8.5%
1983	0.0006 kt per person	-5.8%
1984	0.0006 kt per person	-0.3%
1985	0.0006 kt per person	+2.8%
1986	0.0006 kt per person	-2.5%
1987	0.0005 kt per person	-6.8%
1988	0.0005 kt per person	+1.4%
1989	0.0005 kt per person	+0.5%
1990	0.0005 kt per person	-7.5%
1991	0.0005 kt per person	+0.8%
1992	0.0005 kt per person	-8.8%
1993	0.0005 kt per person	+0.2%
1994	0.0005 kt per person	+8.8%
1995	0.0005 kt per person	+0.7%
1996	0.0005 kt per person	+2.7%
1997	0.0005 kt per person	-5.0%
1998	0.0004 kt per person	-19.5%
1999	0.0005 kt per person	+23.0%
2000	0.0005 kt per person	-1.4%
2001	0.0005 kt per person	-1.5%
2002	0.0005 kt per person	-2.5%
2003	0.0004 kt per person	-2.9%
2004	0.0004 kt per person	+1.0%
2005	0.0004 kt per person	-3.2%
2006	0.0004 kt per person	+0.5%
2007	0.0004 kt per person	+0.9%
2008	0.0005 kt per person	+2.5%
2009	0.0004 kt per person	-0.2%
2010	0.0004 kt per person	-5.9%
2011	0.0004 kt per person	+2.2%
2012	0.0004 kt per person	+1.4%
2013	0.0004 kt per person	-0.7%
2014	0.0004 kt per person	-1.8%
2015	0.0004 kt per person	-3.2%
2016	0.0004 kt per person	-3.5%
2017	0.0004 kt per person	+4.3%
2018	0.0004 kt per person	-1.5%
2019	0.0004 kt per person	-4.3%
2020	0.0004 kt per person	+0.3%
2021	0.0004 kt per person	+0.9%
2022	0.0004 kt per person	-0.8%
2023	0.0004 kt per person	-0.6%

Philippines compared with similar countries

Philippines's 0.0004 kt per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0 kt per person, 26.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Philippines's 0.0004 kt per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0001 kt per person, 3.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0009 kt per person	0.0008 kt per person	0.001 kt per person	9
1970s	0.0008 kt per person	0.0007 kt per person	0.0008 kt per person	10
1980s	0.0006 kt per person	0.0005 kt per person	0.0007 kt per person	10
1990s	0.0005 kt per person	0.0004 kt per person	0.0005 kt per person	10
2000s	0.0004 kt per person	0.0004 kt per person	0.0005 kt per person	10
2010s	0.0004 kt per person	0.0004 kt per person	0.0004 kt per person	10
2020s	0.0004 kt per person	0.0004 kt per person	0.0004 kt per person	4

Countries ranked near Philippines

4 Suriname 0.0006 kt per person compare
5 Myanmar 0.0005 kt per person compare
6 Guinea 0.0005 kt per person compare
8 Vietnam 0.0004 kt per person compare
9 Uruguay 0.0003 kt per person compare
10 Madagascar 0.0003 kt per person compare

See the full ranking of 112 places →

More climate change data for Philippines

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.23 billion kg (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 32,008 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 8,832 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 23,176 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions 33.33 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions 827.72 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 49,858 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 8,936 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 40,922 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions 33.72 kt (2050)

All data for Philippines →

Frequently asked questions

What is rice cultivation — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per capita in Philippines?: Rice cultivation — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per capita in Philippines was 0.0004 kt per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest rice cultivation — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per capita recorded in Philippines?: The highest recorded value was 0.001 kt per person in 1961.
What is the lowest rice cultivation — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per capita recorded in Philippines?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 kt per person in 1998.
How does Philippines rank for rice cultivation — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per capita?: Philippines ranks 7th out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
Is rice cultivation — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per capita rising or falling in Philippines?: Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Philippines data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita in Philippines. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/rice-cultivation-emissions-co2eq-from-ch4-ar5-per-capita/philippines/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/rice-cultivation-emissions-co2eq-from-ch4-ar5-per-capita/philippines/">Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita in Philippines</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) ÷ Population, total

Computed from

Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)

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

Indicator: Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita
Unit: kt per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 112 places, 6,585 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.