Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC by country
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What the numbers show
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 18 countries. The highest value is 16,899 kt in Bangladesh; the lowest is 22.58 kt in Hungary.
The median across all reporting countries is 222.38 kt, and the mean is 2,008 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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 16,899 kt | 2012 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 2 | Japan | 13,445 kt | 2020 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 3 | Italy | 1,772 kt | 2020 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 682.54 kt | 2020 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 5 | Colombia | 675.64 kt | 2014 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 6 | Paraguay | 667.52 kt | 2015 | up 270.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 601.44 kt | 2020 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 8 | Spain | 468.81 kt | 2020 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 292.91 kt | 2020 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 151.85 kt | 2020 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 11 | Portugal | 127.65 kt | 2020 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 124.56 kt | 2020 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Ukraine | 92.95 kt | 2020 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 14 | France | 42.82 kt | 2020 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 15 | North Macedonia | 33.88 kt | 2014 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 16 | Romania | 23.79 kt | 2020 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Australia | 23.16 kt | 2020 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Hungary | 22.58 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 35,501 kt
- Annex I countries 34,900 kt
- United States of America 17,629 kt
- European Union (27) 2,734 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 601.44 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