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Rice — Rice cultivation (Emissions CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at...

Countries reporting
115
Highest
4,898 kt
China (People’s Republic of)
Lowest
0 kt
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
8.03 kt
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
9,966

What the numbers show

Rice — Rice cultivation (Emissions CH4) is currently reported for 115 countries. The highest value is 4,898 kt in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 0 kt in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.03 kt, and the mean is 237.52 kt.

Over the past decade 2 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 — Rice cultivation: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China (People’s Republic of) 4,898 kt 2050 — falling
2 China, mainland 4,852 kt 2050 — falling
3 India 3,595 kt 2050 — rising
4 Indonesia 2,654 kt 2050 — rising
5 Myanmar 1,559 kt 2050 — rising
6 Philippines 1,447 kt 2050 — rising
7 OECD 1,235 kt 2050 — falling
8 Bangladesh 1,079 kt 2050 — rising
9 Thailand 962.11 kt 2050 — rising
10 Cambodia 677.66 kt 2050 — rising
11 Nigeria 524.73 kt 2050 — volatile
12 Pakistan 375.29 kt 2050 — rising
13 Madagascar 286.57 kt 2050 — rising
14 Egypt 280 kt 2050 — rising
15 Japan 250.14 kt 2050 — falling
16 Brazil 179.32 kt 2050 — falling
17 USSR 167.83 kt 1991 down 5.5% rising
18 Nepal 157.1 kt 2050 — rising
19 Colombia 154.99 kt 2050 — rising
20 Republic of Korea 150.69 kt 2050 — falling
21 Malaysia 126.52 kt 2050 — rising
22 Peru 118.56 kt 2050 — volatile
23 Italy 114.64 kt 2050 — rising
24 Guinea 109 kt 2050 — volatile
25 Argentina 100.74 kt 2050 — rising
26 Ecuador 83.74 kt 2050 — rising
27 Burkina Faso 82.61 kt 2050 — volatile
28 Sri Lanka 73.59 kt 2050 — rising
29 Russian Federation 73.18 kt 2050 — rising
30 Dominican Republic 65.51 kt 2050 — rising
31 Uruguay 61.6 kt 2050 — volatile
32 Spain 54.96 kt 2050 — rising
33 Mali 54.09 kt 2050 — volatile
34 Cuba 53.57 kt 2050 — rising
35 Iraq 53.05 kt 2050 — rising
36 Mozambique 52.71 kt 2050 — volatile
37 China, Taiwan Province of 45.92 kt 2050 — falling
38 Sierra Leone 42.68 kt 2050 — rising
39 Afghanistan 41.33 kt 2050 — falling
40 Australia 36 kt 2050 — volatile
40 Australia and New Zealand 36 kt 2050 — volatile
42 Guyana 31.55 kt 2050 — rising
43 Senegal 22.61 kt 2050 — volatile
44 Ghana 22.17 kt 2050 — volatile
45 Uganda 21.31 kt 2050 — volatile
46 Kazakhstan 18.78 kt 2050 — rising
47 Suriname 16.78 kt 2050 — rising
48 Portugal 12.63 kt 2050 — falling
49 Greece 11.94 kt 2050 — rising
50 Uzbekistan 11.65 kt 2050 — volatile
51 Haiti 10.12 kt 2050 — rising
52 Mauritania 9.78 kt 2050 — volatile
53 Turkmenistan 9.62 kt 2050 — falling
54 Paraguay 9.52 kt 2050 — volatile
55 France 9.43 kt 2050 — falling
56 Chad 8.62 kt 2050 — volatile
57 Malawi 8.07 kt 2050 — volatile
58 Guinea-Bissau 8.03 kt 2050 — rising
59 Ukraine 7.92 kt 2050 — falling
60 Mexico 7.25 kt 2050 — volatile
61 Gambia 7.01 kt 2050 — volatile
62 Cameroon 6.7 kt 2050 — volatile
63 Chile 5.62 kt 2050 — falling
64 Nicaragua 4.48 kt 2050 — volatile
65 Liberia 4.41 kt 2050 — rising
66 South Sudan 4.24 kt 2023 up 75.0% rising
67 Burundi 4.22 kt 2050 — volatile
68 Rwanda 3.81 kt 2050 — volatile
69 Benin 3.78 kt 2050 — volatile
70 Tajikistan 3.72 kt 2050 — flat
71 Central African Republic 3.26 kt 2050 — volatile
72 Angola 3.17 kt 2050 — volatile
73 Bhutan 3.01 kt 2050 — falling
74 Niger 2.9 kt 2050 — rising
75 French Guiana 2.66 kt 2050 — volatile
76 Morocco 2.46 kt 2050 — rising
77 Yugoslav SFR 2.43 kt 1991 down 1.1% rising
78 Kenya 2.18 kt 2050 — volatile
79 Costa Rica 2.07 kt 2050 — falling
80 Zambia 1.93 kt 2050 — volatile
81 Panama 1.67 kt 2050 — falling
82 Romania 1.59 kt 2050 — volatile
83 Bulgaria 1.46 kt 2050 — falling
84 Kyrgyzstan 1.32 kt 2050 — rising
85 Ethiopia 1.05 kt 2050 — volatile
86 Comoros 1.01 kt 2050 — volatile
87 Togo 0.968 kt 2050 — volatile
88 Sudan (former) 0.9408 kt 2011 up 9.1% volatile
89 North Macedonia 0.9164 kt 2050 — falling
90 Somalia 0.728 kt 2050 — volatile
91 Hungary 0.7179 kt 2050 — volatile
92 Sudan 0.6975 kt 2023 down 34.1% falling
93 Fiji 0.684 kt 2050 — falling
94 Azerbaijan 0.4207 kt 2050 — rising
95 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3941 kt 2050 — volatile
96 Honduras 0.3302 kt 2050 — falling
97 Guatemala 0.3246 kt 2050 — falling
98 South Africa 0.2883 kt 2050 — falling
99 Brunei Darussalam 0.2039 kt 2050 — volatile
100 El Salvador 0.1979 kt 2050 — volatile
101 Solomon Islands 0.1908 kt 2050 — volatile
102 Algeria 0.1588 kt 2050 — volatile
103 Congo 0.1104 kt 2050 — volatile
104 Belize 0.1094 kt 2050 — rising
105 Zimbabwe 0.1012 kt 2050 — volatile
106 Papua New Guinea 0.0808 kt 2050 — falling
107 Gabon 0.0448 kt 2050 — rising
108 Réunion 0.0154 kt 2050 — volatile
109 Eswatini 0.0113 kt 2050 — volatile
110 Jamaica 0.001 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 — Rice cultivation (Emissions CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
164 places, 9,966 data points, 1961–2050
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at Tier 1 following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 2006).