Rice — Rice cultivation (Emissions CH4), per capita by country

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

Countries reporting
102
Highest
0.0001 kt per person
Guyana
Lowest
0 kt per person
Mauritius
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
6,139

What the numbers show

Rice — Rice cultivation (Emissions CH4), per capita is currently reported for 102 countries. The highest value is 0.0001 kt per person in Guyana; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Mauritius.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per person, and the mean is 0 kt per person.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 640.8%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Rice — Rice cultivation (Emissions CH4), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guyana 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 10.3% rising
2 Cambodia 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.6% falling
3 Thailand 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.7% falling
4 Suriname 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.7% falling
5 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
6 Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.2% rising
7 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.8% falling
8 Uruguay 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.9% rising
9 Madagascar 0 kt per person 2023 up 57.8% falling
10 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
11 Sierra Leone 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.5% falling
12 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
13 Gambia 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.6% volatile
14 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.6% falling
15 Nepal 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.1% falling
16 Mauritania 0 kt per person 2023 up 56.3% volatile
17 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.2% falling
18 Ecuador 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.0% rising
19 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.0% falling
20 China 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.0% falling
21 India 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.4% falling
22 Paraguay 0 kt per person 2023 up 51.7% volatile
23 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.4% falling
24 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.1% rising
25 Mali 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.1% rising
26 Colombia 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.7% falling
27 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.7% falling
28 Burkina Faso 0 kt per person 2023 up 17.5% rising
29 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 up 22.2% volatile
30 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.2% falling
31 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.5% rising
32 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.4% falling
33 Senegal 0 kt per person 2023 up 178.3% falling
34 Bhutan 0 kt per person 2023 down 59.2% falling
35 Greece 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.5% rising
36 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.5% falling
37 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 down 77.0% falling
38 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.4% falling
39 Burundi 0 kt per person 2023 up 640.8% volatile
40 Argentina 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.5% rising
41 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.9% rising
42 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 up 38.9% rising
43 Chad 0 kt per person 2023 down 42.9% rising
44 Australia 0 kt per person 2023 down 60.2% volatile
45 Turkmenistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 69.0% volatile
46 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 down 52.6% rising
47 Central African Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 360.1% falling
48 Liberia 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.6% volatile
49 Haiti 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.8% falling
50 Bulgaria 0 kt per person 2023 up 21.8% falling
51 North Macedonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 28.6% flat
52 Brazil 0 kt per person 2023 down 40.8% volatile
53 Afghanistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 52.0% falling
54 Solomon Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.4% volatile
55 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.2% volatile
56 South Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 up 69.2% rising
57 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 21.3% rising
58 Nicaragua 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.0% rising
59 Panama 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.5% volatile
60 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.1% falling
61 Uganda 0 kt per person 2023 up 56.2% volatile
62 Fiji 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.6% volatile
63 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
64 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.9% volatile
65 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.5% volatile
66 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.0% volatile
67 Belize 0 kt per person 2023 down 33.1% falling
68 Chile 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
69 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.1% volatile
70 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2023 up 47.8% volatile
71 Togo 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.0% flat
72 Niger 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.5% falling
73 France 0 kt per person 2023 down 43.0% falling
74 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 up 31.5% rising
75 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 down 79.4% volatile
76 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.8% volatile
77 Ethiopia 0 kt per person 2023 up 35.7% volatile
78 Puerto Rico 0 kt per person 2023 volatile
79 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 25.9% volatile
80 Kenya 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.0% rising
81 Romania 0 kt per person 2023 down 78.0% volatile
82 Mexico 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.0% volatile
83 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per person 2023 down 87.2% volatile
84 Honduras 0 kt per person 2023 down 47.5% volatile
85 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 up 473.1% volatile
86 Guatemala 0 kt per person 2023 up 12.0% falling
87 Iraq 0 kt per person 2023 down 97.2% volatile
88 Congo 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.0% volatile
89 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2023 up 21.5% volatile
90 Gabon 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
91 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 down 88.9% falling
92 Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 down 50.3% falling
93 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.3% volatile
94 Somalia 0 kt per person 2023 down 47.6% volatile
95 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 down 73.7% volatile
96 South Africa 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.9% falling
97 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per person 2023 volatile
98 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.4% volatile
99 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 down 93.5% volatile
100 Albania 0 kt per person 1995 down 100.0% falling
100 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
100 Mauritius 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% 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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Rice — Rice cultivation (Emissions CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Rice — Rice cultivation (Emissions CH4) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Rice — Rice cultivation (Emissions CH4), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
104 places, 6,139 data points, 1961–2023
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Rice — Rice cultivation (Emissions CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.